ACTION AND ADVENTURE STORIES
Title | Author | Call Number |
Shauzia | Ellis, D | Adventure ELLIS |
Gone SERIES | Grant, M | Adventure GRANT |
The Fail Safe | Heath, J | Adventure HEATH |
Alex Rider SERIES | Horowitz, A | Adventure HOROWITZ |
The Last Thirteen SERIES | Phelan, J | Adventure PHELAN |
Run | Sinclair, T | Adventure SINCLAIR |
We Were Liars | Lockhart, E | General LOCKHART |
The World Beneath | Warman, J | General WORMAN |
ASIAN STORIES
Title | Author | Call Number |
Claw of the Dragon | Bernard, P | Adventure BERNARD |
Grave of the Roti Men | Havel, G | Adventure HAVEL |
Year of the Tiger | Lloyd, A | Adventure LLOYD |
Thai-riffic | Phommavanh, O | Fun Stuff PHOMMAVANH |
The Melting Pot | Cheng, C | General CHENG |
Nips Go National | Starke, R | General STARKE |
AUSTRALIAN STORIES
Title | Author | Call Number |
Tomorrow SERIES | Marsden, J | Adventure MARSDEN |
The Bone Sparrow | Farillon, Z | General FARILLON |
Our Don Bradman | Allen, P | Historical ALLEN |
Tom Appleby Convict Boy | French, J | Historical FRENCH |
The Hunt for Ned Kelly | Masson, S | Historical MASSON |
A Banner Bold | Wheatley, N | Historical WHEATLEY |
CRIME AND SUSPENSE STORIES
Title | Author | Call Number |
Theodore Boone SERIES | Grisham, J | Adventure GRISHAM |
Knightley and Son SERIES | Gavin, R | Suspense GAVIN |
Young Sherlock Holmes SERIES | Lane, A | Suspense LANE |
The Understudy’s Revenge | Masson, S | Suspense MASSON |
At Yellow Lake | McLoughlin, J | Suspense MCLOUGHLIN |
CLASSICS
Title | Author | Call Number |
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Boyne, J | Historical BOYNE |
The Three Musketeers | Dumas, A | Classics DUMAS |
Lord of the Flies | Golding, W | Classics GOLDING |
The Wind in the Willows | Grahame, K | Classics GRAHAME |
Gulliver’s Travels | Swift, J | Classics SWIFT |
The Swiss Family Robinson | Wyss, J.D | Classics WYSS |
FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION
Title | Author | Call Number |
Crispin SERIES | Avi | Fantasy AVI |
Red Rising SERIES | Brown, P | Fantasy BROWN |
Young Elites SERIES | Lu, M | Fantasy LU |
Heroes of Olympus SERIES | Riordan, R | Fantasy RIORDAN |
Unwind | Shusterman, N | Fantasy SHUSTERMAN |
The Lord of the Rings SERIES | Tolkien, J.R.R | Fantasy TOLKIEN |
The Sky So Heavy | Zorn, C | Fantasy ZORN |
GENERAL FICTION
Title | Author | Call Number |
Bro | Chebatte, H | General CHEBATTE |
The Chocolate War | Cormier, R | General CORMIER |
Life in Outer Space | Keil, M | General KEIL |
The First Third | Kostakis, W | General KOSTAKIS |
The Eye of the Sheep | Laguna, S | General LAGUNA |
Time Travelling With a Hamster | Welford, R | General WELFORD |
Refugee Boy | Zephaniah, B | General ZEPHANIAH |
HORROR
Title | Author | Call Number |
Crypt SERIES | Hammond, A | Horror HAMMOND |
The Enemy SERIES | Higson, C | Horror HIGSON |
Battles and Quests | Horowitz, A | Horror HOROWITZ |
Chronicles of Nick SERIES | Kenyon, S | Horror KENYON |
The Rest of Us Just Live Here | Ness, P | Horror NESS |
INDIGENOUS STORIES
Title | Author | Call Number |
Dingo! The Dog Who Conquered a Continent | French, J | Indigenous General FRENCH |
Nanberry Black Brother White | French, J | Indigenous General FRENCH |
Deadly Unna? | Gwynne, P | Indigenous General GWYNNE |
Njunjul The Sun | McDonald M & Pryor, B | Indigenous General MCDONALD |
The Binna Binna Man | McDonald, M & Pryor, B | Indigenous General MCDONALD |
Leaving Barrumbi | Norrington, L | Indigenous General NORRINGTON |
SPORT STORIES
Title | Author | Call Number |
Soul Surfer | Hamilton, B | Biographies HAMILTON |
I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness to the Blindside and Beyond | Oher, M & Yaeger, D | Biographies OHER |
Blindside | Chambers, A | General CHAMBERS |
Pop | Korman, G | General KORMAN |
Out of Nowhere | Padian, M | General PADIAN |
Boy 21 | Quick, M | General QUICK |
WAR STORIES
Title | Author | Call Number |
Boys of Blood and Bone | Metzenthen, D | General METZENTHEN |
War’s End | Bowen, V | Historical BOWEN |
Evan’s Gallipoli | Greenwood, K | Historical GREENWOOD |
I am David | Holm, A | Historical HOLM |
My Father’s War | Masson, S | Historical MASSON |
Light Horse Boy | Wolfer, D | Historical WOLFER |
Whether students see themselves as ‘readers’ or not, reading is still an essential 21st century skill. Students are probably reading more than ever; the preferred text may be Tweets or Facebook updates rather than a paperback, but reading is still a vital skill in analysing all manner of texts, understanding traditional and social media and communicating online and offline.
The Christopher Brennan Library Readers’ Cup Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable students to experience a wide variety of quality literature as well as some non-fiction. It is not a competition per se, but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and to read more widely. The challenge will involve students from Years 7 to 10 reading from a specified booklist to complete the challenge.
The Christopher Brennan Library Readers’ Cup Challenge is a competition that rewards students who enjoy and who are good at reading. Just as students who are good at sport receive rewards, good readers will receive recognition in the form of a certificate. Prizes will also be awarded to the top readers in each year level. In addition, a Cup will be awarded to the student who receives the highest overall points for the challenge.
The Challenge runs from Monday 22 May to Friday 25 August 2017. Students must complete their online submission forms by 11:59 pm Friday 25 August 2017. | |
Students must read from the set booklist for their year level. | |
Books are listed under genre headings. To be eligible for the challenge students must read from at least six (6) genre categories. | |
One point is awarded for every book that is read. | |
An additional 10 points will be awarded if the student reads books from ALL categories. | |
The Christopher Brennan Library Readers’ Cup will be awarded to the overall point winner for the challenge. |