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Hollow Pike – James Dawson
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Ways to Live Forever – Sally Nicholls
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The Recruit – Robert Muchamore
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Zom-B – Darren Shan
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The Drowning – Rachel Ward
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Noughts and Crosses – Malorie Blackman
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Life at The Shallow End – Helen Bailey
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Tom Gates – Liz Pichon
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The Fault in our Stars – John Green
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Divergent – Veronica Roth
Are you enjoying the
Shortlisted books?
Don’t forget to check out the website, lots of competitions and other Amazing things! http://amazingbookawards.co.uk/ It’s not too late to get involved and meet the authors at the fabulous presentation evening in July
Lunchtime in the LRC
Reading After Tomorrow
Please send in pictures of you and your friends reading the books. These will be placed on the website. Here is a great one from The Weald School, they are reading The Drowning. Can we think of something to top this?
Congratulations to the following students for achieving the highest points scored from Reading Practice quizzes in April. Please collect your prizes
Samuel Isaacs Megan Richardson Alison Burcombe Matthew Clegg Hannah Jones Liam Grange Alfie Nye Chloe Boyd Gary Paine George Usher
108.2 58.0 52.0 51.3 40.3 38.0 33.5 31.0 29.0 26.1
ÂŁ10 Amazon Voucher Bookmark or Pen & Chocolate
A special congratulations to Billy Hilton who took 8 quizzes this month and passed them all. Please come and collect a prize
10 Things About Harry Potter That J K Rowling Never Mentioned Before!
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Mrs Langley’s
Book of the Month
Joshua is a troubled boy who lives with his mother and stepfather in a divided city, where a wall and soldiers separate two communities, and the rubble-strewn residue of their broken world gives hints of the old life before the wall was built. Joshua discovers a manhole, which leads to a tunnel, which leads in pitch darkness under the wall and across to the other side. Forbidden territory, dangerous territory, violent territory, which a boy like him - visibly different - shouldn't stray into. An act of kindness from a girl saves his life, but leads to a brutal act of cruelty and a terrible debt he's determined to repay. And no one, no one must find out that he's been there - or the consequences will be unbearable.
QED's Tales from Shakespeare retell some of Shakespeare's most popular and wellknown plays. Clear and contemporary language makes these stories easily accessible to young readers. I am proud to say I have a wealth of awkward experiences - from school days to life as an office temp - and here I offer my 18-year-old self (and I hope you too dear reader) some much needed caution and guidance on how to navigate life's rocky path. Because frankly where is the manual? The much needed manual to life. Well, fret not, for this is my attempt at one and let's call it, because it's fun, a Miran-ual. I thank you.
A year after the suicide of one of their friends, the rest of the group decide to spend the summer together in a holiday villa in the Mediterranean. They're hoping to get over the terrible events of the previous year, but then a new guest arrives - claiming to have evidence that the suicide was actually murder. When she is found dead, it becomes clear that the killer must be one of them - but who is it? And will they strike again? A compelling psychological thriller - with a dash of romance.
Zak Darke is sent on what seems like a straightforward surveillance op in South Africa but it soon turns into the toughest, most dangerous mission he has ever faced. An old enemy has teamed up with a terrifying gang of child soldiers and Zak is caught in the middle. Having travelled to the heart of the African jungle, will he make it out alive . . . ?
Alex has run away and is hiking through the wilderness with her dead parents' ashes, about to say goodbye to the life she no longer wants to live. But then the world suddenly changes. An electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky zapping every electronic device and killing the vast majority of adults. For those spared, it's a question of who can be trusted and who has changed... Everyone still alive has turned - some for the better (those who acquired a superhuman sense) while others for the worse (those who acquired a taste for human flesh). Desperate to find out what happened and to avoid the zombies that are on the hunt, Alex meets up with Tom - an Army veteran who escaped one war only to find something worse at home and Ellie, a young girl whose grandfather was killed by the electromagnetic pulse. This improvised family will have to use every ounce of courage they have just to find food, shelter, while fighting off the 'Changed' and those desperate to stay alive. A tense and involving adventure with shocks and sudden plot twists that will keep teen and adult readers gripped. Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, and the stakes are higher than ever. When his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, no one, not even Theo Boone - who knows April better than anyone - has answers. As fear ripples through his small hometown and the police hit dead ends, it's up to Theo to use his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April. Filled with the page-turning suspense that made John Grisham a number one international bestseller and the undisputed master of the legal thriller, Theodore Boone's trials and triumphs will keep readers guessing until the very end. Cimmeria has been more than a school for Allie, it's been a safe haven. But no longer. A nefarious group - one that is tied up with Allie's family in ways she could barely imagine is trying to destroy everything Cimmeria stands for. Even worse, it's clear that somebody they eat with, sleep with, train with is betraying them. There's a spy in Night School. As the paranoia grows and the fights begin, it's not an attack from outside they need to worry about . . . When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage - not by guns or bombs, but by a code so complex that if released would cripple U.S. intelligence. Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves...
Learning Resources Centre
Pens & Pencils - 5p each Coloured Pencils – 60p per pack Eraser – 10p Sharpener – 10p Ruler – 10p Geometry Set – £1.20 Scientific Calculator - £7.00 Record Cards for Revision – 25 for 45p A4 Exercise Book Jackets – 40p Clear Pencil Cases – 40p