Books, comics, magazines & poetry

Reading resources

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EBooks/ Audiobooks

ePlatform: A selection of eBooks and eAudiobooks available anywhere with your School email. [How to Guide]

EPIC: free eBooks, read to me books and audiobooks likely to be of most interest to S1/S2. [Ask Miss Gould for access]

Borrowbox: allows you to browse, borrow and download eBooks and eAudiobooks through the app, desktop site on any internet enabled device. [Available with membership of Aberdeen City Libraries join here]

Oxford Very Short Introductions: offers the chance to read a selection of the popular series of books "Very Short Introductions". [Available with membership of Aberdeen City Libraries join here]



Comics/ Graphic Novels

Scots Hoose: Comics in Scots/ Doric language free to read. 

Webtoon:  Read creator made comics  for free. The birthplace of Heartstopper and Lore Olympus.


Poetry

PoetryLine: an extensive bank of poems, videos of poet performances and interviews.

Scottish Poetry Library: read poems by Scottish poets. 

Interactive Stories

IMBED-X: Find Jenna: Jenna took part in IMBED-X’s tech experiment in January 2020 and has since vanished. Adam needs Instagram, Google and you to help find her in this thrilling online mystery created by local author Shane Strachan.  [If you don't have an Instagram account contact Miss Gould to view]

Sea of Graves: for fans of choose your own adventure stories this is an interactive suspense story.