Reading List Year 6/Year 7 NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY ISSUE 7 | SEPTEMBER 2022 ReaderSTAFF
Welcome to the first issue of the LRConnect newsletter for this academic year. This newsletter brings you library events, news and updates and is packed with interesting information and challenges. We will be promoting reading throughout by our termly newsletter and competitions, book clubs, displays, library lessons for Year 7, and much more… This academic year we will be enhancing our library collection tremendously and the update of our collection will reflect our diverse, inclusive community at InHymers.thenear future we will be moving to Oliver V5 library catalogue, which is an attractive, and user-friendly system that I am sure will help a great deal to promote Atreading.Hymers, we make sure that reading is at the core of what we do and we strongly recommend 20 minutes of reading at home every day. As always this issue of the newsletter will be packed with interesting information and summer reading challenges. Inside this issue… Hymers College Book Award 2022 Summer Writing Challenge 2022 Transition
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
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I am Miss Tenniswood, the Library Manager at Hymers College. I have two very cute but naughty pugs called Peanut and Biscuit. I love reading books that shock and surprise me. I have a degree in Library and Information Studies.
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
“Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is a story about a woman who is an awkward and damaged social outcast. It’s about her journey to find a way to survive and to open her life and heart up to others. The novel deals with themes about alienation, loneliness and kindness with humour and empathy. A beautiful story that will tug at your heart strings, and make you laugh with the main characters awkward behaviour and her relationship with others. This book is full of quiet warmth and deep and unspoken sadness.”
“I smiled at her. Twice in one day, to be the recipient of thanks and warm regard! I would never have suspected that small deeds could elicit such genuine, generous responses. I felt a little glow inside—not a blaze, more like a small, steady candle.”
College BO OK AWARD 2022 Student long list nomination form... pick your top 5! Pick your top 5
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Celebrating children’s books and reading at Hymers College. Run by Hymers College. Voted for by students. The Hymers College Book Award is created to unite the young people of Hymers College by enabling them to celebrate and share the books that matter to them.
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Staff at Hymers College will nominate books between July and October 2022, and the shortlist will be announced in October, 2022. Students will then be asked to read and review the shortlisted books which have all been published since January 2021 and vote for their favourites before 1st March. The award is focused on students in Year 6 and Year 7. The plan is to celebrate with a special award ceremony at Hymers College with the shortlisted authors invited to attend.
Hymers College Book Award (Year 6&7)
Hymers College invites all talented young writers to create stories on the theme of #PlotTwists SummercompetitionWriting Be a part of Hymers and awaken your imagination! Use your imaginationwonderfultocreate a story around the theme of plot twists to share with the Winningworld...stories will appear on Hymers website and Facebook page and will be edited by Miss Parker and made into a hardback book. (Story to be at least 500 words) WIN 1st£50 Place Waterstones voucher 2£25 nd Place Waterstones voucher 3£10 rd Place voucherWaterstones
The first instalment of an enthralling new seriesfantasyfromthebestsellingauthoroftheCogheartAdventuresisabewitchingblend of sorcery and intrigue in a realisedbrilliantlyalternateeighteenth-centuryEngland.
Both a rip-roaring locked room mystery set in a run-down hotel where a famous guest vanished into thin air and a sensitive exploration of living with a parent with bipolar, RollercoasterTheBoy is another superbly realised children’s novel from the author of The Goldfish Boy A hugely exciting and playful mash-up of video game and history, Bell’s timehopping adventure pitches a trio of resourceful kids into a far future contest involving famous figures from forPerfectpast.nter2019thereadingfansof
Engrossing tale that blends deftlyawarenessecologicalwithplottedadventure,aslonelyRiomounts a desperate search for the whale that has enliven his forced stay in California. A timeless tale of unity and friendship from the author of The House With Chicken Legs, The Thief Who Sang Storms finds a banished girl attempt to bring together the two warring sides of her island and save her persecuted father.
Wranglestone, Brown’s atmospheric debut merges queer love story with postapocalyptic thriller as two boys flee the many Superfluunleasheddangersafterthewipesoutmostofhumanity.
In the exquisitelyenthralling,writtensequeltothehugelypopular This Poison Heart, Briseis seeks the Absyrtus Heart that will bring her mother back from the dead.
