LIBRARY NEWS

Welcome back! It has been great to see all our students back at school ready to learn with their classmates and teachers again in actual classrooms.

Many students have been returning books they borrowed before the lockdown and it’s pleasing to see many more borrowing again for the upcoming school holidays. We remind students to check their bags and rooms and return any outstanding books to the return chute in the library ASAP.

Students are also reminded to check the Library Resources folder in School Resources on Compass. There are lots of links to the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, in-house videos on our favourite books, information on how to log on to the Wheelers platform to borrow ebooks and audiobooks, book recommendation lists, information on how to create bibliographies and many more.

Two new library displays by our amazing library technicians

We missed you…and so did the books’ display by Roberta Cecchini

Our ‘Black Lives Matter’ display by Mitchell George

VICTORIAN PREMIERS’ READING CHALLENGE

Logging in is easy.

Go to https://vprcidentity.eduweb.vic.gov.au/account/login

Select Student Login and Edupass Login. Type in your school username and password.

Search for book titles that you have read this year. Add and select the books.

Students who participate will receive value cards and house points. If you complete the Challenge, you will be invited to our annual Reading Challenge Party in Term 4 with free pizza and drinks.

NEW BOOKS

After Australia by Michael Mohamad Ahmad

In this unflinching new anthology, eleven of Australia’s most daring Indigenous writers and writers of colour provide a glimpse of Australia as we head toward the year 2050.

Featuring Ambelin Kwaymullina, Claire G. Coleman, Omar Sakr, Future D. Fidel, Karen Wyld, Khalid Warsame, Kaya Lattimore, Sarah Ross, Zoya Patel, Michelle Law and Hannah Donnelly

Blended by Sharon M. Draper

Eleven-year-old Isabella’s parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week she’s Isabella with her dad, his girlfriend Anastasia, and her son Darren living in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighbourhood. The next week she’s Izzy with her mom and her boyfriend John-Mark in a small, not-so-fancy house that she loves.

Because of this, Isabella has always felt pulled between two worlds. Her dad is black, her mum is white, and strangers are always commenting: You’re so exotic! You look so unusual. But what are you really? She knows what they’re really saying: You don’t look like your parents. You’re different. What race are you really?

It seems like nothing can bring Isabella’s family together again-until the worst thing happens.

Black Clover : vol. 1 By Yuki Tabata

Asta is a young boy who dreams of becoming the greatest mage in the kingdom. Only one problem-he can’t use any magic! Luckily for Asta, he receives the incredibly rare five-leaf clover grimoire that gives him the power of anti-magic. Can someone who can’t use magic really become the Wizard King? One thing’s for sure-Asta will never give up! Young Asta was born with no magic ability in a world where magic is everything. In order to prove his strength and keep a promise with his friend, Asta dreams of becoming the greatest mage in the land, the Wizard King!

BTS: K-Pop Kings: The Unauthorized Fan Guide By Helen Brown

With their talent, dedication, clever choreography, and catchy blend of pop, hip-hop and R&B, this must-have fan book offers an extensive look at what makes the Bangtan Boys so memorable. Packed with fascinating facts and sensational secrets around how the band got together and their rise to fame, to their first number one and beyond, this book takes fans up close and personal with RM, J-Hope, Suga, Jimin, V, Jin and Jungkook. Filled with pages of brilliant photos and including an advanced quiz, this is the ultimate book for ARMYs as well as new K-Pop fans everywhere.

Curious: Life Hacks Through Maths By Lily Serna

(From Lily Serna, as seen on Letters and Numbers and Catalyst).

How can maths help you to kick the perfect penalty goal, win an argument, impress your friends and spot fake news?

With easy-to-understand maths logic, simple psychology and engaging anecdotes from her own life, mathematician Lily Serna shows us that maths can unlock the secrets of the universe. For she has been curious about the universe ever since her grandfather taught her about infinity when she was five years old.

Now, she shares her wonder at how things work through mathematically proven and fascinating insights. She wants to help all of us - especially the maths phobic - embrace the maths that surrounds us and solve the most common problems of modern living - all without making us learn a single formula.

Dustin Martin: My Story So Far … By Dustin Martin

A stunning illustrated companion to Dustin Martin’s stellar career, this book celebrates Australia’s most popular football player with never before published photos of his early life and behind-the-scenes moments. As a fully authorised publication, it’s the ultimate book for footy fans everywhere, from the most popular player in one of AFL’s most popular teams.

Haikyu!!, Vol. 1 By Haruichi Furudate

Ever since he saw the legendary player known as the Little Giant compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! He decides to join the team at the high school the Little Giant went to-and then surpass him. Who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else? After losing his first and last volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, the King of the Court, Shoyo Hinata swears to become his rival after graduating middle school. But what happens when the guy he wants to defeat ends up being his teammate?!

K-Pop: Idols of K-Pop 100% Unofficial - from BTS to BLACKPINK

By Malcolm Mackenzie

K-Pop is a multi-billion dollar industry and the Korean Wave has never been bigger. Korean bands are breaking YouTube records, selling out the O2 and basically winning social media. Bands with huge followings like BLACKPINK, EXO and TWICE are making waves across the globe and then there’s BIG BANG, NCT, Red Velvet, and WANNA ONE following close behind. Whether you’re new to K-Pop or a die-hard super stan, 100% Unofficial Idols of K-Pop is your essential guide to the current K-Pop scene - packed with profiles, pictures, facts, stats and gossip. Meet the idols breaking the internet and pushing fashion boundaries, learn the language and go heart-eyes emoji over the cutest ageyo moments from your fave maknae. Whatever your bias, you need this book.

Nujeen: One Girl’s Incredible Journey from War-Torn Syria in a Wheelchair

Nujeen Mustafa, Christina Lamb

An inspiring tale of modern migration, overcoming adversity and escaping the hell of war, from a girl struggling to walk for the very first time in her life.

Nujeen Mustafa has cerebral palsy. This did not stop her travelling, with her sister, 4000 miles from Syria to Hungary in a wheelchair.

Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal By Anna Whateley

Peta Lyre is far from typical. The world she lives in isn’t designed for the way her mind works, but when she follows her therapist’s rules for ‘normal’ behaviour, she can almost fit in without attracting attention. When a new girl, Sam, starts at school, Peta’s carefully structured routines start to crack.

But on the school ski trip, with romance blooming and a newfound confidence, she starts to wonder if maybe she can have a normal life after all. When things fall apart, Peta must decide whether all the old rules still matter. Does she want a life less ordinary, or should she keep her rating normal?

Don’t forget to follow our Instagram page at lalorsc_library.

We post all our new books on Insta as soon as they arrive.

Georgia Flaskas – Library Resource Centre Manager

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