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To help inspire students and parents to try reading something new we will be tweeting book recommendations from our staff, starting with the English Faculty #okecollegebooks
First up is Miss Hawkins. She recommends A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams... "The perfect bit of funny nonsense for times like these!" #okecollegebooks
Mrs Derks ( @AntjeDoel) is next with Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. "It’s based on Shakespeare’s son Hamnet - or Hamlet. He was a twin and died of the plague as a young boy. It’s absolutely brilliant." #okecollegebooks
For today's recommendation Mr Lindley has chosen Mary Shelley's Frankenstein which he says is "arguably the only book I've ever read that genuinely terrified me when I read it" #okecollegebooks
Mrs Foley-Bearne - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman "...is about a social misfit with a traumatic past. There is humour and sadness. It deals with themes of isolation, loneliness and depicts her journey towards a fuller understanding of herself and life."
It's Wednesday so why not try Mrs Tovey's recommendation?
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. "This is an extraordinary true story of survival and love" #okecollegebooks
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. "This is an extraordinary true story of survival and love" #okecollegebooks
A trilogy from Mrs Gresswell - The Chaos Walking Trilogy. "The novels are dystopian fiction, which I love. The premise is that the future has become a world of savage competition, where it’s literally ‘every man for himself’" 1/2
"The intriguing part is that something has happened and that now your thoughts are heard out loud to everyone around you; meaning there is no such thing as privacy any more- even inside your own head- this has huge consequences for the characters as the plot develops." 2/2
