Be part of the Family Challenge: Lit Week 2020 - Lectio Vita Est

Lit Week 2020 - Lectio Vita Est is a week dedicated to creating a positive culture around reading and literacy for young adults and their families/carers in the College community.

Follow this link to take part in the Family Challenge for Lit Week 2020 - Lectio Vita Est: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qvWlGUvnf3fQrko0eClPijJT8XVu2Atf/edit . Fun, easy and prizes to be won. Return to the College Library or email to library@sje.vic.edu.au Thurs 21 Oct and go in the prize draw.

Lectio Vita Est is the theme for Lit Week 2020, a Latin term meant to create curiosity and start conversations about language, literacy, literature and reading. Part of our efforts to encourage these conversations and promote Lit Week 2020 have included creating a quality printed T-shirt.

If you, a family member or friend would like a Lit Week 2020 - Lectio Vita Est T-shirt (limited available) for just $15, use the order and payment method sent on the Operoo (formerly CareMonkey) letter. T-shirts can be picked up from the front office next day.

What is Lit Week 2020 - Lectio Vita Est?

St. Joseph’s College inaugural Lit Week 2020 - Lectio Vita Est will be held October 19-22.

Lit Week 2020 - Lectio Vita Est is a week dedicated to creating a positive culture around reading and literacy for young adults and their families/carers in the College community.

Reading is about the skill, the will, and the thrill - the skill to read; the will to read; and the thrill from reading. Lit Week 2020 - Lectio Vita Est is about encouraging and role modelling all three for students and taking families/carers on that journey.

29 staff members have volunteered their time as either Crew or Emissaries, giving their support to the aims of the Week through providing a video each talking about an anecdote or insight into their personal reading journey, taking part in promotion of the Week, and talking to students at every opportunity about the importance of reading and literacy in their lives.

Access the St. Joseph’s College Inaugural Lit Week 2020 - Lectio Vita Est program here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VSzeflsg5REbrvs1Nt0R3SVSoUSp7Q_L1jtUrSTlxTI/edit#

Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) award winning books in College Library

The 2020 CBCA Shortlist books are some of the best Australian children's books published over the past year. For comments and videos from authors and illustrators, Reading Time reviews, CBCA Judges' critiques, teaching notes and more, got https://www.cbca.org.au/shortlist-2020 and CLICK ON THE BOOK COVER IMAGES. These books are available for loan from the College Library.

This month’s Lamont Standing Order books available from the College Library

This month’s Lamont Standing Order books will be available for borrowing in the next week.

Titles include:

Future Girl by Asphyxia

Future Girl is the art journal of sixteen-year-old Piper, a visual extravaganza of text, paint, collage and drawings, woven into deeply engaging coming-of-age story set in near-future Melbourne.

All ages.

Before the beginning by Anna Morgan

Schoolies week: that strange in-between time when teenagers move from school into the adult world. It's a week when anything is possible and everything can change.

Best suited to Year 10 and above

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

Susan Arkshaw leaves her quiet English village to go to London in search of her father. Instead she meets Merlin, who is gorgeous and a member of a mysterious secret society of magical booksellers, who is on a quest of his own.

Fantasy lovers will thoroughly enjoy this book, and it is best suited to readers Year 9 and above.

This one is ours by Kate O'Donnell

Art student and romantic Sofie is off to Paris on exchange, and she is not sure if she is terrified or excited, or maybe both! This is a wonderful story of spreading your wings and finding your way in the world.

Best suited to Year 9 and above.

Watch over me by Nina LaCour

Eighteen-year-old Mila has been in the foster system since her mother abandoned her. Now that she's graduating high school she has nothing to do and nowhere to call home. When she gets an offer to work as an intern on the Farm she readily accepts.

Best suited for Year 9 and above.

Every little piece of my heart by Non Pratt

When Sophie receives a parcel from her best friend, Freya, she expects it to contain the reason why Freya left town so suddenly, without goodbyes and without explanation. Instead, she finds a letter addressed to Win, a girl Freya barely knew – or did she? As more letters arrive for more people on the periphery of Freya’s life, Sophie and Win begin to piece together who Freya was and why she left. Sometimes it’s not about who’s gone, but about who they leave behind… Perfect for fans of Beautiful Broken Things and The Sun Is Also a Star.

All ages.

All this time by Rachael Lippincott

From the authors behind Five Feet Apart, a #1 New York Times bestseller and hit movie, comes a gripping new romance, perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Fault in Our Stars Can you find true love after losing everything? Kyle and Kimberly have been the perfect couple all through high school, but when Kimberly breaks up with him on the night of their graduation party, Kyle's entire world upends - literally.

Skydragon: Skydragon 1 by Anh Do

One brave girl. Thousands of unexpected allies. A high-flying adventure series from Anh Do. Amber knew she'd been given an incredible power, but was it a freak accident, or was there something she was supposed to do with it?

Controlling her new ability might be the hardest thing Amber has ever done. Especially when she is running for her life. Who is her mysterious enemy? What connection does he have to Amber's past? And, most importantly, does Amber have what it takes to truly become . . . Skydragon?

The courtyard children by Marija Poljak

Mileva Marinkovi was born into a family descended from resistance fighters and patriots, and from a young age was already bestowed with an identity formed on the values of brotherhood and unity. Marko Ivani was born into a family where love is earned, not given, and was branded early on as a troublemaker and somewhat of a lost cause.

Best suited to Year 10 and above.

The inheritance games by Lynn Barnes

Avery is a normal teenage girl, living with her stepsister and just hoping to survive high school. That is until she finds out that a billionaire that she doesn't even know has left her his entire fortune. The only catch - she must live in his mansion with the relatives he left out of his inheritance for one year. This is a wonderful, addictive thriller that is full of plot twists. The characters and storyline grab you from page one, and there is no putting this book down until you get to the end.

All ages.

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