Books to Films 2016

A list of books in the school library that will be released as films this year:

JUNIOR FICTION
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling
Goosebumps by R.L. Stine
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

TEENAGE FICTION
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

SENIOR FICTION
Room by Emma Donoghue

Harry Potter Book Night

Harry Potter Book Night is on Thursday 4th February. It’s a chance for fans of Harry Potter to celebrate the books and share them with other people who might not have read them yet.

This year, Bloomsbury publishers are running a competition for pupils to win a Harry Potter event for their school. There are also 25 sets of Harry Potter books to be given away. All you have to do is create your own magic spell. Collect an entry form from the library.

Top Books and Borrowers December 2015

The most borrowed books in the library in December were:

1. The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie **Spring Read author*
2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney
5. Death Cure by James Dashner
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney
7. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling
8. Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson
9. The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo
10. The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Staff and pupils at Kilmarnock Academy can see a list of top borrowers on the library’s Glow pages.