A NEW reading programme aims to get students reading more.
Haygrove School is encouraging youngsters to read by participating in Bookbuzz - a reading programme that aims to help schools inspire a love of reading.
As a participating school, all Year 7 students were given the opportunity to read the first few pages of a book and then choose their favourite to take home and keep.
The books were from a list of 17 titles which are all carefully selected by a panel of experts to ensure quality, suitability and to encourage reading for pleasure.
Year 7 student Mallory said: "I chose Haunt: Dead Scared by Curtis Jobling because the blurb sounded very interesting. I was drawn in from the first page and I'm looking forward to reading more.
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