Quote of the week

"When a monster stopped behaving like a monster, did it stop being a monster? Did it become something else?"

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Book Trailer: Young Elites

Young Elites by Marie Lu

I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside.

Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination, ruining their family’s good name and standing in the way of their fortune. But some of the fever’s survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars—they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites.

Teren Santoro works for the king. As Leader of the Inquisition Axis, it is his job to seek out the Young Elites, to destroy them before they destroy the nation. He believes the Young Elites to be dangerous and vengeful, but it’s Teren who may possess the darkest secret of all. 

Enzo Valenciano is a member of the Dagger Society. This secret sect of Young Elites seeks out others like them before the Inquisition Axis can. But when the Daggers find Adelina, they discover someone with powers like they’ve never seen. 

Adelina wants to believe Enzo is on her side, and that Teren is the true enemy. But the lives of these three will collide in unexpected ways, as each fights a very different and personal battle. But of one thing they are all certain: Adelina has abilities that shouldn’t belong in this world. A vengeful blackness in her heart. And a desire to destroy all who dare to cross her.

It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.

[Blurb from Goodreads.com]

Winners!

This week we had 5 student who correctly answered EVERY question on the quiz. The winners are...

Eva Kilpatrick
Noah Gullan
Parker Janetzki
Matthew Ruiter
Martina Gulino

You will need to come to the ILC to collect your prizes.

Congratulations to the other students who had a go. Better luck next week!

Check out the blog again next week for a new competition and a chance to win!


For those who are curious the correct answers were:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Christ the Redeemer)

Flinders Street Station, Melbourne

Victoria (The Twelve Apostles)

San Francisco, California (The Golden Gate Bridge)

Paris, France (Arc De Triomphe)

India (Taj Mahal)

Machu Picchu (Peru)

The Parthenon (Athens, Greece)

Northern Territory (Kata Tjuta, previously called The Olgas)

Canberra (The Australian War Memorial)

Quote of the week

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken"

- Oscar Wilde

Feast Day of Saint Ignatius

Although the official Feast Day of Saint Ignatius of Loyola is on the 31st of July, we will be celebrating as a college next Tuesday.

To get in the mood, check out this rap video for a quick reminder of who our patron saint is, and what was significant about his life:

Competition: Famous Places

This fortnight's competition is all about famous places around the world. The person who correctly answers the most questions will win the prize.

How well do you know the icons of the world?

Go to the competition

Entries close on Friday 22nd of July.

Winners announced Monday 25th of July.

Quote of the week

"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life."

- John Lennon

Book Trailer: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender. Ava—in all other ways a normal girl—is born with the wings of a bird.

In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, sixteen-year old Ava ventures into the wider world, ill-prepared for what she might discover and naïve to the twisted motives of others. Others like the pious Nathaniel Sorrows, who mistakes Ava for an angel and whose obsession with her grows until the night of the Summer Solstice celebration.


That night, the skies open up, rain and feathers fill the air, and Ava’s quest and her family’s saga build to a devastating crescendo.
[Blurb from Goodreads.com]

Winners!

This week we had 4 student who correctly answered EVERY question on the quiz. The winners are...

Bernadette Nitz
Lucinda Baranowski
Zoe Summerfield
Paddy Gleeson

You will need to come to the ILC to collect your prizes.

Congratulations to the other students who had a go. Better luck next week!

Check out the blog again next week for a new competition and a chance to win!


For those who were curious the correct answers were:

Native Americans invented which team sport? Lacrosse
Which sport does the lead character of The Hunger Games use to impress the judges? Archery
Which is NOT an official ballroom dance? Slowstep (Rumba, Foxtrot and Quickstep are all official dances)
With 15,921 runs, which international cricketer holds the record for the most Test runs? Sachin Tendulka
True or False: Tug of War was once an Olympic sport: True
In ALF history, how many players have won 3 Brownlow medal awards? (the most won by any individual): Four 
At 9.58 seconds, Usain Bold holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 metre sprint. Which sprinter holds the female record with 10.49 seconds? Florence Griffith-Joyner
Which 2 male tennis players have the most Wimbledon singles titles, seven each? Pete Sampras and Roger Federer
Retired Australian thoroughbred racehorse, Black Caviar, was undefeated in how many races? 25

Quote of the Week

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

- Maya Angelou

Now in the Cinema: The BFG

The BFG by Roald Dahl

Well loved by generations of children (and adults), the BFG has just been made into a movie.

Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater, the Bonecruncher, or any of the other giants-rather than the BFG-she would have soon become breakfast.

When Sophie hears that they are flush-bunking off in England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her! [blurb by Goodreads.com]