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The Farmhouse  When my sister and I were kids our family lived for a while in a charming old farmhouse. We loved exploring its dusty corners and climbing the apple tree in the garden, but our favourite thing was the ghost. We called her mother because she seemed so kind and nurturing. Some mornings my sister and I would wake up to cups that hadn’t been there the night before. Mother had left them there - worried we would get thirsty during the night. She just wanted to take care of us. Among the house’s original furnishings was an antique wooden chair, which we kept against the back wall in the living room. Whenever we were preoccupied with watching TV or playing a game, mother would inch that chair forward across the room towards us. Sometimes she would manage to move it to the center of the room. We always felt sad putting it back against the wall. Mother just wanted to be near us. Years later, after we moved out, I found an old newspaper article about the house’s original occupant,

“Goodnight, Boy” by Nikki Sheehan “Goodnight, Boy” is a story of a young boy named JC and a dog named Boy. It’s a story of two different worlds and emphasises hope, loss, love, and forgiveness.  JC is a boy who has lost his family while living in a rough country, and when an earthquake turns his country to dust, JC thinks all hope is lost. But when he meets a doctor named Melanie who has come to his country to help people, he doesn’t know his life’s about to change. He gets to go home with Melanie and live with her and her husband, who is really bad-tempered, and everything is fine until Melanie has to leave for some time, and JC does something bad - the worst thing he’s ever done in his life. He is banished to live in the dog kennel with his best friend, Boy, and spends his hours and days telling his story to him, hoping he’ll soon be let out. My favorite character in the story is probably JC because he is a tough boy who, despite losing everything, still tries to help himself and pe

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  YA Reluctant Readers Reading List Recommended By The Library Dear Martin Nic Stone Picture This.  You’re an honours student and you work hard.  So how come, when you help a friend in need, you’re man-handled by the police and arrested? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time Mark Haddon Christopher, a boy with Asperger’s syndrome, finds a dead dog and, using the principles he has learnt from Sherlock Holmes, begins the narration of his remarkable story. One of Us is Lying Karen M McManus Five teens in detention are hit by a storm when one of them dies.   A snappy story of cover-ups, lies and unravelling lives. Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon Madeline is allergic to the outside world.  When Olly moves in next door, another door opens, but does Maddy dare to step outside her comford zone? The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. There is only one rule:  kill or be killed. Legend Marie Lu What wa

  KS4 Reading Lists Recommended by The Library  Dear Martin Nic Stone Picture This.  You’re an honours student and you work hard.  So how come, when you help a friend in need, you’re man-handled by the police and arrested? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time Mark Haddon Christopher, a boy with Asperger’s syndrome, finds a dead dog and, using the principles he has learnt from Sherlock Holmes, begins the narration of his remarkable story. One of Us is Lying Karen M McManus Five teens in detention are hit by a storm when one of them dies.   A snappy story of cover-ups, lies and unravelling lives. Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon Madeline is allergic to the outside world.  When Olly moves in next door, another door opens, but does Maddy dare to step outside her comford zone? The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. There is only one rule:  kill or be killed. Legend Marie Lu What was once the West