Books week quiz #2

Treasure in Literature

House points are still up for grabs: 5 points will be awarded to the winner of the quiz, and 1 point for everyone else that enters the quiz. At the end of the year the final tallies will be sent to Mr Philp for inclusion in the House Cup tally.

Go to the quiz

Challenge your friends, support your house, go for glory - see who gets the most questions right!!

Results and winners will be announced Monday 27th of August.

Book Week Quiz #1

Treasure in the Movies

House points are still up for grabs: 5 points will be awarded to the winner of the quiz, and 1 point for everyone else that enters the quiz. At the end of the year the final tallies will be sent to Mr Philp for inclusion in the House Cup tally.

Go to the quiz

Challenge your friends, support your house, go for glory - see who gets the most questions right!!

Results and winners will be announced Monday 27th of August.

Book Week quiz winners!

Quiz #1 - Escape to Everywhere
We had one student who was able to correctly identify all 11 locations.

Congratulations...

Eva Kilpatrick (8 Xavier)

Quiz #2 - Pretty Little Liars
This quiz was the hardest quiz of the week, with six students getting 7 out of 10 questions right.

Congratulations...

Alisha Jones (7 Miki)
Mimosa Gillespie (7 Miki)
Ella Ball (7 Miki)
Olivia Ball (7 Ward)
Janelle Nichols (7 Miki)
Paddy Gleeson (9 Regis)

Quiz #3 - CHERUB
Another hard quiz, with one student getting 8 out of 10 questions right.

Congratulations...

Ned Poynder (7 Borgia)

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!

CHERUB - Book Week quiz #3

This week is Book Week - to celebrate, the ILC will be running 3 quizzes, so check the blog posts from this week if you have missed one.

Yummy prizes will be awarded to the student/s with the most correct answers*.

Go to the competition

Entries close on Tuesday 29th of August.

Winners announced here on Wednesday 30th August.

*The number of prizes awarded for each competition may be limited at the library's discretion.

Children's Book of the Year Award - Honour listed books

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

This is a love story.
It's the story of Howling Books, where readers write letters to strangers, to lovers, to poets.It's the story of Henry Jones and Rachel Sweetie. They were best friends once, before Rachel moved to the sea.
Now, she's back, working at the bookstore, grieving for her brother Cal and looking for the future in the books people love, and the words they leave behind. [Blurb from goodreads.com]




Mrs Kelleher and Mrs Stephenson both rate this read:

The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon

Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention centre after his mother fled the violence of a distant homeland, life behind the fences is all he has ever known. But as he grows, his imagination gets bigger too, until it is bursting at the limits of his world. The night sea brings him gifts, the faraway whales sing to him, and the birds tell their stories.

The most vivid story of all, however, is the one that arrives one night in the form of Jimmie, a scruffy, impatient girl who appears from the other side of the wires, and brings a notebook written by the mother she lost. Unable to read it, she relies on Subhi to unravel her own family's love songs and tragedies.
Subhi and Jimmie might both find a way to freedom, as their tales unfold. But not until each of them has been braver than ever before.
[Blurb from goodreads.com]

Mrs Kelleher and Mrs Stephenson both rate this read:

Pretty Little Liars - Book Week quiz #2

This week is Book Week - to celebrate, the ILC will be running 3 quizzes, so check back during the week for additional chances to play.

Yummy prizes will be awarded to the student/s with the most correct answers*.

Go to the competition

Entries close on Tuesday 29th of August.

Winners announced here on Wednesday 30th August.

*The number of prizes awarded for each competition may be limited at the library's discretion.

Children's Book of the Year - Winner

One Would Think The Deep by Claire Zorn

It’s 1997 and seventeen-year-old Sam is mourning the sudden loss of his mum …

Sam has always had things going on in his head that no one else understands, even his mum. And now she’s dead, it’s worse than ever. 

With nothing but his skateboard and a few belongings in a garbage bag, Sam goes to live with the strangers his mum cut ties with seven years ago: Aunty Lorraine and his cousins Shane and Minty. 

Despite the suspicion and hostility emanating from their fibro shack, Sam reverts to his childhood habit of following Minty around and is soon surfing with Minty to cut through the static fuzz in his head. But as the days slowly meld into one another, and ghosts from the past reappear, Sam has to make the ultimate decision … will he sink or will he swim. 

[Blurb from insideadog.com.au]

Mrs Kelleher rates this read:

This book is also on the Short List for the Inky Awards!

Escape to Everywhere - Book Week quiz #1

This week is Book Week - to celebrate, the ILC will be running 3 quizzes, so check back during the week for additional chances to play.

Yummy prizes will be awarded to the student/s with the most correct answers*.

Go to the competition

Entries close on Friday 25th of August.

Winners announced here on Monday 28th August.

*The number of prizes awarded for each competition may be limited at the library's discretion.

Winners of the Book Week quiz #3

The winners are...

Luke Lawson
Caine Gale
Isaac Carpenter

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:

Q1. What was the name of the monster in Frankenstein? 

  A. It didn't have a name

Q2. Dracula was a:

  A. Vampire

Q3. What is the first book in Charlie Higson’s zombie series?

