On November 9, and in the framework of the European project Engage Young Producers, lead by PEN Català we visited the Institut d’Educació Secundària Viladomat, located in the Eixample neighbourhood of Barcelona. There we met with a group of students in the third and fourth years of secondary school, to participate in a focus group on literature. The leadership team of the centre made a selection of participants based on those students who like to read. For more than an hour, the boys and girls spoke with enthusiasm about books, reading habits, and cultural activities. This is the summary of what they said:
This study group has been possible thanks to the boys and girls who participated and to the leadership team of the Viladomat IES. Many thanks to all!
Books they have read:
Wonder
Paper Cities
Harry Potter
Buenos días, princesa
It
The Hunger Games
Twilight
The Darkest Minds
The Catcher in the Rye
Books read as required reading:
The Diary of Anne Frank
El mussol i la forca
Pride and Prejudice
Don Quixote
EL lazarillo de Tormes
Authors they read:
Laia Soler
Laura Gallego
Stephen King
Blue jeans
J. K. Rowling
David Williams
John Green
David Walliams
Alexandra Bracken