Welcome back to school!! I hope you are all not to devastated. However don’t despair the school library is ready to welcome you back. Also to celebrate we have created a quiz all about school. Yes this quiz will test your infinite knowledge of school from Harry Potter to Barry Loser. The quiz will be in the library from this week onwards. Also to celebrate here’s a list of my top five books to help you break into a new term.
- Verdigris Deep by Frances Hardinge
This book tells the disturbing story of a group of friends who after stealing money from a well, are forced by a Well Witch to grant wishes. Soon they find themselves caught up in a horrifying adventure where their wishes are increasingly turning darker.
- The Wryd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
Now is the perfect time to rediscover Terry Pratchett and what better book to it with than The Wryd Sisters. An absolutely hilarious retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. A great showcasing of Pratchett’s talent.
- Northen Lights by Philip Pullman
At number nine in the nation’s favourites the book is a modern classic. It tells the story of Lyra a girl who set off to rescue her friend and embarks on a journey across the dangerous Arctic. As heaven and Earth collide she must discover her real power.
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
A young rabbit named Fiver is convinced that a great evil is about to befall the warren where he lives but no one will listen to him. At last he manages to persuade his brother Hazel and a few other brave rabbits to leave behind the safety of the warren, before its too late. Follow them on their moving, terrifying and heart warming tale.
5. Maggot Moon by Sally Gardener 
This is my favourite book on this list. In an alternate 1950s, Standish Treadwell is growing up in a Britain dominated by the dark, ruthlessly oppressive forces of The Motherland. Standish struggles onwards – until his best and only friend Hector is taken away from him. In a desperate effort to protect the people he loves, Standish sets out on a heroic mission to expose the truth. Combining conspiracy theory and dystopia, this incredibly original novel from Sally Gardner will have you thrilled to the very end.