Library

Book Week is almost upon us! The theme this year is “Book an adventure”, and the library will be running some exciting, adventure-themed activities from Monday 18th to Friday 29th August. There will be plenty of prizes to be won, including Dymocks gift cards, chocolates and caf vouchers! 

Readers’ Cup will return soon for Year 8. Students will form teams of 3-4 from each class, read three set books, and compete in the competition early next term. Please see your English teacher or a library staff member to register your interest!

Book of the Week

Sunrise on the reaping

by Suzanne Collins 

Sunrise on the reaping is the next prequel in The hunger games series, set during the events of the Second Quarter Quell, in which double the number of kids were taken as tributes.

Haymitch is a happy-go-lucky 16-year-old, with a brother, Sid, his mother, friends Burdock Everdeen, and girlfriend Lenore Dove, when he is reaped with 3 other children from District 12. While training in the Capitol he finds unlikely allies and sets his mind, not to winning and going home to his family, but ‘breaking’ the Games instead and shaking up the established order.

Sunrise on the reaping is a fantastic addition to The hunger games world, with some great new characters (and some familiar ones), and plenty of surprises in store. Return to the world of Panem once more for a tense and thrilling read!

Ms Winfield