Reading Information For Year 7

Encouraging independent reading inYear 7

 

New fiction

 

Parvana's Journey Deborah Ellis

 

Checkmate Malorie Blackman

 

A Hat Full of Sky Terry Pratchett

 

The Ragwitch Garth Nix

 

The Boy Who Lost his Face Louis Sacher

 

Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception Eoin Colfer

 

 

Great reads

 

A Game of Soldiers Jan Needle

 

Clockwork Philip Pullman

 

Love that Dog Sharon Creech

 

Heaven Eyes David Almond

 

Skellig David Almond

 

Refugee Boy Benjamin Zephaniah

 

Kensuke?s Kingdom Michael Morpurgo

 

Two Weeks with the Queen Morris Gleitzman

 

Whispers in the Graveyard Theresa Breslin

 

The Wind Singer William Nicholson

 

Ruby in the Smoke Philip Pullman

 

Bumface Morris Gleitzman

 

Flour Babies Anne Fine

 

Carnegie shortlists

Carnegie Medal Shortlist 2006

 

DAVID ALMOND Clay

FRANK COTTRELL BOYCE Framed

GERALDINE MCCAUGHREAN The White Darkness

IAN MARK Turbulence

MAL PEET Tamar

 

 

 

 

The Carnegie Medal Shortlist 2005

 

ANNE CASSIDY Looking for JJ

GENNIFER CHOLDENKO Al Capone Does My Shirts

FRANK COTTRELL BOYCE Millions (winner)

SHARON CREECH Heartbeat

EVA IBBOTSON The Star of Kazan

PHILIP PULLMAN The Scarecrow and His Servant

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why not join in with the 70th Anniversary of the Carnegie Medal and shadow thenominations with your own book club?

3 March 2006 List of nominations published 5 May 2006 Shortlist announced 7 July 2006 Winners announced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                      World Book Day

Thursday 1st

March 2007

 

Recommended reads from World Book Day 2005:

War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

The 7 Professors of the Far North by John Fardell

Montmorency by Eleanor Updale

Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz

Mates, Dates and Great Escapes by Cathy Hopkins

Predator's Gold by Philip Reeve

 

 

 

 

 

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Looking for a good book?   

Try www.reading matters.co.uk

 

This site is written for children and teenagers who want to choose their own books. It gives detailed children?s book reviews on a wide range of books,which are being added to all the time. When a bookhas been read, there are suggestions about what to read next.

 

Suggestions for choosing books

 

Ask your child to help you choose a book they would like to look at or read; children are more likely to enjoy reading if they have chosen the material themselves. Don't worry too much about finding the 'right' book. The fact that you are having fun and sharing with your child is more important than the content or quality of the book itself. Your child will probably enjoy books that match their interests and hobbies; this might be a good starting point.

 

Remember that joke books, comics, autobiographies, TV tie-ins and non-fiction are also valuable reading material. Try to give your child access to as wide a range of books as possible, which will help them develop a sense of their likes and dislikes.

 

  Great websites for up-to-date news and reviews of children's fiction:

 

 

                                                                     http://www.thechildrensbookcase.com/

                                                                     http://www.jubileebooks.co.uk/

                                                                     http://www.booktrusted.com/

                                                                     http://books.guardian.co.uk/

                                                                     Http://www.willedenbookshop.co.uk 

 

                                        To help children with reading try:  http://www.rif.org.uk

 

 

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