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.
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"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.
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)
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)
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.
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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
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.
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.
The Reading4Normal Book Club's third novel is...
First Day of My Life by Lisa Williamson (@lisa_letters)
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Teachers and students should be free to read and talk about LGBTQ+ lives.
We support authors, like Simon James Green, who are working to make sure all young people feel seen and heard. We also stand by those who have been harmed by this decision.
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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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due to the belief that the event fell 'outside of the scope of what is permissible in a Catholic school'.
The event was scheduled to occur as a part of World Book Day 2022, which specifically focused on helping all children see themselves as readers.
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