I party with Jay Gatsby!

Already read 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald?

For a similar themed read try:

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Howards End by E.M.Foster

For a more light hearted look at the rich between the wars try:

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford

Carry On, Jeeves by P.G.Wodehouse

Devoted Ladies by Molly Keane

Or try some 1920s set crime:

The Burry Man's Day by Catriona McPherson

Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn

The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

The Man with Tiger Eyes by Karen Wallace

Heartland: From this Day On by Lauren Brooke

Heartland is a horse farm set in the hills of Virginia. Heartland is a place like no other – a place where the scars of the past can be healed, a place where frightened and abused horses go to learn to trust again. Everyone should read this book because if you are a horse person with a frightened horse it gives you a few tips on how to heal them.

by Sapphire

Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives By Ellen Schreiber

It is about a vampire who is in love with a goth girl called Raven and he is called Alexander. His cousin, Claude Sterling is trying to breakup Alexander and Raven. Everyone should read this because it is a very good book. And I wouldn't let little people read this .

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The Recruit by Robert Muchamore

It's about a boy who has bad behaviour and then he gets sent to a place called CHERUB where he get trained to be come a top agent. He gets put on an adventure, dropped off at a mysterious place and has to get to from check point to check point and to survive . It’s a good book it keeps you going and makes you want to read more after every chapter.

by Paul Waker

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney

The book is about a boy telling you about his everyday life that is not like everybody else's life in loads of different ways. Such as he has a older brother who is always trying to do nasty things to him and his little brother is always trying to get him in to trouble. People should read it because it is a funny and a quick read.

by  ?????

Mrs.Wells Zoo Links

Edinburgh Zoo

Zoo History

PETA Zoo Fact Sheet

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust

Are zoos cruel ?

Zoo Debate

Born Free

Zoos - good or bad?

Issues Series Articles
(You will need a password and username from the library to access these)

If you really care about animals please don't visit zoos

What is animal welfare?
zoos and aquariums save endangered animals

Happy World Book Day!

This year to celebrate World Book Day we asked staff to recommend European themed reads. 

So what three were most popular recommendations from staff?

The Shadow in the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Island by Victoria Hislop

The Lewis Trilogy by Peter May

See what everyone recommended on the displays.

Support the Library

So the new Scholastic C2C Book Club catalogue is out - S1 and S2 pupils should get it in tutor, everyone else can pick up a copy in the library or have a look online!

Every book is discounted with prices starting from just £1.99 so you can make great savings and help to support JYHS Library. We receive free books for the library with every order placed.

We’ve set up an online school group order
 www.clubs-school.scholastic.co.uk/jyhs
so you can order online and get access to a wider range of books for all ages. You can order at anytime and still support JYHS Library.

However to get free p&p as part of the school order - order form and payment need to be given to Mrs. Wilson in the Library by end of day of the 15th of March.
  

Percy Jackson and the Lighting Thief by Rick Riordan

Title: Percy Jackson and Lighting Thief
Author: Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson is a teenage boy with what he thinks is dyslexia, until one day he finds out the truth. Whilst on a school trip to the local museum Percy is attacked by what he thought was his teacher. She turns out to be a deadly Greek monster! To his surprise he is helped by his other teacher who turns out to be a centaur. At this point Percy is puzzled as to why all this is happening to him? Later on Percy finds out his secret, his father is the Greek god Poseidon and he is a demi-god. He is then whisked of to a secret camp called Camp Half-Blood for his own safety against the evil god Hades. Everyone is after him as he is accused of stealing the mighty god Zeus is lightning bolt. He and his friends are sent on a dangerous quest to prove his innocence before it is too late.....

This book is a great read and makes the time pass easily. If you like blood guts and glory then this is the book for you.

by Martha 345 and the London area

Michael Mcintyre - Life And Laughing

Title: Michael Mcintyre Life And Laughing
Author: Michael McIntyre

What is it about? Micheal McIntyre's Life and Laughing is a book on Michael’s life, he describes his up bringing in great detail and talks alot about his flat in hampstead. He also talks a bit about his career in comedy, he has his own comedy roadshow on BBC 1 which he says he loves doing as it is great fun meeting different people in different cities.

