St Peter’s 8–13 Library

[York Book Award @YorkBookAward]

We are delighted to announce our 2025 Longlist! Thank you for the brilliant books @AlexandraDawe24 @philearle @ClareFurniss @NateLessore @tompalmerauthor Katherine Rundell @radhikasanghani @samuelsedgman @julianaurelius @chitanchitan @ThatDannyWeston!

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Tabitha in J3 recommends this week's #BookOfTheWeek, "Daring Deeds: World War II Short Stories for Kids", just in time for #ArmisticeDay

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This week's #BookOfTheWeek is 'Finding Bear' by @HGold_author, recommended by Bertie in J1!

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We are very excited to be welcoming @tvaughan88, who will be visiting us tomorrow to talk about the incredibly cool and heroic HERCULES!!

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This week's #BookOfTheWeek is a firm favourite here and has been recommended by Joy and Erin in J4: "Smile" by @goraina !

[Justin Somper @JustinSomper]

Thank you St. Peter’s - and especially to Charlie! I’m very honoured to be the first #BookOfTheWeek for this school year! Here’s wishing you a great term of reading ahead! JS

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Our first #BookOfTheWeek of the 2024-25 school year is "Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean" by @JustinSomper, as recommended by Charlie in J3!

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Our last #BookOfTheWeek was chosen by Noah in J2, and is the wonderfully summery but still slightly creepy "Over Sea, Under Stone" by the inimitable Susan Cooper!

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Our penultimate #BookOfTheWeek for this school year comes from Isla and Dorothea in J4, who recommend "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins!

[The Carnegies @CarnegieMedals]

🎉 Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the Yoto Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration, and Shadowers' Choice Medals @CarnegieMedals: @StoryBreathing, @JospehACoelho and @tiafisher_! #YotoCarnegies24

Read the press release: https://t.co/SXcNesq9Wz

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This week, Aggy and Pixie in J5 have teamed up to recommend "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" by Holly Jackson as our #BookOfTheWeek!

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This week's #BookOfTheWeek is "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick, which has been recommended by Ben in J3, who found it really exciting even though reading isn't usually his thing!

[York Book Award @YorkBookAward]

Are you a librarian, publisher or bookseller? Have you got an amazing book that will blow York's Year 7 and 8's socks off?
Our nominations are now open for the 2025 York Book Award! Check the nominations criteria on the next post, and email us at [email protected]!

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To help everyone remember their (hopefully rather smoother) half-term holidays, Grace in J1 has recommended "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" by @wimpykid as our new #BookOfTheWeek!

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@LittleAppleBook Happy birthday!!

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@BG_Owls @foulkeswrites @stpeters8_13 We're so glad you had a good time! Wasn't she fabulous?? 🥰

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We had the BEST time with @foulkeswrites today, even despite the dreary weather! J1-3 had a brilliant time listening to her talk and taking part in a surprise game, and J1 got to design their perfect secret hideouts in workshops throughout the day.
A vampirically delightful day!

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Tomorrow! 🤩

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We are incredibly excited to be welcoming @foulkeswrites to St Peter's 8-13 in a couple of weeks! She'll be speaking to J1-3 and guests from @BurtonGreen_Pri, and then doing exciting workshops with J1.
Emails have been sent out about how to pre-order books for your child 📚💖

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Our final #BookOfTheWeek before half term is a team effort! Miles, Alexander, Jake AND Thomas in J2 got together to recommend "The Lonely Tree" by @LonelyTreeNews!