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1 Learning Resource Centre Newsletter Top Ten Reads May 2018 June The Novice Taran Matharu 2. Noah Can t Even Simon James Green 3. Paper Butterflies Lisa Heathfield 4. Re-made Alex Scarrow Society Carla Spradbery 6. Am I Normal Yet Holly Bourne 7. Ink - Alice Broadway 8. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins 9. Seven Days Eve Ainsworth 10. Night School C J Daugherty

These were Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pokemon, World of Warcraft, Assassins Creed and Skyrim.

2 Author Visit Taran Matharu We had a truly motivational visit with Taran Matharu in May. He talked to our students about how he was inspired to write the Summoner series from his favourite films and television shows. These were Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pokemon, World of Warcraft, Assassins Creed and Skyrim. In the Novice (the first book in the Summoner series) an orphaned blacksmith s apprentice accidently summons a demon from another world. He must travel with his demon to the Vocans Academy, where the gifted are trained in the art of summoning. Many students have been waiting for the final book in the series to be released and those that hadn t already read The Novice were very excited about discovering a new fantasy adventure. He has always loved books and was a huge reader as a child. Running out of books he wanted to read he decided to create his own. When he was 22 he entered a competition, National Novel Writing Month, where he had to write a 50,000 word story. He then uploaded his story to Wattpad, It took a while for his story to attract interest but eventually reached 7½ million readers. He was contacted by agents and publishers as well as NBC who interviewed him. His series has now been printed in 15 different languages as well as hitting the New York Times bestseller list. Taran is currently negotiating a film deal, but couldn t tell us who with! Taran is now a full time author. His typical working day would be 2 hours of writing and 4-5 hours of research. This includes going to the cinema, watching Netflix and playing video games. Which sounded amazing to many of our students. He told us how he can usually write a novel in about 6 months and is currently working on a new series which will be out in As well as having been asked by Dreamworks to write fan fiction for How to Train a Dragon. His idol was Darren Shan who he has now met. Taran really enjoys doing school visits and has been presented with lots of fan art, such as: tattoos, clay models, swords, toys and various other gifts. We really enjoyed our time with him and can t wait to read the new book Outcast. Maria Stoian, Lia Smith & Evie Whittle Student Librarians

Presentation Evening Friday 22nd June 6.

inspirations. See which books win the 2018 Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards.

4 Presentation Evening Friday 22nd June 6.15pm Shoreham Academy HOSTED BY THE AWARD WINNING AUTHOR HOLLY BOURNE A great night out for all the family. Meet the finalist authors and hear them talk about their books and their inspirations. See which books win the 2018 Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards. Copies of the shortlisted books will be on sale from the Book Nook in the main hall. Snacks and refreshments will be available throughout the evening.

5 Mrs Langley s Book of the Month In Stormchaser and Lincoln's ruined world, the only way to survive is to risk everything. To face a contest more dangerous than anyone can imagine. And they will do ANYTHING to win. But in a land full of monsters - both human and reptilian - they can't afford to trust anyone. Perhaps not even each other...

New Additions When we last left our hero, Max Crumbly, he had crash-landed on top of a Mighty Meat Monster pizza after taking a late night tumble through the vents at South Ridge Middle School - and

Can his friend and sidekick, computer whiz Erin, help get him out of this sticky situation alive? Meet Elle Evans: pretty, popular - and never been kissed.

When Elle decides to run a kissing booth for the school carnival, she never imagines she'll sit in it or that her first ever kiss would be with bad boy Noah.

The stakes are high in this chilling sci-fi thriller, in which professional scythes control who dies. Everything else is out of human control, managed by the Thunderhead.

6 New Additions When we last left our hero, Max Crumbly, he had crash-landed on top of a Mighty Meat Monster pizza after taking a late night tumble through the vents at South Ridge Middle School - and he was completely surrounded by three ruthless criminals! Will Max be shredded to bits like mozzarella cheese on the hard and crunchy pizza crust of doom? Can his friend and sidekick, computer whiz Erin, help get him out of this sticky situation alive? Meet Elle Evans: pretty, popular - and never been kissed. Meet Noah Flynn: badass, volatile - and a total player. When Elle decides to run a kissing booth for the school carnival, she never imagines she'll sit in it or that her first ever kiss would be with bad boy Noah. From that moment, her life is turned upside down but is this a romance destined for happiness or heartbreak? If you love Holly Bourne and John Green, then you will adore The Kissing Booth! The stakes are high in this chilling sci-fi thriller, in which professional scythes control who dies. Everything else is out of human control, managed by the Thunderhead. It's a perfect system until it isn't. It s been a year since Rowan went off-grid. Hunted by the Scythedom, he has become an urban legend, a vigilante snuffing out corrupt scythes in a trial by fire. Citra, meanwhile, is forging her path as Scythe Anastasia, gleaning with compassion. However, conflict within the Scythedom is growing by the day, and when Citra s life is threatened, it becomes clear that there is a truly terrifying plot afoot. 'Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are back in their most gripping story yet, as book 11, Midnight, picks up where Resurrection left off and runs. For years, Valkyrie Cain has struggled to keep her loved ones safe from harm, plunging into battle time and time again by Skulduggery Pleasant s side, and always emerging triumphant. But now the very thing that Valkyrie fights for is in danger, as a ruthless killer snatches her little sister in order to lure Valkyrie into a final confrontation. With Skulduggery racing to catch up and young sorcerer Omen scrambling along behind, Valkyrie only has twelve hours to find Alice before it s too late. The clock is ticking '

New Additions Just when you thought it was safe to go back to your bookshelf, 10 more horrendously hilarious stories about the absolute worst children ever!

1 and 2 and an ideal gift for the worst children in your life!

7 New Additions Just when you thought it was safe to go back to your bookshelf, 10 more horrendously hilarious stories about the absolute worst children ever! From ten-year old Hank and his endless pranks on his poor, long-suffering family, to Tandy and her titanic tantrums this brand new collection is the perfect companion to World s Worst Children books 1 and 2 and an ideal gift for the worst children in your life! This compendium of catastrophically horrid boys and girls is brought to you by the phenomenal number-one bestseller David Walliams, and every story is illustrated in glorious and gruesome colour by the artistic genius Tony Ross. The bestselling fully-illustrated Tom Gates series is back with a new book! This book is VERY important because it contains BISCUITS, BANDS and all my (doodled) plans to make DogZombies the BEST band in the world. MY VERY BIG PLAN: 1. Write more songs about VERY important things like biscuits 2. Make sure there's a good supply of SNACKS for our band practice 3. Avoid Delia at ALL COSTS, she thinks I've been SNOOPING in her room. (I have.) 4. DOODLE as much as possible, especially if Marcus is watching

10 Butler Chess Competition Well done to our Chess Team for coming 4th place in the Butler Plate, against some very tough competition!

Lovereading4kids Reader reviews of The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie

Lovereading4kids Reader reviews of The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie Below are the complete reviews, written by Lovereading4kids members. Sam Harper, age 11 Fantastical, magical and spectacularly