Book title | Author | Bibliographic information | Links (adaptations, reviews, full texts etc.) | Theme | Short summary (up to 150 words) | Why is the story appropriate for the targeted groups of RSP readers (in accordance to Content development criteria) ? | What are the distinguished readers interests reflected by this book/story? | Why is this story motivational for the pupils? | Is there a historical, political, multi/inter cultural, migrant or similar context recognised in this book/story? If yes, indicate it briefly. | Is there a principle of inclusion reflected in this book/story and does it promotes understanding of cultural diversities and heritage? Briefly indicate. |
The shock of the fall | Nathan Filer | Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 978-0007491452 |
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16120760-the-shock-of-the-fall https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/18/shock-fall-nathan-filer-review |
The theme of loss, grief and mental illness |
The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer, tells the story of
Matthew and Simon, two brothers who are separated yet united by a tragic accident. While they are on vacation with their parents, Matthew Homes and his older brother snuck out in the middle of the night. Only Matthew came home safely. Ten years later, Matthew tells us, he has found a way to bring his brother back. The book is full of grief, loss and Matthew suffers from a mental disease. It’s a very unusual narrative, but also both funny and inventive. The book describes the close bonds between the main character and his grandmother. |
1. appropriate for the target group of readers 2. reflects readers´ interests 3. the recommendation and the report emerged from the survey results |
The story deals with suffering and grief and how close family
bonds can help overcome all the problems. The story reveals the probles of a boy who suffers from Schizofrenia. |
No | It emphasizes the importance of family bonds and the bonds between siblings. |
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The perks of being a wallflower | Stephen Chbosky | Publisher: Simon and Schuster Australia Sydney ISBN: 978-1-84739-407-1 |
https://www.amazon.com/Perks-Being-Wallflower-Stephen-Chbosky/dp/1451696191 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22628.The_Perks_Of_Being_A_Wallflower |
Friends help shape your identity | Fifteen-year old Charlie lost his friend who committed a
suicide. He is anxious of starting high school alone and he starts to write letters to a stranger. At school, Charlie finds a friend and mentor in his English teacher, Bill. After meeting a classmate Patrik and his sister Sam he overcomes shyness and they have become two of Charlie's BFFs. During the course of the school year, Charlie has his first date and his first kiss, he deals with bullies, he makes friends, loses them, and gains them back. Charlie has a relatively stable home life. Unfortunately, a disturbing family secret that Charlie has repressed for his entire life surfaces at the end of the school year. Charlie has a severe mental breakdown and ends up hospitalized. Charlie's final letter closes with feelings of hope. |
1. appropriate for the target group of readers 2. reflects readers´ interests 3. the recommendation and the report emerged from the survey results |
"The story deals with problems of a teenager who has to
face difficult situations. Anxiety and depression are common among teenagers and the book can be motivational and can help teenagers to understand that friendship and family are essential when trying to find a solution." |
No | It has the principle of inclusion. It promotes understanding
of belonging. It emphasizes the importance of being part of the school society and the improtance of the role of the families. |
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A Game of thrones | George R. R. Martin | Publisher: Bantam; Reprint edition ISBN: 978-0553386790 |
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13496.A_Game_of_Thrones http://www.telegraph.co.uk/game-of-thrones/ |
The conflicting demands of duty and love The corrupt nature of politics |
A Game of Thrones takes place over the course of one year on or
near the fictional continent of Westeros. The story begins when King Robert visits the northern castle Winterfell to ask Ned Stark to be his right-hand assistant, or Hand of the King. Bran Stark falls while climbing around the castle and later on he is almost murdered by the queen. Robert rides with his two daughters to King´s landing. John Snow, Ned Stark´s bastard becomes a member of the Night´s Watch. Later on the King is killed and Ned Stark is accused of treason and is executed. Daenerys the previous king´s daughter marries Khal Drogo who promises to help her to get back the throne. But he is wounded and after using blood magic on him Drogo is alive but brain dead. Daenerys sets a funeral pyre to burn Drogo. Daenerys also places the three dragon eggs into the pyre. As the fire burns, Daenerys walks into it, and when finally it clears, she appears with three newborn dragons at her breast. |
1. appropriate for the target group of readers 2. reflects readers interests 3. is highly motivational 4. reflects political/historical moment. 5.recommendations and the report emerged from the survey results |
The story is made into a series which is very popular among
the teenagers the story is a fantasy story but on the other hand it is a historical story as well. The story is about courage, strength but as well about the importance of family relationships. |
