“Read! In the name of your Lord who created…”

Surah Al-Alaq (96:1), Quran.

From amongst the very first words to be revealed from Allah to His servants, was the command to ‘read.’

The act of reading forms an integral part of everyone’s journey on the road to acquiring knowledge, both worldy and religious.

This is why, at Eternal Light, we hold a special weekly reading assembly; a time when the teachers and students collectively sit down, and take part in the shared experience of reading a book.

Students at Eternal Light are encouraged to use the school library as well as their local library to help broaden their knowledge and introduce themselves to different styles of writings.

In order to continue this activity, we are in urgent need of updating and improving the selection of books we have on offer to students, in our new school library.

We require approximately 150 books to replace some of our older books in the library. They should ideally be new, or if they are used, they should be in good condition. Paperback and Hardback are both accepted. Many of the books can be found on popular online sites such as amazon.

This appeal goes out to all our current and former students, parents and well-wishers of our school, to donate good quality, modern, interesting books which our students will benefit from.

The books should be a title from the list shown below, or a well-known and popular title that may not be listed! We are also looking for good quality non-fiction books which would be interesting and beneficial to our secondary aged students.

As you can see from our reading list, all the author’s are well known and established names in English Literature, and all the books are considered classics. There are at least two or three world renowned authors from Bradford on the list. See if you can spot them!

We have adopted the list from a compilation by teachers of secondary schools in the U.K., for students in Years 7 – 11.