LIBRARY EDITION
BOOK REVIEW
A quick read on the Eplatform
A beautifully poignant book exploring the relationship between man and man's best friend, from the masterful Shaun Tan.
One day I threw my stick at you.
You brought it back.
Then we were walking side by side
as if it had always been this way.
World-renowned artist and storyteller Shaun Tan reflects on the nature of humans and animals.
Available as an audio book
This is Not a Ghost Story - by Andrea Portes
Nothing is as it seems in this chilling, twisting tale. Rife with dark humour and chilling twists, This Is Not a Ghost Story is American Horror Story meets There’s Someone Inside Your House. It will have readers flipping back to the very first page after the shocking finale. I am not welcome. Somehow, I know that. Something doesn’t want me here. Daffodil Franklin has plans for a quiet summer before her freshman year at college, and luckily, she’s found the job that can give her just that: housesitting a mansion for a wealthy couple. But as the summer progresses and shadows lengthen, Daffodil comes to realize the house is more than it appears. The spacious home seems to close in on her, and as she takes the long road into town, she feels eyes on her the entire way, and something tugging her back. What Daffodil doesn’t yet realize is that her job comes with a steep price. The house has a long-ago grudge it needs to settle . . . and Daffodil is the key to settling it.
Available on the eplatform
Junk Boy by Tony Abbott
Junk. That’s what the kids at school call Bobby Lang, mostly because his rundown house looks like a junkyard, but also because they want to put him down. Trying desperately to live under the radar at school-and at the home he shares with his angry, neglectful father-Bobby develops a sort of proud loneliness. The only buffer between him and the uncaring world is his love of the long, wooded trail between school and home. Life grinds along quietly and hopelessly for Bobby until he meets Rachel. Rachel is an artist who sees him in a way no one ever has.
LIBRARY NEWSLETTER
The latest newsletter is bursting with book reviews, what's new on the eplatform, instructions for access & use of the eplatform and the new changes to our library.
You can download the newsletter via the link below:
READER'S LADDER
First place winners Wilsin and Mariam receive their book pack prize.