Stocktake 2020
This year’s Library stocktake will be starting on Tuesday 10th November. During this time the Library will be closed. The last day students can borrow will be Monday 2nd November. All students will need to have returned all of their Library loans no later than Friday 6th November. Any students who require a list of their loans need to speak to Mrs Comiskey or Mr Smith.
Returning of Media equipment
Students who still have Media equipment need to return them to the Library as soon as possible.
Year 12 Library Loans
Year 12 students will need to return all of their Library loans before they sign out of the College after the HSC exams. Students who have lost books will be invoiced for a replacement copy. Any students who require a list of their loans need to email Mrs Comiskey or Mr Smith at [email protected]
Awesome Aussie Author!
Fast Facts
Name: Lynette Noni
Born: 1985 in Outback Australia.
First novel: Arkane (Medoran Chronicles)
Latest novel: Weapon
Next novel: The Prison Healer (March 2021)
Random fact: Lynette’s inspiration to become a writer occurred while recovering for six months from an illness she caught while backpacking during her overseas gap year.
Mini Book Bites - see if a book is to your taste?
Akarnae (The Medoran Chronicles)
“Dreading her first day at a new school, Alex is stunned when she walks through a doorway and finds herself stranded in Medora, a fantasy world full of impossibilities. Desperate to return home, she learns that only a man named Professor Marselle can help her... but he's missing. While waiting for him to reappear, Alex attends Akarnae Academy, Medora's boarding school for teenagers with extraordinary gifts. She soon starts to enjoy her bizarre new world and the friends who embrace her as one of their own, but strange things are happening at Akarnae, and Alex can't ignore her fear that something unexpected... something sinister... is looming. An unwilling pawn in a deadly game, Alex's shoulders bear the crushing weight of an entire race's survival. Only she can save the Medorans, but what if doing so prevents her from ever returning home? Will Alex risk her entire world - and maybe even her life - to save Medora?”
‘Akarnae’ is the first novel in the ‘Medoran Chronicles’ series. Part Harry Potter, part ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ author Lynette Noni has created a wonderfully vibrant and unique fantasy world filled with memorable characters and fascinating creatures. Readers will love main protagonist Alex, and her two friends Bear and Jordan, their strong friendship and trust in one another through all dangers is a real highlight of the book.
Whisper
“Lengard is a secret government facility for extraordinary people,” they told me. I believed them. That was my mistake. There isn’t anyone else in the world like me. I’m different. I’m an anomaly. I’m a monster… For two years, six months, fourteen days, eleven hours and sixteen minutes, Subject Six-Eight-Four — ‘Jane Doe’ — has been locked away and experimented on, without uttering a single word. As Jane’s resolve begins to crack under the influence of her new — and unexpectedly kind — evaluator, she uncovers the truth about Lengard’s mysterious ‘program’, discovering that her own secret is at the heart of a sinister plot … and one wrong move, one wrong word, could change the world.”
‘Whisper’ is an exciting, fast paced, action packed story that will appeal to many readers. Part psychological thriller, part science fiction adventure and set in a wonderfully futuristic Sydney setting, author Lynette Noni has written a fantastic novel that fans of books like ‘Divergent’ and ‘The Hunger Games’ will love. With detailed character and world development and a strong relatable protagonist Jane Doe, this is a novel that will soon become a firm favourite. ‘Whisper’ is better suited for students in Years 9 to 12 as it does contain more mature themes and ideas.
Mrs Annette Comiskey & Mr Michael Smith
Senior Library Team
