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What We’re Reading – the Library Team’s Reads

The library team are always reading! These are what they currently have their bookmarks in:

Finn is reading Mr Mercedes by Stephen King. He says – ‘Great book, great mystery, well written’

 

 

Ryan is reading ZOM-B Underground by Darren Shan. He says ‘It’s very gruesome!’

 

 

Alexandra is reading Turtles all the Way Down by John Green. She says ‘So far fantastical’

 

More Library Team reads next week.

Anna and the Swallow Man, by Gavriel Swift – Book of the Week

This week’s Book of the Week is the beautifully written allegorical tale of Anna, aged seven and abandoned in wartime Poland.

Kraków, 1939, is no place to grow up. There are a million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. And Anna Lania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father and suddenly, she’s alone.

Then she meets the Swallow Man. He is a mystery, strange and tall. And like Anna’s missing father, he has a gift for languages: Polish, Russian, German, Yiddish, even Bird. When he summons a bright, beautiful swallow down to his hand to stop her from crying, Anna is entranced.

Over the course of their travels together, Anna and the Swallow Man will dodge bombs, tame soldiers, and even, despite their better judgement, make a friend. But in a world gone mad, everything can prove dangerous . . .

 

Harry Potter fans…

For all the Harry Potter fans out there, you have 27 days left to watch a really interesting BBC 2 programme called Harry Potter: A History of Magic, which celebrates the new exhibition at the British Library about the magic behind the books.

Click here to find out more about the exhibition, 

or

Click here to go to the BBC programme details.

New in the Library

The story of a girl, a boy, and the universe.

Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story.

Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store – for both of us.

The universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?

Summer Squares

I confess that I didn’t finish my Summer Squares from the Wednesday Book Club, although I have more filled in now than when I took the photograph! Some of the books I read did not fit well with the categories, so I’m probably going to have to accept more challenges from the club to get the rest done. Summer isn’t over yet, I still have time.

Let me know how you got on – has anyone filled in every square?

Welcome Back!

The new school year starts today, and the library is ready for all your reading needs.

During the summer holidays the shelves have been cleaned and tidied, the displays have been updated and the librarian has been getting lots of new books ready to go. Come and find out what the library has for you!

New Children’s Laureate

The new Children’s Laureate (succeeding the wonderful Chris Riddell – a hard act to follow) was announced on Wednesday this week, and it is….

Lauren Child!

Lauren Child is the author of the Charlie and Lola books and is also known for her wonderful illustrations. How nice to have someone who is both writer and illustrator twice in a row!

New Books in the Library – Worms to Catch by Guy Martin

‘There was no way I was going back…’  So Guy Martin believed.

Having retired from road racing, he was never going to sleep in and take it easy.  Breaking records on the world’s biggest Wall of Death; cycling 2,745 miles down the spine of the United States (while sleeping rough); attempting to be the fastest person ever on two wheels; and racing turbocharged Transit vans through the Nevada desert kept him busy for a bit.  But then he got the call… And this time it was serious.

 

Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol – Book of the Week

Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend wasn’t one of them, especially not a new friend who’s been dead for a century.

Falling down a well is bad enough, but Anya’s normal life might actually be worse. She’s embarrassed by her family, self-conscious about her body, and she’s pretty much given up on fitting in at school. A new friend – even a dead one – is just what she needs.

But Anya’s new BFF isn’t kidding about the “forever” part…