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How Not To Be a Boy by Robert Webb
NB: Ages are approximate. It is always worth looking up reviews and checking whether the subject matter is suitable as each student has their own interests in, and sensitivities to, certain themes.
One of the few books that I’ve read more than once. A really funny,honest,andeye-opening accountoftherami(cations associated with toxic masculinity. Recommended by Mr. AlexanderBridger, Chair of Humanities
recommended for all ages
The Murmur of Bees bySo(aSegovia
The Bird Within Me by Sara Lundberg
I found it so beautifully written and really heartbreaking, but uplifting at the same time!
NB: All ages Stunningly illustrated story, in free verse form, based on the life, paintings and diaries of Swedish artist Berta Hansson.
Recommended by Kristen Rogers, teacher of History
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable byNassimNicholasTaleb Recommended by Mr. Jerome Ripp, teacher of Mathematics - the man, the legend
¥eachpageofthisbookisajoytoreadandtobeholdƒ (teacher comment) ShortlistedCILIPKateGreenawayMedal;120 Winner Best Swedish Children’s Book of the Year 2017 The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
NB: All ages Thisistheinspiringpoemwhich was written and read by the National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, at Biden’s inauguration. Worth reading, listening to, ¥Greatfunbrash, . stubborn,entertaining, re-readingandre-hearinga opinionated,curious,cajoling.ƒStephen ( J.Dubner,moving, inspirational call to action for social justice. Co-Authorof Freakonomic) ¥Iwasprofoundlymoved.The . powerofyourwords blewmeawayƒMichelle ( Obama,TIME) ¥Funny,quirkyandthoughtprovokingcon( . rmshisstatus asaguruforeverywould-beDamienHirst,George Sorosandaspirantdespot.ƒJohn ( Cornwell,Sunday Times)
SundayTimesandNewYorkTimesBestseller
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