Mrs Gidden's cool readers club - Cerys

Priory’s Head of English, Mrs Gidden, has been really impressed with many of our multi-talented pupils and wanted to highlight their love of reading while excelling at other pursuits.

This week we interviewed Year 10 pupil, Cerys.

Cerys is hard to beat as one of Mrs Gidden’s Cool Readers as she is already a word multi-millionaire and there's just no stopping her!

Cerys is currently reading ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ by Heather Morris and admits it’s not an easy read.

It’s about Slovakian Jew Lali Sokolov who falls in love with a girl he is tattooing at the concentration camp and their story which follows.

“I study History so this has helped me learn about this period in history. It’s very hard hitting and I have learnt a lot, especially about how people were transported and how many died being transported to concentration camps. It really makes you think.”

Her favourite author is Sarah J Maas, a fantasy writer, who Cerys says ‘is really good at describing characters.’

Cerys also enjoys books on mythology and has read ‘The Woman in Black, ‘ a supernatural horror novel.

“I also read a lot of Shakespeare so I have different tastes.”

Cerys would like to study History at university and has set her sights on becoming an English teacher.  It’s not all about reading though – Cerys took part in Priory’s show ‘We Will Rock You’ earlier this year.

“I played Big Macca, a Bohemian rebel. I had to act but thankfully I didn't get a solo song!

“I do like taking part in the shows and enjoy drama.”