4GKuwait
Location: Kuwait, Jabriya
Reading age: 8 - 10
Favourite authors: Roald Dahl, Michael Morpurgo
Description: This Group is my wonderful class who love to read and be read to. All the children are English as a second language students. I read to the children everyday and they have an insatiable appetite for British books. We are looking for ways to increase our understanding through reading and writing reviews from children of their own age.
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4K
Location: Batley, West Yorkshire
Reading age: 8 - 9
Favourite authors: Roald Dahl, Jaqueline Wilson and David Walliams
Description: They are an enthusiastic bunch and enjoy funny books and characters they can relate to. They enjoy discussing and sharing books but are equally happy to sit quietly and read independently, in their own little world.
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7Q, Gillingham
Location: Gillingham, Dorset, England
Reading age: 11 - 12
Favourite authors: too many to mention!
Description: An energetic, curious and dynamic group of young readers who enjoy sharing and comparing their wide variety of tastes and interests. Such a mix of individuals creates an ideal environment to try new books, explore different genres and discuss their favourite authors.
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8S, Gillingham
Location: Gillingham, Dorset, England
Reading age: 12 - 13
Favourite authors: too many to mention!
Description: An energetic, curious and dynamic group of young readers who enjoy sharing and comparing their wide variety of tastes and interests. Such a mix of individuals creates an ideal environment to try new books, explore different genres and discuss their favourite authors.
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9B3, Gillingham
Location: Gillingham, Dorset, England
Reading age: 13 - 14
Favourite authors: too many to mention!
Description: An energetic, curious and dynamic group of young readers who enjoy sharing and comparing their wide variety of tastes and interests. Such a mix of individuals creates an ideal environment to try new books, explore different genres and discuss their favourite authors.
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AAwoodies
Location: London
Reading age: 5 - 6
Favourite authors: Roald Dahl, Allan Ahlberg, E.B. White
Description: Young, enthusiastic gifted readers. Pupils are reading beyond their age and also have the comprehension and inference skills to deduce quite complex information. Varying backgounds and experiences but their love of reading unites them.
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Bath Tub Readers
Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Reading age: 16 - 18
Favourite authors:
Description:
Bath Tub Readers' contributions:
• Noggin by John Corey Whaley - review
Beijing Class
Location: London
Reading age: 7 - 8
Favourite authors: Anthony Browne, SF Said, Andy Stanton, Mo Willems, Lemony Snickett
Description: We are a Year 3 class in Tower Hamlets, London. We are learning to choose books that we like to read. We do this by asking our friends for recommendations, looking out for favourite authors and remembering which genres we enjoy. We hate boring books!
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Benfield Reading Activists
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Reading age: 11 - 14
Favourite authors: Michael Morpurgo, Jeff Kinney and John Green
Description: We are a newly formed reading group in school. We meet at break times to discuss books and plan to do lots of different activities about reading and books including making animated film
trailers and planning events. We are taking part in book award shadowing schemes. Members are all very different, some like Manga, some like real-life stories, some like comedy, but we all like reading as well as all the other stuff.
Benfield Reading Activists' contributions:
• Holly Smale: I think people are starting to embrace what being 'a geek' actually means
• Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan – review
• Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo - review
BFF Club
Location: East Finchley, London, UK
Reading age: 10
Favourite authors: Kate O'Hearn, Anthony Horowitz and Robert Muchamore
Description: The club is made up of 6 girls, all aged 10 who attend Brookland Junior School. The girls are all daughters of the mum's bookclub that we belong to. They have seen how much fun, friendship and enjoyment we mums get out of book club and they were keen to follow in our footsteps! The girls are all avid readers, some favourite books include: the Pegasus series by Kate O'Hearn, Alex Rider and the Cherub Series. The group are divided in opinion on Jacqueline Wilson!
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Bigland Green
Location: London
Reading age: 8 - 11
Favourite authors: Derek Landy, Tom Gates and Gill Lewis
Description: We decided to open our Good Book Readers Club called "Cheer Readers!" because we love reading and we would like to keep contact with other people passionate about reading. We were recommended yours children's site by older children who belong to your site already. It is very important for us to be up-to -date with newest issues. Also we would like to share our opinion about books we love or warn about books we didn't enjoy.
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Blossoms book buddies
Location: Paignton, Devon
Reading age: 4 - 9
Favourite authors: Julia Donaldson, Francesca Simon and Valerie Thomas
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Bolitho Book Worms
Location: Penzance, Cornwall
Reading age: 8 - 11
Favourite authors: J.K. Rowling, Roald Dahl, Michael Morpurgo, Rick Riordan
Description: Bolitho Books Worms are mad about books! We meet in school to read, discuss and review all kinds of books from Harry Potter to the Horrible Histories. We love to act out stories, find out about the authors and share our opinions with other children in our school.
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Bookaholics
Location: Letchworth Garden City, Herts
Reading age: 11 - 14
Favourite authors: Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, John Green
Description: This group of keen readers is full of passion for books. We read wherever we can; in the hallway, during break, in bed, at the dinner table, anywhere! We meet every week in our school Library. Our group has people who love all different kinds of books.
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Bookworthies
Location: Holsworthy, Devon, England
Reading age: 11 – 13
Favourite authors: Malorie Blackman, Rick Riordan, Derek Landy
Description: We are all individuals and like different books but we are connected by reading. We discover new authors and have great discussions – no spoilers is our rule. We are 'heavily professional' book readers, have diverse interests but fun is our aim. We meet every week over lunch and once a month as a Shadowing Group.
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Brilliant Books Club
Location: Edgware, London, UK
Reading age: 8 – 10
Favourite authors:
Description: We meet once a week, to discuss books, read books, make up stories and engage in loads of other book-related activities. We all love reading but we have completely different tastes, so find it impossible to agree on one book or author that we all like!
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Brilliant Monsters
Location: London
Reading age: 0 - 5
Favourite authors: Dear Zoo, The Croc &The Bird, A Squash & A Squeeze, Dinosaur Roar
Description: I am a specialist teacher in language development & literacy. I also run baby & toddler groups focusing on early language development and encouraging a love of reading from an early age. I show families and professionals how to choose the most appropriate books in order to engage their child and then show them various games and strategies in order to help develop both their vocabulary and sense of story. The focus always remains on having fun whilst sharing a lovely book experience with their parent or carer.
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Broke Hall Bookworms
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Reading age: 8 - 11
Favourite authors: Jacqueline Wilson, David Walliams, Holly Webb
Description: Enthusiastic readers who meet in the library one lunchtime a week to chat about their current books, discover new titles and take part in activities and competitions. Most recently they have enjoyed watching the Jacqueline Wilson Virtually Live event for which they made cards to celebrate her 100th book.
