BOOK OF THE WEEK
10 March 2025
Hello Bookworms!
I hope you have been enjoying my book recommendations. Here are 2 more exciting books for you this week from two amazing authors! Take a look and maybe one of these books will become a favourite!
Do take a look at our Lion Print magazine, under our Further Resources tab. Here are some of the stories our younger pupils have written at the beginning of the magazine and give you inspiration for your own writing. There is also some incredible art work from our pupils.
If you’d like some more ideas of great books to read, do check out our Reading List.
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he’s not alone.
He’s surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade – a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze. Like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they came to be there – or what’s happened to the world outside.
All they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything – even the Grievers, half-machine, half-animal horror that patrol its corridors, to try and find out …
The first book of five in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, now made into a major film!
“…it is a genuinely good book, with well-rounded characters, a plot that is very well crafted to maintain a solid amount of mystery, and a puzzle that we get to solve along with the characters. I love how we don’t get extra information, so every new discovery or every clever plan that’s crafted is genuinely shocking to us, because not only does everything add up well, but the plans actually make sense.” –The Walter Times
SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE …
A Spoonful of Jam by Michelle Magorian
Elsie is dreading the summer holiday, certain that it will be spent avoiding a gang of bullies. Will the friendly company at the Palace Theatre help her to face her fears?
‘The book is a treat. A masterly work.’ – Philip Pullman, Guardian.
‘The author has a wonderful gift for hanging a richly woven tapestry around an essentially simple frame.’ – Times Education Supplement.
