Ongoing Activities and Features

Ongoing activities and features

a. Monthly Book Club – The Book Club, introduced in 2012, returned this year with the same format: two groups, Junior and Senior, meet once a month, at lunch time, to talk about books; every month a theme is chosen by popular vote by the members of the club; students are invited to read any title that suits the theme and then share their thoughts on such title with the group. It has proven to be a great way to exchange recommendations, to get to know new books and share opinions, in a relaxed and friendly environment. The group discussions were facilitated by Ms Valentina Benivegna, School Librarian (Junior) and by Ms Vanessa Moran, English Teacher (Senior). Some of the most popular themes this year were Comics & Graphic Novels, Sci-Fi and Adventure. Thanks to the input and enthusiasm of new and old members, this year the Book Club has really taken off. We hope to continue this encouraging trend next year.

b. ‘Reading for Pleasure’ Classes For All 1st Year Students – The purpose of these weekly classes is to encourage and nurture the activity of pleasure reading, as well as to let new students familiarise themselves with the HCK Library environment. As iPads have been introduced for all 1st Year students, the role of the ‘Reading for Pleasure’ classes was especially important this year, as they provided an opportunity for the girls to read on printed text and not on LCD screens, which, with prolonged use, can cause eye strain and headaches.

c. ‘Student Recommendations’ Shelf – This is a space for students to recommend their favourite reads to their peers. The shelf has a prominent location in the library and it has proven to be very effective in helping the students choosing their next read. Other students’ reviews are spread around the library on the various bookshelves, making these titles stand out, while creating a personal and friendly atmosphere in the library.

d. Reading Lists & Theme Lists – General Reading Lists tailored to each Year group and Theme Lists are available at the Librarian desk. This year the Reading Lists have been printed on a brochure format which has attracted many new readers; Theme Lists have also been produced, to guide the students towards a specific favourite genre, theme or style of writing1. All Reading and Theme Lists will be reviewed and updated every year.

e. Book Swap Box – The Book Swap Box was introduced this year during Book Week. This new feature was the brainchild of Library Prefect Emily Daly, who wished to provide HCK students with a place where they could bring and take books freely. Together with the Class Librarians, we decorated the box to make it appealing and visible to everyone, and then invited all students to contribute to its content. Hopefully the appeal of the Book Swap Box will continue to grow with time.

Special Events

a. Roald Dahl Day – On the 11th of October, we celebrated Roald Dahl Day. Launched for the first time in 2012, it has since become one of the flagship events of the HCK Library. Roald Dahl Day is an event aimed at all 1st Year students, who are thus introduced to the library early in the year, in a fun and engaging way. This year, the day included a dressing-up party, a table quiz – with prizes for the winners and for the best-dressed team – and a movie, shown in the Cornelia Connelly Hall (‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ by Wes Anderson). This event is organised in collaboration with Ms Vanessa Moran and a group of enthusiastic and extremely helpful Transition Year students, who provided decorations, cakes and sweets, and help with running the table quiz. We also held an Art competition; the winner was chosen by the class librarians and was announced on the day.

1 See Appendix 1.

b. Book Week: To celebrate ‘World Book Day’ (Thursday 6th March), a variety of book-related activities were organised in the library throughout the week. Many classes participated, from 1st to 4th Year. The activities on offer were: 1. Literary Pictionary – The class was split into teams and each team had a set time to guess as many titles of books as possible. This was one of the most popular activities of the week; it is a very fast-paced game which rewards quick thinking, imagination and literary knowledge. Prizes were given to the winning teams. 2. Reading Chairs – An activity that can be described as ‘speed dating’ for books, it is designed to broaden the students’ reading horizons. Each student was issued with a score-sheet containing a list of the titles they were about to sample; at the end of the activity, they were invited to grade each title and decide whether they would like to continue reading them or not. In a very short time, the students were introduced to a wide and diverse range of books, and that often resulted in some of those books being borrowed later2. 3. Creative Storytelling with Rory’s Story Cubes – Rory’s Story Cubes are 9 dices with 54 images and symbols, which can be interpreted freely and used to brainstorm ideas for stories and characters. We have used these cubes to tell and write a collective story with a class, stimulating and encouraging the students’ imagination and creativity. 4. Table Quiz – Questions related to the literary world were tailored to different age groups. They included rounds on general knowledge, quotes, opening lines, famous authors’ pictures and fan-art of popular books and characters. Prizes were given to the winning teams. 5. Library Hunt – A set of questions was issued to 1st and 2nd Year classes, split into small teams. The answers to the questions were to be found within the various section of the library. It was aimed at broadening the students’ knowledge of the library, both in terms of layout and content, as well as introducing them to the concept of research3. Prizes were given to the winning teams. 6. Cupcake Party – on Wednesday, some Class Librarians from 2nd and 3rd Year baked delicious cupcakes bearing names of their favourite books and brought them to school, for a lunch-time cupcake party.

