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We would also like to thank all our partners in the Quick Reads project for their help and support:
NIACE • unionlearn • National Book Tokens
The Reading Agency • National Literacy Trust
Welsh Books Council • Welsh Government
The Big Plus Scotland • DELNI • NALA
We want to get the country reading
Quick Reads, World Book Day and World Book Night are initiatives designed to encourage everyone in the UK and Ireland – whatever your age – to read more and discover the joy of books.
Quick Reads launches on 14 February 2012
Find out how you can get involved at www.quickreads.org.uk
World Book Day is on 1 March 2012
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World Book Night is on 23 April 2012
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Quick Reads
Doctor Who: I Am a Dalek
Gareth Roberts
BBC Books
Equipped with space suits, golf clubs and a flag, the Doctor and Rose are planning to live it up on the Moon, Apollo-mission style. But the TARDIS has other plans, landing them instead in a village on the south coast of England; a picture-postcard sort of place where nothing much happens… until now.
Archaeologists have dug up a Roman mosaic, dating from the year 70 AD. It shows scenes from ancient myths, bunches of grapes – and a Dalek. A few days later a young woman, rushing to get to work, is knocked over and killed by a bus. Then she comes back to life.
It’s not long before all hell breaks loose, and the Doctor and Rose must use all their courage and cunning against an alien enemy – and a not-quite- alien accomplice – who are intent on destroying humanity.
Featuring the Doctor and Rose as played by David Tennant and Billie Piper in the hit series from BBC Television.
Quick Reads
Doctor Who: Made of Steel
Terrance Dicks
BBC Books
A deadly night attack on an army base. Vehicles are destroyed, soldiers killed. The attackers vanish as swiftly as they came, taking highly advanced equipment with them.
Metal figures attack a shopping mall. But why do they only want a new games console from an ordinary electronics shop? An obscure government ministry is blown up – but, in the wreckage, no trace is found of the secret, state-of-the-art decoding equipment.
When the TARDIS returns the Doctor and Martha to Earth from a distant galaxy, they try to piece together the mystery. But someone – or something
– is waiting for them. An old enemy stalks the night, men no longer made of flesh…
Featuring the Doctor and Martha as played by David Tennant and Freema Agyeman in the hit series from BBC Television.
Quick Reads
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Judoon
Terrance Dicks
BBC Books
The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Martha to Balmoral in 1902. Here they meet Captain Harry Carruthers – friend of the new king, Edward VII. Together they head for the castle to see the king – only to find that Balmoral Castle has gone, leaving just a hole in the ground. The Doctor realises it is the work of the Judoon – a race of ruthless space police.
While Martha and Carruthers seek answers in London, the Doctor finds himself in what should be the most deserted place on Earth – and he is not alone.
Featuring the Doctor and Martha as played by David Tennant and Freema Agyeman in the hit series from BBC Television.
Quick Reads
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Games
Jacqueline Rayner
BBC Books
Every time the lights go out, someone dies…
The TARDIS lands at an academy for top athletes, all hoping to be chosen for the forthcoming Globe Games. But is one of them driven enough to resort to murder? The Doctor discovers that the students have been hushing up unexplained deaths.
Teaming up with a young swimmer called Emma, the Doctor begins to investigate – but he doesn’t expect to find a squad of Sontarans invading the academy!
As the Sontarans begin their own lethal version of the Globe Games, the Doctor and Emma must find out what’s really going on. But the Doctor is captured and forced to take part in the Sontaran Games. Can even a Time Lord survive this deadly contest?
Featuring the Doctor as played by David Tennant in the acclaimed hit series from BBC Television.
Quick Reads
Doctor Who: Code of the Krillitanes
Justin Richards
BBC Books
Can eating a bag of crisps really make you more clever? The company that makes the crisps says so, and they seem to be right.
But the Doctor is worried. Who would want to make people more brainy? And why?
With just his sonic screwdriver and a supermarket trolley full of crisps, the Doctor sets out to find the truth. The answer is scary – the Krillitanes are back on Earth, and everyone is at risk!
Last time they took over a school. This time they have hijacked the internet. Whatever they are up to, it’s big and it’s nasty.
Only the Doctor can stop them – if he isn’t already too late…
Featuring the Doctor as played by David Tennant in the acclaimed hit series from BBC Television.
Other resources
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Free courses are available for anyone who wants to develop their skills. You can attend the courses in your local area.
If you’d like to find out more, phone 0800 66 0800.
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Join the Reading Agency’s Six Book Challenge at
www.sixbookchallenge.org.uk
Publishers Barrington Stoke and New Island also provide books for new readers. www.barringtonstoke.co.uk • www.newisland.ie
The BBC runs an adult basic skills campaign.
See www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
