Hymers College LRConnect Issue 5 Christmas Special Edition

NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY

Welcome to our Christmas Special Edition of the LRConnect Newsletter!

This issue contains Recommended Reads that make the perfect winter escape! Inspiring podcasts to lose yourself in, student recommended reads, news from our inspiring Year 7 Book Club and a list of books to read this Christmas…

ISSUE 5 | DECEMBER 2021

A Feel-Good-Book Challenge For this year’s Summer Reading Challenge, the theme was ‘Feel-GoodBooks’ to make you smile, a celebration of funny books, happiness and laughter.

The competition challenged students to read and review at least 5 books to be in for a chance to win either a £50 or £25 Waterstones vouchers. This year’s summer Reading Challenge was awarded to Zyana and Amy, both in Y8.

CHRISTMAS ReadS It’s that time of year when the days start to get shorter and a lot colder. Winter is the time to curl up on the sofa with a

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Congratulations to everyone who participated.

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great book. Here is a small selection of books to read this winter, all available to borrow from the LRC.

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ODD FACT... DID YOU KNOW? THE HIGHEST LIBRARY IN THE WORLD IS LOCATED ON THE 60TH FLOOR OF THE JW MARRIOTT HOTEL IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.

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Wonderfully Bookish – Empowering Teens in YA fiction

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STUDENT Checkouts @ the lrc Review by Joshua Auld (Y7) Bodyguard Assassin

by Chris Bradford ‘Action, action, action!

A brilliant adventure book by a fantastic author!’

STAFF Reader

I’m Mrs Pettett (call me Mrs P as noone ever knows how to pronounce my name!). I am the Head of Learning Support. I have two very special cats called Ruby and Pearl, and I also have a degree in Psychology.

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Murray “It’s advice for life,love and friendship, with beautiful illustrations.”

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Inspiring Podcasts

This month’s ‘Genre Blast’ is linked with this time of year, Heartwarming Books to lift your spirits!

“People really are like houses with vast rooms and tiny windows. And maybe it’s a good thing, the way we never stop surprising each other.”

Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda,

by Becky Albertalli.

YEAR 7 BOOK CLUB This year has seen the launch of a well-attended Year 7 Book Club.

Over 25 students attend across 3 days. Students involved in the club participate in book readings, games, book-themed crafts and the all-important book discussions on inspiring books.

The Book Club is a place where you can discover stories beyond your imagination. It is also a place where you can meet new people and socialise. It is not just a place to read books but to also play fun creative games that involve books.

The club also gives you the luxury of cakes and sweets every session! We also do arts and crafts, we are currently making book-themed Christmas decorations and they are on display!

I really do recommend to go to the Book Club, so far I am enjoying every single second in the sessions and I am loving it!

Daniella R M

Book Club Recommendations relationship with the new girl. Frances is a lonely girl in year 10, who has always longed to have a real strong friendship with someone but it has never worked.

detective… Sophie leaves for Scotland to find out about her dead cousin but things aren’t what they seem…

GHOSTS?!

I love this book because it is so intriguing and it really relates to girls friendships and their experiences with making new friends with new people.

BIRDY

BY JESS VALLANCE Reviewed by Pearl R-R The book Birdy is an amazing book to read as it is set in a secondary school and the book focuses on a girl called Frances and her

At first when I started to read the book, I found it a bit unexciting, but when I carried on reading the book, I loved it and couldn’t stop reading it.

I really recommend this book to you and hope you that you loved it the way I did.

FROZEN CHARLOTTE

BY ALEX BELL Reviewed by Agnes Skewis Frozen Charlotte is a horror book about a girl called Sophie and when her best friend dies mysteriously she has to play the role of a

The frozen Charlotte dolls may have a little bit more to do with the strange happenings at the house, a bad history? Sophie meets a kind cousin who seems just too good to be true. Her eldest cousin is a person who doesn’t seem to like talking about his hand which was burnt in a mysterious fire. As the youngest Sophie has a fear of bones and has well sometimes tried to cut some out of her! To read what happens next, find Frozen Charlotte available from the school library!

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DIARY OF A WIMPY KID SERIES

EDITED BY SERENA PATEL AND ROBIN STEVENS Reviewed by Amelia H

BY JEFF KINNEY Reviewed by Aadrita R

This book contains a collection of stories by award-winning authors. This book is recommended by Waterstones as “A wintery mystery collection of short stories by thirteen of the most exciting and diverse authors in children’s books today!” and contains stunning illustrations by Harry Woodgate.

Diary of the Wimpy Kid series are great to read if you are looking for a laugh.

This book will lift your spirit in minutes. There are a variety of book types in this series to interest you and I bet you’ll find one that you will love. The latest one, ‘Big Shot’, is one for athletes or to generally read with pleasure and humour.

NANCY DREW

BY CAROLYN KEENE Reviewed by Aadrita R Nancy Drew is a fictional character, a sleuth in an American mystery series, created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer as the female counterpart to his Hardy Boys series.

The character first appeared in 1930 and the books are written by a number of authors, published under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene.

The book series is about a mystery and the stories always get you excited. A quote from a Nancy Drew fan “I can’t put the book down!”

The best book in the series is “The secret of the old clock”.

TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS

BY CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI Reviewed by Amelia H ‘To sleep in a sea of stars’ is a fiction book written

by Christopher Paolini.

Goodreads rated the book 4.5. It made the top 10 books for 2020.

Essentially, this is a fantasy / science fiction novel, set in space, featuring evil sea creatures. Kirkus Reviews called it: “A fun, fast-paced epic that science fiction fans will gobble up.”

This book is going to be adapted into a film by Christopher Paolini.

Fantastic Window Displays in the LRC at Christmas!

ICKABOG

BY J.K ROWLING Reviewed by Aadrita R The Ickabog is a fairytale.

It’s an interesting story for all ages, has mystery and makes you want to read the book forever.

It is not like any other book written by J.K Rowling, for example the Harry Potter series (to do with spells and magic!)

WHEN WE GOT LOST IN DREAMLAND

BY ROSS WELFORD Review by Scarlett W Malcolm’s brother Sebastian gets lost in a dream and ends up in a coma. Can Malcolm save him?

This book is addictive and fun to read!