Why should everyone read it? Everyone should read this book as it is the funniest book I have ever read! He is hysterical in a book as well as on t.v, its a great book as well if you want to learn a bit about his up bringing in the London area or how to get going in the world of comedy as he tells about how he made it.

by Golfer123

Cherub by Robert Muchamore

EVERY ONE SHOULD READ........ Robert Muchamore's CHERUB James Choke leads a hard life until he is recruited for the Secret agency CHERUB . They are CHERUB agents, trianed proffesionals with one essential advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them. Its a very good read and it got me reading again after a long time. Its very different to other child spy books. Muchamore uses swear words to show a realistic story. Once I picked up the first book I couldn't stop reading all of them! by :UNKNOWN: and Harold!

Man Fail by Marion Appleby

Marion Appleby's Man Fail: Stupid Thing Men Do is about stupid but funny things that men have done such as shooting themselves in the head with a nail gun or queing up to rob a petrol station.

Everyone should read it beacuse it's funny.

by Johnny’s mum

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Everyone Should Read... Roald Dahl's Matilda.

This book is about a very smart girl called Matilda, her parents are no help to her education, but her teacher finds something in her that no other child has.

You should read this book because it is a Roald Dahl classic, and you couldn’t find a fault in it whatsoever, it is very different to most other stories about children in the way that it is written. It is written for people aged around 12yrs+

by RedHeadedDragon

Best Twitter Conversation Ever!

Forth Replacement Crossing Name

Last chance to have your say in the search to find the permanent name for the new bridge which is Scotland’s largest infrastructure project in a generation.

Have your say in the name for the new bridge by simply going to http://www.namethebridge.co.uk and nominate a name or comment on a name you like. Don't forget to mention The James Young High School in the panel provided.

If your comment or suggestion is pulled from the hat you can win a VIP trip to the Forth Replacement Crossing site during 2013/14 as well as an invitation to the bridge opening ceremony in 2016 with some pupils and staff from the school.

Please note that the closing date for entering the competition is 31st January 2013 and the announcement of the winning bridge name and schools is to be made in summer 2013.

Multiple entries are allowed.

Unrest

Unrest

by Michelle Harrison

Unrest is about a boy who has a near death experince and then spirits come at night and take over his body but can he make them stop or will he be a ghost forever.

I think everyone should read this because it is very good and involves lots of scary bits.

Treasure Island

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

This is about a young boy named Jim who’s family owns a hotel. The hotel is visited by an old seaman named Billy Bones. Billy is visited by ‘old friends’  and when one of his visits turns violent, he suffers from a stroke. The seaman’s beloved treasure chest is then raided by his ‘old friends’ but they are disappointed to find that the item they are looking for is not there. Jim searches Billy’s body finding a strange oilskin packet. He takes it to the village doctor, Dr. Livesy.They discover it is  a map of ‘Flint’s treasure’ and immediately decide to commission a sailing vessel in  a search for the treasure. Jim and the doctor complile a crew but someone wants the treasure for himself...

Treasurehunter

Lord Loss

Lord Loss By Darren Shan

Lord Loss is about a boy called Grubbs Grady that finds his family killed and hung on bloody spider webs and finds Lord Loss and his evil minions but he escapes and goes to a mystical dimension.

People might read this book if they like horror and adventure

Codename: The Teenage mutant ninja turtles

Shadow

Shadow by Michael Morpurgo

What is it about: Matt's best buddy is Aman! However, Aman has been put in prison with his mother and will be sent back from to where he came from in a few weeks. Matt is really missing Aman and does not want him to go back to Afghanistan; neither does Aman. So Matt and his grandpa set up a protest outside Yarl's Wood prison.

Why everyone should read it: This book really makes you think about the life you are living and how lucky you are. Some bits are funny but the rest is sad.

Codename: Master Splinter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In The Company of Cheerful Ladies

In The Company of Cheerful Ladies

Alexander McCall Smith

This book is about an African lady (Mma Ramotswe) who runs a detective agency. She has been proposed to by a man she met at a dancing class, she is not very fond of him as he can’t dance and he can’t speak properly as he has a stutter, despite all this though she accepts the offer. She also comes across a man whilst driving in her beloved white van. She sadly runs him over and feels obliged to help. She finds out he is very poor and is struggling to support his large family, Mma Ramotswe feels bad and offers him a job at her husband’s garage. Then the worst thing imaginable turns up at Mma Ramotswe’s door, literally.

Kate Milligan