Advent Count Down - Book 24 white bird

You may know Auggie (real name Julian) from the wonderful story of “Wonder”. In this graphic novel we meet Julian again as he learns the story of his grandmother who was a young Jewish girl in occupied France during the Second Word War. We move from a fairy tale life to the horror, the terror, the brutality of Nazi occupation. But there is also the heroism of those who helped. It is a book about a historical event yet it somehow feels more relevant than ever to what is happening in the world today.  Highly recommended.

Advent Count Down- Book 3

My third book is probably one that will amaze my library helpers. Yes I am recommending "Rok of the Reds" by John Wagner and Alan Grant.  I struggle to read graphic novels, let alone enjoy them. But with this one I made it to the end with more than one or two chuckles.There is football and sci-fi as Rok of Arkadia, an alien on the run,  takes over the body of arrogant footballer Kyle Dixon. He soon learns to play the game and shows more respect to the fans than Kyle ever did.  And the artwork is great.

BOOK GROUP

One of the short listed book titles

Meet this Wednesday lunch and we will split into two groups.

The Graphic Novel Readers will join Dr Carter as we start examining the short listed books for the Excelsior Book Awards.



Our other Group will start looking at "To kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. Nathan will lead you in a discussion using a Wordle.