  A. The Enemy

Q4. Dr Jekyll's alter ego is called:

  A. Mr Hyde

Q5. Who wrote the Fear Street series

  A. RL Stein

Q6. Which famous crime author created the characters Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot?

  A. Agatha Christie

Q7. Which of Miss Peregrine's peculiar children can control fire?

  A. Emma Bloom

Q8. Which Opera House does the Phantom of the Opera haunt?

  A. Palais Garnier, Paris

Q9. In 'World War Z' by Max Brooks what is the period of time called during which the plague spreads and world order starts collapsing?

  A. The Great Panic

Q10. Coraline's 'Other Mother' and 'Other Father' have what for eyes?

  A. Buttons

Winners of Book Week quiz #2

The winners are...

Elliot Crowther
Tom Smith (8 Campion)
Caine Gale
Isabella Kelly
Abigail Valentine-Rawlins
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:

Q1. I am the first person narrator of my book. I am a boy at an American middle school. I keep a journal about my brothers Rodrick and Manny, video games, schoolwork and chores. I can be lazy, selfish and dishonest, but often show moments of being kind and caring. Who am I?
A. Gregory Heffley from  A Diary of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Q2. I am a girl who comes from a poor coal-mining district in the dystopian nation of Panem. I am very skilled in hunting and archery.  I took the place of my younger sister in a televised fight to the death competition. Who am I?
A. Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Q3. I am a demigod, the son of a mortal and the Greek god Poseidon. My powers include controlling water and making hurricanes. I can read Ancient Greek. Over time I become an accomplished sword-fighter, and work well as a leader. Who am I?
A. Percy Jackson from the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan

Q4. I am the oldest of three siblings. I am a young inventor who ties my hair up with a ribbon when I have a good idea. I am very strong-willed. I will inherit a large fortune when I reaches eighteen. Who am I?
A. Violet Baudelaire from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett

Q5. I am a barn spider who lives on lives on a web overlooking a piglet's enclosure on a farm. I weave words into my web in an attempt to try and save the piglet, Wilbur, from slaughter. Who am I?
A. Charlotte from Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Q6. We are two identical twins who couldn't be more different; one of us is loud, outgoing and wild, and the other is shy, quiet and kind. Each of us takes it in turn to narrate the story, telling our lives in an accounts book. Who am I?
A. Ruby and Garnet from Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson

Q7. A vampire with the physical body of a seventeen-year-old, but who is actually over 100 years old. His skin is very pale and sparkles in the sunlight, and possess superhuman stamina, senses, mentality and agility.
A. Edward Cullen from Stephanie Meyers' Twilight series

Q8. An ordinary boy-mad teenage girl, who lives with her mum, dad, sister Libby and crazy cat. Telling her story through her diary, this character desperately fancies the "Sex-God" Robbie, and tries to win him over along with the help of her close group of friends also known as 'the Ace Gang'.
A. Georgia Nicolson from Louise Rennison's Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series

Q9. A talking big cat, who is wise, compassionate and has magical authority. Although he is gentle and has a loving nature, he is very strong and capable of being frightening. He serves as a guardian to the children who visit his kingdom.
A. Aslan from C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia

Q10. A redheaded pure-blood wizard, the sixth son of Arthur and Molly. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and was sorted into Gryffindor house.
A. Ron Weasley from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

Winners of Book Week quiz #1

The winners are...

Izaak Gillies
Jared Leo
Caine Gale
Phoebe Humphrey
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:

Paddington Bear from A Bear Called Paddington

Lucius Malfoy from the Harry Potter Series

Finnick Odair from Catching Fire
(Hunger Games series)
NB: Finnick did not appear in The Hunger Games (book 1)

Anne Frank from The Diary of a Young Girl
(The Diary of Anne Frank)

Lee Takkam from the Tomorrow When the War Began series

Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Hazel Grace Lancaster from Fault in Our Stars

Red Dog from Red Dog

Sherlock Holmes from The Hound of the Baskervilles
(or any of the Sherlock Holmes books by Arthur Conan Doyle)

Hanna Marin from Flawless (Pretty Little Liars series)

Long John Silver from Treasure Island

Mark Watney from The Martian

Word Wall Winners

Individual Competition - Longest Word

Congratulations to the following students who all came up with 13 letter words:

Joel Mahoney (11 Denn)

Isabella Mallia (10 Mores)

Mackinley Collins (10 Andres)

Kasey Markovic (10 Kostka)

Brogan Cooper (10 Andres)

Cody Beckley (9 Arrupe)

James Reilly (9 Arrupe)

Jaxon Connor (9 Arrupe)

Please come to the ILC to collect your prizes.

The long words found were: Structuralist, Astronautical, Autocatalysis and Auscultations.

Year Level Competition - Most Words

Congratulations to the Year 8s who won the Word Wall Year Level competition with a grand total of 443 words.
Year 7s were not so very far behind with a fantastic 376 words.
A special mention needs to be made for 9 Arrupe who produced a 154 words on Friday afternoon bringing the Year 9 total to 163 words.
Year 11 came in with 182 words, Year 10 with 174 words and Year 12 with 70 words.

