OPENING HOURS

Monday to Friday 8.15 until 3.00 including break and lunch time.

BOOKS

There are over 13,000 books. This includes fiction (stories) and non-fiction (factual) books.

LIBRARIAN

Mrs Pearce is the Librarian. She is here to help you.

LIBRARY HELPERS

Any student can become a Library Helper. You get sweets and house points for helping. Ask Mrs Pearce if you are interested.

BOOK CLUB

Book Club is every Wednesday lunch time. It is open to all students regardless of age or ability. We talk about all things book related.

HOMEWORK CLUB

Monday to Thursday 3.15 – 4.30. Students from all years can complete their schoolwork and study.

COMPUTERS

There are 14 computers and a printer to do your school or homework or log onto Reading Cloud.

STATIONERY SHOP

There is a small range of stationery items available to buy such as pens, pencils, protractors etc.

You can borrow up to three books at a time. The loan is for two weeks, and the return date is stamped on the issuing sheet on the first page of your book.

·      CHOOSING THE RIGHT BOOK

Choose a book that you are going to enjoy. Look at the displays, the genre book lists or search on Reading Cloud. Fill out the Reading Questionnaire and Mrs Pearce can help you choose based on your answers.

·      TAKING A BOOK OUT

Go to the issuing desk and tell Mrs Pearce your name. She will scan it and put it onto your records. When you want to bring it back take it to the issuing desk and return it via the computer.

·      READING CLOUD

Reading Cloud is our online Library catalogue. https://app.readingcloud.net/

Students can search for books, write reviews and access other useful book lists, authors and other information. Ask Mrs Pearce for log in details.

• The Storm Keeper’s Island – Catherine Doyle
• Cogheart – Peter Bunzl
• Return to Roar – Jenny McLachlan
• How to Train a Dragon – Cressida Cowell
• A Good Time to Climb Trees – Jaco Jacobs
• Lightning Mary – Anthea Simmons
• Horse Boy – Tanya Landman
• The Explorer – Katherine Rundell
• The House with Chicken Legs – Sophie Anderson
• Wonder – R. J. Palacio
• Private Peaceful – Michael Morpurgo
• The London Eye Mystery – Siobhan Dowd
• Holes – Louis Sachar
• The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
• Cosmic – Frank Cottrell Boyce
• The Boy in Striped Pyjamas – John Boyne
• Noor-Un-Nissa Inayat Khan – Sufiya Ahmed

• The Adoration of Jenna Fox – Mary E. Pearson
• Bog Child – Siobhan Dowd
• Mortal Engines – Philip Reeve
• Remembrance – Theresa Breslin
• Witch Child – Celia Rees
• The Last Wild – Piers Torday
• The Stolen Ones – Vanessa Curtis
• Bloom – Nicola Skinner
• Boy 87 – Ele Fountain
• Girl. Boy. Sea. – Chris Vick
• The Dog Runner – Bren Macdibble
• The Black Crow Conspiracy – Chris Edge
• Chasing Danger – Sara Grant
• The Crowfield Curse – Pat Walsh
• The Girl in the Mask – Marie-Louise Jensen
• H. I. V. E. – Mark Walden
• The Midnight Zoo – Sonia Hartnett

• Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
• Junk – Melvin Burgess
• Run, Rebel – Manjeet Mann
• Noughts and Crosses – Malorie Blackman
• The Host – Stephanie Meyer
• The Book Thief – Marcus Zusak
• The Girl in the Broken Mirror – Savita Kalhan
• The Dark Lady – Akala
• Slay – Brittney Morris
• The Big Lie – Julie May
• The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
• The Dogs – Allan Stratton
• Afterwards – Scott Westerfeld
• All These Things I Have Done – Gabrielle Zevin
• Eight Pieces of Silva – Patrice Lawrence
• The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
• I Am Thunder – Muhammad Khan

• Asylum – Rachel Anderson
• The Bone Season – Samantha Shannon
• Cherry Heaven – L. J. Adlington
• Contagion – Teri Terry
• Indigo Donut – Patrice Lawrence
• The Night of Burning – Linda Press Wulf
• After the Fire – Will Hill
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
• The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
• The Snow Child – Eowyn Ivey
• Atonement – Ian McEwan
• The Color Purple – Alice Walker
• Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
• The Return of the Soldier – Rebecca West
• The Woman in Black – Susan Hill
• Hideous Beauty – William Hussey
• Internment – Samira Ahmed

• All The Pretty Horses – Cormac McCarthy
• Before I Go to Sleep – S. J. Watson
• The Book of Lost Things – John Connolly
• Chocolat – Joanne Harris
• Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
• Moll Flanders – Daniel Defoe
• Mrs Dalloway – Virginia Woolf
• The Passion of New Eve – Angela Carter
• The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
• Snow – Orhan Pamuk
• Sons and Lovers – D. H. Lawrence
• Tales of the Unexpected – Roald Dahl
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Heather Morris
• The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
• The Talented Mrs Ripley – Patricia Highsmith
• The Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison
• Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe

How to support your child’s reading: Supporting Reading – Advice to Parents

PRIZES FOR READING!

Get a Reading Reward Bookmark from the Library. Note down each book you have read. Once you have read ten books get it signed off by your tutor (who will give you House Points for each book). Bring your completed Bookmark to the Library and Mrs Pearce will give you a prize.

There are five awards available – Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond.

Prizes increase as you go through the awards. Prizes can include various items such as bookmarks, stickers, sweets, chocolates, pencils, pens, notebooks, mini treats, pins, toys, vouchers, and books.

Reading Rewards