Here are some possible topics and their related books for Badge Number Ten.
If you can think of something else linked to the Number TEN, or if you read a book which is not mentioned below, that is absolutely fine! Just make sure you can explain why and how your chosen book relates to this number.
Other suggestions: The calendar (10th month), the length of the
Great Eleusinian mysteries, Ostracism (10 years), 10th book of Herodotus, Book 10 of the Odyssey (Circe)
The Trojan War took ten years!
KS2: British Museum: The Legend of Troy – Goldie Hawk
KS3: The Iliad – A Graphic Novel – Gareth Hinds
KS4: Black Ships Before Troy - Rosemary Sutcliff
KS5: Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
Odysseus took 10 years to get home. Book 10 also has Circe!
KS2: The Adventures of Odysseus - Hugh Lupton and Daniel Morden
KS3: The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel – Gareth Hinds
KS4: The If Odyssey: A Philosophical Journey Through Greek Myth and Storytelling for 8–16-Year-Olds – Peter Worley
KS5: Odyssey - Stephen Fry
Did you know that originally Heracles was only meant to have 10 labours?
KS2: The Twelve Labors of Hercules - Stephanie True Peters
KS3: The Twelve Labors of Hercules - James Riordan
KS4: Heroes - Stephen Fry
KS5: Blood of Hercules - Jasmine Mas
Perhaps you'd like to read a book about plagues?
KS2: Horrible Histories: The Awesome Egyptians - Terry Deary
KS3: History Smashers: Plagues and Pandemics - Kate Messner
KS4: The Exodus - Richard Elliott Friedman
KS5: Atlantis and the Ten Plagues of Egypt: The Secret History Hidden in the Valley of the Kings - Graham Phillips
The epic of Gilgamesh was written on 12 tablets. In tablet 10 the hero travels through darkness
KS2: Gilgamesh the Hero - Geraldine McCaughrean
KS3: The Story of Gilgamesh - Yiyun Li
KS4: Gilgamesh the King - Robert Silverberg
KS5: Gilgamesh: A Graphic Novel - Andrew Winegarner
The 10th legion fought for Julius Caesar. They were one of the first to visit Britannia!
KS2: Totally Chaotic History: Roman Britain Gets Rowdy! - Greg Jenner and Dr Emma Southon
KS3: The Eagle of the Ninth - Rosemary Sutcliff
KS4: The Eagle's Conquest - Simon Sarrow
KS5: A Brief History of Roman Britain - Joan P. Alcock
The citizens of Ancient Athens was divided into ten tribes.
KS2: The Ancient Greeks -Stewart Ross
KS3: The Shadows of Athens - J.R. Ellis
KS4: Theras and His Town - Caroline Dale Snedeker
KS5: The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault
A famous myth from Book 10 is Orpheus and Eurydice!
KS2: The Orchard Book of Greek Myths - Geraldine McCaughrean
KS3: Eurydice -Sarah Ruhl
KS4: Orphia and Eurydicius – Elyse John
KS5: The Last Song of Orpheus – Robert Silverberg