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Captain Graphics
Location: Prudhoe, Northumberland
Reading age: 13 - 15
Favourite authors: JRR Tolkien, J K Rowling and Hiro Mashima
Description: The group only started a couple of months ago for teens interested in graphic novels, to shadow The Stan Lee Excelsior Award. The group have read through the shortlist and voted for their favourites and have continued to meet on a weekday after school.
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CedarReaders
Location: Bottisham, Cambridge
Reading age: 7 - 9
Favourite authors: SF Said, David Walliams and Roald Dahl
Description: We are a class who love reading and enjoy a wide range of books. We love to share our thoughts about the books we read with others. We like everything from comic books to poetry!
CedarReaders's contributions:
• Varjak Paw by SF Said – review
• The Princess and the Foal by Stacy Gregg - review
• Magic Molly: the Clever Little Kitten by Holly Webb - review
• Fangs Vampire Spy: Project Wolf World by Tommy Donbavand - review
• The Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton - review
Celine
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Reading age: 2 - 10
Favourite authors: Fairy tales, crafts, songs and general knowledge books
Description: Celine group is very energetic, smart and we like to read and learn. We like painting, singing, hymning and listening to fairy tales.
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Cherry Book Worms
Location: Bitton, South Gloucestershire, England
Reading age: 8 - 11
Favourite authors: JK Rowling, CS Lewis, Roald Dahl
Description: We are a small village primary school which have started a book club as the "Cherry Book Worms". We meet at least every month in KS2 and are trying to revamp our tired looking library! We love reading, trying to pass this enthusiam on to the rest of the school.
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Chis 'n' Sid Book Whizzes
Location: Sidcup, Kent
Reading age: 11 - 14
Favourite authors: We all like different books and we found it impossible to limit our choice to just 3 authors.
Description: We like anything and everything! (or at least some of us do…) We are all very different individuals but we are all united by our passion for reading.
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Claytons School
Location: Bourne End, Bucks, England
Reading age: 7 - 11
Favourite authors: Roald Dahl, J.K.Rowling and Michael Morpurgo
Description: We are a group of Children who meet up every Friday afternoon to talk about, and have fun doing activites alll based around books
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Cool Claremont Readers
Location: Blackpool, UK
Reading age: 7 - 9
Favourite authors: Roald Dahl, Jeff Kinney and Michael Morpurgo
Description: We meet once a week and enjoy a drink and a biscuit and look a various genres of books. We enjoy listening to stories and discussing why we like or dislike the story. We talk about the characters and look at how stories can help us make better decisions in our own lives.
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Cool Kids' Creations
Location: Penzance, Cornwall
Reading age: 3 - 10
Favourite authors: Andy Stanton, Tom Moorhouse, Stephan Pastis. And Jeff Kinney!
Description: We're three kids who read a lot. We love books by Andy Stanton (Mr Gum), Roald Dahl (all), Jeff Kinney (Wimpy Kid), Stephan Pastis (Timmy Failure), Tom Moorhouse (The River Singers), JRR Tolkien (The Hobbit, LOTR), JK Rowling (Harry Potter), Adam Blade (Beastquest) – and folk tales, magic, and animals.
Cool Kids' Creations' contributions:
• The Rising by Tom Moorhouse - review
DG Readers
Location: London, United Kingdom
Reading age: 11 - 14
Favourite authors: Neil Gayman, JK Rowling, Michael Morpurgo
Description: We are a very diverse group both in the types of books we like to read and the types of people we are but we have in common that we all love reading and getting lost in our imaginations and we are a happy group who get on well together
DG Readers's contributions:
• Benjamin Zephaniah interview: To me it's not about black, white, Asian; it's about literature for everybody
• Benjamin Zephaniah: people all over the world are living in fear and to me all those people are being terrorised
DKH Loves Reading
Location: East Dulwich, London
Reading age: 8 - 11
Favourite authors: JK Rowling, Michael Morpurgo and Jacqueline Wilson
Description: We are a culturally diverse London primary school. We have a number of pupils who love to read and want to share and encourage others to have a passion for books too
DKH Loves Reading's contributions:
• RJ Palacio: I remember what it's like to feel insecure, or like I'm the odd one out
Dolphin Book Café
Location: Hurst, Berkshire, UK
Reading age: 11 - 13
Favourite authors: Kate DiCamillo, Michael Morpurgo, Jessica Day George
Description: We are a small friendly school library club, who enjoy discovering a broad range of books. A group who listens to each member's thoughts; we use our lively imaginations to be creative with each book we read. We are up for anything as long as it involves an exciting book!
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Eastborough Book club
Location: West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Reading age: 9
Favourite authors: Francesca Simon, Dav Pilkey, Michael Morpurgo
Description: Our book club is a weekly lunchtime club for children from years 5 and 6. The group, who have signed up voluntarily, are multi-cultural, predominantly Asian (Pakistani, Indian). We are a group who loves reading. We swap books, act out scenes from our favourite books and review stories.
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EWS Book Club
Location: London
Reading age: 11 – 16
Favourite authors: E. Lockhart, Marcus Sedgwick, SF Said
Description: The Ellen Wilkinson Book Club is made up of a group of enthusiastic, lively and opinionated readers of mixed ability and cultural backgrounds.
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Falmouth Primary School Readers
Location: Falmouth, Cornwall
Reading age: 9 - 11
Favourite authors: How To Train Your Dragon, Rick Riordan, Roald Dahl
Description: A group of enthusiastic readers with open minds and eclectic tastes, who appreciate humour and adventure in the stories that they read.
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Faultline Fiction Fanatics
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Reading age: 10-11
Favourite authors:Michael Morpurgo, Anthony Horowitz, Louis Sachar and J.K. Rowling
Description: We are a group of 10 and 11 year old boys and girls from Christchurch, New Zealand. We just love reading and talking about books. We meet at lunchtimes and discuss the books we are reading.
Faultline Fiction Fanatic's contributions:
• Postcard from an earthquake zone
• Little Manfred by Michael Morpurgo - review
• Kaspar: Prince of Cats by Michael Morpurgo - review
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster - review
Final Chapter
Location: Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Reading age: 11 - 14
Favourite authors: Jacqueline Wilson, Roald Dahl, Cathy Cassidy
Description: The group started in 2001 at the request of students. Our numbers vary and have been as high as 50. We follow the Doncaster Book Award; Kate Greenaway Medal; write reviews and short stories; follow projects; see authors; take part in online events; join with local schools; produce magazines and much, much more!
