Christmas Reads
Looking to curl up with your hot chocolate and a good book? Why not try one of these Christmas themed titles:
The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
Boy meets Book
Princess Bride by William Goldsmith
- I know this sounds girly but it isn't. It is hilarious full of one-liners, swordfights, giants, torture chambers and rodents of unusual size (ROUS).
Catcher in the Rye - J.D.Sallinger
- This is a classic, banned at various times in the USA because it promotes un-American values. It covers a few important days in the life of Holden Caufield a 16 year old prep school drop out.
Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
A cult classic it's been a radio and tv series and a movie. Earth is demolished one Thursday morning to make way for a Hyperspace by-pass. Arthur Dent is planetless and in real need of a cup of tea.
Don't fancy fiction?
The Darwin Awards - Wendy Northcutt
- It's a collection of true stories about how dumb people met their maker.
Are You Dave Gorman? - Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace
- As a drunken bet Dave heads off round the world to meet fellow Dave Gormans. Part travel log, part people watching but all hillarious!
Boy and Going Solo - Roald Dahl
- The autobiographies of Dahl are facinating, funny and every bit as exiciting as his fiction.
Ration of Reading
I Read Dead People
Want to try some more? Check out:
Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman
by Zaki
The Mediator by Meg Cabot
When Suze went to her new house she had a visitor that no one else could see. He was a ghost from the 17th century. His name was Jesse and she fell in love with him. Now at her new school she has a lot of problems with other ghosts.
If you want a scary book with romance and humour you should read this. The mediator is a series but the 1st book is definitely the best.
The Amityville Horror - A True Story by Jay Anson
On November 13, 1974,
Space Cowboy by Justin Stanchfield
Personally I would not recommend this book for entertainment purposes. But I give credit to the writer for how well it was written. I did not like the plot but the words seemed to slip off the page into my head with ease.
What’s cooking Alex by Yvonne Coppard
Take:
One ten-year-old girl with big plans
One opportunity to appear on TV
Leave to marinate
Stir in:
One oversized dog
One gorgeous celebrity chef
One arch enemy
Bake at high temperature
BY PINKY
Pink Chameleon by Fiona Dunbar
Koyasan by Darren Shan
Koyasan is scared of the graveyard where she lives, she has heard stories of how the spirits come out at night but even in the day when all the other children go in she cannot go over the bridge. Until her sisters soul is stolen and she must get it back. Facing her fears will be difficult but if she doesn’t the spirits will get her too.
By Mary Poppins
Good Girls by Laura Ruby
I definitely recommend Good Girls because you never know what is going to happen next. Also things that happen in the book sometimes happens in our world today. Go out and get it you will really enjoy it.
By Timmy
The Recruit by Robert Muchamore
This book is the must read of the century. It is about a boy named James Adams who gets recruited for a secret society of British Intelligence for kids. He has to undertake the worst 100 days of his life - BASIC TRAINING.
The Lottie Project by Jacqueline Wilson
The Lottie Project is about a girl called Charlie. She lives with her sister, Jo.
Charlie has to do a history project on the Victorians. She decides to make it a diary of a house maid called Lottie she then realises how similar they both are when Robin (the little boy that Jo looks after) runs away.
Abomination by Robert Swindells
Abomination is about a girl called Martha aged 12 with a terrible secret. Her parents are members of a strict religious group. Her mum won’t let her have the money to buy nice clothes and she gets bullied at school. Then she meets Scott. And her life soon starts to turn around. Martha and Scott do everything together and Martha soon starts thinking that she is in love with Scott. Will she ever tell him her terrible secret.
By Cruella Devil
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
This book review is on a book called No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay.
I think that No Time for Goodbye is a fantastic book. Once you start reading it you won’t want to stop. The characters are totally believable and the book has surprises on every page.
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
By AzzaMonkeyMan
IT by Stephen King
I really like this book because it’s very creepy and very chilling. Every time you reed a page you just have to reed on to find out what is going to happen next. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in chilling horror or even who just likes a good book.
By Kirsty.
Georgie’s big brother, Bill made Georgie a paper boat. Georgie looked so cute with his yellow raincoat and matching hat!
Running down the path with his wee paper boat running down the roadside he was quite content!
