Today was a very special day at St Thomas Aquinas Secondary. We were lucky to have author Damien Love in to talk to us about his new book as part of Glasgow’s Wee Write! Festival. We took the opportunity to have a transitions event, and invited all of our feeder primary schools to attend. Nearly 190 P7s and around 20 of our S1s packed the social area!

Damien talked most about his debut novel, Monstrous Devices:

On a winter’s day in a British town, twelve-year-old Alex receives a package in the mail: an old tin robot from his grandfather. “This one is special,” says the enclosed note, and when strange events start occurring around him, Alex suspects this small toy is more than special; it might be deadly.

Right as things get out of hand, Alex’s grandfather arrives, pulling him away from an attack–and his otherwise humdrum world of friends, bullies, and homework–and into the macabre magic of an ancient family feud. Together, the duo flees across snowy Europe, unravelling the riddle of the little robot while trying to outwit relentless assassins of the human and mechanical kind. (From Goodreads)

Our S1s were absolutely captivated and I hope it was an enriching experience for the P7s as well.