Aug 26, 2020 | Guest Blogs, In Trouble, Reading my Rights
The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-Time by Mark Haddon is a book that follows the journey of 15 year old Christopher, who has autism. When he finds his neighbour’s dog dead, Christopher sets off to unravel the mystery of who was responsible, whilst writing...
Aug 26, 2020 | Guest Blogs, Reading my Rights
The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr, follows the story of 17 year old Flora Banks who has no short-term memory due to anterograde amnesia. Until one party and one boy changes everything, Flora cannot even remember her name but for some reason she remembers...
Aug 26, 2020 | Guest Blogs, Reading my Rights
The idea of taking responsibility for a younger sibling isn’t far fetched, in fact for most young people this is a regular responsibility. For some children making breakfast so a parent can sleep in, helping a sibling with homework, cleaning up their mess or walking...
Aug 26, 2020 | Guest Blogs, Reading my Rights
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ written by JK Rowling, is the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series. Harry Potter is a boy who finds out on his eleventh birthday that he is a wizard and will be going to school at Hogwarts. The books see Harry Potter...
Aug 26, 2020 | Guest Blogs, Reading my Rights
Now, I’m sure that we are all familiar with fairy tales. “Once upon a time”, “happily ever after”; does that ring a bell? I thought it would. Whilst these stories tend to end with true love and happiness for our beloved protagonists, we cannot ignore their journey to...
Aug 26, 2020 | Guest Blogs, Reading my Rights
The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger follows the tale of Holden, a 16-year-old boy, through his transition from adolescence to adulthood. This novel echoed feelings from my childhood as it may have with most teenagers. Holden is a lost and confused boy who...