Until suddenly his boat fell into the drain, Georgie tried to find it but there was no sign!
He, sadly, got up and started to walk away until …
“Hi, Georgie!” said a voice from under the drain!
Down from the drain a clown popped up!
“I Have Something You Want!” The clown said and brought up his boat!
“My boat, My Boat!!” Said Georgie very happily, He put his hand down the drain to reach for the boat, when the clown, It, Brought out a pair of hideous teeth…
by Jam Tart.
Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce
I liked the book a lot because there is good story line to it. I just wanted to keep reading on. I would recommend someone to buy this book as it is a very good read.
By Jooster
At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper
The book has excellent detail, about every street and door, describes all the smells and atmosphere in London during the plague. I would definitely recommend this book.
By: SL.
Frozen Fire by Tim Bowler
Frozen fire is about a girl called Dusty & her brother is missing. She gets a phone call from a strange boy saying he is dying, but in a weird way it is all linked to her missing brother, & she tries to find him. But Dusty is not the only one trying to look for the boy and she will be in loads of danger!
Did I Like It?
I really enjoyed this book. It was really creepy and secretive. It kind of sounded real because some people do get weird phone calls but it was at the part when you found out he was not real that made it a bit unreal .My favourite character was Dusty because she was the brave one who did not let anything get in her way to find out what happened to her brother. I would recommend this book to teenagers .I would like it if they made a movie of it.
By Hunnie Bunnie x-
The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson
It was a good book. I would read it agine. I would recommend it to other people.
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Dark waters by Catherine MacPhail
By broxy.
Discover Buried Treasure!
Red any good books recently?
(The Twits rewritten into Scots)
Pure Dead Wicked by Debi Gilori
(Magic and mayhem in a Scottish Castle)
Operation Red Jericho by Joshua Mowll
(Shanghai, 1920 and a cult set up to protect the world)
Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
(Teen genius Artemis has his world rocked by Demons)
Double or Die by Charlie Higson
(Teenage James Bond sets out to solve a kidnapping)
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
(Adventure and mystery flourish as a mysterious old storyteller brings his stories to life)
Make new friends but keep the old
Loved 'Charlotte's Web' by E.B.White? Give 'Babe' by Dick King-Smith a go or 'Woof' by Alan Ahlberg.
Mad for Krazy Kow Saves the World - Well, Almost by Jeremy Strong then read 'Only you can Save Mankind' by Terry Pratchett or 'Unreal' by Paul Jennings.
Passionate about 'Bad Girls' - Jacquline Wilson then pick up 'Scarlett' by Cathy Cassidy or 'Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging' by Louise Rennison.
Found 'Captain Underpants' by Dave Pilkey hillarious? Try 'The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents' by Terry Pratchett or pick up 'Killer Underpants' by Micahel Lawrence.
Could put down 'The French Conection' by Anthony Horowitz then try his Alex Rider series starting with 'Stormbreaker' or if you fancy some crime try Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer.
English Recommends... Modern Fiction
Alice Greenway - White Ghost Girls
Linzi Glass - The Year the Gypsies Came
Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night time
Nick Hornby - About a Boy
Andrea Levy- Small Island
David Mitchell - Black Swan Green
Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveller’s Wife
Meg Rosoff - How I Live Now
Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones
Anita Shreve - Light on Snow
Lionel Shriver - We need to talk about Kevin
Ali Smith - Hotel World
Louise Welsh - The Cutting Room
English Recommends... Historical/ War
Michael Blake - Dances With Wolves
Sebastian Barry - A long, long way
English Recommends... Growing Up
Roddy Doyle - Paddy Clarke Ha, Ha, Ha
Barry Hines - Kestrel for a Knave
J.D. Salinger - Catcher in the RyeRobert Swindells Stone Cold
The Woods by Harlen Coben
Two people, or bodies, are yet to be found, are they alive? Or are the dead? That’s what Paul Copeland wants to know.
Paul is the brother of Camille Copeland, one of the missing teenagers that are still to be found. Camille won’t be a teenager anymore, because it’s 20 years later since the disappearances and murders.
Clues are beginning to spill, when a body is found, that turns out to be one of the missing teenagers. Paul begins to think about what really happened that night, did his sister survive, or was she part of it all?
