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AHS Summer
Reading 2019
It’s time for the summer reading challenge again. It’s the challenge that gives you
the space to explore a range of books all summer long. Heavenly! These books have been
recommended first and foremost by students and staff of Aylsham High School. We have
also delved into The Carnegie Awards and The Guardian Summer Booklist to broaden your
view. Visit your local library, the Norfolk Children’s Book Centre or any bookshop.
Alternatively search online at Project Gutenburg for free e-books. You can, download
directly to your phone with a quick visit to the app store, and you could listen to an audio
book. Although we have recommended some books, you may read any book of your
choice which challenges you. Enjoy diving into a good book.
“The best moments in reading are when you come across
something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things –
which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it
is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met,
someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come
out and taken yours.”
― Alan Bennett, The History Boys
Get your reading passport stamped here every time you visit your local library.
Date: Date: Date:
Date: Date: Date:This is what students thought about reading in last year’s
summer reading challenge.
I would recommend ‘The Chinese Cinderella’ if you like non-fiction, because it makes you feel so many
things in one page.” (Year 8 student)
“I found the summer reading challenge relaxing because when I read books I calm down from the busy
days I had at school.” (Year 9 student)
“I got to read books that really made me think about things differently.” (Year 9 student)
Your summer reading tasks
Read at least one non-fiction book and one fiction book. If you’re looking to
broaden your reading experience further, dip in to the classic section on the back
page.
Choose one of the tasks below to complete for your first lesson back to school after the summer
break.
THE TONGUE-TWISTER CHALLENGE
Recite ‘The Jabberwocky’, off by heart, to an audience.
THE TRAVELLER
Imagine you are a character from the book you have just read? Write a travelogue to
explain your experience in the world the writer has created.
THE INTERVIEW
Visit Yarmouth for the day to find Anna Sewell’s house. Then visit Lammas to see Anna
Sewell’s memorial plaque. Take photographs and write a fact sheet about our local
writer. Enjoy your day trip!
THE BOOK OR THE FILM?
Read ‘The Woman in Black’. Then and only then allow yourself to watch the film. Write a
comparison of the film and book. Which one is best?
TIME CAPSULE
Make a box with items in it which the main character of a chosen book may find useful
during their time period. Write a brief explanation for a student who could find your box
in 50 years’ time.
PEN PLAN
Write a letter to an author of your choice explaining what connected you to their work. Think of
some questions you might like to ask them about their character, place or ideas. Maybe offer
them suggestions about books for the future.
Enjoy these specially chosen books and take time to read this summer.Top fiction choices for you.
T = trilogy
S = series
PA = contains some mature language and themes. Please gain parental permission before reading.
Challenge rating: Most challenging subject matter= *** Least challenging subject matter= *
** Watership Down by Richard Adams ** Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Follow a group of rabbits as they struggle A love story about a girl who immerses
to find a new home after the bulldozers herself in her fanfiction. Does she love her
destroy their last home. characters more than real people? (PA)
*** The Postcard Killers by James Patterson ** Life on a Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers
Paris is beautiful in the summer, unless A series of notes between mother and
you are seeing it through the eyes of your daughter who have to come to terms with a
daughter’s killer. life-changing illness.
** The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. Five ** Wonder by RJ Palacio A disfigured boy who
This adventure is full of twists and turns. has been home-schooled all his life adapts
It begins in the British Museum and to life in school. Alysham High’s most
explores the land of the pharaohs. popular book (2018-19).
*** I am thunder by Muhammad Khan. A girl ** Sunkist by Jenny McLachlan This book asks
is unwittingly drawn into a terrorist plot. questions to take you into a fantasy world
you never dreamed you’d visit.
** The Land of Stories by Eoin Colfer (S) An ** Harry Potter by JK Rowling. (S) A Fantasy,
interesting series with a very modern take which takes you into Hogwarts, a school of
on fairy tales. wizardry. 20 years on and still loved.
** Don’t Stop thinking About Tomorrow by ** My Name is Victoria by Lucy Worsley (S) A
Siobhan Curhan A child carer meets a brilliant choice if you loved Eliza Rose. An
Syrian refugee. A lovely happy ending. historical novel based on true events.
* The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams. An * George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald
uplifting animal book. Snitter and Rowf Dahl If you loved James and the Giant
escape mistreatment to survive in the Peach, you’ll love this.
wild.
* Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma ** Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally
Carroll. Recommended by Mrs Connor. A Nicholls. A fantastic novel about being a
war about a mystery that happens to Suffragist 100 years ago. Recommended by
some evacuees at a lighthouse. Mrs Collins
*** Sisters by Raina Telgemeier (S) A graphic ** Every Day by David Levithan A book where
novel focusing on family life. the main character is reinvented everyday
as a different personality. See life from
different perspectives. (PA)
** Noughts and Crosses by Malorie ** The Crooked Sixpence by Jennifer Bell. If
Blackman A boy and a girl have been you liked the mystery of Harry Potter, you
friends since childhood but their colour will love this hidden world. (T)
divides them in this dystopian world. .
** Once by Morris Gleitzman (S) A touching ** Northern Lights Philip Pullman (S) A
story of a Jewish boy living in Nazi fantasy world which follows the journey of
Germany. Lyra.
*** A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. A heart- *** Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. The
breaking tale of a boy who watches his sequel to the masterpiece against racism:
mother die of cancer. (PA) To Kill A Mockingbird.
