{"id":3317,"date":"2024-01-19T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=3317"},"modified":"2024-05-08T13:58:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T13:58:51","slug":"st-rochs-reads-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2024\/01\/19\/st-rochs-reads-january\/","title":{"rendered":"St Roch’s Reads: January"},"content":{"rendered":"

New year, new books<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n

Happy 2024 everyone! We\u2019re back for a new term- and lot of lovely new books.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The boxes were barely open before library assistants dove in to\u00a0see what\u2019s on offer.\u00a0 Here are some of their top picks to read first.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0You could be so pretty by Holly Bourne<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Uglies meets The Handmaid’s Tale for the new YA generation in this mind-blowing novel from bestselling queen of YA Holly Bourne.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pupils say: \u201c<\/span>This book looks interesting because of the title, it looks like a thriller. When it says \u2018beauty comes a price\u2019 it makes you want to pick it up.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wise Creatures by Deirdre Sullivan<\/span><\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I always thought that hauntings began with houses. They don’t, of course. It’s people, isn’t it? They begin with people.\u00a0..<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pupils say: \u201cThis looks like a psychological horror that might have a shocking ending…\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"How to find a missing girl by Victoria Wlosok<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For fans of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and Veronica Mars, this whip-smart thriller follows a teen detective seeking the truth behind a growing trail of missing girls in small-town Louisiana.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pupils say: \u201cThis book looks really interesting, it reminds me of \u2018A good girls guide to murder\u2019.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fir by Sharon Gosling<\/span><\/a> \/\u00a0<\/span>Savage Island by Bryony Pearce<\/span><\/a> \/ <\/span>Charlotte Says by Alex Bell<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Red Eye Series is a collection of bloodcurdling YA horror \u2013 from chilling ghost stories to addictive psychological thrillers.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pupils Say: \u201cI really like horror and Red Eye is a horror series. The best authors write this, so <\/span>give it a try.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All of these books are available to borrow now from the school library.<\/p>\n

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New year, new books\u00a0 Happy 2024 everyone! We\u2019re back for a new term- and lot of lovely new books.\u00a0\u00a0 The boxes were barely open before library assistants dove in to\u00a0see what\u2019s on offer.\u00a0 Here are some of their top picks to read first.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0You could be so pretty by Holly Bourne\u00a0 Uglies meets The Handmaid’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24620,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-3317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-st-rochs-secondary-school","tag-book-recommendations"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3317"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4302,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3317\/revisions\/4302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}