Reading for Pleasure

With the new curriculum stating that we must try to instill a love of reading, we regularly pick some of the best new fiction choices on the market for you to read to your classes and share a love of reading. Why not use some of these choices in a school book club? Here is a selection of some of the best books we have found this month, do keep looking back, they will change every month.....

The Twits adapted by Enda Walsh

£10.99

Mr and Mrs Twit are not very nice. In fact they’re extremely nasty. They’re nasty to each other, and they’re VILE to everyone else.

They hold a family of monkeys hostage in a cage and force them to stand on their heads. ALL THE TIME.

We told you they weren’t very nice. Can the monkeys find a way to show those vicious Twits what for? Learn More

Hacker by Malorie Blackman

£6.99

MESSAGE: This is the system operator. Who is using this account? Please identify yourself . . .

When Vicky's father is arrested, accused of stealing over a million pounds from the bank where he works, she is determined to prove his innocence. But how? There's only one way - to attempt to break into the bank's computer files.

Even if Vicky is the best hacker in the world, will she find the real thief before they find her? Learn More

The Astounding Broccoli Boy by Frank Cottrell Boyce

£10.99

We’re big fans of this writer at EHd and this book is as great as his others. Perfect for Years 3/4 this funny adventure story follows Rory, who suddenly turns green. He’s sent to hospital but he begins to wonder, in an Incredible Hulk style, whether his greeness could bring on super powers!
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Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen

£6.99

Ade lives at the top of a tower block. One day, other tower blocks on his estate start falling down. Then, strange menacing plants start to appear. A moving story that’s part Science Fiction dystopia, part drama. Great to read to for Years 4 or 5.
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