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Summer Reading Challenge
The summer reading challenge is upon us. Farleigh pupils (and staff too of course) are asked to take up the challenge of reading up to six books, magazines or poetry anthologies from the ‘Farleigh Four
Hundred’, a list of the most popular titles chosen by current and former pupils
over the last ten years.
Gaining points for your House before the start of the next academic year has never been easier. Just read a book, review it on the Farleigh website and move onto the next one. Those who read more than six books will gain even more House points.
Twenty-two
reading ambassadors have been selected to champion reading. Here, four share their holiday reading recommendations:
I recommend
‘Iggy Peck, Architect’ by Andrea Beaty because it is really funny and there are
lots of rhyming words. The pictures are also very well done and make you smile.
It is about a little boy, Iggy, who from an early age has a special talent for
making buildings and is able to persuade his teacher, Miss Lila Greer, to like
buildings despite having been stuck in the lift of a tall building. I recommend
this book to old or young people and rate it 9/10. Minna, Year 5
‘Holes’ by
Louis Sachar is a mysterious book about a young boy called Stanley Yelnats
whose family has a very bad reputation for bad luck. When Stanley
is sent to a boys’ detention centre, Camp
Green Lake,
his whole life is turned around. The book keeps you guessing until the very
end. It has won over 16 awards, including the National Book Award of Young
People’s Literature. It is extremely funny and I highly recommend it to
children in Years 6 or 7. Scarlett, Year 6
There are
seven books in the ‘Artemis Fowl’ series by Irish author Eoin Colfer and I
like them because they are real page turners and full of adrenalin. These
fantasy books are about a teenage
criminal mastermind, Artemis Fowl, and have a central theme of aliens or extra terrestrial
life. There are creatures like fairies, dwarfs, trolls, but they are not
the type of fairies you would expect – they are dark thieves that have
retreated to their own world – a miniature world and race within ours that face
their own problems. You don’t have to be young or into fairies to enjoy them. I think they appeal to 8 to 14 year olds. Kit, Year 7
I like the ‘Sharpe’ books by Bernard Cornwell because they are full of adventure, action,
treachery, lots of big battles and have a pacy story line. I would recommend
this series of more than 20 books to 10-14 year olds who like exciting
adventure stories. Patrick, Year 6
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