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I do hope you are all keeping as occupied as possible during this strange time.

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I've just finished this book which I really enjoyed having never read Mark Twain before.  Although it was first published 146 years ago and the language is very different to what is acceptable today I found it was funny  - a real boy's adventure story.

Amber's books

Girl Missing series

Amber brown

Girl Missing is a three book series written by the amazing Author Sophie McKenzie. The first one is called Girl Missing, then it is Sister Missing, then Missing Me. 

The first book is about a girl called Lauren who was adopted.She is eager to find out more about her past. She finds out she may have been snatched from her real family.

Sister Missing is, two years after the events of Girl Missing and life is not any easier for sixteen-year-old Lauren, with exam pressure and a recent family tragedy. Lauren's birth mother takes Lauren and her two sisters on holiday in the hope that some time together will help, but a few days into the holiday one of the sisters disappears,  very similar to those in which Lauren was taken years before. 

Missing Me tells the story of Madison, a girl totally in the shadow of her adventurous older sister. During a visit to her sister's flat she not only finds out that her sister is to have a baby but that her father is an anonymous sperm donor. Wrapped up in a furious search to find her birth father, Madison finds herself in a dangerous search for missing girls.

Oliver's best books to read.

Oliver's suggestions for 2020 for Years 7&8

Charlotte's Book Display

I have chosen to write about these Wildboy books because they were very inspirational stories about a boy named Brando Yelavich, whose life was going down the wrong path. Brando wanted to turn his life around so he walked the coastline of New Zealand from Cape Reinga to Bluff and all the way back up again to raise money for charity. 
I have now finished all my student librarian awards and earned my gold. 

By Charlotte McHaffie

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2018

We have a display in the library of some of this year's finalists.  An activity booklet is also included with some fun things to do relating to some of the titles.  A full list of finalists is available from this website and on the display shelf.

National Simultaneous Storytime 2018

This event was held in libraries across New Zealand and Australia on Wednesday 23 May.
Throughout the afternoon senior students - Maddy, Aleigha, Neve, Anya, Christine, Charlie and Brooke visited the Team Explorer classes and read the book 'Hickory, Dickory Dash' aloud to the children.  Based on the well-known nursery rhyme this book has lots of  onomatopaeia so required plenty of practise first to get it right.  They did a great job and the audiences seemed to enjoy the story and the way it was read to them.  Good work everyone.

Jayde's recommended great reads 2017

Jayde has read many of our library books this year.  Read her reviews here which also include links to the author websites.  Great work Jayde.