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Flora's Book Group
Location: Edinburgh
Reading age: 10
Favourite authors: Francesca Simon, Percy Jackson and Cressida Cowell
Description: We are a small group of 5 boys who love reading and want to encourage pupils in our school to use the library. We are currently fund raising to refurbish our library and make it a more exciting and modern environment.
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Fun Book and Biscuit Club
Location:Culcheth, Warrington, Cheshire
Reading age: 8 - 12
Favourite authors: David Walliams, Louis Sachar, Rick Riordan
Description: Our bookclub is brilliant. We meet in a toy shop once a fortnight. We love to read funny, exciting adventure books. The best thing about our club is the biscuits and sometimes we have a snack themed to our book. Sometimes we write reviews and send them to our favourite authors.
Fun Book and Biscuit Club's contributions:
• Stephan Pastis: When I was a lawyer I was drawing all the time, even in court
Glenfall3
Location:Cheltenham, England
Reading age: 6 - 11
Favourite authors: David Walliams, Roald Dahl and Adam Blake
Description: We are a lively group, with a range of reading styles from The Hobbit to Stink-bomb and Ketchup-face. Recently our unit of work in literacy has been authors and we have been studied the wide range of books which are available to read. From our literacy work, we would like to share our book reviews on your website.
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Golden Morning Reading Group
Location: Hardwick, Cambs
Reading age: 8 - 11
Favourite authors: Jacqueline Wilson, Philip Pullman, Andy Stanton
Description: We are a group of 24 boys and girls in years 3-6 - we all love books, even though we can never agree WHICH books! This makes choosing favourite authors difficult. Sorry to Anthony Horowitz and Jeff Kinney, who might have made it! We meet during Golden Morning and lunchtimes to read/talk.
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Golfhill Book Club
Location: Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland
Reading age: 7 - 10
Favourite authors: Francesca Simon, Jacqueline Wilson, Roald Dahl
Description: We have just started as a reading club at Golfhill Primary after school on Mondays. Everyone who comes loves reading and many people like writing books too. We chat about our favourite authors and recommend books to our friends. We watch interviews with authors and think about what we can ask them and also investigate illustrators and give drawing a shot too.
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Green Class
Location: Birmingham
Reading age: 7 - 8
Favourite authors: Simon James, Dick King-Smith, Cressida Cowell
Description: We are 30 friendly, funny fans of reading who love finding out new things, mystery stories and stories that make us laugh out loud. We are always ready to try something new and exciting.
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GRG Library
Location: Sydney, Australia
Reading age: 5 – 12
Favourite authors: Libby Gleeson, Shaun Tan, David Walliams
Description: Our ever-growing group consists of students from age 5-12. We are avid readers. We are enthusiastic! Our reading interests are supported by a school which does its best to keep our shelves fresh with new goodies, and teachers who bring classics back into the light.
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G&T Bookclub at BAB
Location: Thamesmead, Erith, Kent
Reading age: 10 - 13
Favourite authors:
Description: We are a group of keen readers in years 7 & 8, who meet once a fortnight to discuss our chosen book.
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HAOLIHAI ARTS
Location: Guangdong, China
Reading age: 9
Favourite authors: Beatrix Potter, James Marshall, and Barbara Bottner
Description: "haolihai" is Chinese for "amazing," and we teach/learn English and self-confidence and develop an appetite for the arts
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HC Y3
Location: London, UK
Reading age: 7 - 8
Favourite authors: Roald Dahl, Francesca Simon, Michael Morpurgo
Description: We love to read and have recently been learning to review stories that we have read. We hope that our reviews are read by lots of other children and that they encourage others to read the stories we have enjoyed. We want others to experience that feeling you get when you find exciting story and just can't put it down!
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Heartlands High School Library Clubs
Location: London
Reading age: 11 - 16
Favourite authors: Michael Morpurgo, Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins
Description: Our book club changes focus every 6 weeks to focus on different awards or genres and is open to any pupils. We always have a mix of abilities and preferences each time a new set of sessions starts! We love reading at our school and are always looking for new reads which broaden our horizons and improve our SEARCH skills.
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Holy Trinity Book Club
Location: Bury, Greater Manchester
Reading age: 7 - 9
Favourite authors: David Walliams, Jacqueline Wilson
Description: We are all members of Class 4 at Holy Trinity and love reading books, especially David Walliams! We have even studied all about David Walliams recently and are writing him a letter to tell him just how much we have enjoyed his writing!
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Imagination Kingdom
Location: Great Cheverell, Wiltshire
Reading age: 8 - 9
Favourite authors: Enid Blyton, Michael Morpurgo and David Walliams
Description: We meet once a week at lunchtime where we eat our packed lunches and discuss books. We share and swap books, read plays, write our own short stories and plays, talk about a variety of books and are learning how to review books. We are all passionate about books.
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Ipswich Children's Book Group
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
Reading age: 3 - 18
Favourite authors: With so many brilliant authors writing for different ages it would be impossible to choose just three favourites!
Description: We currently have 57 members, who include parents, grandparents, school and public librarians, teachers, booksellers, writers and illustrators, all of whom are passionate about sharing books with children of all ages. We also organise Red House Children's Book Award testing as well as a variety of events - parties, workshops and visits - so the children can actually listen to and meet their favourite authors.
ICBG is a member of the Federation of Children's Book Groups dedicated to bringing children and books together. We aim to spread the word that books are fun, reading is enjoyable and to encourage the availability of a wide range of literature for all ages, from pre-school to teenage.
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JCoSS Book Club
Location: London
Reading age: 11- 14
Favourite authors: JK Rowling, Malorie Blackman and RJ Palacio
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JDBookGroup
Location: Peckham, London
Reading age: 8 - 11
Favourite authors: JK Rowling, Michael Morpurgo, Roald Dahl
Description: We are a fabulous, fantastic, awesome, exceptional, outstanding, stupendous, intelligent book group (and yes we know that is too many adjectives!) at John Donne primary school in Peckham. We get together to share amazing books by incredible authors with each other and then pass our love of books onto our whole school and now the world! We love books 110%.
JDBookGroup's contributions:
• SF Said: "When I look at Varjak Paw now, I think there's no way I could have made that story better."
• The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth – review
• Timmy Failure by Stephan Pastis – review
• Cliff McNish interview: 'You don't have to be good at English at school to be a writer. You need to work really, really hard'
• The Diary of Dennis the Menace by Steven Butler - review
• Bird by Crystal Chan - review
• Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo - review
• Demon Dentist by David Walliams - review
• Michael Morpurgo: We are who we are now, in large part, because of the first world war
• Michael Morpurgo: why we should remember the first world war – children's books podcast
• The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig by Emer Stamp - review
• W.A.R.P.: The Reluctant Assassin by Eoin Colfer - review
KECHGreaders
Location: Birmingham
Reading age: 12 - 14
Favourite authors: Suzanne Collins, J.K. Rowling, Patrick Ness
Description: 'Camp Hillians' are avid readers who love all writers and genres. Along with taking part in poetry competitions, Carnegie reading groups and story writing challenges, Camp Hillians find time to discover new books and authors every day. Through the Guardian website, Camp Hillians will expand their literary horizons even further!
