The most borrowed books in the library in September were:
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
2. Wolf by Gillian Cross
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
4. Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
5. I am not a Loser by Jim Smith
6. Tom Gates: Genius Ideas (mostly) by Liz Pichon
7. Fighting Back by Cathy MacPhail
8. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
9. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
10. Matilda by Roald Dahl
A list of books available in the school library that will be released as films this year:
Junior Fiction
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilky (June)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney (May)
Teenage Fiction
Wonder by RJ Palacio (April)
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (August)
Senior Fiction
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (November)
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier (June)
The second round of the Readers’ Cup Quiz took place in the library on Wednesday 27th April. Well done to all the pupils who took part. Congratulations to the winners – Mrs Dunsmuir’s S1 team and Mr McEwan’s S2 team.
The final is at Grange Academy on Tuesday 14th June.
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
New fiction books now in the library. New titles include: the Carnegie Medal winning Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landman; Scottish Childrens Book Award Nominee The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie and Cathy MacPhail’s gripping Devil You Know.
K.A. pupils can visit the library or have a look on the library’s Glow site to find out more.
