Year 10 Literature Book Club

What?  An opportunity for each student to recommend a book to the class

When?  At the start of each double lesson – once per fortnight

How?  In each Book Club session, three students (plus me usually!) recommend a book to the rest of the class.  I keep a list in our OneNote and I keep it up to date by adding each new recommendation.  I also put the book up on the screen (from an internet search) so the class can see the book cover and summary / reviews of the book.  The person recommending it tells us why they think it is worth reading.  Every member of the class has to have at least one turn at recommending a book.

Why?  It promotes reading and reminds us all how great reading is!  It means that if anyone in the class is ever searching for a book to read, they can go onto the OneNote and browse all the recommendations to see what jumps out.  We have complied quite a list over the year!

Our List of recommendations so far in 2022:

Ms Dean:  Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Amelie: Pennies for Hitler by Jackie French

Dom: We Were Liars by E. Lockhard

Ella: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Sophie: Zero Repeat Forever by Gabriel S. Prendergast

Ms Dean:  The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

Issy:  Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

Hailey: Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman (Read the Heartstopper Graphic Novels first) Read anything by her

Hailey:  The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

Ms Dean:  Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld

Sienna J:  The Loneliest Girl in the Universe  by Lauren James

Ms Dean: The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

Rylee:  Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

Bec:  Emma by Jane Austen

Imogen: The Glass Lake by Maeve Binchy

Ella:  Between Us by Claire Atkins

Annabelle:  Everything I’ve Never Said by Samantha Wheeler

Kate:  Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings

Harper:  Five People you Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Ms Dean:  The Thief of Always by Clive Barker

Maddie C:  The Bible

Kenz:  Lore by Alexandra Bracken

Ellie M:  Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Macey:  One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Ms Dean: The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

Lily: The Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Madison: It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

Ellie J:  The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han