7. Blind Date with a Book – Around Valentine’s Day, the Library Team invited the school to go on a ‘Blind Date with a Book’. We chose some of our favourite titles, wrapped them in plain brown paper and then wrote a few keywords on the parcels to attract the readers “blindly” to the books. It was an innovative

2 See Appendix 2. 3 See Appendix 3.

and enjoyable way to discourage judging books by their covers and to create a buzz of curiosity and mystery around the books.

c. ‘Fighting Words’ Workshop – On May 12th, a group of Transition Year students, accompanied by Ms Aisling O’Connor and I, had the opportunity to take part in a creative writing workshop held by Fighting Words in Behan Square, Dublin 1. Fighting Words was founded in 2004 by Roddy Doyle and Sean Love to provide a space to encourage and nurture creative writing for students of all ages. It is run completely by volunteers and workshops must be booked a year in advance, such is the demand. The workshop proved to be a great success; the students showed eagerness and enthusiasm towards the programme and they all produced very impressive pieces of creating writing. As a result, some of the students expressed an interest in joining the Fighting Words “Write Club”, an afternoon writing group aimed specifically at teenagers.

Opening Times: 9.30 am – 5 pm

Borrowing Times: Morning Break and Lunch Break; 3.30 pm – 5 pm

Acquisitions

a. Fiction – Over 220 fiction titles have been added to the Senior, Young Adult and Junior sections. One of the main goals this year was to increase the range of Hi-Lo books (High Interest/Low Reading Level) to appeal to students with learning disabilities, to reluctant readers and to exchange students. A wide range of Penguin Active Readers has also been purchased for the same purpose. b. Comics & Graphic Novels, Audio Books and DVDs – 27 comics & graphic novels, 44 DVDs and 11 audio books have been added to the collection. These purchases are part of an ongoing plan to expand the types of literary and visual resources on offer in HCK Library to meet the demands and needs of each student, and to assist with the school curriculum. c. Non Fiction – 62 titles have been added. d. Magazine Subscriptions – The monthly magazine publications available for this year were: 1. The Internationalist 2. Time 3. National Geographic 4. Scientific American

5. Discover 6. Finance Dublin 7. Saudi Aramco World

Weekly Subscription: Hola Magazine (Spanish)

e. Irish Times Newspaper – The Irish Times was available on a daily basis throughout the academic year.

Collection Statistics

Books and other printed materials: 4006 (Copies: 4167) Audio Books: 19 (Copies: 19) DVDs: 67 (Copies: 68) CD-ROMs: 7 (Copies: 9) Total: 4099 (Copies: 4263)

Circulation Statistics

Borrowed Titles: 357 Overall Borrowings: 614

Library team

Librarian: Valentina Benivegna Library Prefect: Emily Daly Class Librarians: 1st Year: Ellen O’Byrne Jenny McKeever Josephine Sanne 2nd Year: Elisha De-Alker Naomi Tilles 3rd Year: Sara Dawson Alice Eaton Rebecca Rafferty 5th Year: Rosie Culhane 6th Year: Jennifer Hughes Kirsten Kean

Irish School Library Association (SLARI) Conference – ‘Libraries and the New Junior Cycle’ (November 22nd, Pearse Street Library).

