Tag Archives: #greatreads for Middle Years’ readers
Book of the Week
The Gifted, the Talented and Me by William Sutcliffe is a riotously funny read and is highly recommended for anyone who needs a laugh, has ever been an outsider and who embraces their own ordinariness. Funny, easy to read and
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CBCA 2019 Book of the Year Award Winners
CBCA has announced the 2019 Book of the Week award winners. The awards recognize literary merit and the judges noted that: “Gritty, contemporary themes are tackled by many books in the Children’s Book Council of Australia 2019 Book of the
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Book of the Week
Tamara Ireland Stone’s novel Click’d is an engaging, fun and empowering story about friendship and coding and is ideally suited for our younger readers, especially Year 7s. Teacher Notes are available and it would be a great addition to Literature
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New in the iCentre
Did you know you can go to our Pinterest board New in the iCentre to see the new books we have purchased recently and are available for you to borrow? We can’t think of a better way to get motivated
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CBCA Shortlist 2019
The 2019 CBCA Shortlist has been announced. Start reading from the list and decide who you think will win this year’s Book of the Year awards. For more information, go to the CBCA website where this list has been published.
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Holiday Reads
Holidays are the perfect time to catch up on your reading. We recommend that you put any of this term’s Book of the Week recommendations on your reading list to borrow in whatever format you prefer – book, ebook or
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Book of the Week and Future Classic
The Skylarks’ War by Hilary McKay is the winner of the Costa Award for 2018 and a future classic. It is a delightful, touching story of a family and the lives they led set against the background of the dark
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