KECHGreaders's contributions:
• Blood Red Road by Moira Young - review
• Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness - review
• An Abundance of Katherines by John Green – review
Kings School Book Group
Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
Reading age: 11 - 15
Favourite authors:
Description: We are a very new group, the club being launched on World Book Day 1st March 2012. The group is mainly lower school plus two year 10's who are pupil librarians. We aim to meet once a month to evaluate the title we have all being reading plus choose another title.
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louth323texel
Location: Isle of Texel, Holland
Reading age: 12 - 15
Favourite authors: David Almond, Meg Rosoff
Description: We are a group of about 60 pupils from England and Holland and have a members only website together (www.louth323texel.ning.com). We chat during schooltime and when we are at home to learn English hands-on. We share hobbies and tell each other of cultural activities we do at school.
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LovetoRead
Location:Singapore
Reading age: 11 - 12
Favourite authors: Roald Dahl, Veronica Roth and Suzanne Collins
Description: We are avid readers and read at the start of every lesson. We are currently exploring the future of fiction, and looking at different technologies, and how they can tell stories. We like all sorts of books - graphic novels, dystopian books, funny stories...
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Lydney Book Beauties
Location: Lydney, Gloucestershire, UK
Reading age: 10 - 11
Favourite authors: David Walliams, Jacqueline Wilson, Jeff Kinney
Description: The group started in September 2012, meeting in the school library once a fortnight. We talk about a book we have read, bring titles to recommend and enjoy quizzes and activities. The members describe themselves as beautiful, intelligent, smart and cool and we have a lot of fun.
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Maelgwn Gwynedd
Location: Conwy, Wales
Reading age: 9 - 11
Favourite authors: David Walliams,, Roald Dahl, Jacqueline Wilson
Description: Keen to read, learn and share in the experiences of the world of books. Fluent in English and Welsh. Ready to involve ourselves in a variety of books
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Millennium RIOT Readers
Location: Gateshead Town, Ryton County, Tyne & Wear Country
Reading age: 11 - 16
Favourite authors: Stephanie Meyer, Darren Shan, Andy Briggs
Description: Our group began in March 2012. There's a mix of boys and girls and 2 staff. We all read different genres of fiction and have different favourite authors. We have shadowed the Carnegie Awards, completed a sponsored read and are currently voting for the North East Teenage Book Awards.
Millennium RIOT Readers' contributions:
• The Andersons by Zoe Ward – review
• Interworld by Neil Gaiman- review
• Theodore Boone: The Abduction by John Grisham - review
• Heroic by Phil Earle - review
• The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - review
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - review
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling - review
• Twilight by Stephanie Meyer - review
• Looking for Alaska by John Green - review
• Charlotte's Web by E. B. White - review
• Twilight: Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer - review
• The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher – review
• The Savages by Matt Whyman – review
• Saving Silence by Gina Blaxhill – review
• Red Ink by Julie Mayhew – review
• The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher – review
• Looking For Alaska by John Green – review
• Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy – review
• Fear by Michael Grant – review
• Emily Feather and the Secret Mirror by Holly Webb – review
• ACID by Emma Pass - review
• Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud - review
• Dodger's Guide to London by Terry Pratchett - review
• Book of Beasts by Giles Sparrow - review
• Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling - review
• Darren Shan: "I wanted to write about racism in the UK – zombies seemed like a good way to do that."
• What inspires Anne Cassidy to write her teen crime novels including the award winning Looking for JJ?
• Cliff McNish interview: 'You don't have to be good at English at school to be a writer. You need to work really, really hard'
• Shattered by Teri Terry - review
• Skulduggery Pleasant: Kingdom of the Wicked by Derek Landy - review
• Slated by Teri Terry - review
• The Chaos Effect by Andy Briggs - review
• The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - review
• The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan - review
• Secret Breakers: The Knights of Neustria by H L Dennis - review
• Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve - review
• Wanted! by Kate Thompson - review
• The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney - review
• In Darkness by Nick Lake - review
• Twin Freaks by Paul Magrs – review
• Little Animal Ark: The Playful Puppy by Lucy Daniels – review
• The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch – review
• Tarzan: The Jungle Warrior by Andy Briggs – review
• Spies in Disguise: Boy in Tights by Kate Scott – review
• Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy – review
• Love, Lucie by Marita Conlon-McKenna – review
• Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson – review
• Koyashan by Darren Shan – review
• Killers of the Dawn by Darren Shan – review
• Horrid Henry Rules the World by Francesca Simon – review
• Framed! (Traces) by Malcolm Rose – review
• Airhead by Meg Cabot – review
• Villain.net 1: Council of Evil by Andy Briggs – review
• Steve Camden: To live a life that revolves around ideas and the journeys they take you on is the best thing ever
• Kevin Brooks: Darkness comes naturally to me – I just can't help it!
• Why we're glad The Bunker Diary won the Carnegie
• Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead - review
• I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - review
• Web of Darkness by Bali Rai - review
• The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket - review
• The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt - review
• Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy by Andy Briggs - review
• My Friend the Enemy by Dan Smith - review
• The Joshua Files: Apocalypse Moon by M.G. Harris - review
• My Dad's A Birdman by David Almond - review
• Slated by Teri Terry – review
• Tape by Steven Camden - review
• Rainbow Rowell interview: "YA books teach you that your weird stuff is normal."
• David Almond: each story comes with its own kind of fizz, gurgle and energy
MLC
Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Reading age: 15 - 16
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Monkton Prep School
Location: Bath, UK
Reading age: 9 - 11
Favourite authors: David Almond, David Walliams and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Description: Our group, we think, is best described by these adjectives, joyful, imaginative, good learners, funny and great talkers. We love choosing what we read and solving mysteries. The most exciting event so far this year has been meeting David Almond. We thought the Boy who Swam with Pyranhas was awesome.
Monkton Prep School's contributions:
• Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead - audio review
Myton Year 7
Location: Warwick, Warwickshire
Reading age: 11 - 12
Favourite authors: Malorie Blackman, David Walliams, Anthony Horowitz (John Green)
Description: Inquisitive group of students wanting to go on an author quest! Our English motto is 'a book in every bag' and it's the best school rule we have! Our aim is to foster a life-long love of reading for all of our students.
