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Monthly Archives: December 2015
Sixth Year Nativity Play
Today, during period 4, some of our sixth year students will perform their nativity play to the first year (and anyone else who is willing to pay for a ticket). They have written the play themselves and have been practising hard for weeks. Hopefully it will be a huge success!
Book of the Week – The Chimes, by Anna Smaill
This week’s Book of the Week was on the Man Booker longlist this year, and is a very original story about when music replaces memory…
A boy stands by the roadside on his way to London, in the rain. No memories, beyond what he can hold in his hands at any given moment. No directions, as written words have long since been forbidden. No parents – just a melody that tugs at him, a thread to follow. A song that says if he can just get to the capital, he may find some answers about what happened to them.
The world around Simon sings, each movement a pulse of rhythm, each object weaving its own melody, music ringing in every drop of air.
Let It Snow…
How about a cold, wintry read? Check out a book from our Let It Snow display!
The books on display are…
- Soul Eater by Michelle Paver
- Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
- My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
- A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
- Hatchet: Winter by Gary Paulsen
- Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
- Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
- A Meal in Winter by Hubert Mingarelli
- Tinder by Sally Garder
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- Winter by Marissa Meyer
- The Road of Bones by Anne Fine
- North Child by Edith Pattou
- The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
- The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London
- Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Why not use some tinsel as a bookmark?
Books Make the Best Present
It’s December and Christmas is coming. Christmas is getting closer and closer and closer… and you still haven’t got presents for ANYONE! (It’s okay me neither.) What will we do? I know – BOOKS!
Everyone loves getting books for Christmas, right? No? Well they’re much better than socks. Here’s a list of books that will make a great Christmas present for your friends.
- The Maze Runner
- The Hunger Games
- The Perks of being a Wallflower
- Eleanor and Park
- Stargirl
- Uglies
- Little Women
- Beautiful Creatures
- The Fault in our Stars
- Looking for Alaska
- If I Stay
- Blood Red Road
- Legend
- Divergent
- Boy Nobody
- Candor
Whoops – almost forgot the advent calendar!
The Booktrust people have once again made up an advent calendar full of author recommendations for good books to read this winter – one each day. Day one had A Boy Called Christmas, by Matt Haig, and the selections get better every day – why not click on the Christmas Tree to go to the advent calendar and see what is under the flap for today?
The link to the advent calendar will be on the sidebar (with the picture), so you will be able to get a recommended read for every day until Christmas.
Everneath by Brodi Ashton, reviewed by fab333
Nikki disappeared 6 months ago but to her it was 100 years ago, but now she’s back. And she’s not alone. Nikki has 6 months to live before the Everneath comes for her. She’s desperate to reconnect with those she left behind, especially Jack the boyfriend she loved more than everything. The problem is Cole, an immortal that followed her from the Everneath hoping to take her back with him this time forever. With conflict, fear and romance the story is packed with a roller coaster of emotions so be prepared.
This book is about love, loss and the hope of reclaiming what once was. I would recommend this book for people who like romance and a little supernatural, this book is also a Hades/Persephone retelling as the Everneath is the underworld so people who like the classic tale, this is a book for them.
Book of the Week – Little Stars by Jacqueline Wilson
Jacqueline Wilson’s latest book is a Hetty Feather story, the fifth in the series, set in the world of music halls in Victorian London.
The blurb says…
Hetty Feather has begun a new chapter in her life story. Escaping from Tanglefield’s Travelling Circus with her friend Diamond, Hetty is determined to find them positions as music-hall artistes.
The pair quickly become the Little Stars of Mrs Ruby’s show at the Cavalcade, alongside many colourful acts – including a friend from Hetty’s past, Flirty Bertie. But the music hall is both thrilling and dangerous, and Hetty must fight to protect her darling Diamond, who longs for a normal childhood. Meanwhile Hetty struggles with her feelings for Bertie – and for Jem, whom she has never forgotten.
Hetty dreams of a glittering future for herself and Diamond. The bright lights of London beckon – will Hetty become a true star?
We have all five Hetty Feather books in the library – ask at the desk if you can’t see them on the shelves.