{"id":106,"date":"2026-01-15T12:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademylibrary\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:13:46","slug":"book-lists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademylibrary\/book-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Younger readers – Book List<\/strong><\/p>\n

Suggested Reads (S1 & S2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Teen and YA Readers – Booklist<\/strong><\/p>\n

YA Booklist 23<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Advanced Higher Reads – Booklist<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Book Review<\/h2>\n

Not Going to Plan by Tia Fisher<\/h4>\n

\"\"Marnie\u2019s really messed up this time\u2026
Thrown out of her posh boarding school just before GCSEs, the only empty seat in her new class is next to Zed, a nerd with zero tolerance for mistakes. Marnie (great at art and Spanish but definitely not numbers) can\u2019t wait to lose her virginity \u2013 whereas Zed (great at maths and physics but definitely not languages) is a loner who can\u2019t stand being touched.\u00a0But they have at least one thing in common: they need good grades. And what starts as a trade in tuition, turns into an unlikely friendship\u2026 a friendship that\u2019s tested to breaking when Marnie\u2019s tricked into having sex without a condom.<\/p>\n

Definitely one for out teen readers. I loved the characters in this novel \u2013 they were likeable and relatable.\u00a0 It was a gripping story line, which didn\u2019t shy away from difficult subject matter, but dealt with it sensitively.<\/p>\n

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Book Review<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

Some Like it Cold by Elle McNicholl<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n
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\"\"Having read Elle McNicoll\u2019s other books, I was intrigued as to how her first foray into YA would fare. I will confess that I was little disappointed at first as I thought it was going to be the archetypal \u201crom com\u201d churned out regularly on the Hallmark channel, with the golden girl loved by everyone, the evil older sister and the broodingly handsome Mr Darcy cipher. However, I soon realised that Elle had brought in many of the classic romantic tropes but there was much more to this story. For me, by far the best part of the story was Jasper\u2019s neurodiversity which was described in an achingly effective way. I enjoyed the setting; who can resist a small-town vignette in the run up to Christmas? The characters were well written, and Elle fleshed out the selfish older sister and brooding boyfriend admirably. The minor characters also felt real. Best of all, there was a lovely happy ending, as you would expect with a rom com. I\u2019m looking forward to recommending this to neurodivergent readers and those who love a great romance.<\/p>\n

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Younger readers – Book List Suggested Reads (S1 & S2) Teen and YA Readers – Booklist YA Booklist 23 Advanced Higher Reads – Booklist AH 3 Book Review Not Going to Plan by Tia Fisher Marnie\u2019s really messed up this time\u2026Thrown out of her posh boarding school just before GCSEs, the only empty seat in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29070,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-106","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29070"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/armadaleacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}