Words Unite thinks reading is fun, and we hope you do too! There are loads of sites out there about fiction books, factual books, poetry, comics, manga, and plenty more. We could never list them all, so here are a few to start you off. Don’t forget you can find out even more by going to your local library, where you can borrow books for free!

Worrying news, everyone! Some seriously good authors have been trapped by monsters. Find out more, and read stories, blogs, reviews and poetry at http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/about/.

If you’re in Year 7 you will probably get a free book this year as part of Booked Up. You can find out more about the books and other reading activities here: http://www.bookedup.org.uk/Home.

Don’t know what to read next? With hundreds of reviews, this site could help: www.readingmatters.co.uk.

This site has stories, reviews and competitions: http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org

You can find out about what’s going on in Hackney for young people (and get involved) here: http://www.younghackney.org