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QOTD #1: Divergent

Tris left her old life behind to join a completely different faction. What was her old faction like? What do we know about Dauntless? Why do you think she chose Dauntless as her new home? What kind of problems has she encountered so far?

Leave your answers in the comments below!

By Ashley, ago

QOTD #1: The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane

Emmy is forced to leave her mother and attend boarding school and England, where she is then told she needs to join their Latin Society. After her first meeting, she decided she wanted to stick around because it would let her catch up on work. But she believes the teacher leading the Latin Society doesn’t want her around? Do you think that is true? What do we know so far about the Latin Society?

Leave your answer in the comments below!

By Ashley, ago

Paper Plate Sun Kit

The sun has been shining bright! Pick up your kids craft kit from the library today and make your own paper plate sun! All you need is glue.

Supplies:

  • Paper plate (painted yellow in kit)
  • Clothes pins (painted yellow in kit)
  • Colourful strips of construction paper
  • Glue (not included)

Music: “Adventure” from bensound.com

By Ashley, ago

The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel

Time for something a little different! Check out this week’s Kid’s Reading Club title, The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel!

The book can be downloaded as an ebook from Hoopla:

https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12325598

With a dad who disappeared years ago and a mother who’s a bit too busy to parent, Emmy is shipped off to Wellsworth, a prestigious boarding school in England, where she’s sure she won’t fit in.

But then she finds a box of mysterious medallions in the attic of her home—medallions that belonged to her father. Her father who may have gone to Wellsworth.

When she arrives at school, she finds the strange symbols from the medallions etched into walls and books, which leads Emmy and her new friends, Jack and Lola, to Wellsworth’s secret society: The Order of Black Hollow Lane. Emmy can’t help but think that the society had something to do with her dad’s disappearance, and that there may be more than just dark secrets in the halls of Wellsworth…

Check the blog on Tuesday for the first question!

By Ashley, ago

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Veronicaa Roth recently published her first adult novel! In celebration of her new book, we’re going to be reading Divergent!

Download the book as an ebook from Hoopla:

https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13097076

One choice can transform you. Pass initiation. Do not fail!

Thrilling urban dystopian fiction debut from exciting young author. In sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior’s world, society is divided into five factions — Abnegation (the selfless), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent) — each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue, in the attempt to form a “perfect society.” At the age of sixteen, teens must choose the faction to which they will devote their lives. On her Choosing Day, Beatrice renames herself Tris, rejects her family’s group, and chooses another faction. After surviving a brutal initiation, Tris finds romance with a super-hot boy, but also discovers unrest and growing conflict in their seemingly “perfect society.” To survive and save those they love, they must use their strengths to uncover the truths about their identities, their families, and the order of their society itself.

Check the blog on Tuesday for the first question!

By Ashley, ago