Speakers: 1. Annette Honan (National Council for Curriculum and Assessment ) provided an overview of the changes that are taking place and also highlighted some aspects of these changes that will directly relate to the work of school librarians such as the focus on key skills (e.g. managing information) and the move towards more self-directed learning, project work, presentations, portfolios, etc. 2. Mick O’Riordan (Junior Certificate School Programme Regional Advisor) looked at how the JCSP programme targets the needs of individual students. The talk focused on the skills development of students and how the JCSP system supports it.

a. Increase collaboration with classroom teachers. b. Increase collaboration with Library Prefect and Class Librarians. c. Expand Library collection, continuing to improve its content and currency. d. Weed out outdated resources. e. Hold a Library sale to weed out outdated resources and raise funds for new acquisitions. f. Improve shelving display. g. Increase number and quality of Reading & Literacy ongoing activities (i.e. Creative Writing Group; Magazine Reading Club; Movie Club). h. Increase number and quality of Reading & Literacy special events (i.e. MS Read-a-thon; Battle of the Books Tournament; Open Mic Storytelling Event; Author Visits). i. Improve the use of the Notice Board (i.e. show photos of events & activities; show lists of current popular titles; provide a ‘wish list’ sheet for students where to suggest new titles to add to collection) j. Set up a Library blog (Wordpress) to promote and showcase Library activities and events, and to provide a platform for students to publish book reviews, articles and short stories. k. Set up a Librarything account to provide online custom-made Reading and Theme Lists as well as to showcase latest acquisitions. l. Purchase listening devices (CD/MP3 players) for audio books. m. Make Library catalogue accessible to students and staff through the school’s computer network. n. Ensure borrowed resources are returned on time. o. Improve the Class Librarians recruiting system.

Appendix 1

First Year Reading List

 Abdel-Fattah, Randa – Does my Head Look Big in This? (Fiction/Islam/Australian High School)  Almond, David – Skellig (Fiction/Fantasy/Spirituality/Friendship)  Augarde, Steve – The Various (Fiction/Fantasy/Fairies)  Babbit, Natalie – Tuck Everlasting (Fiction/Fantasy/Immortality)  Babbit, Natalie – The Search for Delicious (Fiction/Fantasy/Adventure/Quest)  Barker, Dominic – Blart (Fiction/Fantasy/Adventure/Humour)  Boyce, Frank Cottrell – Framed (Fiction/Humour)  Crossan, Sarah – The Weight of Water (Fiction/Poetry/Immigration)  Doyle, Roddy – A Greyhound of a Girl (Fiction/Mothers & Daughters)  Durrell, Gerard – My Family and Other Animals (Non-fiction/ Memoir/ Animals)  Ende, Michael – The Neverending Story (Fiction/Fantasy/Adventure)  Ende, Michael – Momo (Fiction/Fantasy)  Fitzhugh, Louise – Harriet the Spy (Fiction/Friendship)  Frank, Anne – Diary of a Young Girl (Non-fiction/Diary/Holocaust)  Funke, Cornelia – Inkheart (Fiction/Fantasy/Adventure)  Gaiman, Neil – The Graveyard Book (Fiction/Fantasy/Ghosts)  Greene, Bette – Summer of my German Soldier (Fiction/Historical: WWII America/Romance)  Hale, Shannon – The Goose Girl (Fiction/Fairy Tale)  Hale, Shannon – The Book of a Thousand Days (Fiction/Fairy Tale)  Harrison, Michelle – The Thirteen Treasures (Fiction/Fantasy/Fairies)  Ibbotson, Eva – Journey to the River Sea (Fiction/Adventure/Amazon River/Friendship)  Iserles, Inbali – The Tygrine Cat (Fiction/Fantasy/Cats)  Jones, Dianne Wynne – Charmed Life (Fiction/Fantasy/Magic)  Karim, Sheba – Skunk Girl (Fiction/Muslim/American-Pakistani)  Kinney, Jeff – Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Fiction/Graphic Novel/Humour/American Middle School)  Lindgren, Astrid – Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter (Fiction/Fantasy/Friendship)  Lowry, Lois – The Giver (Fiction/Science Fiction/Dystopia)  Montgomery, L. M – Anne of Green Gables (Fiction/Orphan/Friendship/Canadian Countryside Life)  Paterson, Katherine – Bridge to Terabithia (Fiction/Friendship/Imagination)  Paver, Michelle – Wolf brother (Fiction/Pre-historical/Adventure)

