Literacy Legends Waterstones Trip Summer Term

14 Students from Year 7 and 8 are taken for a treat... (Learning Lounge - 20/07/2016)

On Wednesday 13th July 2016 14 students visited Waterstones in Nottingham with Mrs Litherland and Ms Marris: treated to a book up to the value of £10.00 and a Hot Chocolate from Costa Cafe in the shop. Students enjoyed a browse, books chosen included:

See How They Run by Ally Carter

The second thrilling book in the EMBASSY ROW series.

Grace thought finding her mother's killer would bring her peace. But the truth has only made her a target. On Embassy Row, trust is a luxury. Death is a very real threat. And a girl like Grace should be very careful about which secrets she brings to light...

Girl Hearts Girl By Lucy Sutcliffe

​An inspiring, uplifting and sympathetic story about sexuality and self-acceptance, Lucy Sutcliffe's debut memoir is a personal and moving coming out story. In 2010, at seventeen, Lucy Sutcliffe began an online friendship with Kaelyn, a young veterinary student from Michigan. Within months, they began a long distance relationship, finally meeting in the summer of 2011. Lucy's video montage of their first week spent together in Saint Kitts, which she posted to the couple's YouTube channel, was the first in a series of films documenting their long-distance relationship. Funny, tender and candid, the films attracted them a vast online following. Now, for the first time, Lucy's writing about the incredible personal journey she's been on; from never quite wanting the fairy-tale of Prince Charming to realising she was gay at the age of 14, through three years of self-denial to finally coming out to friends and family, to meeting her American girlfriend Kaelyn.

​A Thousand Nights by E.K Johnston

He killed three hundred girls before he came to my village, looking for a wife.

When a powerful and dangerous king arrives in the desert to take one of the village girls as his next wife, one girl will stop at nothing to save the life of her sister - even if it means sacrificing herself.

At his palace she is sure death awaits. But the king's fascination with her keeps her alive night after night, as the tales she weaves for him create a strange magic between them and her words come to life before her eyes. As her stories become more intricate and beautiful, her magic becomes more powerful, but will it be enough to save her?

Generation Next by Oli White

Things haven't been easy for Jack recently - life as a teenager has its ups and downs. But when he meets a new group of friends, who are every bit as geek as they are chic, his luck seems to be changing. Each of the group is talented and when they pool together to create Generation Next, an incredible new kind of social media platform, it's clear that they're on to something special.

What if your Instagram account grew by hundreds of thousands of followers overnight, and big companies were fighting each other to offer you photoshoots? When GenNext suddenly goes viral, Jack and his friends are thrust into a crazy world of fame which is as terrifying as it is awesome.

Because someone out there is determined to trip Jack up at every step. If he doesn't stop them, soon everyone he cares about - his friends, his family, and the girl he's falling for - will be in danger...

All 14 books chosen by the students will be available in the Learning Lounge in the Autumn Term.

This activity is part of the Literacy Legends Inter-Tutor set competition; students are chosen by Mrs Litherland and Ms Marris for varying achievements associated with reading including taking part in 'Booktrust Challenges', giving time up to be a Student Librarian, use of the Learning Lounge, Peer Reading, past borrowing figures and changed attitudes to reading...

Literacy Legends will return in the Autumn Term...