This term Year 7 have been extremely lucky as DGGS Library signed up to a nation wide scheme called ‘Booked-Up’. This scheme gave every year 7 in our school the opportunity to choose a free book. There were 12 different titles they could choose from. Many of the Year 7’s found it very hard to choose as the choice available was really excellent. 

Even if you are not in year 7 you can still read these books as the Library has copies of all of them. Here is a little bit of information about each of them. Which one would you choose? 

Ring of words edited by Roger McGough: This book encourages children to see poetry as something lively and entertaining whic everybody can enjoy.

Dream on by Bali Ray: Baljit’s mates knew what was what. If you were good at football, really good, you could go places. But all his old man ever talked about was duty to family and paying bills. Baljit couldn’t just go on working in his old man’s chippie. He wanted out!

I Coriander by Sally Gardner: My name is Coriander Hobie and I was born in 1643, the only child of Eleanor and Thomas Hobie. I live in London by the great bridge. Of my early years I remember only happiness. That was until my mother died and my step-mother came to live with us, and I was locked up in a chest and left to die. This is my story.

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick: Max is used to being called stupid. And he is used to everyone being scared of him. On account of his size and the fact he looks like his dad. Kevin is used to being called Dwarf. On account of his size and the fact that he he is just ’some cripple kid’. But greatness comes in all sizes and together Max and Kevin become Freak the Mighty and walk tall above the rest of the world.

A Dog Called GRK by Joshua Doder: What would you do if you found a dog in the street? Would you return him to his owners? Even if they were a thousand miles away – and in prison? Tim finds a stray dog on the way home from school, but his parents refuse to let it into their house. He knows what he has to do. He catches a plane to Eastern Europe… He will have to break into a high security prison, pilot a helicopter, and make a nail-biting run for the border in his high-octane adventure with a dog called Grk.

Framed by Frank Cotrrell Boyce: Dylan Hughes is more interested in the Ninja Turtles than in the Renaissance artists they are named after. But then Dad leaves home and, overnight, nine-year old Dylan must become the man of the household and boss of the failing family business. A masterpiece worth a mint might be just what they all need…

Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson: The girls in Maia’s class told her what to expect when she reached the Brazilian jungle. ‘There are huge mosquitoes which bite you. You turn as yellow as a lemon and then you die.’ But Maia, an orphan, can’t wait to start the long sea voyage. She is to begin a new life with relatives she has never met, a thousand miles up the Amazon river. And  Maia’s classmates could never, even in their wildest dreams, imagine the adventures that await her on the shores of the River Sea.

Evil Inventions by Nick Arnold: It’s time to gear up for some Evil Inventions! Dare you discover: the bottom-stabbing bike saddle? The head-chopping machine operated by a sheep? The terrible toilet snorkel? If you think you can stomach the sick side of science, then read on as we get to grips with the gruesome gadgets and murderous machines that killed their inventors! With fantastic fact files, quirky quizzes and crazy cartoons, Evil Inventions is buzzing with brilliant brainwaves!

Cloud Busting by Malorie Blackman: Davey is a new boy and Sam can’t stand him. He thinks Davey is a first-class, grade A, top-of-the-dung-heap moron. But when the two are thrown together, Sam discovers that Davey’s eccentric way of looking at the world makes life a lot more exciting. Until something terrible happens…

Unbelievable by Paul Jennings:  If you like stories weird, funny and unbelievable then read on… Oragons in drains with green teeth and red eyes? A Snookle in the milk bottle? Superman trying to get in through the window? Ghosts taking exams? Believe it or not… it’s all in here, so see for yourself and read on.

Saffy’s Angel by Hilary McKay: Caddy is the eldest. She’s on her ninety-sixth driving lesson and she’s mad about her gorgeous instructor. Indigo is an outrageous cook and survives as the only boy in a pack of girls. Rose, the youngest, is a whiz at art, and knows just how to manage her parents. And outsider Saffy – she’s simply in search of her angel …

Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve: For too long, London has been hiding in the hills, safe from bigger, faster, HUNGRIER cities. Now London must feed. But as the chase begins, events within the walls take a sinister turn…