Myton Year 7's contributions:
Northfield Reading Corps
Location: Billingham, Stockton on Tees
Reading age: 13 - 15
Favourite authors: JK Rowling, Rick Riordan, Roald Dahl
Description: The group has been together since taking part in Stockton Children's Book of the Year, Booked Up Reading Partnership and Carnegie Shadowing. Last year we were all lucky enough to attend 3 Puffin author talks and meet the fantastic authors Cathy Cassidy, Eion Colfer and Charlie Higson. We have joined together as we are always discussing and sharing our favourite books and love nothing better than a good debate of Twilight vs The Hunger Games or who would win in a fight of… Words to describe us are awesome, imaginative, friendly, creative and magic.
Northfield Reading Corps' contributions:
Patcham High School Reading Group
Location: Brighton, East Sussex
Reading age: 11 - 16
Favourite authors: Darren Shan, John Green, Jacqueline Wilson
Description: Reading is embedded in the schools' daily timetable with Drop Everything and Read for 15 minutes at 11.10am; this has promoted an appreciation of books and in some cases an insatiable appetite. We have a diverse membership which has a wide range of reading tastes which is mainly driven by student recommendations and following book series.
Patcham High School Reading Group's contributions:
Pluckley Readers
Location: Ashford, Kent
Reading age: 7 - 11
Favourite authors: JK Rowling, Michael Morpurgo and Roald Dahl
Description: A group for young readers in Pluckley who love escaping to places that only exist in the imagination. A group who love reading, writing and learning together
Pluckley Readers' contributions:
Potty for Books
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England
Reading age: 8 - 9
Favourite authors: Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Murporgo and Roald Dahl
Description: We enjoy reading so much that we want to share our opinions on books and authors with others. We are designing our own reading area at the moment and wonder if we coudl find some super things to put in it, like poster etc.
Potty for Books' contributions:
Priory Book Club
Location: Edgbaston, Birmingham
Reading age: 10 - 18
Favourite authors:
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Priory Book Club's contributions:
PTRG
Location: Pontypool, Torfaen, South Wales
Reading age: 11 - 15
Favourite authors: Ruta Sepetys, Gemma Malley, Scott Westerfeld (Loads of others including Veronica Roth, Malorie Blackman, Melvin Burgess, Moira Young, Cathy Brett…)
Description: We're a group of teenage readers that love to meet up every month and chat about our favourite books and what we 're loving at the moment. This includes one book that we all read and discuss afterwards. We look at the library's newest stock and other classic 'teenage' books and write regular reviews for the library to recommend books to other teenage readers. From classics to graphic novels or horror to soppy chick lits we look at it all and have fun while we're doing it...
PTRG's contributions:
Purple Unicorns
Location: South Nutfield, Surrey, England
Reading age: 8 - 14
Favourite authors: Michael Morpurgo, Cathy Cassidy and Ali Sparkes
Description: We are a class group with a deep love of reading. Range of reading varies greatly, but each child reads daily at school and at home.
Purple Unicorns' contributions:
• Goal! by Robert Rigby - review
• The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton - review
• Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz - review
• Beyond the Deepwoods by Chris Riddell and Paul Stewart - review
• Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery - review
• Matilda by Roald Dahl - review
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney - review
• Frozen in Time by Ali Sparkes - review
• The Stolen Sister by Joan Lingard - review
• The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket - review
• Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver - review
• Sundae Girl by Cathy Cassidy - review
• Mr Stink by David Walliams - review
• The Trenches by Jim Eldridge - review
• Tintin and the Secret of the Unicorn by Hergé - review
• Dancing Jax by Robin Jarvis - review
• Born to Run by Michael Morpurgo - review
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney - review
• The Time Twister by Jenny Nimmo - review
• The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo - review
• Shadow by Michael Morpurgo - review
• Hetty Feather by Jacqueline Wilson - review
• Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz - review
• Famous Five on the Case by Enid Blyton - review
• Aggie Lichen: Pilp Collector by Debra J Edwards - review
Queen Anne's Book Club (QABooC)
Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK
Reading age:11+
Favourite authors: J.K. Rowling, Eva Ibbotson, Tove Jansson
Description: We are a group of enthusiastic, fun-loving girls who love the Library. We meet every week after school, have enjoyed taking part in the Kids' Lit Quiz and Berkshire Book Award, and look forward to reading more books, discussing them and finding out what makes a book a good read.
Queen Anne's Book Club (QABooC)'s contributions:
Raynham Reading Stars
Location: London
Reading age: 8 - 10
Favourite authors: Roald Dahl
Description: We love books. We are a group of Year 4 and 5 readers who know that reading is 'cool' and fun. We meet twice a week in our fantastic school library which is full of interesting books. Books inspire the imagination and take us on adventures every time we read.
Raynham Reading Stars' contributions:
Reading Jaguars
Location: Tucson, Arizona, Pima County, USA
Reading age: 9 - 11
Favourite authors: Rick Riordan, Jerry Spinelli, Suzanne Collins
Description: We are a group of kids in a multi-age classroom. Our class is a co-enrollment class with 13 deaf and hard of hearing kids. We all use ASL in the classroom and love to read.
Reading Jaguars' contributions:
Reading Rebels
Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Reading age: 13 - 15
Favourite authors:
Description:
Reading Rebels' contributions:
Reaseheath Reading group
Location: Nantwich, Cheshire
Reading age: 16 - 18
Favourite authors:
Description: A new reading group based at Reaseheath college to encourage students to read for pleasure. Students will choose their own books and will be able to seek advice from a member of the English department if required. Our aim is to assist student discover the joy in reading!
Reaseheath Reading group's contributions:
Red4
Location: Dorset
Reading age: 8 - 9
Favourite authors: Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Morpurgo, Jeff Kinney
Description: We are a group of keen and confident readers and we enjoy reading both fiction and non-fiction books (we also enjoy writing stories). Earlier this year we began a reading project and as part of this we bought lots of lovely new books. We love to read!
Red4's contributions:
Roskear Reviewers
Location: Camborne, Cornwall
Reading age: 7 - 11
Favourite authors: Yet to be voted on!
Description: We are a new group of high achievers in English who meet every Tuesday for English workshops, where we cover all aspects of English including reading, discussing and reviewing all kinds of literature
Roskear Reviewers's contributions:
• Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre - review
• Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: World War II by Tony Robison - review
• Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: World War II by Tony Robinson - review
• Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre - review
• Whale Boy by Nicola Davies - review
• Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell - review
• Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell - review
• A Year without Autumn by Liz Kessler – review
• Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister by Liz Kessler
• Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist by Liz Kessler – review
• North of Nowhere by Liz Kessler – review
• Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret by Liz Kessler – review
• The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler – review
• North of Nowhere by Liz Kessler – review
• Roskear Reviewers - summer recommendations
Saltburn Story Club
Location: Saltburn-by-the-sea, Cleveland, UK
Reading age:7 - 10
Favourite authors: The Wimpy Kid, Beast Quest, and Holly Webb.