 Pratchett, Terry – The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Fiction/Fantasy/Humour)  Pratchett, Terry – The Tiffany Aching Series: The Wee Free Men; A Hat Full of Sky; Wintersmith; I Shall Wear Midnight (Fiction/Fantasy/Witchcraft/Humour)  Riordan, Rick – Percy Jackson Series (Fiction/Fantasy/Mythology)  Sachar, Louis – Holes (Fiction/Friendship/Humour/Adventure)  Selznick, Brian – The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Fiction/Historical: 1930s France/Friendship/Adventure )  Schlitz, Laura Amy – Fire Spell (Fiction/Historical/Victorian/Fantasy)  Spinelli, Jerry – Loser (Fiction/American Middle School/Fitting in/Bullying)  Stroud, Jonathan – The Amulet of Samarkand (Fiction/Fantasy/Magic)  Tolkien, J. R.R. – The Hobbit (Fiction/Fantasy/Adventure)  Thompson, Kate – The New Policeman (Fantasy/Irish Mythology/Irish Music/Adventure)  Townsend, Sue – The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Age 13 ¾ (Fiction/Diary/Humour)  Twain, Mark – The adventures of Tom Sawyer (Fiction/Adventure/Friendship)

Second Year Reading List

 Abdel-Fattah, Randa – Does my Head Look Big in This? (Fiction/Islam/Australian High School)  Abadzis, Nick – Laika (Graphic Novel/Non-fiction/Soviet Union/Space Exploration)  Almond, David – Skellig (Fiction/Fantasy/Spirituality/Friendship)  Anderson, Laure Halse – Speak (Fiction/American High School/Depression)  Briggs, Raymond – When the Wind Blows (Fiction/Graphic Novel/Atomic Bomb)  Christie, Agatha – Murder on the Orient Express (Fiction/Murder Mystery)  Christie, Agatha – And Then There Were None (Fiction/Murder Mystery)  Crossan, Sarah – The Weight of Water (Fiction/Poetry/Immigration)  De Lint, Charles – The Blue Girl (Fiction/Urban Fantasy/Fairies/American High School)  Durrell, Gerard – My Family and Other Animals (Non Fiction/Memoir/Animals)  Ende, Michael – The Neverending Story (Fiction/Fantasy/Adventure)  Funke, Cornelia – Inkheart (Fiction/Fantasy/Adventure)  Gardner, Sally – Maggot Moon (Fiction/Science Fiction/Dystopia)  Gaiman, Neil – Stardust (Fiction/Fantasy/Fairy Tale/Romance)  Gaiman, Neil – The Graveyard Book (Fiction/Fantasy/Ghosts)  Hale, Shannon – The Goose Girl (Fiction/Fairy Tale)  Hale, Shannon – The Book of a Thousand Days (Fiction/Fairy Tale)  Hardinge, Frances – Verdigris Deep (Fiction/Urban Fantasy/Witches)

 Hoffman, Alice – The Foretelling (Fiction/Mythology/Amazons)  Karim, Sheba – Skunk Girl (Fiction/Multicultural/Islam: American-Pakistani)  Lowry, Lois – The Giver (Fiction/Science Fiction/Dystopia)  Malley, Gemma – The Declaration (Fiction/Science Fiction/Dystopia)  Paterson, Katherine – Bridge to Terabithia (Fiction/Friendship/Imagination)  Pratchett, Terry – The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Fiction/Fantasy/Humour)  Pratchett, Terry – The Tiffany Aching Series: The Wee Free Men; A Hat Full of Sky; Wintersmith; I Shall Wear Midnight (Fiction/Fantasy/Witchcraft/Humour)  Pullman, Philip – The Sally Lockhart Series: The Ruby in the Smoke; A Shadow in the North; The Tiger in the Well (Fiction/Thriller/Mystery/Historical/ Victorian)  Rees, Celia – Witch Child (Fiction/Historical/Witchcraft)  Riordan, Rick – Percy Jackson Series (Fiction/Fantasy/Mythology)  Rosoff, Meg – How I Live Now (Fiction/Dystopia/Romance)  Sachar, Louis – Holes (Fiction/Friendship/Humour/Adventure)  Spinelli, Jerry – Stargirl (Fiction/American High School/Romance/Individuality/Peer Pressure)  Tamaki, Mariko & Jillian – Skim (Fiction/ Graphic Novel /American High School/Fitting In)  Tolkien, J. R.R. – The Hobbit (Fiction/ Fantasy/Adventure)  Townsend, Sue – The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Age 13 ¾ (Fiction/Diary/Humour)  Townsend, Sue – The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (Fiction/Diary/Humour)  Valentine, Jenny – Broken Soup (Fiction/Relationships/Family/Romance)  Valentine, Jenny – Finding Violet Park (Fiction/Mystery/Family/Relationships)

