This year's World Book Day theme at JYHS was 'Books to Movies' pupils and staff were asked for their recommendations.
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 GrishamMrs Mack - A Woman of Substance by Barbra Taylor Bradford
Mr Horne - About a Boy by Nick HornbyMr Williamson - All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Mrs Benson, Mrs Trail and Mrs Laidlaw - Atonement byIan McEwanMs Smith - Born Free by Joy Adamson
Mr Sammons - The Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumMrs MacNeill - The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
Miss Laidlaw and Mrs Sim - Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingMrs Esplin and Ms Povey - Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis De Bernières
Mr Sexton - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlMrs Jessiman - Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
Mrs Gallacher and Mrs Hobbs - Chocolat by Joanne HarrisMrs Kendall and Mrs Petermeier - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Mr Hynd - Dr.Zhivago by Boris PasternakMrs Kerr - Enigma - Robert Harris
Mr Caddick - Goldfinger - Iain FlemingMrs McCann - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Mr Munro - Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher IsherwoodMrs Topping and Mrs Wells - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Mrs Malcolm - Hallem Foe by Peter JinksMr 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 ConradMrs Bathgate - Hiroshima Mon Amour' by Marguerite Duras
Mr Cunningham - Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsMr Rooney - Holes by Louis Sachar
Mrs McAdam, Mrs Rutherford - Horse Whisperer by Nicolas EvansMrs Robertson - Into the wild by Jon Krakaver
Mrs McGeehan - Le Gone du Chaaba - Azouz BegagMrs 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 GoldingMr 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 GoldenMrs Martin - Misery by Stephen King
Mr Mullen - No hiding place by Corie TenbomMrs 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 AhernMrs. McKenzie - Passage to India by E.M. Foster
Mrs Lawton - Peter Pan by J.M.BarrieMrs 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 DuMaurierMr Wilkinson - Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
Mr Witherspoon - Sea Biscuit byLaura HillenbrandMiss 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 BaubyMr Ward - The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Mrs Kerr - The Firm by John GrishamMr Mannah and Mr.Whiteford - The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Mrs Milligan - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMrsMcLure and Ms Stewart (Chemistry) - The Green Mile by Stephen King
Mr Dobson and Mrs Wright - The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMiss Robertson (music) – The Hand That Rocks The Cradle by Robert Tine
Mr Hucker - The Last Canadian by W.C. HeineMiss Dewar - The Last king of Scotland by Giles Foden
Mrs Wilson - The Princess Bride by William GoldmanMr. Quinn - The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
Mr Reid - The Trial by Franz KafkaFiona Bunton and Miss Stewart (English)– Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Mrs Kirkham - Watership Down by Richard AdamsDr. McGregor and Mrs Tomasik - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Mr McGregor – X-Men by Stan LeeMrs Jack - Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx