‘TOP TENS’ FROM ACROSS THE WORLD
…..We
wondered what students were reading in other countries.
Would we know any of their favourite books?
So this is
what we did.
In January, Mrs Radford asked school
librarians in the
for lists of the ‘Top Ten borrowed books’ in
their libraries.
From the replies, we found that students in the
many of the same books that we do!
THE TOP 30 FROM ACROSS
THE WORLD
Books
that are in our library have the call number included.
|
Horowitz |
|
F HOR |
8 |
|
Wilson
Jacqueline |
Lola rose |
|
7 |
|
Blackman,
Mallory |
Noughts and crosses |
F BLA |
6 |
|
Higson, Charlie |
SilverFin (James Bond ) |
|
6 |
|
Morpurgo, Michael |
Private Peaceful |
F MOR |
6 |
|
Paolini C |
Eragon |
F PAO |
6 |
|
Rowling,
J K |
HP Half blood prince |
F ROW |
6 |
|
Wilson
Jacqueline |
Clean break |
|
6 |
|
Wilson
Jacqueline |
Girls in tears |
F WIL |
6 |
|
Horowitz |
Opal deception |
F HOR |
6 |
|
Blackman,
Mallory |
Checkmate |
|
5 |
|
Blackman,
Mallory |
Knife edge |
|
5 |
|
Dhami, N |
Bend it like Beckham |
F DHA |
5 |
|
Horowitz |
Ravensgate |
F HOR |
5 |
|
Rai, |
Rani & Sukh |
F RAI |
5 |
|
Wilson
Jacqueline |
Diamond girls |
F WIL |
5 |
|
Colfer, Eion |
Artemis fowl series |
F |
4 |
|
Horowitz |
Eagle strike |
F HOR |
4 |
|
Horowitz |
Scorpia |
F HOR |
4 |
|
Shan,
Darren |
Lord Loss |
F SHA |
4 |
|
Shan,
Darren |
Vampire's assistant |
F SHA |
4 |
|
Wilson
Jacqueline |
Midnight |
|
4 |
|
Blackman,
Mallory |
Eye for an eye |
|
3 |
|
Horowitz |
Pont Blanc |
F HOR |
3 |
|
Limb, S |
Girl, 15 charming but insane |
F LIM |
3 |
|
Manning,
Sara |
Guitar girl |
|
3 |
|
Nix,
Garth |
Mister Monday |
F NIX |
3 |
|
Ure, Jean |
Boys on the brain |
|
3 |
|
Wilson
Jacqueline |
Girls out late |
F WIL |
3 |
|
Wilson
Jacqueline |
Girls under pressure |
F WIL |
3 |
|
Wilson
Jacqueline |
Worry website |
F WIL |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Key: Authors who have more
than one book on the list are coloured.
Some facts and
figures:
·
Horowitz had the most popular book.
His ‘
was on 8 lists.
·
Jacqueline Wilson had the most titles on the lists,
with 8 titles.
·
Altogether,
Horowitz was on them 30 times.