The Horror of Reading (last quiz for Book week)

You have spent all week being told about the joys of reading. So now it is time to celebrate the horrors - well, the Horror genre. From classic gothic to modern horror writers. How well do you know the things that go bump in the night?

Go to the competition

Entries close on Tuesday 30th of August.


Winners announced Wednesday 31st of August.

Book Week quiz (second of three)

The second quiz for Book Week is also celebrating book characters that most of you will recognise. This time the questions will be Who Am I descriptions.

Can you name these book characters and the books they came from? Questions are multiple choice.

Go to the competition

Entries close on Friday 26th of August.


Winners announced Monday 29th of August.

Book week quiz (first of three)

This week's quick is celebrating the characters from books that have made an impact on our lives (well, some of them probably have anyway!).

Whether you have read the books, seen the movies or just seen pictures on the internet. Can you name these book characters and the books they came from?

Go to the competition

Entries close on Friday 26th of August.


Winners announced Monday 29th of August.

Book Week is Coming...

In 2 weeks' time it will be Book Week.

That means there will be activities in the ILC, and there will be not just one, but three quizzes for you to enter, all with chocolate prizes for the winners!

Book Week is also the time when we find out who are the winners of the Children's Book of the Year Awards.

So, what books have been short listed? Who do you think will win the prize for the book for older readers?

Freedom Ride by Sue Lawson

Robbie knows bad things happen in Walgaree. But it’s nothing to do with him. That’s just the way the Aborigines have always been treated. In the summer of 1965 racial tensions in the town are at boiling point, and something headed Walgaree’s way will blow things apart. It’s time for Robbie to take a stand. Nothing will ever be the same. [Blurb from Goodreads.com]

Cloudwish by Fiona Wood

For Vân Uoc Phan, fantasies fall into two categories: nourishing, or pointless. Daydreaming about Billy Gardiner, for example? Pointless. It always left her feeling sick, as though she'd eaten too much sugar.

Vân Uoc doesn't believe in fairies, zombies, vampires, Father Christmas - or magic wishes. She believes in keeping a low profile: real life will start when school finishes.

But when she attracts the attention of Billy Gardiner, she finds herself in an unwelcome spotlight. [Blurb from Goodreads.com]

A Single Stone by Meg McKinlay

Every girl dreams of being part of the line—the chosen seven who tunnel deep into the mountain to find the harvest. No work is more important.

Jena is the leader of the line—strong, respected, reliable. And—as all girls must be—she is small; years of training have seen to that. It is not always easy but it is the way of things. And so a girl must wrap her limbs, lie still, deny herself a second bowl of stew. Or a first.

But what happens when one tiny discovery makes Jena question the world she knows? What happens when moving a single stone changes everything? [Blurb from Goodreads.com]

Inbetween Days by Vikki Wakefield

At seventeen, Jacklin Bates is all grown up. She’s dropped out of school. She’s living with her runaway sister, Trudy, and she’s in secret, obsessive love with Luke, who doesn’t love her back. She’s stuck in Mobius—a dying town with the macabre suicide forest its only attraction—stuck working in the roadhouse and babysitting her boss’s demented father.

A stranger sets up camp in the forest and the boy next door returns; Jack’s father moves into the shed and her mother steps up her campaign to punish Jack for leaving, too. Trudy’s brilliant façade is cracking and Jack’s only friend, Astrid, has done something unforgivable.

Jack is losing everything, including her mind. As she struggles to hold onto the life she thought she wanted, Jack learns that growing up is complicated—and love might be the biggest mystery of all. [Blurb from Goodreads.com]

The Flywheel by Erin Gough

Seventeen-year-old Del drops out of high school when her romance with another girl goes horribly wrong. Preferring chaos to bullying, Del makes it her mission to save her dad's crumbling café, the Flywheel, while he 'finds himself' overseas.

Accompanied by her charming troublemaker best friend Charlie, Del sets out to save the cafe, keep Charlie out of prison, and maybe get a date with Rosa, the beautiful flamenco dancer from across the road. But when life is messy enough as it is, can girl-on-girl romance ever have a happy ending?

This hilarious and accident-prone novel is about how to be heartbroken and how to fall in love; about rising above high-school drama and wrestling with problems that are (almost) too big. It speaks directly to teens and assures them that they’re not alone, and does it all with an abundance of heart. [Blurb from Goodreads.com]

The Pause by John Larkin

Declan seems to have it all: a family that loves him, friends he’s known for years, a beautiful girlfriend he would go to the ends of the earth for. 

But there’s something in Declan’s past that just won’t go away, that pokes and scratches at his thoughts when he’s at his most vulnerable. Declan feels as if nothing will take away that pain that he has buried deep inside for so long. So he makes the only decision he thinks he has left: the decision to end it all. 
Or does he? As the train approaches and Declan teeters at the edge of the platform, two versions of his life are revealed. In one, Declan watches as his body is destroyed and the lives of those who loved him unravel. In the other, Declan pauses before he jumps. And this makes all the difference.

One moment. One pause. One whole new life.  [Blurb from Goodreads.com]