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BOOK Author Miriam Halahmy with students, from left, Harry Granshaw, Aisling Copeland, Phoebe Ridgway, Joshua Boniface and Natasha Cresswell. Picture: Sarah Standing (121696-3201)

Edgy author is a hit with teens who love to read

HALF-drowned asylum seekers, Class A drug dealing and bullies are just some of the themes that had students hanging off every word of edgy teen writer Miriam Halahmy.

EXPERT Christopher Pittard, outside Charles Dickens birthplace, with a copy of Bleak House. Picture: Allan Hutchings (121672-669)

Free books are a ‘great way into Dickens’ world’

THE novels of Charles Dickens and his contemporaries run into hundreds of pages – a daunting prospect for many young readers.

SMILES, Logan Cole, seven, and Fiona Curphey, five, from Highbury Primary School with some of the books collected at Sainsburys. Picture: Ian Hargreaves (121613-3)

Books bonanza for Portsmouth primary pupils who love their library

READERS had a day to remember at school when they were surprised with a giant stack of donated books.

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ENJOYABLE Natalie Kalokova, 11, and Kai Harrison, 11, with Read for Life volunteer Anne Ralph at Somers Park Primary School. Picture: Steve Reid (121137-137)

Boost for scheme that gets children fired up over books

A PORTSMOUTH social enterprise that has given hundreds of primary schoolchildren a love of reading is celebrating a funding boost.

READING Pupils Faith Powell, 11, Olivia Taylor, 10, Tom Waller, 11 and Ellie Carruthers, 11, get stuck in to the book War Horse. Picture: Allan Hutchings (121537-973)

School with focus on reading leaps up to top Ofsted ranking

A SCHOOL that has put reading at its heart is celebrating getting the best possible Ofsted grade – just four years after being put on the bottom rung.

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TOP CLASS Former Pompey captain Darren Moore, centre, with Wimborne Junior pupils and staff

‘You have to read... even if you’re a footballer!’

Fratton Park hero Darren Moore has given his resounding backing to The News’ literacy campaign.

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