Third Year Reading List

 Abadzis, Nick – Laika (Non-fiction/Graphic Novel/ Space Exploration/Soviet Union)  Adams, Douglas – The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Fiction/Science Fiction/Humour)  Ammaniti, Niccolò – I’m Not Scared (Fiction/Thriller/Kidnapping/Friendship)  Blackman, Malorie – Noughts and Crosses (Fiction/Fantasy/Dystopia/Racism)  Briggs, Raymond – When the Wind Blows (Fiction/Graphic Novel/Atomic Bomb)  Bronte, Charlotte – Jane Eyre (Fiction/Romance/Feminism)  Christie, Agatha – Murder on the Orient Express (Fiction/Murder Mystery)  Christie, Agatha – And Then There Were None (Fiction/Murder Mystery)  Donnelly, Jennifer – A Gathering Light (Fiction/Historical)  Gardner, Sally – Maggot Moon (Fiction/Science Fiction/Dystopia)

 Green, John – The Fault in Our Stars (Fiction/Romance/Cancer)  Green, John – Paper Towns (Fiction/Romance/Mystery/American High School/Road Trip)  Haddon, Mark – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time (Fiction/Asperger Syndrome)  Jones, Dianne Wynne – Fire and Hemlock (Fiction/Fantasy/Folklore)  Klueger, Steve – My Most Excellent Year (Fiction/Romance/American High School)  Le Guin, Ursula – A Wizard of Earthsea (Fiction/Fantasy/Magic/Quest)  Lockhart, E – The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (Fiction/Feminism/Boarding School)  Ness, Patrick – The Chaos Walking Trilogy - The Knife of Never Letting Go/The Ask and the Answer/Monsters of Men (Fiction/Science Fiction/Dystopia)  Nix, Garth – Sabriel (Fiction/Fantasy)  Pearson, Mary E. – The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Fiction/Science Fiction)  Pratchett, Terry & Gaiman, Neil – Good Omens (Fiction/Fantasy/Humour)  Pullman, Philip – His Dark Materials Series: Northern Lights; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass (Fiction/Fantasy/Alternate Universe)  Rees, Celia – Witch Child (Fiction/Historical: 17th Century/Witchcraft)  Satrapi, Marjane – Persepolis (Non-fiction/Graphic Novel/Memoir/Iran)  Talbot, Bryan – The Tale of One Bad Rat (Fiction/Graphic Novel/Homelessness/Abuse)  Wein, Elizabeth – Code Name Verity (Fiction/Historical: WWII Germany/Espionage)  Zusak, Mark – The Book Thief (Fiction/Historical: WWII Germany/Friendship/War)

Fourth Year Reading List

 Allende, Isabel – The House of the Spirits (Fiction/Historical: 20th Century Chile/Family Saga)  Ammaniti, Niccolò – I’m Not Scared (Fiction/Thriller/Kidnapping/Friendship)  Auel, J.M. – The Clan of the Cave Bear (Fiction/Pre-historical)  Blackman, Malorie – Noughts and Crosses (Fiction/Fantasy/Dystopia/Racism)  Bradley, Marion Zimmer – The Mists of Avalon (Fiction/Fantasy/Arthurian Mythology)  Bronte, Charlotte – Jane Eyre (Fiction/Romance/Feminism)  Christie, Agatha – Murder on the Orient Express (Fiction/Murder Mystery)  Christie, Agatha – And Then There Were None (Fiction/Murder Mystery)  Donnelly, Jennifer – A Gathering Light (Fiction/Historical)  Gardner, Sally – Maggot Moon (Fiction/Science Fiction/Dystopia)

