Advent count down- Day 4

Today's choice is "Things a bright girl can do" by Sally Nicholls. If you enjoy Young Adult books with a bit of history and politics woven through the story then this is a great choice. The cover does not do it service as an introduction to the suffragette movement over the period of the Great War. Three female characters from very different social backgrounds fighting for their right to vote.
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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.

Advent Count Down - Book 2

Today I would like to recommend  "Seed" by Lisa Heathfield. This book arrived on my desk last month and I had it read in a night! It is a gripping story of life lived in a cult. "Trust us" Papa S tells Pearl and so she does.  Papa S is the leader of the community at Seed where 15 year old Pearl has lived her whole life - and he's the last person she should trust. When a family from the forbidden outside comes to live at the community Pearl begins to realise that there could be a very different version of the outside world to the one she has been told about.

Advent Count Down

This advent I will be counting down with some of my favourite reads of the last year.
My first choice is the moving
"Orbiting Jupiter" by Charles D. Schmidt

When Jack meets his new foster brother he only ​knows 3 things about him​ 

•Joseph almost killed a teacher​ 

•He was incarcerated at a place called Stone ​Mountain​ 

•He has a daughter and her name is Jupiter. ​And he has never seen her.​ 

This is a short and deeply moving book about love and resilience.​ 

Christopher Brookmyre- awesome!

On Thursday 14th November we went to hear Christopher Brookmyre give a talk on his literary work. He talked about things such as the public's reaction to his novels, his use of colourful language, how he decides what to base his stories on. A great hint he gave us was to write about something you hate! Overall we found it to be an amazing, enjoyable and humorous experience and it gave us great insight into the writings of a Scottish author.by L, L and E.

ANIME group

The first meet of our anime group will be this Friday break.

If you enjoy anime and love talking/ drawing with other anime fans then please come along.

Our week ahead.

This Friday break we have the origami team back in the library. Come along for this fun activity.

Next week anime club.

Also a reminder that any orders for the Teen Book Club (Scholastic) should be with Dr Carter by Friday 8th.