Library News

LIBRARY NEWS

This coming Monday Year 7 students will receive a visit from award-winning author George Ivanoff. George has written over one hundred books for children and young adults, including The Australia Survival Guide, The Supernatural Survival Guide, You Choose: mayhem at magic school, You Choose: the treasure of dead man’s cove, and more recently, Monster Island, all of which are available to borrow from the library. 

George will also be hosting a writing workshop on Monday for students participating in the ‘Make A Book In A Day’ activity. Twenty-seven Year 7 students will be spending the entire school day producing a book in teams of 6-8, on Friday 18th August (Week 6). Library staff have been holding weekly meetings with these students to build-on narrative writing skills and doing some team-building exercises in preparation. These students are: 

Callan Watt, Asher Watts, Conor Quirke, Owen Wright, Jack Katos, Luke Cunneen, Miranda Linton, Zoe Hodge Macavaney, and Masey Gerbes from 7P; Demid Shchadin, Eloise James, Ella Boyce, Bella Bath, and Kayla Chandler from 7S; Leo Mundy from 7N; Chloe James and Rosie Fuentes from 7B; Parneet Kaur, Abby Alexander, Aika Vick, Bonnie Mills, Daisy Lambert, and Evelyn Branson from 7R; Elyse Poke and Tania Vaisy from 7E; Violet Croucher and Hazel Oppenheim from 7M. 

Students building paper towers during a lunchtime meeting.

In other news, we currently have two competitions running for the FIFA Women’s World Cup! Enter the Quizfor the chance to win a $30 Rebel Sports gift card or a large box of Favourites chocolates – check-out the library’s display for details. Sam Kerr’s biography and What makes a Matilda are now available to borrow. Students can also enter the Guess the Winner competition to win caf vouchers. 

The library display. 

Winners of the Quiz will be drawn this Tuesday (8th August) at lunchtime, and Quess the Winner will be drawn on Monday 21st August. 

Book of the Week

The House of Shells

by Efua Traoré

Kuki is cursed.

She is shy and has trouble making friends, but worse still, she might have been born with the curse of the Abiku – a spirit said to inhabit the bodies of children until they turn thirteen years old and kill them on their birthdays! Kuki doesn’t think she is cursed – she’s having a hard time already dealing with a new home, a new stepfather, and bullies at school – how could being cursed make her life any worse?

One day, Kuki discovers a mysterious abandoned house hidden in the forest, and meets a young girl called Enilo. Kuki and Enilo become the best of friends, until the truth of Enilo’s nature threatens Kuki’s life…

New to the library, The House of Shells is a refreshingly diverse story set in modern-day Nigeria.

Susan Winfield