Junior Fiction Danger is Everywhere – David O’Doherty
The Glass Children – Kristina Ohlsson
The House of Mountfathom – Nigel McDowell
Riverkeep – Martin Stewart
Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth – Frank Cottrell Boyce
A Tale Dark and Grimm – Adam Gidwitz
Tom Gates: Family, friends and furry creatures – Liz Pichon
Welcome to Nowhere – Elizabeth Laird
Teenage Fiction Before I Fall – Lauren Oliver
Between the Lies – Cathy MacPhail
The Bone Sparrow – Zara Frallion
Children of Icarus – Caighlan Smith
Daughter of Smoke and Bone – Laini Taylor
Demon Road – Derek Landy
The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
Panic – Lauren Oliver
Salt to the Sea – Ruta Sepetys
This Song Will Save Your Life – Leila Sales
The Walled City – Ryan Graudin
Quick Reads Ch@t – Barbara Catchpole
The Evil Within – Cathy MacPhail
Senior Fiction American Gods – Neil Gaiman
The Crane Wife – Patrick Ness
Graphic Novels Anya’s Ghost – Vera Brosgol
The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
Naruto 1 – 3 – Masash Kishimoto
Night Shift – Debi Gliori
Northern Lights – Philip Pullman
Here is a list of the most popular books from last month:
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
4. Revenge of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine
5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
6. Long Way Home by Michael Morpurgo
7. Deathnote by Tsugumi Ohba
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
9. Awful Auntie by David Walliams
10. The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Staff and pupils at K.A. can see a list of top borrowers on the library’s glow pages.
Last week we celebrated Book Week Scotland. There was a Scholastic book fair in the library and a scrambled letters book quiz. We also asked pupils and staff to post answers to book-related questions on our wall.
Here are some of our answers:
What’s the best book you have ever read?
Who is your favourite baddie from a book? Light Yagami from Deathnote by Tsugumi Ohba
Lord Loss from the Demonata series by Darren Shan
Voldemort from the Harry Potter series by JK Rowking
Miss Trunchbull from Matilda by Roald Dahl
President Snow from The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
Lord Vile from the Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy
Delphine from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Which book character would you like to hang out with for a day? Gale from The Hunger Games Katniss from The Hunger Games
Tips, Lily and Adie from The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Hermione from Harry Potter Light Yagami from Deathnote Penny from Girl Online The Sorting Hat from Harry Potter Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter
Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter
The most borrowed books in the library in February were:
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
2. Mates, Dates and Inflatable Bras by Cathy Hopkins 3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney 4. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney
6. The Shadow on the Stairs by Ann Halam
7. Revenge of the Living Mummy by R.L. Stine
8. Angel Cake by Cathy Cassidy
9. Worse than Boys by Cathy MacPhail
10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Staff and pupils at Kilmarnock Academy can see a list of the top borrowers on the library’s Glow pages.
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.
The most borrowed books in the library in November were:
1. The Piper by Danny Weston **Scottish Children’s Book Award nominee**
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney
8. Mysteries of Ravenstorm Island: The Lost Children by Gillian Philip **Scottish Children’s Book Award nominee**
9. Demon Dentist by David Walliams
10. Captain Underpants and the Big Bad Battle…by Dav Pilky
Pupils and staff at Kilmarnock Academy can see a list of top borrowers on the library’s Glow pages.
The top 20 most borrowed books over this academic year were:
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney
3. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney
8. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
9. Tom Gates: Excellent Excuses by Liz Pichon
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
11. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
12. Dark Spell by Gill Arbuthnott
13. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
14. Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
15. Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
16. Divided City by Theresa Breslin
17. Tom Gates: Genius Ideas (mostly) by Liz Pichon
18. Mosi’s War by Cathy MacPhail
19. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
20. Massive by Julia Bell
How many have you read?
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