Paul is desperate to find out the truth, and what really happened that night. He partly blames himself for what happened, as he was on night guard duty, but instead went in the woods with his girlfriend Lucy.
Lucy is a teacher at a high school, but when they have to send in reports about something that’s happened to them, a journal has been sent in about the woods and what happened that night, but when Lucy reads it, it sounds pretty much like what she and Paul did that night.
So who sent the journal? And what happened that night? That’s what Paul, Lucy and their families really want to know.
The woods is a great book, it keeps you on edge and makes you want to read more. When I read the first couple of chapters I couldn’t put the book down. It took me two days to read the book because I just kept reading chapter after chapter. It was very easy to get into and very enjoyable.
By Grandpa Jim
The Witches by Roald Dahl
One day Luke is playing with his mice when suddenly all the witches come in and lock the door up with chains. They all take off their wigs, their shoes and their gloves. Luke hid there behind the curtain and listened to all their plans. After a while they all started to leave when suddenly a witch smelt dogs’ droppings (which are clean children). Then they all started looking for Luke.
by Anon
Hot Days, Cool Reads
Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging – Louise Rennison
(The first Georgina Nicholson book has made it to the big screen, full of laughter and fun - it's written as a diary)
Prince Caspian - C.S.Lewis
(The forth book in the Narnia Series is a major movie this summer. Darker and more action packed than earlier books it also features the bravest mouse in all literature!)
Stoneheart - Charlie Fletcher
(Missing Harry Potter? Then this is for you the first in a trilogy it's set in London but a London where statues come to life).
Exodus - Julia Bretanga
(Want something more meaningful? This futuristic tale is the moving story of a girl who's home land is flooded and they must flee - the city flooded is Glasgow so keep an eye for familiar streets!)
English Recommends... Crime and Thrillers
John le Carre - The Night Manager
James Dickey - Deliverance
John Grisham - The Client
Robert Harris - Fatherland; Enigma
William McIlvanney - Laidlaw
Brian Moore - Lies of Silence
English Recommends... Relationships
Nicholas Evans - The Horse Whisperer
Susan Hill - I’m the King of the Castle
Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca
Amy Tan - The Joy Luck Club
English Recommended Fiction Classics
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice; Emma; Sense and Sensibility
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre
Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations; Oliver Twist
Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
Bram Stoker - Dracula
20th Century Classics
Anthony Burgess - Clockwork Orange
William Golding - Lord of the Flies
Graham Greene - Brighton Rock
George Orwell - Animal Farm
Alexander Solzhenitsyn - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
John Steinbeck - Of Mice and Men; The Grapes of Wrath
Robert Louis Stevenson - The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde
English Recommendations for Drama
Willis Hall - The Long and the Short and the Tall
Arthur Miller - All My Sons
Tony Roper - The Steamie
Willy Russell - Educating Rita; Shirley Valentine
William Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing; Othello
Alan Spence - Sailmaker
Oscar Wilde - The Importance of Being Earnest
Tennessee Williams - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
English Reading Lists S3/4
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The War Orphan - R Anderson
Any science fiction by Isaac Azimov
The L Shaped Room - L R Banks
Darling Buds of May - H E Bates
Noughts and Crosses - Malorie Blackman
Anapurna - Chris Bonnington
The Dambusters - Paul Brickhill
The Road of the Dead - Kevin Brooks
Junk - Melvin Burgess
Sharpe’s Fury - Bernard Cornwell
Walk Two Moons - Sharon Creech
Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
Tales of the Unexpected - Roald Dahl
The Divine Wind - Garry Disher
A pure swift cry - Siobhan Dowd
The Eyes of Karen Connors - Lois Duncan
The Drowning Pond - Catherine Forde
Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman
Green Jasper - K.M.Grant
Warehouse - Keith Gray
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
Any of the vet books - James Herriot
Born Confused - Tanuja Desai Hidier
No Limits - Pete Johnson
Kiss the Dust - Elizabeth Laird
Children of the Dust - Louise Lawrence
Tug of War - Joan Lingard
Roxy’s Baby - Catherine MacPhail
Falling Leaves - Adeline Yen Mah
Walkabout - James Vance Marshall
Thud! - Terry Pratchett
Just in case - Meg Roscoff
The Panic Wall - Alick Rowe
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Brother in the Land - Robert Swindells
The Homecoming - Cynthia Voigt
The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
Like a more challenging read?