Drawing from Persian mythology and filled with romance, danger and subterfuge, the first part of an epic new fantasy trilogy from the author of the Shatter Me series spins a glorious story of a crown prince, a prophecy and the eyes of a young servant girl he cannot get out of his mind.
INALLWONDERSCAPEBOYROLLERCOASTERTHETHAT’SLEFTTHEWORLDTHE FATEWICKED by A.F. Steadman by Hannah Gold by Sophie Anderson by Tahereh Mafi by Peter Bunzl by Lisa Thompson by Jennifer Bell by Erik J. Brownby Kalynn Bayron Prepare experienceto a magical world full of courageous heroes and warrior unicorns in the first instalment ofasexhilaratingSteadman’sseries,youngSkandartakestotheskiestobattleadeadlyenemy.
Books you need to read this Autumn! Bursting with adventure, romance, unforgettable characters and side-splitting silliness, discover the books to read during the autumn, courtesy of our hand-picked list of magical mayhem, compelling real-world drama, and much, much more... SKANDAR AND THE THIEFUNICORN THE THEWHALELOSTTHIEF WHO SANG STORMS THIS KINGDOMWOVEN MAGICBORN
Transition Year 6 to Year 7 Reading List Click here for full list to download
E-library Loghttps://hymerscollege.eplatform.co/inusingyourSchoolnetworkusername and the password ‘books’
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A very interesting book on a real girl called Lucy who is starting to reluctantly discover her sexuality as she grows up around her friends.
I think it is a good book for children who are discovering who they are and are too scared to come out to their parents, it is a reminder that there are people who are like them and have been through something. Hayla (Y7)
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Kinga (Y8)
The Girl of Ink and Stars is a magical adventure. It is set on a ittle island where half of the island is blocked off. I enjoyed this book as it made you gripped to the book and wanting you to read on. Kiki 10D
Student Book Reviews
“Iheardalotofgoodcomments
about this book and I decided that I would read it. It was AMAZING. The story was smartly written with nice twists and different perspectives, yet still went by quite quickly - but enough for you to follow along. The author keeps you guessing until the very end and the characters felt realistic. My favourite character was Tom as I adored his concern over Amy, and over time it dawned on everyone that Tom was right. The pages turned themselves and the emotions I got after reading this book were strong as Amy’s family was in a very hard position, and this book highlights abusive/manipulative relationships. The only thing I didn’t like was that the resolution didn’t tie some of the loose ends but overall, I was impressed.
To give someone the harshest penalty or punishment allowed by law, or to impose any severe sentence or punishment.
Take a leaf out of someone’s book
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Don’t judge a book by its cover
Balance the books Make sure all money is accounted for. Hit the books To begin to study hard. Cook the books To change accounts and figures dishonestly, usually to get money.
A dishonest action that has been used many times before. In someone’s good books Used for saying that someone is pleased with you.
Someone that is easy to know about because nothing is kept secret. Read someone like a book To understand easily what someone is thinking or feeling. The oldest trick in the book
Bring someone to book
A closed book
To punish someone when they have done wrong. BOOKS . . .
Something that you accept has completely ended. An open book
Not to form an opinion about someone only from their Throw the book at (someone)
To copy what someone else does because they are successful at doing it.
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Most Popular books One of us is lying by Karen M. McManus Total value of library £158,608.97collection Number of books in the LRC Number16,969ofloansthis year 2,557 Most Active Year group Year 7 STATS ABOUT THE LRC . . . COMING SOON . . . The new library catalogue helps you search for books, e-Books, websites, databases and more. It can be used anytime, anywhere and on any device. Logging in to Oliver is very easy. > From the Schoogle Home Page, click Oliver Library tab. > To login use the SSO – Single sign on feature. > You do not need a password or your Library borrowing ID to use Oliver. OLIVER V5THE LIBRARY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Access to LearnPath Guides –A digital collection of credible, reliable resources to support your learning and research. Watch the tutorial - https://youtu.be/QnBMlokB0U
Amazing Features of Oliver
This is an exciting platform for staff and students to It is easy to navigate and provides a host of benefits. Oliver provides an Orbit Junior interface for the younger students and a home page interface for the middle/senior students. One of the great features is that students can search not only the physical copies held by the school library but also other helpful databases, providing them with greater access to reputable online resources that can be accessed at home. Students are able to easily check their current loans and manage any overdue loans, reserve resources, create book reviews and also see what new titles have been added to the Library via the slideshow carousels.I