Description: Saltburn Story Club gives children the opportunity to develop their own writing projects. We explore writing structures, practise story-telling, and want to find out more about our favourite authors and illustrators.
Saltburn Story Club's contributions:
Sapphire Book Surfers
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Reading age: 10 - 11
Favourite authors: Michael Morpurgo, Philip Pullman, Louis Sachar
Description: We are a group of keen readers, who are always looking for new and inspiring books. Some if us are not native English speakers, and most of us love books, a few reluctant readers will be with us! We like all genres, fiction and non fiction. We want to join this group so we can share and get new ideas for reading.
Sapphire Book Surfers' contributions:
Seahorses reading club
Location: Plymouth, Devon, UK
Reading age: 8 - 9
Favourite authors: Dick King Smith, Roald Dahl, Michael Morpurgo
Description: We are an enthusiastic group of readers who love to listen, laugh and cry at a good story!
Seahorses reading club's contributions:
Sheb Readers
Location: Shebbear, Devon, UK
Reading age: 11 – 14
Favourite authors: Michael Morpurgo, Liz Pichon, Malorie Blackman
Description: A fledgling group trying to find time to meet to discuss books. We all love reading but we're busy doing lots of other things too.
Sheb Readers' contributions:
SJL Readers
Location: Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
Reading age: 11 - 14
Favourite authors: Sophie McKenzie, David Walliams, Chris Higgins
Description: We are a small reading group. We all like reading and doing competitions such as the Summer Six reading challenge at school and reviewing books.
SJL Readers' contributions:
Spilt Ink Book Group
Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Reading age: 11 - 13
Favourite authors:
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Spilt Ink Book Group's contributions:
Star Anise R
Location: London
Reading age: 10 - 11
Favourite authors: J.K Rowling, Jacqueline Wilson, Jeff Kinney
Description: We love reading books! We enjoy reading reviews from other people and then giving our feedback on it.
Star Anise R's contributions:
St Andrews Reading Group
Location: Dronfield, Derbyshire
Reading age: 7 - 11
Favourite authors: Roald Dahl, Anne Fine
Description:
St Andrews Reading Group's contributions:
St Christopher Junior School Book Club
Location: Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
Reading age: 8 - 11
Favourite authors: Michael Morpugo, Anthony Horowitz
Description: A newly-established young readers' book club based at St Christopher School in Letchworth Garden City. The first book that we read and discussed was The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. We are willing to try anything new and exciting but also like to look at old classics.
St Christopher Junior School Book Club's contributions:
STFS bookworms
Location: Winslow, Buckinghamshire, UK
Reading age: 11 - 13
Favourite authors: David Walliams, J.K.Rowling, Anthony Horowitz
Description: Our book club is full of book loving people and we're all a bit crazy. We plan to meet at least twice a week and will use every moment available for reading! Our teachers are enthusiastic about our learning and reading at STFS Bookworms. In the future we hope to have more books here.
STFS bookworms' contributions:
St George's Book Club
Location: Taunton, Somerset, UK
Reading age: 9 - 11
Favourite authors: Frank Cottrell Boyce, John Boyne and Lauren Child
Description: We are a group of book lovers who meet in the school library each week to read together and discuss interesting books. There is nothing we like more than to curl up on a soft chair and lose ourselves in a wonderfully exciting story until the end of lunch break!
St George's Book Club's contributions:
St James's Catholic High School
Location: Cheshire, UK
Reading age: 11 - 16
Favourite authors: Suzanne Collins, J K Rowling and Jeff Kinney
Description:
St James's Catholic High School's contributions:
• Group reviews: a selection
• Group reviews: a selection
STREAM book group
Location: South London
Reading age: 11 - 13
Favourite authors: Katherine Rundell, Malorie Blackman, Holly Smale
Description: Our book group started its life as a small but enthusiastic Carnegie Medal shadowing group but is expanding to explore a range of fiction by authors who will be appearing at the Stream book festival being hosted at our school in November and opened by Malorie Blackman.
STREAM book group's contributions:
Stockport Grammar Book Club
Location: Stockport, Chesire
Reading age: 11 - 14
Favourite authors:
Description: We are a group of male and female students from Stockport Grammar senior school, aged between 11 and 14. We've recently met Authors Darren Shan, Kjarten Poskitt, Curtis Jobling and poet Mike Garry. We like lots of authors from Stephenie Meyer and Suzanne Collins, to Robert Muchamore and the Classics. We read anything and everything and regularly share opinions and recommendations as a group over biscuits and juice; we'd be happy to share our book reviews with you too!
Stockport Grammar Book Club's contributions:
• A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle- review
• A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton- review
• Room by Emma Donaghue- review
• Where Memaids Sing by Brian Keaney- review
• Tightrope by Gillian Cross- review
• Review selection by Jay
Super Sibling Readers
Location: Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, UK
Reading age: 8 - 11
Favourite authors: Michael Morpurgo, Roald Dahl, Jacqueline Wilson
Description: We are a group of primary children who all have younger siblings in school. We want to encourage our younger brothers and sisters to read, so we listen to them at home as often as possible. We like finding a cosy place to read with them.
Super Sibling Readers' contributions:
TC Bookends
Location: Wolverhampton
Reading age: 12 - 15
Favourite authors: RJ Palacio, Michael Morpurgo, Annabel Pitcher
Description: Our group is a small but dedicated group who meet on a Friday lunchtime and discuss books in general over a mug of hot chocolate and a biscuit or two. The first book we are reading as a group is Sophie McKenzie's The Set-Up. After this the pupils will take it in turn to choose the book the group reads.
TC Bookends' contributions:
The Argonauts
Location: Warlingham, Surrey
Reading age: 7 - 12
Favourite authors: Eoin Colfer, Jacqueline Wilson, and Jeff Kinney
Description: We are a very small school. We read books and recommend them to each other. We receive Bronze, Silver and Gold Reading Awards each year, depending on the number of books we have read. Last World Book Day we had the author Ciaran Murtagh in to help us write stories - he was very funny.
The Argonauts' contributions:
The Big Bookathon
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Reading age: 11 - 14
Favourite authors:
Description:
The Big Bookathon's contributions:
The Book Bunch
Location: Westbury, England
Reading age: 7 - 8
Favourite authors: Jeremy Strong, Michael Morpurgo and Jo Nesbo
Description: Bookbunchers munch and crunch their books and lunch at bookbunch!
