We are grateful to SEI Investments for choosing to gift our LRC a generous set of powerful reads, furthering our commitment to ensuring culturally inclusive representation in our fiction and non-fiction books. You will recognise authors such as: Alex Wheatley, Elizabeth Lard and David Olusoga as well as popular titles […]
Continue readingYear 7 Bookbuzz Bonanza!
Just in time for February’s half-term break, Year 7 received their titles from Bookbuzz thanks to the generosity of the George Green’s Trust. This means that every student in Key Stage 3 now has a book they’ve specifically chosen to keep to add to their own personal library. The most […]
Continue reading‘The Race’ by Roy Peachey (KS3)
‘Not your typical happily ever after, Roy has written a wonderfully relatable and inclusive tale, where all are welcome, and the beauty of sport brings everyone together in the end. There are life lessons to be learned in this inspiring story with friendship at its heart.’ Shaunagh Brown, International Rugby […]
Continue readingBookbuzz ’21: a new book for every Year 7
Welcome Year 7! You have the wonderful, if not slightly difficult, decision of choosing one book from thirteen selected titles to keep as your very own by October 22nd 2021. You will be able to register your choice in your English lesson. The question is: which book will you decide […]
Continue readingOur new ‘Shelf Care’ Section for Wellbeing
Books can help us navigate life’s big challenges, providing advice and support in understanding and managing our feelings and personal growth. It’s reassuring, and often illuminating, to see ourselves or others in what we read when trying to take better care of ourselves and those around us. Our new ‘shelf-care’ […]
Continue reading‘After the War’ by Tom Palmer (KS3)
Longlisted for the The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021 Synopsis: Summer 1945. The Second World War is finally over and Yossi, Leo and Morecai are among three hundred children who arrive in the English Lake District. Having survived the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, they’ve finally reached a place of […]
Continue reading‘Amal Unbound’ by Aisha Saeed (KS3+)
Amal is a young girl who dreams of being a teacher. She stays behind to help her teacher regularly and is a keen reader. After her mother gives birth to another girl and develops post-partum depression, Amal stays at home to look after the home and family and has to […]
Continue reading‘The Hate U Give’ by Angie Thomas (Mature Upper KS3+)
Be aware that there is strong language, though it is completely within context and appropriate for the nature of the book. One of the most powerful YA books I have ever read. This is a story of one young girl’s witnessing of police brutality and institutional racism, the impact it […]
Continue reading‘Clap When You Land’ by Elizabeth Acevedo (KS4+)
Clap When You Land follows Yahaira and Camino, two half-siblings from contrasting worlds who are unware that the other exists until the death of their father and carefully kept secrets begin to surface. The story is a powerful exploration of the rawness and complexity of loss within a family in […]
Continue readingThe CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist 2021
The CILIP Carnegie Medal is the UK’s oldest children’s book award, recognising outstanding reading experiences created through writing for children and young people. The shortlist this year includes our most recent YA Fiction Staff Book Club’s Book of the Month Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo as well as […]
Continue readingWorld Book Day 2021
Although World Book Day 2021 looked a little different this year from previous years of hidden books and costume donning, we celebrated the day with competitions and shared reads in form-time: Skysteppers by Katherine Rundell in Years 7 and 8 (scroll down below for more details) and One by Sarah […]
Continue reading‘Things a Bright Girl Can Do’ by Sally Nicholls (Upper KS3+)
Things A Bright Girl Can Do combines fact with fiction in the stories of three girls: Evelyn, May and Nell, each from diverse backgrounds and their experiences through the Suffragette movement and the beginning of WWI. Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres. Things A Bright Girl is an […]
Continue reading‘The Night Diary’ by Veera Hiranandani (KS3+)
This is a beautiful book which explores the power of relationships in its many guises. In particular, I loved the relationship Nisha and her twin brother Armil have – how she sees him and the way they complete each other. I loved the relationship Nisha has with cooking too; how […]
Continue readingMs Carter-Dunn’s Desert Island Reads
When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne (1924) There have been a number of childhood books that I hold dear still, but the one that has had the biggest impact on me is this collection of poems by the creator of Winnie the Pooh. My mum used to […]
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