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Recommended Summer Reads

NEWS / 3 June 2012

While away some of your summer holidays by reading some great books. Ms. Reynolds recommends lots of books for you to enjoy.

The Diary of Anne FrankAnimal FarmOf Mice and MenWhile away some of your summer holidays by reading some great books. Ms. Reynolds recommends lots of books for you to enjoy.

 

 

 

1st Year The Picture of Dorian GrayStudents
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time" by Mark Haddon
"Noughts and Crosses" by Malorie Blackman
"The Diary of Anne Frank" by Anne Frank"
"Goodnight Mister Tom" by Michelle Magorian

2nd Year Students
"Panther in the Basement" by Amos Oz
"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
"Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck

3rd Year Students
"Vernon God Little" by D.B.C. Pierre
"Panther in the Basement" by Amos Oz
"The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton
"Animal Farm" by George Orwell

 

TY StudentS. E. Hintons
"Animal Farm" by George Orwell
"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
"The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton
"The Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
"The Perks of being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky

 

 

 

 

 

  

Heart of Darkness

5th Year Students
"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte
"Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"Hard Times" by Charles Dickens
"The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck
"The Grass is Singing" by Doris Lessing
"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

6th Year Students
"Looking Backward" by Edward Bellamy
"1984" and "Animal Farm" by George Orwell
"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad
"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte  Bronte
"Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce

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