A team of Nga Tawa students were the runners up of the Jimmy Carter Quiz held by the Manawatu Lions Club this week. The quiz involved answering 35 questions and building an Apollo Lunar model. The Nga Tawa team was the fastest to construct the model, proving girls can do anything as good as their male counterparts.
Curious about why it is called the Jimmy Carter Quiz, the answer is on the yellow poster. Visit the library to view the great job the girls have made of the lunar model.
Well done Shannon, Victoria, Bridget, Tamaira, and Phoebe.
A novel for anyone who wants to fight for love, and against injustice.
When Michael meets Mina, they are at a rally for refugees - standing on opposites sides. Mina fled Afghanistan with her mother via a refugee camp, a leaky boat and a detention centre. Michael's parents have founded a new political party called Aussie Values.
To learn more about this book, listen to Aprilus Maximus' review in following video.
In the video above, Victoria Aveyard tells you why you should read Glass Sword.
This novel is a sequel to Red Queen. Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat. Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever? (Hatchette Books)
An unforgettable story of friendship, self-belief and love. Amber, Maali, Sky and Rose are not like everyone else and they don't want to be. Becoming friends gives them the courage to be themselves. (Walker Books)
Average rating is 4 1/2 stars at Good Reads. Go to Good Reads for reviews.
Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed wiped out his parents and most of his community, Finn has lived alone with only his loyal dog Rowdy for company. But Finn's isolation is shattered when a girl runs onto the beach. Rose is a Siley - an asylum seeker - and she has escaped from the dangerous gang known as Rampage. (Text Publishing)
This is an unforgettable novel about survival, honour, friendship and love. A 4 star rating at Good Reads.
When a new family moves in next door, it takes Anna just two days to realise something is very wrong. She can hear their five year old daughter Charlie crying, then sees injuries on the little girl which cannot be ignored. Anna reports the family to the police and social services but no one comes to Charlie's aid. So when Charlie comes to her door asking for help, the only thing Anna can think to do is take the girl and run. (PanMacMillan)
Read why others have rated this book 4 stars at Good Reads.
They were among many farmers in the country who were told they had to leave their properties behind, including their animals.
But Pat Retzlaff refused to leave their horses, taking the herd on the family’s travels to find safe haven. Word soon spread among other dispossessed farmers that the Retzlaffs were “saving” their own horses, and they were easily coaxed into taking more in. The herd soon grew to 104.(Radio NZ)
This song has been chosen as the official Te Reo Māori song to support our Olympic athletes at Rio. It ties in with the theme for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, 'ākina te reo - behind you all the way'. You will recognize at least one of the Māori sayings that you were taught to say when encouraging a team. See if you can pick it out. There are lots of others in the video you could learn as well.
Meet Max - it's 1936, Bavaria, and he's still a foetus inside his blonde, blue-eyed mother. Utterly indoctrinated in the Nazi ideology, he will address you, tell you his story until 1945 - his destiny as an exceptional being, the prototype of the 'Lesbensborn' program, designed to produce the perfect specimens of the Aryan race to regenerate the Reich. When Max meets Lukas, a young Polish boy who resembles him but who rebels against the Nazi system, cracks start to appear in Max's convictions. (Back cover)
Paul Diamond provides an interesting review of this book in a radio interview at Radio New Zealand.
When environmental scientist Laura Alvarado is sent to a remote Antarctic island to report on an abandoned whaling station, she begins to uncover more that she could ever imagine.
This novel rates very well on Good Reads click on the link to read reviews about this tense, eerie thriller.
Heading off on tour with the hottest band in the world, Nina's ready for tantrums, paparazzi and drama - but soon discovers there's more to The Point than just guitars and girls... (Back cover)
Sophia Bennett, the author talks a little about her novel in the following video.
Need any more convincing? Read an extract of the book here.
The library committee has organised for you to take a chance on a blind date with a book. Choose your date from the selection on display and issue it to yourself. To go into the draw for the pamper pack (below) use the bookmark inside your 'date' to rate your reading experience. Write your name on the back of the bookmark and place it in the box in the library. Prize draw will be done on Monday 20th June.
