The Reading4Normal Book Club is an online reading-group scheme that connects young people through reading contemporary British YA.
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The Reading4Normal Book Club's fourth novel is...
The Boxer by Nikesh Shukla
You can read along and join in with our discussion on social media via @Reading4Normal.
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ALT A hand holding a book (Nikesh Shukla's The Boxer) in front of a bookcase filled with colourful YA books.
"Hooray for #UKYA!"
"I'm so thrilled that You're the One That I Want has been shortlisted for the #YABookPrize. Hooray for #UKYA!" - watch as @simonjamesgreen introduces his hilarious YA romcom and make sure you join our Twitter chat tomorrow from 8pm BST to ask him all your questions! @scholasticuk
Would you rather...
A spoiler or a cliffhanger?!
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Head over to our website to enjoy Nikesh Shukla speaking to the Reading4Normal Book Club about his novel, The Boxer.
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As a bit of a news addict at the moment, I'm intrigued to know what others think about this extract from Williamson's First Day of My Life...
In the #Reading4Normal Book Club, we've been thinking about ordinariness in Lisa Williamson's First Day of My Life. Can you relate to this scene from Chapter 5? (1/3)
ALT Page of text taken from the beginning of Chapter 5 of Lisa Williamson's First Day of My Life. The scene describes a family (Mum and two children) watching a News report together about a missing baby.
In the #Reading4Normal Book Club, we've been thinking about ordinariness in Lisa Williamson's First Day of My Life. Can you relate to this scene from Chapter 5? (1/3)
ALT Page of text taken from the beginning of Chapter 5 of Lisa Williamson's First Day of My Life. The scene describes a family (Mum and two children) watching a News report together about a missing baby.
How do you access news stories? Do you watch the news with your family? If you are an adult, can you remember watching the news with your family when you were a child? Have any news stories stuck with you? (2/3)
If you work with young people and would like to set up your own #Reading4Normal Book Club to help them connect with each other, build a community, and recognise all the different ways of being young and British, we’ve developed a Guidance Document: reading4normal.com/resources (3/3)
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We have to make a stand against LGBTQ+ book censorship. And these school staff have. I applaud and thank every one of them. But it’s not about me - it’s about the students, LGBT or not, who deserve (and need) to see their realities, and those of their peers, reflected in books.
BREAKING: Teachers @NEUnion have voted to go on strike at John Fisher School in protest at @RC_Southwark cancellation of @simonjamesgreen and sacking of governors - exclusive @theipaper story here inews.co.uk/news/education/t… #NEU2022
The Reading4Normal Book Club's third novel is...
First Day of My Life by Lisa Williamson (@lisa_letters)
#Reading4Normal #UKYA #Bookstagram #BookRecommendations #BooksOfInstagram #Reading #Readingforpleasure #YABooks
First Day of My Life is a fast-paced story set in Nottingham and Swindon about three teenagers and a missing baby. Filled to the brim with mystery and drama, this book explores some of the messy ups and downs of friendship.
It also asks important questions about how to do the right thing and whether adults always know best.
You can read along and join in with our discussion on social media via @Reading4Normal.
Statement in response to the Southwark Archdiocese's decision to cancel author visit
@simonjamesgreen
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We believe this includes the LGBTQ+ community. YA has a profound ability to impact the lives of readers, including the most vulnerable. All young people need to see themselves positively reflected in books to gain insight into the lives of others through fiction.
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