In this Word from the Library entry, our expert librarian guides you through some of the best Young Adult fiction around: In the 1980s and 90s, a teenager’s world revolved around two books: Forever by Judy Blume, a tale of first love, sex and heartbreak and Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews, a gothicContinue reading “WFTL: Young Adult Fiction”
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WFTL: Reading is for Adults too!
In this Word from the Library entry, Ms. Lantz reviews a detective story for adults: Big Sky by Kate Atkinson. “Old secrets and new lies intersect in this breathtaking crime novel, at once both sharply funny and achingly sad.” Author: Kate Atkinson Published: June 2019 Genre: Crime/detective fiction Publisher: Doubleday Jackson Brodie has relocated toContinue reading “WFTL: Reading is for Adults too!”
WFTL: The Carnegie Award Review
In a special bonus entry, Ms Lantz has reviewed all 8 of the shortlisted book in 2020 Carnegie Award. See below for the Word from the Library on each of this year’s potential winners: The Black Flamingo – Dean Atta Michael, a British boy of Greek Cypriot and Jamaican descent, feels trapped between black andContinue reading “WFTL: The Carnegie Award Review”
WFTL: The Carnegie Award
In the first of her fortnightly Word from the Library blogs Ms Lantz, our wonderful librarian, will be giving you the latest information from the Montsaye Academy Library. First up, a overview of the 2020 Carnegie Award shortlist: “This year’s theme could not be more relevant. In this period of uncertainty, books that demonstrate charactersContinue reading “WFTL: The Carnegie Award”
Montsaye - Celebrating Creative Writing 