** The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by * Wonder Woman by Leigh Bardugo Diana is
Douglas Adams. Full of humour, this desperate to prove herself and is
laugh-a-minute journey through space determined to defeat her enemies.
will entertain. Recommended by Mr
Sexton.Top non-fiction choices for you
T = trilogy
S = series
PA = contains some mature language and themes. Please gain parental permission before reading.
Challenge rating: Most challenging subject matter= *** Least challenging subject matter= *
*** The First Man: the biography of Neil ** What’s Where in the World - DK Books.
Armstrong. An awesome insight into the life Perfect for learning facts about the world
of the celebrated astronaut. we live in and improving understanding
through maps. Recommended by Mrs
Dobson.
** Colours of History by Clive Gifford You are ** Christiano Ronaldo: The Rise of a Winner
guided through the history of colours and by Michael Part. A stark gaze into Ronaldo’s
you learn about their origins and uses. childhood and what motivated him to play
word-class top football.
** Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different * The Art of being a Brilliant Teenager by
a biography by Karen Blumenthal. How a Andy Cope. A light-hearted, uplifting self-
high-school drop-out turned into a budding IT help book to survive the teenage years.
entrepreneur. An inspirational need.
*** Mythos or Heroes by Stephen Fry Everything ** A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
you thought you knew about the Greek The uplifting true story of an unlikely
myths and more. friendship between a homeless man and a
cat. Most popular AHS choice of 2018.
*** Life on Earth by David Attenborough A ** Storyteller the Life of Roald Dahl by Donald
fascinating insight into our natural world for Sturrock. A far from boring biography: Dahl
budding naturalists. hates boring biographies.
* Murderous Maths (S). A highly entertaining, ** Computational Fairy Tales by Jeremy
factual series to boost your maths Kubica. Recommended by Miss Collins to
knowledge. Recommended by Mrs Harrrison explain fundamental computing concepts in
If you like Horrible Histories, you will love a fun way.
these.
** The Element in the Room by Mike Barfield . *** Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman A
Characters are used to guide you through the readable retelling of the Norse myths e.g
elements of the periodic table. Science is Thor and Loki. Interesting to those of us
made fun. who love Marvel heroes.
* My family and Other Animals by Gerald *** Becoming Michelle Obama by Michelle
Durrell A comic look at family life in Corfu. Obama This revealing memoir offers new
You may have seen ‘The Durrells’ on Netflix. insights into her upbringing in Chicago and
the highs and lows of life with Barack.
* Classic Football Heroes (S) Tom and Matt ** Supervet by Noel Fitzpatrick A powerful,
Oldfield. Key facts and information about heart-warming and inspiring memoir
your favourite football heroes. from the UK's most famous and beloved
vet.Top classics for you
T = trilogy
S = series
PA = contains some mature language and themes. Please gain parental permission before reading.
Challenge rating: Most challenging subject matter= *** Least challenging subject matter= *
* Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll A nonsense ** The Box of Delights by John Masefield A
poem where the author revels in story of a box, which has lots of delightful
experimenting with new words. things in it? Can you find the man with the
beard?
* Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Meet ** Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. Keep reading
the strange characters who live in to the end and Blackie will feel more like a
Wonderland along with Alice in this strange friend than simply a character. An book for
journey into fantasy. animal enthusiasts.
* Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome ** The Railway Children by E Nesbit A family
Long summer days, freedom, dens and moves from London to the country to start a
arguments. Read the children’s lives as they new life. They have more of an adventure
unfold. than they anticipate.
*** Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. If you *** Vindication of the Rights of women by
enjoyed Jane Eyre, you’ll love reading about Mary Wollstencraft. The first feminist
the wild Catherine Earnshaw on the York stands up for equality. (17th century)
Moors.
* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank * The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson
Baum Follow the yellow brick road! Dorothy Burnett Mary stays with an uncle where
finds herself in a magical world. If you loved she discovers a garden that changes her life.
the Narnia you will love this.
*** The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins A thriller, ** The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe Do you
about a flawed gem with a ‘curse’ upon it. have the strength to read this thrilling
horror? Download online and read at
night…alone.
*** Emma by Jane Austen. The endearing Emma *** To Kill a Mockingbird A heart-wrenching
interferes in everyone else’s love story. But history of black America in the 1930s told
can she see her own developing? from the child’s point of view.
*** Native Son by Richard Wright * The Coot Club by Arthur Ransome - the
Recommended by Miss Bates An existential gang go on adventures around Norfolk.
struggle of a young black youth in America.
** The Woman in Black by Susan Hill. ** Little Men by LM Alcott. (S) If you enjoyed
Unsettling. Set in a misty, isolated village, a Little Women, why not read the next story
young lawyer sees more than he wishes. in the series?
** The Shining by Stephen King. (PA) A family ** Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier Mr
moves into an isolated hotel and finds DeWinter marries and takes his innocent
disturbing voices from the past. (Yr9 only). wife back to a house which is full of secrets.Have your say. Please return this to your teacher on the first lesson after the summer holiday. Explain your summer reading experience in one sentence. Which book(s) appealed to you most? Which book(s) appealed to you least? Why? What will keep you reading into the autumn and beyond? What do you look for in a good book? Which book would you recommend for the summer reading list next year and why? What would you like to read more of this year?
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