Love, hate and other filters, Samira Ahmed
Molly Y8 says:
This book is perfect for secondary school students. It has lots of important issues but they are not always solved, for example Maya being treated as a Muslim. I believe her parents were very harsh not letting her go to Film School. I liked the ending because it proved that you CAN do what you want when it means so much to you.
Moonrise, Sarah Crossan
They think I hurt someone.
But I didn’t. You hear?
Cos people are gonna be telling you
all kinds of lies.
I need you to know the truth.
Joe hasn’t seen his brother for ten years, and it’s for the most brutal of reasons. Ed is on death row.
But now Ed’s execution date has been set, and Joe is determined to spend those last weeks with him, no matter what other people think …
From one-time winner and two-time Carnegie Medal shortlisted author Sarah Crossan, this poignant, stirring, huge-hearted novel asks big questions. What value do you place on life? What can you forgive? And just how do you say goodbye?
Zack Y9 says:
Man! This book is basically emotions on a plate. It’s about the life of Joe Moon and it hasn’t always dealt him a good hand. His brother has been framed for killing and is on Death Row.It sucks back to memories of when Joe was little, and his Mum didn’t care much for him so Ed was his Guardian.
I can’t find any negatives about this book, however I bet you won’t be able to not cry by the end of it.
The Book of Dust, Philip Pullman
The Blurb: Malcolm Polstead’s Oxford life has been one of routine, ordinary even. He is happiest playing with his daemon, Asta, in their canoe, La Belle Sauvage. But now as the rain builds, the world around Malcolm and Asta it seems is set to become increasingly far from ordinary.
Finding himself linked to a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua, Malcolm is forced to undertake the challenge of his life and to make a dangerous journey that will change him and Lyra for ever . . .
Zack, Y9 says..
“It is set before His Dark Materials (a bit like Star Wars) and takes a very long time to get into. But, by the end, it all makes sense and the penny drops. You can’t just read the words, you have to dig deeper. However it is nowhere as good as His Dark Materials.”
Welcome to Riveting Reads: the 2019 challenge for Y7-9 students
Happy New Year everyone!
Start the New Year with a Reading Resolution:
To read more, read intelligently and to read widely.
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