The story is a description of the political situation and the power. The story is a historical story and describes the lives of royal families and the lives of their subjects. |
Even if the story is based on a fantasy world it still introduces diffrent cultures and their traditions and habit, it shows how we insist on our family bonds and how much do people want to preserve their traditions. |
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Inkheart | Cornelia Funke | Publisher: Chicken House books; ISBN: 9781908435118 | https://www.chickenhousebooks.com/books/inkheart-trilogy-book-1-inkheart/ http://www.shmoop.com/inkheart/themes.html https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28194.Inkheart | A book about books | A young girl finds out her father has an extraordinary talent to read characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybook's hero. | 1. appropriate for the target group of readers 2. reflects readers´ interests 3. the recommendation and the report emerged from the survey results |
It is the story about a young girl who lost her mum very early and has to cope with a special talent her father and she have. She has to overcome a lot of obstacles and be strong and brave enough to get her mum back. The book can be motivational and help students understand how important it is to believe in themselves in order to overcome obstacles they may encounter in their life. | No | The priciple of inclusion can be seen throughout the book as it shows the importance of the family and friends in our life. | |
The Kite runner | Khaled Hosseini | Publisher: Bloomsbury ISBN:9781408824856 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77203.The_Kite_Runner http://khaledhosseini.com/books/the-kite-runner/synopsis/ | A book about friendshp, war, love | It is a heartbreaking story of the unusual friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies. | 1. appropriate for the target group of readers 2. reflects readers´ interests 3. the recommendation and the report emerged from the survey results 4. reflects political/historical moment. 5. it promotes understanding of cultural diversities and heritage 6. refers to actual migrant situation |
The story describes two types of realtionship - father and son, friendship between two boys from different classes set in the time when a war starts and people lose everything. The book teaches student about the power of friedship and the price of betrayal. Students are encouredged to uderstand the reason why some people are forced to leave their country. | Yes - the main character is forced to leave his country because of the war in his country and has to cope with a new situation and culture. | The book shows us the importance of the family and friends in our life.It shows us how important our culture and identity are for all of us. | |
The book thief | Markus Zusak | Publisher: Black Swan ISBN: 9780552779739 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19063.The_Book_Thief https://www.amazon.com/Book-Thief-Markus-Zusak/dp/0375842209 | A book about struggles of ordinary people during the World War II | During World War II Germany, young Liesel finds comfort in stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents. When her stepfather finds out that she cannot read he decides to teach her, although he is not a good reader himself. Liesel is so eager to read books that she decides to save one from a bonfire made by German Nazi. | 1. appropriate for the target group of readers 2. reflects readers´ interests 3. the recommendation and the report emerged from the survey results 4. reflects political/historical moment. 5.is higly motivational 6. it promotes understanding of cultural diversities and heritage |
The story describes the power books can have, even in difficult life situations, it also depicts the hard life of people in the World War II and the importance of solidarity of people living in certain communities regardless of their nationality, social class or status. | Yes - Liesel´s stepparents try to help a jewish refugee. It describes the cruelty of the World War II | Students can learn the importance of family, community and friendship. | |
I´ll give you the sun | Jandy Nelson | Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group ISBN 978-1-101-59384-4 | http://jandynelson.com/books/ill-give-you-the-sun/ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20820994-i-ll-give-you-the-sun | A story of the twins who go through the fisrt love, loss, disappointment and grief | Jude and her twin brother Noah are inseparable and love each other unconditionally. The two of them are completely different. Noah is a shy boy who loves painting while Jude is an outgoing and popular young girl. A few years later, however, they barely talk to each other. After an unfortunate accident they live different lives but still care about each other, they only have to find the way back. | 1. appropriate for the target group of readers 2. reflects readers´ interests 3. the recommendation and the report emerged from the survey results 4. higly motivational |
The story depicts the lives of two teenagers going through the situations like the first love, loss, grieve, anger and dissapointment. It describes | No | The story emphasizes the importance of friedship and family ties | |
The fun they had | Isaac Asimov | Publisher: Doubleday The Best of Isaac Asimov ISBN: 978-0385050784 |
