Big Summer Read

It is time for Stringers BIG SUMMER READ 2021

This year’s books are inspirational reads and we want you to keep reading over the summer! Students have been given staff recommendations and encouraged to go along to the school library, borrow a book and gain achievement points!

Why is reading important? Reading books for pleasure for just 10 minutes a day increases literacy skills, this is proven to help you gain higher results in all your lessons, reading can help you understand your own and others' identities and help improve levels of self-esteem.

We look forward to hearing about some of the books students have been reading over the summer, and hope they enjoy the staff suggestions, we have included some of them below.

Happy reading!

Ms Morden | Librarian

*Ms Grout*

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo. It’s an exceptional book that interweaves stories of womanhood, race, identity and modern British life. It’s a must read for all with its ambitious feminist narrative, full of relatable characters who are navigating their way through often difficult times in life. I related to many of the characters, and found their resilience and strong female narratives to be really inspiring.

*Mr Imrie*

Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada An incredible, inspired by real life story, of an ordinary German couple who start a resistance movement against the Nazi state during WWII. Whilst doomed to failure, it is a story of individuals fighting for some sort of justice, people believing in doing what is right with no hope of success and of love.