The theme for this BookTalk was to share a book that we'd recommend as a class text or read-aloud, or one we'd recommend to staff (but not kids!!!). Of course we can't forget that we ALWAYS talk about our favourite reads as well - which often tend to be YA fiction ... probably because it rocks!!
Favourite Reads
Picture Books:
Meet the Parents by Peter Bently
The day Louis got eaten by J. Fardell
Children's Fiction:
Docter Noel Zone presents Danger is Everywhere by David O'Doherty
- Have to read in order because each chapter builds on the next
- Humorous
- Check out the YouTube clip of 'How to get rid of a Toothbrush Snake'
Trouble in Time by Adele Broadbent
- Suitable for 8-12-year-old boys
- About the gap between generations
- This is Adele's very first book she started writing back in 2002. Published in 2014
- Yay Adele!!!
YA Fiction:
Elinore & Park by Rainbow Rowell
- Great read for boys & girls
- Check out the book trailer on YouTube
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
- Fan Fiction is really good
Ashfall series by Mike Mullin
- Dystopian
Infinity Drake #1 Sons of Scarlatti by John McNally
- Awesome read!
- Suitable for Year 7+
- 'Crazy' mad-scientist
- Being shrunk to the size of a wasp to fight a bio-weapon terrorism attack (by wasps)
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
- Year 9 +
- Supernatural Dystopian
When Mr Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan
- Amazing book. Hilarious
- Main character has Tourette's
- Set in Scotland
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
- Horny, hungry 6-foot-tall preying mantis'
- Dystopian
- Main character has 'confused' feelings about homosexuality
- Year 10's are reading it and really enjoying it
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
- Year 7+. Possibly OK for Year 6
- Main character is a 12-year-old genius girl who is into diagnosing medical conditions.
- Mother is diagnosed with cancer but is killed in a car crash with her dad
- Beautifully told story
- Finding self. Loss.
Sand series by Hugh Howey
- Futuristic
- Sand-divers
- Looking for Denver the city
- Ending is very abrupt
Not a drop to drink by Mandy McGuiness
- Dystopian
- Not a typical romance story
If you could be mine by Sara Farizan
- 2 girls in Iran who are in love
- Many different forms of love
- Very topical
- Not always getting what you want
- For older students
Roomies by Sara Zarr
- American setting in University
- 2 girls becoming friends
- Told in 2-point perspective via the first-person, AND vie emails
- fluffy, girly, easy read
Tease by Amanda Maciel
- Year 9+
- Bullying from the bullies perspective
- Girl commits suicide & parents bring a lawsuit against the bullies
- 2 parts of the book - before the bullying, & during the lawsuit
Love and other foreign words by Erin McCahn
- Year 9+
- Main character looks at relationships differently
- Has to write an essay about what love is
The art of racing in the rain by Garth Stein
- Told from the dogs perspective
- Very emotive
Your fathers, Where are they, and the prophets, do they live forever? by Dave Eggers
- Suitable for Older Teen Boys
- Main character has kidnapped an astronaut & a whole lot of other people
- Holding them in a decommissioned military base
- Because ... He has LOTS of questions (the type that boys would ask!!)
- Reader is left at the end with questions of their own
I am Rebecca by Fleur Beal
- Like David Hill's 'Deadly Sky'
- About the characters doubts
- Choices she has to make
The Deadly Sky by David Hill
- Set in 1974 New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
When we wake by Karen Healy
While we Run by Karen Healy
- Better than 'When we Wake'
The Rig by Joe Ducie
- Set in an un-escapable prison in the middle of the ocean
- Amazingly Awesome read
- Year 7+
- NOTE: OK for Good Year 6 readers
More than this by Patrick Ness
Before I fall by Lauren Oliver
- What would you do if you only had 1 day to live?
Dark Satanic Mills by Marcus Sedgwick
- Good text for NCEA Level 2
- Graphic Novel
- Dystopian
- No longer protected from radiation
The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks
- "The worst book in the world because of the finish!!!"
- "Knock-your-socks-off ending"
- No happy ending!!!
The Hit by Melvin Burgess
Adult Fiction:
Silo series - Wool / Shirt / Dust by Hugh Howey
- Dystopian
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
- Set in 1937
Great Read-Alouds
Picture Books:
Once upon a cool motorcycle dude by Kevin O'Malley
- Great for Year 3+
Boa's Bad Birthday by Jeannie Willis
There's a Lion in my Cornflakes by Michelle Robinson
Have you filled a bucket today? by Carol McCloud
- Feelings
- "A guide to daily happiness for kids"
Mo Willems books
- Great for Year 1 to 6
Baa Baa Smart Sheep by Mark Sommerset
- Smart Sheep! Stupid Turkey!!!
- Watch the YouTube book trailer
Children's Fiction:
Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger
- Year 6 are loving it
- Humorous adventure story with twists at every turn
Do Not Push by Kyle Mewburn
- Great read-aloud for Year 3+
- Short. Humorous.
Trash by Andy Mulligan
- Year 6+
- Sophisticated themes
- Police brutality (2 scenes)
- Poverty. Determination. 3rd World living
The Enemy by Charles Higson
- Year 7/8 +
Baxter Basics by James Baxter
- Poetry
- Year 2/3+
YA Fiction:
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Books for Staff
The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd by Finlay Macdonald
- Beautiful book
Other Tips and Hints
Check out Goodreads for their 'Read-Aloud' & 'Books-to-Movies' lists
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