Reading Rocks - Ovingham Middle School

Reading
                                                      Rocks
                                                                              DATE: 11th June 2021

                                      Interview with Mrs J Clark

What book are you currently reading?
At the moment I am reading 'The Queen's Gambit' by Walter Trevis. I know I
watched the series first but thought I'd get the book as well, as usual the book
is better than the series.

What is your favourite book of all time?
My favourite book of all time, hard choice, read so many, probably The Lion, the Witch and the Ward-
robe by C S Lewis.

Where do you like reading?
I read everyday, sitting in my chair next to the window, everything switched off.

What is it about reading you like?
I love to read because it is an escape, at this time with not being allowed out it takes me out of this
house and into a world where things make sense and feels normal.

                                     This Weeks Inspirational Quote

 A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly… if you have good thoughts they will
           shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
                                           – Roald Dahl, The Twits

Book of the week

     Year 5

     Year 6

Book of the week

     Year 7

     Year 8

Reviews

  The fox and the ghost king is one of my favourite books by Michael
  Morphurgo. It is a short and easy read. A family of foxes live under a garden
  shed, but these are no ordinary foxes. They love to watch football but the
  team they support (the foxes) always loses, however, one night one of the
  cubs and his father are coming home from a match and discover something
  strange, the voice of a King from long ago. “Release me and I can grant you a
  wish, anything.” Everything is about to change.
  Evelyn 7PA

  I would highly recommend the book Becoming Jo especially to anyone who
  has read/watched Little Women. I love Little Women and so read this book
  and loved it just as much because this is the same story with the same
  characters but set in modern times with modern technology. This makes the
  story completely different and a bit strange to read at first because the
  original story is set in 1868 and of course any mention of phones or other
  modern things surprises you a bit. However, I really like seeing what it would
  be like for the family if it was set in modern times and how different their
  lives would have been. The story is about Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy/ four sisters
  who go through a lot together and is written from the perspective of Jo. You
  should definitely read this book and see how their stories change.
  Evie 8AS

This has to be one of the best books ever! Alex Rider is an ordinary fourteen year
old boy living with his uncle until one day his uncle was killed under suspicious
circumstances and Alex’s life changed forever. He discovers who his uncle really
worked for/ MI6. He is sent away for eleven days of training before being driven
to Cornwall to monitor a multi-millionaire named Herod Sale but soon discovers
that something far more sinister is at work. Alex goes from doing maths to
dodging bullets and escaping jellyfish. Can he escape and report back to MI6
with his life?
Ewan 7PA

 One Piece is a Japanese manga series with over 97 books and 900 chapters.
 This is the book I most recently read it is by far my favourite part of the
 whole series one piece is a series about a boy who wishes to become the
 king of the pirates, to obtain this goal he has to sail around the seas to find
 a treasure which was hidden by the former king of the pirates (GOLD
 D.ROGER.)In this book the pirate crew gather together after 2 years to travel
 to the new world (where all the strongest pirates are.)
 Gavin 8AS

Literature Quiz

1)Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien—Why does Mrs Frisby have to move house?

  2)The Edge Chronicles – Beyond the Deep Woods by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell—How does
                                 Twig befriend the Banderbear?

3)Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley—What object does Uncle Montague use to call
                                        the ghost children?

              4)Inkheart by Cornelia Funke—What is the full name of Meggie’s father?

                 5)Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome—What is the Swallow?

      6)Larklight by Philip Reeve—Where is the Larklight house at the beginning of the story?

    7)The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins—What district does Katniss Everdeen come from?

                    8)Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie—Who tells Tootles to shoot Wendy?

                 9)he Toilet of Doom by Michael Lawrence—What is the Toilet of Life?

10)The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling—List the seven horcruxes and how each was destroyed.?

                                            Literature Quiz
                                 — Answers from the previous edition
      1) The Hour Hand
                                                              6)A tree
      2) In the upstairs linen closet
                                                              7) An English man named Paul Hunn
      3) India
                                                              8) Berlin
      4) The dark daughters (and also the
      dark sons)                                              9) Valkyrie Cain
      5) Tyson                                                10 One week VS 53 years (respectively)