Christmas is on the way! Need some inspiration for a festive read? Then see the blog each school day until we finish for a recommendation from Mrs Vaughan from NA Libraries Borrow Box eBooks and audio books service.
First suggestion is the book which is now a film “A Boy called
Christmas” by Matt Haig. It is a tale of adventure, snow, kidnapping, elves, more snow, and an eleven-year-old boy called Nikolas, who isn’t afraid to believe in magic.
Final recommendation before the holidays! Book is in storage for now, but you can read it online on Borrow Box from North Ayrshire Libraries. For more information see their website.
Recommended this week is When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle. A story set in 1940, and Joseph has been packed off to stay with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no great fondness for children. To Joseph’s
amazement, she owns the rundown city zoo where Joseph meets Adonis, a huge silverback gorilla. Adonis is ferociously strong and dangerous, but Joseph finds he has an affinity with the lonely beast. But when the bombs begin to fall, it is up to Joseph to guard Adonis’s cage should it be damaged by a blast. Will Joseph be ready to pull the trigger if it comes to it?
A tense story about the power of kindness and hope set against the second world war.
Great recommendation this week – one which will be available in the Library when it opens but available now on Borrow Box from North Ayrshire Libraries. For more information see their website.
Mrs Vaughan recommends a challenge! Mr Mingin by David
Walliams is translated into Scots by Matthew Fitt. It’s the story of Mr Stink retold in the Scots language and is a great challenge for you!
The story is about Chloe who sees Mr Mingin every day, but she’s never speaks to him. Which isn’t surprising, because he’s a tramp, and he stinks. But there’s more to Mr Mingin than meets the eye (or nose) and before she knows it, Chloe has an unusual new friend hiding in her garden shed.
A funny story but in Scots which will teach you some new words!
Recommendation of the week – the book is one you will see in the Library when it opens and is also available on Borrow Box from North Ayrshire Libraries. For more information see their website.
This week’s recommendation is Shadow by Michael Morpurgo. When Shadow, a bomb-sniffing spaniel, goes missing in the middle of
wartorn Afghanistan, his soldier-owner is devastated. Meanwhile, Shadow makes friends with a local Afghan boy, and sees a whole other side of the war. As Christmas draws ever closer, will Shadow and his trainer ever be reunited? A story of war and a dog’s relationship with humans.
A touching story for those who enjoy Michael Morpurgo, war stories or stories featuring animals.
Another week, another recommendation! Each book is available on Borrow Box from North Ayrshire Libraries and will be available when the Library is open. For more information see their website.
Mrs Vaughan recommends The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan, which is the first in the Trials of Apollo series. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disorientated, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus’s favour.
But Apollo has many enemies – gods, monsters and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go . . . an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.
A must read for all those who love Percy Jackson series or like reading adventure stories.
Mrs Vaughan recommends a book each week until the Library is open. Book is available on Borrow Box from North Ayrshire Libraries. For more information see their website.
This week’s recommendation is The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes. Nine is an orphan pickpocket determined to escape
her life in the Nest of a Thousand Treasures. When she steals a house-shaped ornament from a mysterious woman’s purse, she knocks on its tiny door and watches it grow into a huge, higgledy-piggeldy house. Inside she finds a host of magical and brilliantly funny characters, including Flabberghast – a young wizard who’s particularly competitive at hopscotch – and a hideous troll housekeeper who’s emotionally attached to his feather duster. They have been placed under an extraordinary spell, which they are desperate for Nine to break – and if she can, maybe they can offer her a new life in return.
Perfect for those who love fantasy with a huge dose of magic thrown in!
Mrs Vaughan can’t wait to get into the Library at Kilwinning Academy, and until then, there will be a book recommendation each week to whet your appetite!
All books are ones purchased for the Library and in storage for now. As you can’t get your hands on them, you can read them online on Borrow Box from North Ayrshire Libraries. For more information see their website.
This week’s recommendation is Happy Girl Lucky by Holly Smale. 
It’s the first in the Valentines series where sisters Hope, Faith and Mercy have everything: fame, success, money and beauty. But Hope is looking for love and finds out it is never like the movies. A funny, heart warming read for those who enjoy a dash of romance and drama.
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author of The Places I’ve Cried in Public, Are we all lemmings or snowflakes?, and What magic is this? among others. 
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