ALT The Thing About Giants by Christopher Galvin Jacq Dyer is expected to become a giant hunter, but a dramatic accident in the wilderness throws her into the path of Corman, a young giant on his first journey above ground. For imaginative 9-12-year-olds, this stunning middle-grade debut is a powerful, sweeping, big-hearted fantasy adventure full of folklore, danger and cliff-edge discoveries, as two supposed enemies realise the stories their worlds tell about each other may be lies. An unforgettable read, it’s a must-have book for Year 5 classroom libraries. https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks2-school-pupils/year-5/