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Empire of the Sun - JG Ballard
The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
Restless - William Boyd
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
A Passage to India - EM Forster
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Grace Notes - Bernard MacLaverty
1984 - George Orwell
Cry the Beloved Country - Alan Paton
Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
Unless - Carol Shields
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - RL Stevenson
Recommended websites:
Have trouble choosing a book? http://www.readingmatters.co.uk/bookchooser.php
Want to read something Scottish? http://www.braw.org.uk/Home/tabid/53/Default.aspx
Want to know what people your age think of books? http://www.cool-reads.co.uk/
Want to read reviews and extracts of good teenage books? http://www.teenreads.com/
English Reading List S1-2
The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Road of Bones by Anne Fine
My Family and Other Natural Disasters by Josephine Feeney
Skarrs by Catherine Forde
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Silverfin by Charlie Higson
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Beast by Ally Kennan
Boy meets Boy by David Levithan
The Sign of the Black Dagger by Joan Lingard
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman
Witch Child by Celia Rees
Just in Case by Meg Roscoff
My swordhand is singing by Marcus Sedgwick
Cirque de Freak by Darren Shan
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker
Treasure Island by Robert L Stevenson
Bad Alice by Jean Ure
The Dare Game by Jacqueline Wilson
Other recommended authors:
Malorie Blackman; Meg Cabot; Zizou Corder; Chris D’Lacey; Morris Gleitzman; Keith Gray; Robin Jarvis; Louise Lawrence; Anthony Masters; Catherine Macphail; Karen McCombie: Michael Morpurgo; Gary Paulson; Garth Nix; Christopher Paolini; Phillip Reeve; Louise Rennison; Malcolm Rose; JK Rowling; Chris Ryan; Louis Sachar; Simon Scarrow; Robert Swindells; Robert Westall.
Recommended websites:
Have trouble choosing a book? http://www.readingmatters.co.uk/bookchooser.php
Want to read something Scottish? http://www.braw.org.uk/Home/tabid/53/Default.aspx
Want to know what people your age think of books? http://www.cool-reads.co.uk/
Want to read reviews and extracts of good teenage books? http://www.teenreads.com/
English Recommends... Modern Scottish
William Boyd - Restless
Andrew Greig - In Another Light
Des Dillon - Duck; Itchy Coo Blue; Me and My Gal
Luke Sutherland - Jelly Roll
Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting
English Recommends... Science Fiction/ Fantasy
Douglas Adams - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Iain M. Banks - Feersum Endjinn
Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
John Wyndharn - The Day of the Triffids
English Recommends... Prejudice
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Robin Jerkins - The Cone‑Gatherers
Bernard MacLaverty - Cal
Alan Paton - Cry the Beloved Country
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
Holocaust Remembrance
Once by Morris Gleitzman
Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Want to know more? Then read Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl - it's the real diary of a Jewish girl who tried to hide from the Nazis.
For more information then try the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Encyclopedia
English Recommends... Non-Fiction
Andrea Ashworth - Once in a house on fire
Bill Bryson - A Walk in the Woods
Jung Chang - Wild Swans
Frank McCourt - Angela’s Ashes
Alexander Masters - Stuart: a life backwards
Blake Morrison - And when did you last see your father?
Dave Pelzer - A Child called It (Int 1)
Alice Sebold - Lucky (Int 2)
Joe Simpson - Touching the Void
Murder in the Library
S1 - 3
Half-Moon Investigations - Eoin Colfer
Traces: Framed! - Malcolm Rose
The Body in the Library - Agatha Christie
Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz
Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
S4 - 6
The Crow Road - Iain Banks
Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs
Knots and Crosses - Ian Rankin
Dead Famous - Ben Elton
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime - Mark Haddon
The Lottie Project By Jacqueline Wilson
Clean Break by Jacqueline Wilson
By Dopey =D
Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori
This book tells the story of how this family has to work together to spare their lives. It is the first in the series and is so gripping I couldn’t put it down. I am definitely going to finish the series.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a magical story with a hint of laughter.
