Click on the link below to browse the latest books and order online. For every £1 you spend on this month’s Book Club, our school will earn 20p in Scholastic Rewards.
https://schools.scholastic.co.uk/armadale/digital-book-club
There is no expectation or obligation to buy, and most of the books listed in the catalogue are available to borrow from the library.
We enjoyed a trip to the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 21 August 2025, where pupils attended the keynote speech by Laura Bates, who was talking about her campaign against Everday Sexism, and her new novel, the stirring fantasy novel, Sisters of Fire and Fury. This is the second book in her Arthurian legend series and pupils were delighted to receive a free copy of the book, signed by the author. Laura's books are of course available in the school library.
We also got a chance to wander around the Book Festival site, including the bookshop. It was very exciting to meet some other YA authors in the Book Signing Tent including Sarah Crossan, Bea Fitzgerald, Danielle Jawando, and Margaret McDonald.
Welcome back to school for 2025/26. We have much planned for the library for this year; including a visit to the Edinburgh International Book Festival, a new manga takeover and the usual book group sessions, and Dungeons and Dragons, There will also be a new Percy Jackson themed event.
We have plenty of new books for you to enjoy, so come visit the library soon!
Here are our top 3 reading recommendations for Spring. They have all been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal award and we'll be talking about them in Library lessons, in book group, and on the blog over the next few weeks. You can read more about the Carnegie Medals and the rest of the shortlist here: The Carnegies
Happy World Book Day!
