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Love Reading ( https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/)
Once Upon a Time, a team of avid bookworms set up a book recommendation site, to help people find their next favourite book. After that was a success they realised that all the children of the land were missing out, and decided to make them a website all their own. The website was filled with adventure and fun, but after a few years it started to slow. Now a new team have set out to rescue the sleepy little website and give it a new lease of life…

Good Reads
(https://www.goodreads.com/genres/young-adult)
What are your friends reading? Chances are your friends are discussing their favourite (and least favourite) books on Goodreads.

Waterstones
(https://www.waterstones.com/category/childrens-teenage/teen-and-young-adult)
Waterstones began in 1982 under the aegis of its founder, Tim Waterstone. Over the decades that have followed, we have grown to become an icon of the British cultural landscape, employing over 3000 superb booksellers across over 280 bookshops.

The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/series/teen-book-club)
Each month, we host an online reading group, featuring a book either suggested by you or one we think you'll really enjoy reading and discussing. We'll give you the background on the author and the book's setting, ask experts or the author to join in and answer any points you raise. There'll also be competitions, quizzes, galleries and everything in between.

Research It! 

British Library
(https://www.bl.uk/)
The British Library home page, For research, inspiration and enjoyment

Britannica 
(https://www.britannica.com/)
Explore the fact-checked online encyclopaedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts.

Reading Support

British Dyslexia Association
(https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/)
Dyslexia is a language-based disability that affects both oral and written language.

Reading Rockets
(http://www.readingrockets.org/)
Resources to help struggling readers build phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

Revision

BBC Bitesize
(https://www.bbc.com/bitesize)
Use BBC Bitesize to help with your homework, revision and learning. Find free videos, step-by-step guides, activities and quizzes by level and subject

Spark Notes
(https://www.sparknotes.com/)
Your source for help with Shakespeare and English literature, plus history, math, biology, and more.