 Golding, William – The Lord of the Flies (Fiction/Dystopia)  Green, John – The Fault in Our Stars (Fiction/Romance/Cancer)  Green, John – Paper Towns (Fiction/Romance/Mystery/American High School/Road Trip)  Haddon, Mark – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time (Fiction/Asperger Syndrome)  Jones, Dianne Wynne – Fire and Hemlock (Fiction/Fantasy/Folklore)  Klueger, Steve – My Most Excellent Year (Fiction/Romance/American High School)  Le Guin, Ursula – A Wizard of Earthsea (Fiction/Fantasy)  Lockhart, E – The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (Fiction/Feminism/Boarding School)  Ness, Patrick – The Chaos Walking Trilogy - The Knife of Never Letting Go/The Ask and the Answer/Monsters of Men (Fiction/Science Fiction/Dystopia)  Nix, Garth – Sabriel (Fiction/Fantasy)  Pearson, Mary E. – The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Fiction/Science Fiction)  Pratchett, Terry & Gaiman, Neil – Good Omens (Fiction/Fantasy/Humour)  Sacco, Joe – Safe Area Goradẑe (Non-fiction/Graphic Novel/History: 1990s Bosnia War)  Satrapi, Marjane – Persepolis (Non-fiction/Graphic Novel/Memoir/Iran)  Talbot, Bryan – The Tale of One Bad Rat (Fiction/Graphic novel/Homelessness/Traumas)  Wein, Elizabeth – Code Name Verity (Fiction/Historical: WWII Germany/Espionage)  Zafón, Carlos Ruiz – The Shadow of the Wind (Fiction/Historical: 20th Century Spain/Mystery)  Zusak, Mark – The Book Thief (Fiction/Historical/WWII Germany/Friendship/War)

Fifth Year Reading List

 Allende, Isabelle – The House of the Spirits (Fiction/Historical : 20th Century Chile/Family Saga)  Atwood, Margaret – The Handmaid’s Tale (Fiction/Dystopia/Feminism)  Bull, Emma – War For the Oaks (Fiction/Urban Fantasy/Fairies)  Bryson, Bill – A Short History of Nearly Everything (Non-fiction/Science)  Burbery, Muriel – The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Fiction/Philosophy)  Doyle, Roddy – Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Fiction/Childhood/Family/Friendship)  Doyle, Roddy – The Deportees (Fiction/Short Stories/Immigration/Racism)  Fforde, Jasper – The Eyre Affair (Fiction/Science Fiction/Fantasy/Alternate Universe)  Foer, Jonathan Safran – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Fiction/Loss/Family/Childhood)  Hari, Daoud – The Translator, a Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur (Non-fiction/Memoir/Sudan)

 Golding, William – The Lord of the Flies (Fiction/Dystopia/Adventure)

 Hornby, Nick – About a Boy (Fiction/Humour/Friendship/Relationships)  Hornby, Nick – High Fidelity (Fiction/Humour/Relationships/Music)  Ishiguro, Kazuo – Never Let Me Go (Fiction/Science Fiction)  Levi, Primo – If This Is a Man (Non-fiction/Memoir/Holocaust)  Morgenstern, Erin – The Night Circus (Fiction/Fantasy/Magic/Historical: 19th Century)  Morrison, Toni – Beloved (Fiction/Historical: Afro-American/Magic Realism/Ghosts/Slavery)  Nicholls, David – Starter for Ten (Fiction/English University/Humour/Romance)  Nicholls, David – One Day (Fiction/Romance)  Niffenegger, Audrey – The Time Traveller’s Wife (Fiction/Science  Fiction/Romance)  Orwell, George – Homage to Catalonia (Non-fiction/Memoir/Spanish Civil War)  Rowell, Rainbow – Fangirl (College/Romance/Fanfiction/Writing)  Satrapi, Marjane – Persepolis (Graphic novel/Memoir/Iran)  Sebold, Alice – The Lovely Bones (Fiction/After Life/Murder/Grief)  Setiawan, Erick – Of Bees and Mists (Fiction/Magic/Fairy Tale/Family Saga)

Sixth Year Reading List

 Allende, Isabel – The House of the Spirits (Fiction/Historical : 20th Century Chile/Family Saga)  Atwood, Margaret – The Handmaid’s Tale (Fiction/Dystopia/Feminism)  Bull, Emma – War for the Oaks (Fiction/Urban Fantasy/Fairies)  Bryson, Bill – A Short History of Nearly Everything (Non-fiction/Science)  Burbery, Muriel – The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Fiction/Philosophy)  Donoghue, Emma – Room (Fiction/Captivity/Mother & Child Relationship)  Doyle, Roddy – Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Fiction/Childhood/Family/Friendship)  Doyle, Roddy – The Deportees (Fiction/Short Stories/Immigration/Racism)  Fforde, Jasper – The Eyre Affair (Fiction/Science Fiction/Fantasy/Alternate Universe)  Foer, Jonathan Safran – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Fiction/Loss/Family/Childhood)  Hari, Daoud – The Translator, a Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur (Non-Fiction/Memoir/ Sudan)  Harris, Jane – The Observations ( Fiction/Historical/Victorian)  Hornby, Nick – About a Boy (Fiction/Humour/Friendship/Relationships)

