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Readers Cup
2015 Aquinas Readers’ Cup Team: Alana Allsopp, William Browning, Christopher Ong, Kate Park, Daniel Poulis

2014 Aquinas Readers’ Cup Team: Joshua Ong, Tiana Albarracin, Milly Doherty, Callum Box
2013 Aquinas Readers’ Cup Team: Nicole Ashley, Thomas Jackson, Millie Jones, Maddi Phillips, Erin Trinca
2012 Aquinas Readers’ Cup Team: Matthew Ball, Holly Cook, Emily Cooper, Olivia Silva, Ruby Young
Literature Circles
Year 8 Literature Circles Books
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Abrahams. Down the rabbit hole
Avi. Crispin and the cross of steel
Babbitt. Tuck everlasting
Bacigalupi. Ship Breaker (advanced boys)
Bancks. Mac Slater cool hunter #1: The rules of cool
Bancks. Two wolves
Bauer. Just a Dog
Blackman. Pig-heart boy
Bongers. Henry Hoey Hobson
Booth. POW
Boyne. The boy in the striped pyjamas x 2 sets
Brewer. The chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites
Burke. Starfish sisters
Dessen. Last chance
Ellis. Parvana
Falkner. The Flea Thing
Fisher. Incarceron (better readers)
Flanagan. The Outcasts
Flynn. Alex Jackson Grommet
French. Hitler’s daughter
French. Missing you, love Sara
Funke. Inkheart
Fussell. Samurai Kids – White Crane
Geda. In the sea there are crocodiles
Gleitzman. Extra time
Gleitzman. Loyal creatures
Gleitzman. Once
Gleitzman. Two weeks with the Queen
Glover. The girl who knew (4 copies?)
Gourlay. Tall story
Grindley. Spilled water
Harland. Worldshaker
Harlen. Cockroach War
Harris. Devil’s Island
Harris. Fortress
Harris. Firebug
Herrick. Bleakboy and Hunter stand out in the rain
Hooper. Megan
Horowitz. Point Blanc
Horowitz. Stormbreaker
Hunter. Mosquito advertising: The Parfizz Pitch
Jonsberg. My Life as an Alphabet
Jonsberg. Pandora Jones: Admission
Kazerooni. On two feet and wings 955.05 KAZ |
Kazerooni. The boy with two lives
Kearney. Family Secrets
Kelly. Chained
Kirby. Icefall
Korman. Chasing the Falconers
Laird. The fastest boy in the world
Landy. Skulduggery Pleasant
Lord. January
Lore. I am Number Four
McGahan. The Coming of the Whirlpool
McNab. Boy soldier
Mah. 305.48 Chinese Cinderella
Marsden. Tomorrow when the war began
Martin. The Ice dragon
Mulligan. Trash
Murray. The secret life of Maeve Lee Kwong
Namioka. Ties that bind, ties that break
Newsome. The billionaire’s curse
Palacio. Wonder
Patterson. Maximum Ride 1 (manga)
Paulsen. White fox
Paver. Wolf Brother
Phommavanh. Thai-riffic!
Pyers. Jack Brown and the labyrinth of the bats
Riordan. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Rodda. The forests of silence. (DQ1)
Rodda. Rowan of Rin
Russell. Brind and the dogs of war
Russon. The Indigo Girls
Ryan. Rat-catcher
Ryan. Survival
Selznick. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Selznick. Wonderstruck
Sloan. Counting by 7s
Smith. Peak
Stead. First light
Stead. Liar & Spy
Stead. When you reach me
Tanner. Ice breaker
Tolkien. The Hobbit (graphic novel)
Westerfeld. Midnighters
Wilkinson. Dragonkeeper
Wood. Six impossible things
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Year 9 Literature Circles Books
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Abdel-Fattah. Does my head look big in this (2 copies) Abrahams. Down the rabbit hole Anonymous. Go ask Alice x 2 sets 362.29 Avi. Crispin, the cross of lead Bacigalupi. Ship breaker Bailey. Shift Bancks. Mac Slater: Cool Hunter Bancks. Two wolves Bauer. Don’t call me Ishmael (text) Boyne. The boy in the striped pyjamas x 2 sets Brewer. The chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade bites Burke. Starfish sisters Card. Ender’s Game Carey. The girl with all the gifts Christopher. Stolen (2 copies) Clark. Back on track Cole. Thieves like us Collins. The hunger games (text) Cowley. Hunter (text) Crist-Evans. Amaryllis Dessen. Last chance Dowd. The London Eye Mystery Dowd. Solace of the Road Downham. Before I die Downham. You against me Ellis. Diego Run (text) Ellis. No safe place Fisher. Incarceron Fitzpatrick. Hush, hush Flanagan. The Outcasts Forman. If I stay Geda. In the sea there are crocodiles Gervay. Butterflies Glass. Ruby Red Gleitzman. Loyal creatures Gourlay. Tall story Green. Looking for Alaska Green. The fault in our stars Grindley. Spilled water Harland. World Shaker Hautzig. Second Star to the Right Hearn. Across the Nightingale Floor Herrick. Bleakboy and Hunter stand out in the rain Hooper. Megan Horowitz. Eagle strike Horowitz. Point Blanc Horowitz. Skeleton Key Horowitz. Storm breaker Jonsberg. My Life as an Alphabet Jonsberg. Pandora Jones: Admission Jordan. The raging quiet Keaney. Family secrets |
Kelly. Chained Korman. Son of the mob Laird. Paradise end Landy. Skulduggery Pleasant Lay. The wave rider Lore. I am Number Four Lowry. Gathering blue Lu. Legend Lu. The young elites MacPhail. Roxy’s baby McGahan. The Coming of the Whirlpool McNab & Rigby. Boy soldier Marchetta. Saving Francesca Marsden. Tomorrow, when the war began Masters. The drop Meyer. Twilight Mulligan. Trash Murray. The secret life of Maeve Lee Kwong Naidoo. The other side of truth (text) Nicholson. Wind singer Oliver. Delirium Palaccio. Wonder Patterson. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment Paulsen. White fox Paver. Wolf Brother Pearson. The adoration of Jenna Fox Prince. Raider’s tide Reilly. Hell Island Reilly. Ice Station Riordan. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Roth. Divergent Roth. Four Russon. The Indigo Girls Sloan. Counting by 7s Smith. Peak Sparks. A Walk to Remember Stead. First light Stiefvater. Shiver Stiefvater. The Scorpio Races Tolkien. The Hobbit (graphic novel) Vrettos. Skin Wakefield. All I Ever Wanted Westerfeld. The secret hour Wilkinson. A Pocketful of Eyes Wood. Six Impossible things Yancey. The 5th Wave (2 copies) Yen Mah. Chinese Cinderella 305.48 MAH Yousafzai. Malala: The girl who stood up for education… 371.822 YOU Zail. The Wrong Boy Zusak. Fighting Ruben Wolfe Zusak. When Dogs cry |

Author Visits
2015
Ghostboy (David Stravanger)
Luca Lesson
2014 - A Week of Literature

Tim Baker

David Lovegrove

Ghostboy (David Stravanger)

Steph Bowe

Tristan Bancks
2013


Richard Harland
2012



Oliver Phommavanh


Paul Griffin
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