Book talks

All students in Year 7, 8 and 9 have had the pleasure to be presented a dozen books for their age, by Bob Docherty.

Bob Docherty is a professional book reviewer who travels from Cape Reinga to Bluff to talk to kids about the books he prefers. His aim is to motivate you to read, as he says: “The best thing you can do for yourself is READ, READ, READ.”

Check out his blog for great books reviews:

http://bobsbooksnz.wordpress.com/

And judging by the looooooong reserves lists I got, he succeeded!

Here are the titles he recommended, in order he talked about them:

Year 7

Title	Author
Emerald Atlas	John Stephens
Trash	Andy Mulligan
Running Wild	Michael Morpurgo
Lily Alone	Jacqueline Wilson
Catching Fire	Suzanne Collins
Noah Barley Water runs away	John Boyne
No such thing as a dragon	Philip Reeve
Prairie Whispers	Frances Harrington
Z Rex	Steve Cole
Bone Tiki	David Hair

Year 8

The Emerald Atlas	John Stephens
Trash	Andy Mulligan
Billionaire Boy	David Walliams
Lily Alone	Jacqueline Wilson
Prairie Whispers	Frances Harrington
To die for	Mark Szendson
Running Wild	Michael Morpurgo
Loblolly Boy and the sorcerer	James Norcliffe
Z Rex	Steve Cole
Lawn Boy	Gary Paulsen
No such thing as a dragon	Philip Reeve
Monster republic	Ben Horton
Funny business Guys Read

Year 9

Boys don’t cry	Malorie Blackman
Warm Bodies	Marion Isaac
Bone Tiki	David Hair
You against Me	Jenny Downham
MonsterRepublic	Ben Horton
Bride’s farewell	Meg Rosoff
Rich and Mad	William Nicholson
To Die For	Mark Svendson
Funny business Guys Read
Dark Planet	Philip Carman
Medusa Project	Sophie McKenzie
The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove	Lauren Kate
Mice	Gordon Reece

Most of these books are now in the library, often several copies but there are waiting lists. So if you want to read one of them, come to the library to reserve it and be patient.