The Carnegie Shadowing Book Club will take place in the library every Thursday at lunchtime from 6 March 2018. English teacher, Ms Hubner runs book club, aided by Mrs Carvalho, librarian. (Students are welcome to bring their lunch down). We will discuss what we have read and take part in various activities linked to the nominated books.
The Carnegie Book Award is the UK's oldest book award for children's and teenagers fiction. Every year a shortlist of the greatest fiction from that year is chosen and students, teachers and librarians read the books before the winner is announced, usually around early May. Books nominated for the Carnegie awards are usually interesting books which will expand your horizons and get you thinking critically about if you are reading and whether it is good or not!
Students will be rewarded for their reading!
Details about previous winning titles are available here
Try out some samples of the books :
Salt of the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (A firm Ms Hubner favourite!)
One by Sarah Crossan
Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landman
Bunker Diaries by Kevin Brooks (Mrs Carvalho was terrified by this book)
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner (This book is popular with Portland Place students)