http://visual-memory.co.uk/daniel/funtheyhad.html http://schd.ws/hosted_files/readwrite/9f/Fun-They-Had-ST.pdf |
The things we take for granted because we don’t know more; we grow up with them and we don’t even imagine they can be different; |
Set in the year 2155 (2157 in some later versions), when
children learn individually at home using a mechanical teacher, the story tells of eleven-year-old Margie Jones, whose neighbor Tommy finds a real book. The book tells about a time when children learned by age group in large schools that were not merely designated rooms in private houses as in the year 2157. Margie and Tommy discuss what it must have been like to study together with a real person as a teacher, and though at first Margie is skeptical about the notion, by the end of the story she daydreams about what it must have been like and 'the fun they had'. |
1. appropriate for the target group of readers 2. reflects readers interests 3. is highly motivational 4. reflects political/historical moment. 5.recommendations and the report emerged from the survey results |
The short story is a memory of traditional schools when students still visited schools. There is the irony taht our studnets do not appreciate the possibility of visiting schools and having classmates. |
The story depicts the future vision of schools and there is a comparison with the contemporary schools. |
The short story shows that schools do not provide only education but relationships and cooperation with teachers and classmates can contribute to our personal development. |
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And the mountains echoed | Khaled Hosseini | Publisher: Riverhead Books ISBN-13: 978-1594632389 |
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16115612-and-the-mountains-echoed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10069515/And-The-Mountains-Echoed-by-Khaled-Hosseini-review.html |
Family Ties and Roots Sacrifice, Duty and Morality |
This story mainly focuses on one family, although it spans a few
generations and branches out to other lives that are involved. The ties that bind this family together are at times loose and disconnected or are wound so tightly, that it can, in extreme cases, be the bond that smothers. However, there are several other key players involved with the main family that are not “blood” related but adopt family member roles and, in some cases, become more “family” than blood relatives. Conversely, in the case of Nila, a family bond with her “acquired” daughter, Pari, is tenuous, suggesting that family connections cannot be forced, either. It is the strength of Pari’s connection with her estranged brother that haunts her life as she feels a strong void within her although she never really understands why. It is only in their reuniting near the end of the book, where their family story feels accomplished. |
1. appropriate for the target group of readers 2. reflects readers interests 3. is highly motivational 4. reflects political/historical moment. 5.recommendations and the report emerged from the survey results 6. refers to actual migrant situation. |
The story describes the problems of immigrants. This motif coincides mostly with family ties, and thus, the morality of the amount of obligation people have to each other becomes even more difficult. |
The eight stories are based on the story of Abdullah who has lost his sister, each chapter has a hidden moral. They describes different social classes and family bonds. |
The difficulties between step parents and children are depicted and the importance of cultural heritage. |
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Mona | Dan T. Sehlberg | Publisher: Spiderline ISBN 1770893938 | http://www.dantsehlberg.com/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19547809-mona | A story of a man who tries to save his wive´s live. He shows commitment, love and bravery | Eric Söderqvist, professor at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, has invented Mind Surf: a thought-controlled system that allows people to browse the web. Samir Mustaf is a former MIT professor whose daughter Mona was killed by a bomb five years earlier. He has just developed the most sophisticated computer virus the world has ever seen, for the purpose of a cyber attack against Israel’s financial system. Samir Mustaf is a former MIT professor whose daughter Mona was killed by an Israeli cluster bomb five years earlier. He has just developed the most sophisticated computer virus the world has ever seen, for the purpose of a cyber attack against Israel’s financial system. Eric’s wife Hanna falls into a coma — struck by an aggressive and previously unknown virus — after having tested her husband’s invention. The doctors are at a loss. Although everyone around him thinks he’s gone mad, Eric is convinced that his wife has been infected by a powerful computer virus known as Mona, and that the only way he can save her is by tracking down its creator. | 1. appropriate for the target group of readers 2. reflects readers interests 3. is highly motivational 4. reflects political/historical moment. 5.recommendations and the report emerged from the survey results 6. refers to actual migrant situation. 7. it promotes understanding of cultural diversities and heritage |
The story describes how technologies can be linked to our brains and what damage it might cause and thus warns us against misusing it. | Yes - It describes the conflict between Israel and Lebanon and its consequences on common people | The importance of the cultural and religious belonging. |