Patron of Reading at St Bedes
Last Friday was my first day as Patron of Reading at St Bede's School, and I had a wonderful time with very engaged and amusing English classes from Year 7, 8 and 9. I received dozens of suggestions of books to include in the year long reading challenge I am launching, from Geek Girl to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. More details about the reading challenge are at the bottom of the page.
In the sessions, we talked together about why we love reading, and whether or not it is a cool thing to admit to (this seems to change quite dramatically if you attend secondary school or not...) and discussed books that we love.
Living proof that a love of reading is Extremely Cool.
I met lots of enthusiastic readers, including some enthusiastic readers of Infinite Sky (my favourite kind). And most importantly of all, I had a bona fide school dinner: breadcrumbed fish, jacket potato wedges and beans.
"Excellent!" *****
So for any students who weren't lucky enough to be in my sessions, and who want to get involved with my reading challenge, here are the details:
CJ's Reading Challenge for St Bede's
The challenge (if you choose to accept it) is to commit to reading as many books as you can in a year. The challenge was launched on World Book Day 2016, and ends on World Book Day 2017.
6 books = bronze12 books = silver24 books = gold30 books = diamond
The prize for completing the reading challenge, whether at bronze, silver, gold or diamond levels is to be featured on the Reader’s Wall of Fame on my blog, to be entered into the Reading Challenge prize draw, and - most valuable of all - to have read 6, 16, 24 or 30 books in a year!
I will be aiming for diamond, and will let you know how I get on… What will you be aiming for?
Suggested titles from me, St Bede's students and teachers
Grandpa’s Great Escape by David WalliamsGood Dog Bad Dog by Dave SheltonInfinite Sky by C J FloodAny from Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff KinneyHow I Live Now by Meg RosoffThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark HaddonPaper Towns by John GreenThe Last Wild by Piers TordayMazerunner by James DashnerDivergent by Veronica RothThe Worry Website by Jacqueline WilsonPigheart Boy by Malorie BlackmanGoodnight Mister Tom by Michelle MagorianNoughts and Crosses by Malorie BlackmanLord of the Flies by William GoldingRed Ink by Julia MayhewLeopold Blue by Rosie Rowell
Flygirl by Sherri L. SmithThe Dark Inside by Rupert WallaceTrouble by Non PrattAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenGirl Online by Zoe Sugg aka ZoellaCuckoo Song by Frances HardingeNorthern Lights by Phillip PullmanCharm and Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne13 Chairs by Dave SheltonHollow Earth by John and Carol BarrowmanA Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave SheltonA Monster Calls by Siobhan Down and Patrick NessMartyn Pig by Kevin Brooks
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny HanAny from the Geek Girl series by Holly SmaleAny from the Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renee RussellAny from the Young Samurai seriesAny from the Chocolate Box Girls by Cathy CassidyPointe by Brandy Colbert
Eragon by PaoliniHave a Little Faith by C J HarperNightwanderers by C J FloodDaylight by Ed HoganEverything Beautiful by Simmone HowellThe Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss
The Young Elites by Marie Lu
14+Asking For It by Louise O'Neill
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SaenzThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Shock of the Fall by Nathan FilerJunk by Melvin BurgessACID by Emma PassThe Fearless by Emma PassCoconut Unlimited by Nikesh Shukla
Do you have any more suggestions? Please let me know in comments below, if so.
In the sessions, we talked together about why we love reading, and whether or not it is a cool thing to admit to (this seems to change quite dramatically if you attend secondary school or not...) and discussed books that we love.
Living proof that a love of reading is Extremely Cool.I met lots of enthusiastic readers, including some enthusiastic readers of Infinite Sky (my favourite kind). And most importantly of all, I had a bona fide school dinner: breadcrumbed fish, jacket potato wedges and beans.
"Excellent!" *****So for any students who weren't lucky enough to be in my sessions, and who want to get involved with my reading challenge, here are the details:
CJ's Reading Challenge for St Bede's
The challenge (if you choose to accept it) is to commit to reading as many books as you can in a year. The challenge was launched on World Book Day 2016, and ends on World Book Day 2017.
6 books = bronze12 books = silver24 books = gold30 books = diamond
The prize for completing the reading challenge, whether at bronze, silver, gold or diamond levels is to be featured on the Reader’s Wall of Fame on my blog, to be entered into the Reading Challenge prize draw, and - most valuable of all - to have read 6, 16, 24 or 30 books in a year!
I will be aiming for diamond, and will let you know how I get on… What will you be aiming for?
Suggested titles from me, St Bede's students and teachers
Grandpa’s Great Escape by David WalliamsGood Dog Bad Dog by Dave SheltonInfinite Sky by C J FloodAny from Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff KinneyHow I Live Now by Meg RosoffThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark HaddonPaper Towns by John GreenThe Last Wild by Piers TordayMazerunner by James DashnerDivergent by Veronica RothThe Worry Website by Jacqueline WilsonPigheart Boy by Malorie BlackmanGoodnight Mister Tom by Michelle MagorianNoughts and Crosses by Malorie BlackmanLord of the Flies by William GoldingRed Ink by Julia MayhewLeopold Blue by Rosie Rowell
Flygirl by Sherri L. SmithThe Dark Inside by Rupert WallaceTrouble by Non PrattAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenGirl Online by Zoe Sugg aka ZoellaCuckoo Song by Frances HardingeNorthern Lights by Phillip PullmanCharm and Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne13 Chairs by Dave SheltonHollow Earth by John and Carol BarrowmanA Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave SheltonA Monster Calls by Siobhan Down and Patrick NessMartyn Pig by Kevin Brooks
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny HanAny from the Geek Girl series by Holly SmaleAny from the Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renee RussellAny from the Young Samurai seriesAny from the Chocolate Box Girls by Cathy CassidyPointe by Brandy Colbert
Eragon by PaoliniHave a Little Faith by C J HarperNightwanderers by C J FloodDaylight by Ed HoganEverything Beautiful by Simmone HowellThe Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss
The Young Elites by Marie Lu
14+Asking For It by Louise O'Neill
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SaenzThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Shock of the Fall by Nathan FilerJunk by Melvin BurgessACID by Emma PassThe Fearless by Emma PassCoconut Unlimited by Nikesh Shukla
Do you have any more suggestions? Please let me know in comments below, if so.
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