Warrior Cats

Erin Hunter is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! Her books are about clans of cats, and the hardships they suffer due to humans and natural disasters. There are four clans. These are- Thunderclan (Fierce and brave), Windclan (Swift and loyal), Riverclan (Sleek and strong) and Shadowclan (Wily and proud). This is a fantastic series, our personal favourites are 'A Dangerous Path' and 'The Darkest Hour'.

Unhooking the Moon wins Booktrust Teenage Prize!

Meet the Rat: A dancing, football-playing gangster-baiting ten-year-old. When she foresaw her father's death, she picked up her football and decided to head for New York. Meet her older brother Bob: Protector of the Rat, but more often her follower, he is determined to find their uncle in America and discover a new life for them both. On their adventures across the flatlands of Winnipeg and through the exciting streets of New York, Bob and the Rat make friends with a hilarious con man and a famous rap star, and escape numerous dangers. But is their Uncle a rich business man, or is the word on the street, that he something more sinister, true? And will they ever find him? Hughes has created a funny, warm, unique world that lives and breathes. (Blurb taken from http://www.amazon.co.uk/)

Booktrust Teenage Prize

The Booktrust Teenage Prize will be announced later today. All the books are on display in the library - or at least they will be after we've finished the display at lunchtime. 

National Poetry Day

Today, Thursday 7th October, is National Poetry Day and this year the theme is Home.

There are poems on the walls all around the school - see how many you can find.

The Cry of the Icemark

The Cry of the Icemark is a book by Stuart Hill. In the book is a young, warrior princess called Thirrin. She has to lead her Kingdom to war after her father died in a battle. She makes friends with Oskan the witch's son. Oskans help with the war she would not be able to the battles making allies.

Glee: The Beginning

We've all either seen the show or heard the music, but now you can find out what life at McKinley High was like before New Directions in this amazing novel! In this brilliant story, you find out about all your favourite characters before they were bonded by Glee Club, and you also find out some very interesting things...

Who was in the original club before Mr Schuester took over? What was it like when Mike, Matt, Finn and Puck were 'just random football players'? And when Santana, Brittany and Quinn were just a few scheming cheerleaders? And everyone else was just a loser? Also, you find out the events of the club's first Invitationals, and learn that some characters weren't as nice as they are now... A must for all  Gleeks!

Quiet time

The Library blog is quiet this week, because our blog adminstrator is on work experience - there will be new book reviews next week.

Queen of Teen

Cathy Cassidy has been crowned this year's Queen of Teen - here she is looking very pink and glittery. Cathy's books are just the thing if you want something girly to relax with, and the library has (nearly) all of them.

On her website she promises that she will wear her crown while she writes her next book. You can read her blog about it here.

Also, you can make cupcakes to share - mine are chocolate and have strawberry icing with smarties on top.






 Cathy's latest book is called Cherry Crush, and is the start of a new series called The Chocolate Box Girls.

Furnace book 2- Solitary

Book 2 is about the escape of the furnace and they said it was impossible but Alex proved them wrong and showed those teacher's pets that there is a way to escape Hell and the furnace. This is a good book I personally would reccommend this book to people who love crime, horror and sci-fi.

Talking about sequels...

The second Gallagher Girl book is now in the Library - Gallagher Academy claims to be a school for geniuses, but is really a school for spies. Read all about it here... http://www.gallagheracademy.com/index.html ... and read the first two books in the series I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You and Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy.

Sequels

There's nothing better than finishing a really good book, and then finding out there's a sequel.
New in the Library this week is the sequel to Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver (an amazing book about werewolves) - Linger.

From the blurb -

In Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring out a way to survive into the future.

If you want to find out more about the wolves of Mercy Falls, or the author Maggie Stiefvater, her web site is here... http://www.maggiestiefvater.com/shiver/ .

The Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith

Furnace is about a boy who is framed for the murder of his best friend. It all starts with the boy (who is called Alex) starting to steal from people. The first victim of this is a boy whose dad is very rich and gives him 20 quid for lunch and this keeps going on and on until reality catches up with him and he is sent to a prison called Furnace. The boy, as bright as he is, finds a gap in a boarded up room and he plans a way to escape by blowing up gloves with a flammable gas and he blows a hole and well you will just have to read the book and find out what happens.

New books in the Library this week

Mortal Coil

Skulduggery Pleasant Mortal Coil, by Derek Landy is out today! The Library copy will be here on Monday and at the moment there is no waiting list...

While you're waiting, why not look at the Skulduggery Pleasant site, or check out the other books on the Library New Releases board?