Zara in Yr5 on Great Expectations by Charles Dickens @RealReads : Pip has a quest and mission to become a gentlemen to melt the cold heart of the amazing Estella. Pip has a long and tough journey to go through with many mysteries and surprises. TARAcourageous @Tara_School
Zara in Yr5 on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen @RealReads : Elizabeth is very proud of judging other people's looks and feelings and Mr Darcy is proud of his family name. Elizabeth rudely rejects Mr Darcy when he doesn't know the problem he did. #TARAthinker@Tara_School
Jemma in Yr6 on Tom Appleby, Convict boy by @jackie_french_: Taken away after his father dies, #TARAcaring Tom has to sweep chimneys. But he dreams of a different life. When he is caught stealing and sentenced to deportation, his adventures have only just begun @Tara_School
Jemma in Yr 6 on The Ghost by the Billabong by @jackie_french_ : Jed Kelly can see ghosts, past and future. When she turns up at Drinkwater claiming to be Tommy’s great-granddaughter, there are questions. But #TARAthinker Jed’s past is dark and murky… @Tara_School
Tamara Yr4 on DogMan:FromTheCreatorOfCaptainUnderpants (DogMan#1) by Dav Pilkey @GraphixBooks : The doctors do the first ever head transplant & put a dog head on a human body. That’s why the book is called Dog Man. It’s a crazy idea. #Tarathinker. That could never work could it?
Tamara in Yr4 on Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties by Dav Pilkey @GraphixBooks : Dog Man is a crazy book series. A Tale of Two Kitties is about cloning evil kitties. If you are #Taraopenminded you will find this very entertaining. I love the illustrations; they are so unusual.
Zara in Yr5 on Mansfield Park by Jane Austen @RealReads : Fanny Price moves from her poor home to live with her wealthy cousins at Mansfield Park but doesn't she know she has many challenges to come. Fanny tries to be kind when jealousy gets her. #TARAcaring@Tara_School
Zara in Yr5 on The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins @RealReads : On Rachel's eighteenth birthday, she got a valuable jewel. It is to make her rich and happy but her mother is very worried about the gift. Rachel refuses to help her family. #TARAinquirer#2018PrincipalsReadingChallenge
Zara in Yr5 on My Story Battle of Britain by @crispriestley : In 1939, Harry Woods works on being a Spitfire pilot until his friend Lenny injured himself really badly in a dogfight. Harry is determined to stand up and fight on. #TARAprincipled#2018PrincipalsReadingChallenge
Zara in Yr5 on My Story Road to War by Valerie Wilding @Scholastic : Daffy Rowntree has hard time going through a tough war in 1917. Her brother goes missing but she doesn't give up from there. She is determined to make everything right. #TARAcourageous@Tara_School
Jemma in @Tara6Meg on Withering-by-Sea by @JudithRossell : In the Hotel Majestic with only the Aunts for company, Stella dreams of adventure. When a strange guest is killed in front of her, she realises there is more than she hoped for right behind her door. @Tara_School