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REVIEW: ‘Slates’ trilogy
The ‘Slated’ trilogy was written by Terri Terry. In a world where all people who make mistakes that don’t appear silly or accidental to the Governement have their memories wiped, slated, cleaned of all memories of family, friends and occasions, everybody is under surveillance. Kyla woke up one day, in the hospital bed. She stayed there for a couple of weeks, adapting to her new personality
REVIEW: ‘Children of Icarus’ by Caighlan Smith
Daniel Ingyang In the town where they worship Icarus, everyone is taught that the gods were jealous of the angels, and so captured all of them but one who they missed, Icarus. So, the gods decided to trick Icarus into flying into the Sun so his wings would catch fire and he would fall to his death. Icarus fell for the god’s cruel trap, and would’ve
Book review: ‘Matched’
Robyn Bolger | Reporter The ‘Matched’ series by Ally Condie is about a world that is run by the ‘Society’. Nobody knows how to write, everything is done through a computer. Everybody knows only what the Society wants them to know. There are certain pills that each person has to take when commanded to. The green pill to keep calm, blue to survive in emergencies and
What happened when we went to the Edinburgh Book Festival?
Sophie Nicholl and Emma Harris | On Thursday the 24th of August, a group of St Andrew’s and St Bride’s pupils had a wonderful day at the Edinburgh Book Festival, meeting authors Elizabeth Wein, Patrice Laurence and Gary Garret. Even more exciting for the students, they were all given the opportunity to get books signed.
What is the FM’s Reading Challenge?
Rio Jordan with Niamh McGroarty | The First Minister’s Reading Challenge was introduced to primary pupils throughout Scotland last year, with the aim of the programme being to encourage children to read for pleasure.
EXCLUSIVE: First Minister Interview
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited St Andrew’s and St Bride’s on Monday 21st August 2017. As part of her visit, to celebrate the launch of the First Minister’s Reading Challenge in the secondary sector, Sturgeon sat down with Nicola Gray and Jack Mitchell-Divers from The Oystercatcher for a grilling about books, reading and politics.
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