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.