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2025 is here!
Welcome back to another busy year in the library, we are running a range of student activities during lunch including 'Makerspace' days every Wednesday. Term 1 and Special Event activities listed below.
Special Event
Term 1 Activities
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“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” —Malcolm X.
New Books!!!
Avatar the last airbender: Imbalance
By : Faith Erin Hicks
Aang faces a decision from which there is no return. A massive bender-versus-non-bender conflict has gripped the town and is threatening to turn violent. In order to heal the divide and save the town, Aang and the team will all face tough decisions about power and identity that could tear them apart.
Broken Girl
By : Bradley Trevor Grieve
When love goes wrong, the whole truth is the death of everything.
Caroline was a brilliant and beautiful young woman – a mathematics prodigy, a part-time model, and an aspiring businesswoman. She was also the victim of several violent crimes in her native Brazil before she emigrated to Australia to start a new life.
In Sydney, Caroline met the man of her dreams. On a romantic holiday in Spain, Caroline became a victim of unspeakable violence. Her injuries were horrific. Bones shattered, skin torn off, her skull crushed. She also suffered a traumatic brain injury.
A year later, following months in a coma and painful rehabilitation, Caroline returned to her apartment in Sydney, only to find that her home was not her home, her lover was not her lover and her friends were not her friends.
Everyone and everything she’d loved had vanished. The life she knew had been stolen.
Caroline painstakingly searched for clues to explain the cruel disparity between her past and present. Broken Girl is the true story of how Caroline solved her own mystery and reclaimed her life.
The haters
By : Robyn Harding
Camryn Lane is living her dream: after years of rejection, her first novel has finally been published. She’s on top of the world – until she receives a disturbing email from an unknown sender. Rattled, Camryn resolves to put the missive out of her mind. But when she checks her ratings online, she finds an aggressive one-star review, and soon Camryn’s book is flooded with negative reviews and publicity. Could the reviewer be the same person who sent the ugly email? And why do they want to ruin her? The online harassment creeps into Camryn’s personal life and vows to find out who’s behind it. Is it really a disgruntled reader, or could it be someone she knows? When the abuse escalates, Camryn will need to unmask the enemy so intent on destroying her – before it turns deadly.
Unordinary Volume 1
By : Uru - Chan
Nobody pays much attention to John – just a normal teenager at a high school where the social elite happen to possess unthinkable powers and abilities. John prefers it that way. The more he stays under the radar, and stays close to the Royal’s most powerful Ace, Seraphina, the safer he is in the halls of Wellston High.
But John has a secret past that threatens to bring down the school’s whole social order—and much more.
Unordinary Volume 2
By : Uru - Chan
NOBODY PAYS MUCH ATTENTION TO JOHN.
He’s just a normal teenager at a very not normal high-school where the social elite possess extraordinary powers and supernatural abilities. John prefers it that way – the more he stays under the radar, the safer he is in the intimidating halls of Wellston High.
But when the other students start to suspect John has something to hide, he becomes their latest target.
Oddballs: the graphic novel
By : James Rallison and Ethan Banville
Join James, Max, Echo and all of your favourite Oddballs characters as they get into epic disasters. In these five exclusive mini stories, James grows bacteria in his mouth, sells his yard, turns the whole town into ASMR zombies, enrages several birthday girls and faces his own death. As a result, he learns nothing.
State Library of Victoria Events
Ned Kelly Exhibition
Time: Until 31 December 2026
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Cost: Free
Location:Redmond Barry Reading Room
State Library Victoria
Australia’s most notorious bushranger has split public opinion for more than a century – Edward ‘Ned’ Kelly is a criminal who robbed and killed to some, but a heroic underdog to others.
The display of Kelly’s armour asks provocative questions about truth, myth and nationhood.
Newsworthy at the Library
Explore the Library’s newspaper collection and hone your research skills in this hands-on Library workshop.
In the session, you will tour the Newspaper and Family History Reading Rooms and view some historical archival newspapers from the 19th and 20th century before participating in a demonstration of the most popular newspaper databases.
Bring your questions and have them answered during the session.
Date : 17 April 2025
Time : 10:30am–12:30pm
Location : Meet in Hansen Hall
Book here:
https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/newsworthy-onsite#eventbrite
Cost: Free
Kingston Libraries
Isobelle Carmody Author Talk
Join Isobelle Carmody, one of Australia's celebrated fantasy authors, for an author talk. Known for her Obernewtyn Chronicles, Carmody began writing the series at just fourteen, launching her into the world of speculative fiction.
Her latest novel, Comes the Night (October 2024), is set in a domed future Canberra, exploring themes of fear, societal control, and personal sacrifice.
Don’t miss the chance to hear Carmody discuss her writing process and the powerful themes in her work.
Date: Monday, 28 April 2025
Time: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Parkdale Library, 96 Parkers Road, Parkdale 3192
Free, bookings required
Book here:
Frankston Library
FrankTALK with Jane Caro
Join one of Australia’s most respected writers and social commentators, Jane Caro, in conversation at Frankston library. Jane Caro AM, an award-winning Australian columnist, author, novelist, feminist, and public education activist was awarded the B&T Women in Media Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023.
She has published thirteen books, including the bestselling novel The Mother. Lyrebird is her second novel for adults.
This is a FREE event, however bookings are essential due to limited places.
Date: Monday, 07 April 2025
Time: 1.00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Frankston Library
60 Playne Street
Frankston
Book here:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/franktalk-with-jane-caro-tickets-1248766226399?aff=oddtdtcreator
Are you cleaning out your Lego?
If you are happy to donate any Lego, we would gratefully accept. Donations can be left at the school office.
Patricia Bernardo and Yvonne McLure
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