Here at Branston we wish to encourage and develop students’ love of reading. Our school Library is an excellent resource for all students as well as the wider Community. The Library is open every lunchtime for students to read, borrow and return books, complete homework or join one of our clubs. On Tuesdays we have a reading club and on Fridays a “Knit and Natter” group. The Library is the main Library for the village and is a part of the Lincolnshire Library Service.
The opening times for the public are as follows:
Wednesdays: 09.30 am – 12.15 pm and 13.30 pm – 17.00 pm
Fridays: 9.30 am – 12.15 pm
Saturdays: 9.30 am – 14.30 pm
If your child is a member of any Lincolnshire Library, they are automatically a member of Branston Library and should use their card or have a record of their membership number in order to borrow a book from the Library. If you have not yet become a Library member, please do so by following the link and enrolling your child.
Please encourage your child to visit us and remember that numerous studies have shown how vital the link is between reading and academic success, positive well -being and developing empathy in individuals.
Suggested Reading
Please peruse the suggested reading lists for children, teenagers, and young adults in Key Stage Three (KS3), Key Stage Four (KS4) and Key Stage Five (KS5) of secondary education using the reading lists and websites provided below. There’s a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, classic, contemporary and diverse titles to choose from.
“The School Reading List curates children’s and YA booklists. We recommend new and classic children’s books, young adult books and teen books to teachers, parents, librarians, home educators and schools in the UK and worldwide. Our highly qualified and experienced team has been creating online resources since 2011.”
KS3 Reading List
KS3 Reading List
A PDF version of the KS3 Reading List can be found below:
"You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend." - Paul Sweeny
Exodus - Julie Bertagna
"It is 2099 - and the world is gradually drowning, as mighty Arctic ice floes melt, the seas rise and land disappears forever beneath storm-tossed waves. For fifteen-year-old Mara, her family and community, huddled on the fast-disappearing island of Wing, the new century brings flight. Packed into tiny boats, a terrifying journey begins to a bizarre city that rises into the sky, built on the drowned remains of the ancient city of Glasgow. But even here there is no safety and, shut out of the city, Mara realizes they are asylum-seekers in a world torn between high-tech wizardry and the most primitive injustice. To save her people, Mara must not only find a way into the city, but also search for a new land and a new home."
Hacker - Malorie Blackman
"When Vicky's father is arrested, accused of stealing over a million pounds from the bank where he works, she is determined to prove his innocence. But how? There's only one way - to attempt to break into the bank's computer files. Even if Vicky is the best hacker in the world, will she find the real thief before they find her?"
Storm Catchers - Tim Bowler
"The kidnap shocks the whole family. Poor frightened Ella, snatched away from the house in the middle of a storm. Fin will never forgive himself for leaving her on her own. Still, at least they’ll get her back when they’ve paid the money. But the kidnapper has more than just money on his mind. And as his plans unfold, all the members of the family are forced to confront their deepest, darkest secrets. A storm is breaking, and it’s going to change everything…"
Millions - Frank Cottrell Boyce
"Two bothers, Damian and Anthony, are unwittingly caught up in a train robbery during Britain's countdown to join the Euro. Suddenly finding themselves with a vast amount of cash, the boys have just one glorious, appalling dilemma -- how to spend it in the few days before it becomes worthless. Torn between the vices of buying a million pizzas and the virtues of ending world poverty, the boys soon discover that being rich is a mug's game. For not only is the clock ticking -- the bungling bank robbers are closing in. Pizzas or World Peace, what would you choose?"
Silverfin - Charlie Higson
"James Bond will one day become the world’s most famous spy, but at the moment his challenge is to fit in at his new school - making friends, learning the rules and facing up to bullies. Unknown to James though, there is an even tougher challenge awaiting him- something mysterious and deadly lurking in the water. Something called SilverFin."
Scorpia - Anthony Horowitz
"Alex Rider, teen spy, has always been told he is the spitting image of the father he never knew. But when Alex learns that his father may have been an assassin for the most lethal and powerful terrorist organization in the world, Scorpia, his world shatters. Now Scorpia wants Alex on their side, and Alex no longer has the strength to fight them. That is, until he learns of Scorpia’s latest plot: an operation known only as “Invisible Sword” that will result in the death of thousands of people. Can Alex prevent the slaughter, or will Scorpia prove once and for all that the terror will not be stopped?"
Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson
"It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at thirteen, has been sent from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She is accompanied by an eccentric and mysterious governess who has secret reasons of her own for making the journey. Both soon discover an exotic world bursting with new experiences."
The Star of Kazan - Eva Ibbotson
"In 1896, in a pilgrim church in the Alps, an abandoned baby girl is found by a cook and a housemaid. They take her home, and Annika grows up in the servants' quarters of a house belonging to three eccentric Viennese professors. She is happy there, but dreams of the day when her real mother will come to find her."
