Monthly Archives: August 2016

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, reviewed by misssallylockhart

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PersepolisPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel, showing her childhood in Iran during revolutions and the war, her adolescence in Europe away from Iran and her return to her home country in her early twenties. This story definitely brings lots of serious topics onto the table but shows how Marjane doesn’t understand how bad things are until she starts to grow up. I actually enjoyed this book more than I thought I would and I plan to watch the film soon. I recommend this to anyone.

Noughts & Crosses on the BBC!

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Noughts and CrossesIt has just been announced that Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses will be dramatised by the BBC some time soon. Click here to read about it on Malorie Blackman’s official site, and here to read about it on the BBC.

I’ve always thought that Noughts & Crosses would be a really great film, so I’m looking forward to this – there’s no date yet, but hopefully it won’t be too long.

The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon – Book of the Week

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bone-sparrowSubhi is ten. He was born in the detention centre where he lives with his mother and sister, and he has never known life outside it, but that doesn’t stop him from dreaming…

‘Soon, Subhi, the people out there will remember us. Soon they’ll see that living in here isn’t living at all. We just need to show them who we are, that we’re people, and then they’ll remember. This time, they won’t forget.’

The Bone Sparrow is a thought-provoking book about the human beings behind the statistics and horror stories of the refugee crisis. The publisher, Orion, has partnered with Book Aid meaning that for every copy bought a book will be donated to a refugee camp library.

The Bone Sparrow is on the 2016 longlist for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize.

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas reviewed by fab333

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courtmistfuryThe stunning sequel to Sarah J. Maas’ (Author of Throne of Glass series) bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses. In A Court of Mist and Fury Feyre has survived Amarantha’s clutches to return to the Spring Court–but at a steep cost. Her humanity. Plagued with nightmares Feyre struggles to cope with her new reality;

  • The fact that she has a human soul and has a high fey body
  • Coping with the people she murdered for Tamlin
  • Dealing with her emerging powers
  • The repercussions of her deal with Rhysand
  • And worst of all her relationship with Tamlin – that’s falling apart at the seams

Join Feyre as she meats new friends new foes and sees new places. Feyre must once again fight not only for her people, her friends and her life but she must also fight once again for love.

Welcome!

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wchslionWelcome back, or Welcome if you are starting at West Calder High School today. This is the Library Blog, where the Library Team talk about what’s happening in the Library, or around the school, or just about anything else we find interesting and want to share! Mostly, we talk about books, and more books, and films of books, and books that should be films but aren’t… We share book reviews, and book videos, and film reviews (anyone is welcome to do a review for the blog, just ask) and we tell you when we have new books in the library, or when our favourite books are nominated for book awards. We let you know when long-awaited sequels are released, and every week there is a featured Book of the Week, that is also highlighted on the library noticeboard.

The Library Team is made up of Mrs Vennall, who is the School Librarian; two Team Leaders, Fern and Beth who are both in S5 and volunteers from other years.