Book Club (Years 10-13)

For Years 10–13 this is meant to be an enjoyable activity where you read for pleasure. Therefore, we will use the Costa Book Award suggestions. The Costa Book Awards are awarded to novels, first novels, children’s books, biographies and poetry collections along a criteria of being widely enjoyed. They may not be the most critically acclaimed books, but they are valued for the stories they tell. This is a highly respected book award scheme, and is actually the only book award Roald Dahl won (he won it for The Witches). The short list for 2021 won’t be announced until July 2021, so we will use the shortlist from 2020 for both first novels and established novelists. You are encouraged to read any and all of these titles. We will have a book club meeting to discuss the Costa 2020 Book of the year which is actually a biography. It is...

The Louder I will sing by Lee Lawrence

2020 Costa First Novel Award shortlist

· Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen

· The Family Tree by Sairish Hussain

· Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud

· All the Water in the World by Karen Raney

2020 Costa Novel Award shortlist

· Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

· Peace Talks by Tim Finch

· The Less Dead by Denise Mina

· The Mermaid of Black Conch: A Love Story by Monique Roffey

Please join the class: https://meet.google.com/lookup/ghjc6blybt?authuser=0&hs=179

Class Code: txoanbn

You may use this activity to contribute to your DofE SKILLS Section as long as you provide regular submissions over the course of the term.