 Hornby, Nick – High Fidelity (Fiction/Humour/Relationships/Music)  Ishiguro, Kazuo – Never Let Me Go (Fiction/Science Fiction/Dystopia/Boarding School)  Levi, Primo – If This Is a Man (Non-fiction/Memoir/Holocaust)  Morgenstern, Erin – The Night Circus (Fiction/Fantasy/Magic/ Historical: 19th Century)  Morrison, Toni – Beloved (Fiction/Historical: Afro-American/Magic Realism/Ghosts/Slavery)  Rowell, Rainbow – Fangirl (College/Romance/Fanfiction/Writing)  Nicholls, David – Starter for Ten (Fiction/English University/Humour/Romance)  Nicholls, David: One Day (Fiction/Romance)  Niffenegger, Audrey – The Time Traveller’s Wife (Fiction/Science Fiction/Romance)  Orwell, George – Homage to Catalonia (Non-fiction/Memoir/Spanish Civil War)  Satrapi, Marjane – Persepolis (Graphic Novel/Memoir/Iran)  Sebold, Alice – The Lovely Bones (Fiction/After Life/Murder/Grief)  Setiawan, Erick – Of Bees and Mists (Fiction/Magic/Fairy Tale/Family Saga)  Setterfield, Diane – The Thirteenth Tale (Fiction/Gothic/Mystery)  Spiegelman, Art – The Complete Maus (Graphic Novel/Non-fiction/Memoir/Holocaust)  Süskind, Patrick – Perfume: the Story of a Murderer (Fiction/Historical: 18th Century France)  Thompson, Craig – Blankets (Graphic novel/Non-fiction/Memoir/Romance)  Walker, Alice – The Color Purple (Fiction/African-American/Racism/Feminism)  Woolf, Virginia – To the Lighthouse (Fiction/Family & Relationships/Introspection/ Stream of Consciousness)  Woolf, Virginia – Mrs Dalloway (Fiction/Introspection/Stream of Consciousness)  Zafón, Carlos Ruiz – The Shadow of the Wind (Fiction/Historical: 20th Century Spain/Mystery)  Zusak, Mark – The Book Thief (Fiction/Historical/WWII Germany/Friendship/War)

Theme List Sample

If You Liked ‘The Hunger Games’ Try These

 The Declaration by Gemma Malley  City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau  Graceling by Kristin Cashore  Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner  The Mortal Instrument series by  Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman Cassandra Clare  Life as We Knew It by Susan Pfeffer  Numbers by Rachel Ward  How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff  Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans More advanced reading:  The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson  The Handmaid’s tale by Margaret Atwood  The Dust of 100 dogs by A. S. King  Brave New World by Aldous Huxley  The Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness  1984 by George Orwell  Divergent by Veronica Roth  Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro  Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein  Lord of the Flies by William Golding  Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld  Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury  The Giver by Lois Lowry

Appendix 2

‘Reading Chairs’ Score Sheet – Third Year

Book Title and Author Score I’d out of like 10 to read 1 A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

2 The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

3 Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipović

4 Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller

5 Skunk Girl by Sheba Karim

6 A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen

7 Un Lun Dun by China Mieville

8 The Humming of Numbers by Joni Sensel

9 Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

10 Castle Waiting by Linda Medley

11 Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans

12 The Foretelling by Alice Hoffman

13 Marcelo in the real world by Francisco X. Stork

14 Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

15 Little (Grrl) Lost by Charles de Lint

16 The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack Gantos

17 What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell

18 Tamar by Mal Peet

19 I, Coriander by Sally Gardner

20 Out of Mind by Haron M. Draper

Appendix 3

LIBRARY HUNT (SAMPLE SHEET)

TEAM Five

1) Name three recipes by Darina Allen. a) ______b) ______c) ______

2) Name three paintings by Leonardo Da Vinci. a) ______b) ______c) ______

3) Name three types of rocks. a) ______b) ______c) ______

4) To what subject does the Dewey number 520 correspond? ______

5) To whom did Charlotte Bronte dedicate Jane Eyre?

6) In what year was Wicked by Gregory Maguire first published? ____

7) Name three comic books found in the library a) ______b) ______c) ______

8) What is the definition of Facetious in English? ______

9) Who was Euryclea in classical mythology? ______

10) Name two books about Psychology found in the library.

a) ______b) ______17