The Book Bunch's contributions:
• Group review selection
• Codename Quicksilver 3: Burning Sky by Allan Jones - review
• Fizzlebert Stump by A. F. Harrold - review
• Winterling by Sarah Prineas - review
• Hooey Higgins Big Day Out by Steve Voake - review
• Butterfly Summer by Ann-Marie Conway - review
• Magical Moon Cat: Moonbeams and the Dream Cafe by Annie Dalton
• The Case of the Racehorse Ringer by Anthony Read - review
• Group reviews: a selection
• Group reviews: a selection
• Group reviews: a selection
• Superkid by Claire Freedman and Sarah McIntyre - review
• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell - review
• The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynee Reid Banks - review
• Gangsta Granny by David Walliams - review
• Star Fighters: Stealth Force by Max Chase - review
• Can I Come Too? by Brian Patten and Nicola Bayley - review
• Magic Trix by Sara Grant - review
• Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell - review
• Tich Vampire Hunter by Pete Barrett - review
• Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell - Review
• The Witch of Turlingham Academy by Ellie Boswell
• How does Jo Nesbø decide whether to write crime or children's fiction? - children's books podcast
• Charlie Merrick's Misfits by Dave Cousins – review
• I'm Dougal Trump: Where's my tarantula? by D Trump - review
• The Fabulous Four Fish Fingers by Jason Beresford - review
• The Wombles Go Round the World by Elizabeth Beresford - review
• The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl - a review to listen to!
• Group reviews: a selection
• Group reviews: a selection
The Book Eaters
Location: St Johns Chapel, Weardale, Co. Durham
Reading age: 7 - 9
Favourite authors: Jacqueline Wilson, Roald Dahl, Francesca Simon
Description: We are five bubbly, book-mad, ballistic girls who love reading all kinds of books. We love to explore lots of different authors. We live in the countryside and read outside a lot. We like to share our books and ideas. We meet every Wednesday lunchtime. Sometimes when we meet, we all read a different books but when we get to a good bit we share it. Next week we are going to start Gangster Granny. Our teacher Miss Haynes is a big fan of David Walliams.
The Book Eaters' contributions:
The Bourbons
Location: Tarporley, Cheshire, UK
Reading age: 12 - 15
Favourite authors: J K Rowling, Michael Grant, John Green
Description: We are an awesome, biscuit-devouring book group who all read widely, passionately and constantly. Our after-book
discussions are thought-provoking, hilarious and very clever. We all
enjoy our hour after school each Wednesday – eating, talking books and laughing. We also write reviews, do puzzles, booklists, book charades etc.
The Bourbons' contributions:
The Bulldog Bibliophiles
Location: Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Reading age: 11 - 12
Favourite authors: Kate DiCamillo, Jerry Spinelli, Roald Dahl
Description: Our class is made up of 22 fun and creative students. We live in Bogotá, Colombia, and many of us speak Spanish as a first language. We are each on a journey to read 30 books of different genres this year. We would love to share our reviews with you!
The Bulldog Bibliophiles' contributions:
• Murder at Midnight by Avi - review
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - review
• Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix - review
• Junie B. Jones And Some Sneaky Peeky Spying by Barbara Park - review
• Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai - review
• Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - review
• Herobrine Rises by Steve DeWinter and S.D. Stuart - review
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney - review
• Falling Up by Shel Silverstein – review
• Erak's Ransom by John Flanagan – review
• Divergent by Veronica Roth - review
• Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper - review
• Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz - review
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - review
• Who Was Dr Seuss? by Janet Pascal - review
• Get the Scoop: Justin Bieber by Ronny Bloom - review
• A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket - review
• The Journal of Ben Uchida by Barry Denenberg - review
• Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan - review
The Langhansinites
Location: Berlin, Germany
Reading age: 12 - 15
Favourite authors: Malorie Blackman, Suzanne Collins and JK Rowling
Description: We are students of Nelson Mandela School in Berlin and we love to read! Following the credo of our namesake, we like books that deal with issues of social justice whereas we like all kinds of genres. As a group, we are very diverse and come from all across the world and bring together a plethora of different experiences and backgrounds.
The Langhansinites' Contributions:
The Lower School Book Club
Location: Mayfield, East Sussex
Reading age: 11 - 13
Favourite authors:
Description:
The Lower School Book Club' contributions:
The Book Munchers
Location: Bath
Reading age: 10 - 11
Favourite authors: Jeff Kinney, Liz Pichon and Jacqueline Wilson
Description: We are a small group of year six pupil-librarians who read and recommend books to other children in all year groups in the school. Hoping to expand to a book group in the next few weeks.
The Book Munchers' contributions:
• Group review selection
• Group review selection
• Group review selection
• Group review selection
• Group review selection
• Group review selection
• Group review selection
• Group review selection
• Holly Webb: Did you know that rich Victorians would have mummy-unwrapping parties?
The Chocolate Box Girls
Location: Norwich
Reading age: 10 - 11
Favourite authors: Jacqueline Wilson, David Walliams, John Boyne
Description:
The Chocolate Box Girls' contributions:
The Critics
Location: London
Reading age: 9 - 11
Favourite authors: Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson, William Shakespeare.
Description: We are Year 5 and 6 students that share our love of reading by writing inspirational reviews that will inspire other children to read. The books are chosen in secret by our classes. We also create glossaries to go along with the books to help children understand the tricky bits.
The Critics' contributions:
The Misunderstoods
Location: Lichfield, Staffordshire
Reading age: 11 - 13
Favourite authors: Robert Muchamore, Michael Morpurgo and Lemony Snicket
Description: Read and review, Is what we do. Books at school are really cool.
We are a group of misunderstood people. Other people think we are nerds but we just love books and going to the club. We have a different theme each week at our club and read lots of different types of books. Miss Downey is the leader of our rabble of readers.
The Misunderstoods' contributions:
The Prestons
Location: Leyland, Lancs
Reading age: 8 - 13
Favourite authors: Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling
Description: We're a family of 5. 3/4 of us are looking forward to becoming members of our own book club, sharing our book reviews with others. Jessie's idea to join (aged 8); sister close to follow suit (9); little boy aged 2 will more than likely attend but not contribute. We feel this will assist our goal to spend non-all-tech-influenced time together. Reading with review with a taste of tech is an ideal opportunity for us to achieve that.
The Prestons' contributions:
The Reading Rhinos
Location: Hertfordshire, UK
Reading age: 9 - 10
Favourite authors: Jeff Kinney, Roald Dahl, Jacqueline Wilson
Description: The Reading Rhinos meet weekly to read and discuss our favourite books. We are BIG Wimpy Kid fans but also love Roald Dahl, Jacqueline Wilson, David Walliams and Renee Russell. We are a brand new group so we haven't got up to much yet but we have begun with 'Speedbooking' and our teacher has started to read Demon Dentist to the group. In our first group we described ourselves 'funny, ecstatic, helpful, calm and crazy' so as you can see we are a real mixture bonded together by a desire to read really great books'.
