refugee boy by benjamin zephaniah

I found this book very interesting, giving an insight of refugees coming to our country how they coped and how they were treated, made me ashamed of how some people treat refugees.
A paragraph in the book stood out for me, he says Things are very hard for me, look at me, look at all the things I am capable of.Think of the things you can call me ,a student,lover of literature, a budding architect, a friend a symbol of hope even,but what am I called a refugee.

Get Together

Hi All

Don't forget there's a get together for all bloggers on Thursday 4th December - 7pm at the Adult Learning Centre. It's a chance to chat about how it's gone so far and have a mince pie or two...

See you there

Jenny

New Blogs

Well done to Linsey and Graham for getting their first blogs posted. Graham, your book sounded pretty gripping.

Like Linsey, I read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and I too found that once I got started, I had to keep on reading it. The book is set in Auschwitz, during the Second World War and manages to deal with sad and shocking happenings with gentle humour. The story focuses on the relationship between the two boys who, in more ways than one, are from very different sides of the fence.

The end is startling and kept me thinking long after I had finished reading.

Hopefully we can get a couple of copies in the Adult Learning Centre collection soon.

The boy in the striped pyjamas by John Boyne

This story is set in Germany, and is about a 9 yr old boy and his family, they move home suddenly to an isolated part, where he has no friends... until he meets another little boy, the thing being, that his friend lives on the other side of the fence.
You may have heard of this book, it was made into a film recently, so i don't want to say much else, but i did feel the ending was far too sad for my liking.
This story was funny and sad at times, but definitely a good read, once i got into it i couldn't put it down.

DEADLINE BY SIMON KERNICK

Sorry its been a while trouble with my laptop.

This is a good to read if you like murder; mystery and you are kept in the dark all the way throw the book.This book is about a woman,s daughter who gets kidnapped and held for ransom. It also gives a story about each corrector in this book.It keeps you guessing throw the hole book who the kidnapper or kidnappers are. This is my first big book about 500 pages.If you would like to read this book just let me know as it is my own book.

Your choice and Drop - in session

Hi All,

Remember to post your choice of genres for the two books we will be reading as a group. The Poetry Evening was a great success and we now have copies of Mark Thomson's book in the Adult Learning Centre. Let me know if you want to borrow it.

There will be a drop - in session on Thursday 27/11 at the Adult Learning Centre 7 - 9 p.m. if anyone needs help with blogging, or advice on writing book reviews. If you know of anyone who would like to join the Blog Group, they are welcome to come along on the 27th to get signed up.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Marion P.

Star Sullivan

Over the last week i have been reading a book called Star Sullivan. The book was written by Maeve Binchy. The book is part of the quick read collection. The quick read collection is short books with many different storylines, many of which i have enjoyed reading

I enjoyed reading this book as it had text that was easy to read and the language was plain and easy to understand. The story i felt could have lasted longer, it would have been nice to see if Star Sullivan got the man of her dreams.

The story was about Oona 'Star' Sullivan who was given the name Star because she was no trouble at all and she was always smiling. As the story goes on you learn a lot more about Star and her family. You learn things such as her dad is a gambler and her brother is a criminal but Star is always there to help and make things better. One day a nice young boy called Laddy moves in next door and Star falls in love only to get her heart broken. After starting work at the local supermarket tyo help bring money into the house, Star discovered that dhe had an admirer but after two disastorous dates they realized that irt was not meant to be . Could this family have a happy ending? Well! You will need to read the book to find out.

I would recomend this book to anyone and would give it a star rating of four and a half. Enjoy your reading as i think it was a fantastic read.