YOUNG book worms at St. Antony's Catholic College are catching the reading bug early by being encouraged to devour the latest page turners.
Over the last 18 months the Urmston faith school has introduced a succession of innovative schemes to get their boys and girls reading.
Associate headteacher Fiona Wright said: “Improving literacy has been at the heart of a dramatic rise in academic standards at St. Antony's over the last 18 months."
This term pupils from Year seven, eight and nine have been given a range of books by new authors targeted specifically at their age range.
Pictured are Josh Hodson, 11, a Year Seven pupil from Chorlton who is reading a Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas, which focuses on the exploits of a young enigmatic ninja Selina. Delfin Kunjumon, 12, from Stretford, who is reading Split Second by Sophie Mackenzie about a boy and a girl teaming up to survive a post apocalyptic future. Year 9 pupil Ellie Preston, 13, from Stretford, is reading This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales.
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