By Miss Banana
The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill
by Jojo
Kylie: Story of a Survivor by Virginia Blackburn
The last godfather (The life and times of Arthur Thompson) by Reg McKay
In the LAST GODFATHER, Reg McKay reveals the truth about Thompson’s life and crimes, exposing his involvement in unsolved murders, drug dealing, gun running, corruption, contracts and hit men, politics and unholy alliances. With new and previously unpublished material, it’s the astonishing story of one man’s relentless and ruthless rise to the top of the criminal underworld.
by I con i
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K.Rowling
Harry is waiting nervously in his bedroom at the Dursleys’
in Privet Drive for a visit from Professor Dumbledore himself. One of the last times he saw the headmaster was in a fierce head-to-head duel with Lord Voldemort, and Harry can’t quit believe that professor Dumbledore will actually appear at the Dursleys’ of all places. Why is the professor coming to visit now? What is it that cannot wait until Harry returns to Hogwarts in a few weeks’ time?
So go and read Harry Potter and the half blood prince.
By Tara.
A Boy from Bolton: My Story by Amir Khan
Amir Khan is a hard working, twenty-first-century hero: a standard bearer for his Pakistani heritage, his Lancashire upbringing and the future of British boxing.
At just seventeen he won the silver at the 2004 Olympics
In the Athens and when he turned professional in 2005 he won his first fight in 109 seconds. Tickets to his first fights sell out in hours and he is watched by millions on prime time television. But his feet are still firmly on the ground- he lives at home with his parents in Bolton, fasts in the holy month of Ramadan and can sometimes be spotted helping out his uncle and aunties curry house.
By A1 boxer
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
I thought this book was very interesting read. It deals with how young people deal with issue such as racism and also acceptance in the case of Boo Radley who actually is a very nice man. This book was very interesting read and I would highly recommend it.
By John Cofee
Marley & Me by John Grogan
A compelling, addicting true story of love hope and eternal friendship, this book is so damn fantastic. I could never put it down. It even made me cry at the end. It made me laugh so much that I pulled a muscle in my solar plexus. Just get it.
His fur is a golden colour and he looks like a fur ball. When Jenny and John got Marley their life changed.
He loved to chew things like the picture below.
When I read this book I was laughing because it was so funny. J
By Marley (the puppy) J
Slawter by Darren Shan
This book is about a boy called Grubbs Grady, his brother Bill-E and his uncle Dervish. A movie director called David-A offers them a job at her new movie named Slawter. But when Grubbs notices that the demons in the movie are real all hell breaks loose. First know one believes that the demons are real but after people go missing and Grubbs starts to use magic everyone try’s to get out of slawter.
This is an amazing book and I would definitely recommend it.
By bob mcjim
Scarlett by Cathy Cassidy
Always disappears every time she goes to the wishing tree with someone. Who is Kian? My favourite character has to be Scarlett because I like her attitude and style. I would definitely recommended it to all my friends and will read more of her books.
Chocobiscuit
Just Stupid by Andy Griffiths
Overall: I though this book is funny and exciting.
By Jim Mcaver
James and The Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
By Jimbob Squarepants
Bec by Darren Shan
I read this book because one of my friends said Darren shans books are really good and gory. I would recommend this book to other people.
By,
Gunner Bob
Girls Under Pressure by Jacquline Wilson
It is a great book and I would recommend it to any one who enjoy stories about best friends. J
By Isabella Jones
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
I enjoyed reading this book because Alex is only 14 and is still a teenager so it is a great book for all the people that have spy fantasies out their.
