Library News
Student Book Swap in August
Would you like to swap your pre-loved books with others? Bring your book(s) into the library before Friday 19 August in order for staff to prepare this event. Please remember that all books should be age appropriate (11 – 18 years) and be in good condition. The Book Swap will take place on Tuesday 23 August at lunctime in the Seminar Room.
Sun Project Shadow Judging 2022 - Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA)
What is Shadow Judging?
Australian children’s literature plays a unique role in our culture. It has the power to shine a light on our world, while speaking directly to young people.
The CBCA have asked for young voices from across Australia to join the conversation about the books on the Book of the Year Shortlist. At the end of CBCA Book Week in August, at the Shadower’s Choice Awards, winners chosen by the Shadow Judges will be announced.
MGSC Shadow Judges
Mentone Girls’ Secondary College have five CBCA Shadow Judges: Aniela, Caitlin, Charlotte, Demah and Hannah, who have read and reviewed the shortlisted books in the Young Adult category, competing for the honour to be Australian Book of the Year 2022.
Our Shadow Judges have participated in round table discussions where they have critically analysed each book according to a judging criteria and created resources which have been submitted to the Sun Shadow Judging Project, illustrating their decision making process.
After much debate, our Shadow Judges have decided upon Tiger Daughter as the winning Australian Young Adult book of the year 2022. This book was beautifully and simply written, with realistic characterization, set in the ‘real world’ of an Australian school with themes the Shadow Judges deemed to be ‘extremely important to examine and debate’. Tiger Daughter was not the first choice of every MGSC Shadow Judge, but it was in the top three and so after a consensus, the winning book was decided upon. I commend these students for listening to each other and ultimately agreeing upon a collective winner. We eagerly await the official announcement of the winner later in the year.
Book Club
Term 3 Book Club titles One of us is lying and The fault in our stars have arrived and are available for loan from the library desk.
Mythology Club
Come along to the Mythology Club lunchtimes on Tuesday in the Library Seminar room. We have an exciting array of activities, books and resources for you to discover.
Kingston Council Library News
Our local libraries have a writing competition for those students who are interested. The age categories are 5-7 years, 8-10 years, 11-13 years and 14-16 years. There will be three prizes awarded per age group.
Entries open Monday 11 July and close Sunday 18 September. To enter, visit the Kingston Council Library Website.
Megan Tulloch-Nasir
and the Library team