This book has been read and reviewed by La Mare de Carteret High School Book Group (Addison, Amy, Taylor, Holly, Theo and Harry), aged eleven to twelve. Written by Catherine Stuart, SLS Librarian. The story is about an eleven year old boy called Maxwell who isn’t having the greatest time at home or school. His… Continue reading The Day I Was Erased by Lisa Thompson
Here at SLS Guernsey we have launched a new staff book club! Each team member was tasked with reading a book over the spring term with the intention of discussing it with the rest of the team at our end of term training session. This is not the first time we have tried a staff… Continue reading SLS Staff Book Club
Quirky from the outset, Kenneth Oppel’s latest offering Inkling is an innovative look at creativity, honesty and belonging. The story follows Ethan Rylance, the 11-year old son of a well-known graphic novel artist, who finds himself in need of inspiration when a school project pressures him to turn in an art project that is nothing… Continue reading Book Review: Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
In 2019 as libraries suffer cuts and closures around the UK, author Andrew Larsen wanted to share the story of a man who founded many libraries across the world. This beautifully illustrated book published by Pikku Publishing tells the story of a man who understood the value of libraries in his life and wanted to… Continue reading Book Review: The Man who Loved Libraries
This is a futuristic story about a group of robots who work for an engineer of mechanical children. There are rules about making mechanicals and due to something that happened in the past no adult mechanicals are allowed by law. Christopher, an orphan is happy working alongside is friends and being the only ‘real’ boy… Continue reading Tin by Pádraig Kenny
This story about 12 year old Ruby is full of intrigue and adventure. Ruby’s family must leave Australia in a hurry because her dad has got himself mixed up with some bad people. Arriving in India to start a new life trouble seems to follow them. Ruby’s love of animals leads her into an adventure… Continue reading When the Mountains Roared by Jess Butterworth