By The Magic Man
JYHS @ the Movies
Pupils voted for:
Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
Harry Potter Series – J.K. Rowling
Holes – Louis Sachar
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
Staff voted for:
Their favorite author was Stephen King
Their favorite book was Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
But there were loads suggested:
Mr Paxton - 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Mr Gray - A time to kill by John Grisham
Mrs Mack - A Woman of Substance by Barbra Taylor Bradford
Mr Horne - About a Boy by Nick Hornby
Mr Williamson - All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Mrs Benson, Mrs Trail and Mrs Laidlaw - Atonement byIan McEwan
Ms Smith - Born Free by Joy Adamson
Mr Sammons - The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
Mrs MacNeill - The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
Miss Laidlaw and Mrs Sim - Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Mrs Esplin and Ms Povey - Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis De Bernières
Mr Sexton - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Mrs Jessiman - Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
Mrs Gallacher and Mrs Hobbs - Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Mrs Kendall and Mrs Petermeier - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Mr Hynd - Dr.Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Mrs Kerr - Enigma - Robert Harris
Mr Caddick - Goldfinger - Iain Fleming
Mrs McCann - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Mr Munro - Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
Mrs Topping and Mrs Wells - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Mrs Malcolm - Hallem Foe by Peter Jinks
Mr Perston, Mr Jones, Mr O'Neil, Mrs Richardson and Miss Davies - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Mr Brady - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Mrs Bathgate - Hiroshima Mon Amour' by Marguerite Duras
Mr Cunningham - Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Mr Rooney - Holes by Louis Sachar
Mrs McAdam, Mrs Rutherford - Horse Whisperer by Nicolas Evans
Mrs Robertson - Into the wild by Jon Krakaver
Mrs McGeehan - Le Gone du Chaaba - Azouz Begag
Mrs Devine - The lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis
Mr Owen, Mr Walker, MrMcMillan and Mrs Molife - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Mr Crookston, Mrs. Fraser (Bus Ed), Mr McGuigan and MrBlackwell - Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.Tolkien
Mrs White and Ms Philips - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Mrs Martin - Misery by Stephen King
Mr Mullen - No hiding place by Corie Tenbom
Mrs Colthart and Mrs Watkins – Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
Miss McCormacak - 10 Commandments (Exodus in the Old Testament)
Mr Holt - One Flew Over a Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Miss McFadyen, Miss McTiernan, Mrs Bowie, Mrs Hope, Mrs Kirkwood (H.E.) and Miss Wilson (office) - P.S. I Love You by Celia Ahern
Mrs. McKenzie - Passage to India by E.M. Foster
Mrs Lawton - Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
Mrs Ball, Mrs Batty, Mrs Fraser (Computing), Mrs Hunter, Mrs Ingram and Mrs Stevenson - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Mrs Campbell (Maths) – Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
Mr Wilkinson - Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
Mr Witherspoon - Sea Biscuit byLaura Hillenbrand
Miss Jannetta, Mr Lyons and Mrs McKellar - Silence of the lambs by Thomas Harris
Mrs Kontou – Something of Value by Robert Ruark
Mrs Spence - The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Mrs Reid - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean Dominique Bauby
Mr Ward - The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Mrs Kerr - The Firm by John Grisham
Mr Mannah and Mr.Whiteford - The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Mrs Milligan - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
MrsMcLure and Ms Stewart (Chemistry) - The Green Mile by Stephen King
Mr Dobson and Mrs Wright - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Miss Robertson (music) – The Hand That Rocks The Cradle by Robert Tine
Mr Hucker - The Last Canadian by W.C. Heine
Miss Dewar - The Last king of Scotland by Giles Foden
Mrs Wilson - The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Mr. Quinn - The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
Mr Reid - The Trial by Franz Kafka
Fiona Bunton and Miss Stewart (English)– Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Mrs Kirkham - Watership Down by Richard Adams
Dr. McGregor and Mrs Tomasik - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Mr McGregor – X-Men by Stan Lee
Mrs Jack - Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
The Fever by Diane Hoh
I really enjoyed reading this book because it wasn’t slow and it got straight to the point. I really like point horror books and this was one of my favourites because it was exciting and scary!
Best Friends by Jacqueline Wilson
By Ruby!!
Alice has a huge secret that she isn’t willing to tell Gemma but soon has to spill the news before it’s too late. It turns out that Alice is moving to Scotland because her dad got promoted. Gemma is heartbroken and tries to find a way to stop Alice from moving, the only option is to run way.
Alice and Gemma attempt to run away to London by taking the train. Just as they arrive at the train station Alice’s mum and dad and Gemma’s mum and dad arrive, catching them in time. Alice’s blame Gemma, so they are no longer allowed to keep contact with each other. This causes more trouble because they wanted to keep contact with each other when Alice moved to Scotland. All hope is lost.
I really enjoyed reading this book. Even though they were both completely different people they still loved being together, even if it meant running away form home or being miles away from each other. It shows you that friendship is a big part of your life and you should cherish the moments you have with the ones you love.
By Grandpa Jim