The Reading Rhinos' contributions:
The Word Wallowers
Location: London, UK
Reading age: 9 - 11
Favourite authors: Cornelia Funke, J.K. Rowling, Lauren St John
Description: Some of us devour books, other take their time. But all of us love to read at our own pace. Words touch our imagination and the pages come to life as the words swim along in our minds. We let ourselves laugh and cry and imagine as we wallow in words made from ink. We adore and cherish books!
The Word Wallowers' contributions:
Trim Library Junior Book Club
Location: Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland
Reading age: 8 - 12
Favourite authors: Michael Morpurgo, Jeremy Strong and Eoin Colfer
Description: Trim Library Junior Book Clubs have been running for over 6 years now. We meet once a month to discuss our chosen book. We also do quizzes, write reviews, have debates, enter competitions and do many other book-related activities. We're a mixed group of boys and girls.
Trim Library Junior Book Club's contributions:
Walbottle Campus Bookaholics
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Reading age: 12 - 13
Favourite authors: David Walliams, Suzanne Collins and Jonathan Stroud
Description: At bookaholics we like to read popular books and make book trailers and reviews using new technology to make books come to life. We do fun activities such as book bingo that encourage us to read new genres and widen our book choices.
Walbottle Campus Bookaholics' contributions:
Walbottle Campus KS4 Book Club
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Reading age: 14 - 18
Favourite authors: Veronica Roth, Terri Terry and Suzanne Collins
Description: Our book club is small but we still meet once every two weeks and really enjoy taking about the books we have read or are reading, it's a great way to find out about new books and its nice talking to people who are interested in the same things as you.
Walbottle Campus KS4 Book Club's contributions:
Warmington Readers
Location: Warmington, Northamptonshire
Reading age: 7 - 10
Favourite authors: Jill Murphy, Jeff Kinney, Roald Dahl
Description: Our group started this year and meet at lunchtime in school every 3 weeks. We choose what to read, discuss our books, rate them and publish the information to help others in the school choose good books to read.
Warmington Readers' contributions:
Warren Primary...Reading Recommendations
Location: Chafford Hundred, Essex
Reading age: 7 - 8
Favourite authors: Jeremy Strong, Roald Dahl, Dick King-Smith
Description: At Warren Primary we love to read. We think reading is brilliant. One of the most fantastic things about reading is that you can read so many different types of books. We have a fantastic book corner in our classroom with hundreds of books to read all year. We like to read Horrid Henry, Dirty Bertie, Beast Quest and Roald Dahl books, such as Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
Warren Primary...Reading Recommendations' contributions:
We Can't Stop Reading
Location: Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, UK
Reading age: 9 - 10
Favourite authors: David Walliams, Michael Murporgo, Enid Blyton
Description: We are a chatty and imaginative group, a mix of boys and girls. We read fiction of all kinds and are keen to try new authors and genres. We enjoy good characters, some classics and lots of fantasy. Some of us go to Author Club (writing) as well.
We Can't Stop Reading's contributions
"We Don't Shut Up!" - Bromborough Teens Book Club
Location: Bromborough, Wirral, UK
Reading age: 11 - 15
Favourite authors: We're very new, so haven't picked favourites yet! Current books are Coraline (Neil Gaiman); Once (Morris Gleitzman); Skellig (David Almond)
Description: We're a chatty, imaginative group of teenagers who meet up twice a month. Half our time is spent as a reading group, talking about the latest book (as well as loads of other things!), while the other half is spent on our own creative writing projects - and eating biscuits!
"We Don't Shut Up!" - Bromborough Teens Book Club's contributions:
Whitburn's Wonderful Writers
Location: Sunderland
Reading age: 12 - 13
Favourite authors: Suzanne Collins, J.K Rowling and Ally Carter.
Description: We meet twice a week to read and discuss books and write stories and poems. Most of our members are 12-13 years old and we usually have about 15 pupils meeting every week. The group is comprised of girls only but we are working on getting some boys to join!
Whitburn's Wonderful Writers' contributions:
Whiteheath Book Ninjas
Location: Ruislip, London
Reading age: 9 - 11
Favourite authors: Rick Riordan, Anthony Horowitz, Jacqueline Wilson
Description: We are part of the Chatterbooks reading group network and meet every week for book-related activities, booktalk and, of course, borrowing wonderful books. Each month we have a different theme, themes this year include comic books and graphic novels, ghost stories, science-fiction and fairy tales.
Whiteheath Book Ninjas' contributions:
Willowtown Wonders
Location: Ebbw Vale, Bleanau Gwent
Reading age: 8 - 12
Favourite authors: Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, J. K. Rowling, and Roald Dahl.
Description: We love to laugh when reading together. We thrive in an action novel and never want to put it down. We have a wide range of age and reading ability which makes our group enjoyable to sit and listen to. Willowtown Wonders wonder what amazing authors will come up with next.
Willowtown Wonders' contributions:
Willy's Wonderful Readers
Location: Wirral, Cheshire
Reading age: 7 - 11
Favourite authors: David Walliams, Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton
Description: This is a new group of readers made up of a mixture of lovers of readers and those that are yet to unlock their love for reading. As a group we want to share our favourite books and hear about all the books other people just cannot put down!
Willy's Wonderful Readers' contributions:
Windale School
Location: Oxford
Reading age: 10 - 11
Favourite authors: Michael Morpurgo, C.S. Lewis, David Almond
Description: We are book lovers from our school. Since we love reading so much, we wanted to share our passion for books with the world!
Windale School's contributions:
Woodbridge High Reading Group
Location: Woodford Green, Essex, England
Reading age: 11 - 16
Favourite authors: J K Rowling, Christopher Paolini, Michael Grant
Description: Woodbridge High Readers is an inclusive and welcoming group that likes to share titles of "great reads" with each other whether they be classics or newly published. Our members like to chat over biscuits and aren't afraid to disagree with each other about the ideas which arise from reading different books. We love to read!
Woodbridge High Reading Group's contributions:
Write for Real
Location: Malvern, Worcestershire, UK
Reading age: 11 - 18
Favourite authors: John Green, Patrick Ness, Veronica Roth
Description: Write For Real is a writers' group with the mission of writing for real audiences and purposes. Whether it's novel writing, book reviews or journalism, we have a passion for writing and seek opportunities to be published. Short stories, poetry, author interviews, we at W4R aim to be Real Writers.
Write for Real's contributions:
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