
Summer Holiday Reads
Years 9 -12 - Term 4 2022
In this issue...
- Bubbles Recommends!
- Fantastic new and popular books for Summer and Christmas!
- eBooks and eAudiobooks
- ClickView
- Cre8 Lab workshops in Term 1 2023
- What's on at Brisbane Libraries: Literary events and opportunities
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Aim to read 20 minutes every day!
Reading
Bubbles Recommends!
Remember to look out for Bubbles reading recommendations!
They are located at the Library front counter on Level 1.
Fantastic new and popular books for Summer and Christmas
🎄Christmas Reads
A Christmas Carol
By Charles Dickens
Mistletoe and Murder
By Robin Stevens
Murder most unladylike, Book 5
The twelve days of Dash and Lily
By Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Dash and Lily, Book 2
Let it Snow
By John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle
☀️🏖️ Summer Reads
The Summer I turned pretty
By Jenny Han
The sisterhood of the travelling pants
By Ann Brashares
What I like about Me
By Jenna Guillame
The Women in Black
By Madeleine St John
New and Popular Books
Top Three Most Popular Books for Years 9 to 12
A good girl's guide to murder
By Holly Jackson
New Books
This land: The search for Maui
By Mark Abnett & P.R. Dedelis
GRA F ABN
We go high
By Nicole Ellis
BIO 305.488 ELL
When the sky falls
By Phil Earle
O HIS F EAR
Writes of passage: Words to read before you turn 13
By Nicolette Jones
808.8 WRI
🌟 All the broken places
O HIS F BOY
As long as the lemon trees grow
O GLO F KAT
🌟 Answers in the pages
O DRA F LEV
Backstory
By Avani Gregg
BIO 302.302 GRE
The Book-seller's apprentice
By Amelia Mellor
The Grandest bookshop in the world, Book 2
O FAN F MEL
Daughter of darkness
By Katharine & Elizabeth Corr
O FAN F COR
The first to die at the end
By Adam Silvera
They both die at the end, Book 2
O DRA F SIL
Hunting November
By Adriana Mather
Killing November, Book 2
O CRI F MAT
Marple: Twelve new stories
By Various Authors
O CRI F MAR
The red palace
By June Hur
O HIS F HUR
A room made of leaves
By Kate Grenville
O HIS F GRE
The seven skins of Esther Wilding
By Holly Ringland
O DRA F RIN
eBooks and eAudiobooks
💻 The Summer holidays are a great time to borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks from our Library.
AHS has two main eBook providers - Wheelers (ePlatform) and Overdrive (SORA).
The links below will take you to websites where you can directly search, reserve, borrow and read digital books and audiobooks.
Any items you borrow through the website will also appear on the apps. This will allow you to move from computer to phone while keeping track of where you are up to in your book.
❕ePlatform
Click on the icon above.
And... you can also look at the Library catalogue to search for digital books.
Click on the icon above.
📚 Additional books you can read or listen to on your computer...
Project Gutenberg!
It has a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. The books available are generally classics, like Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, Heidi, Grimm's Fairy Tales and Alice in Wonderland.
ClickView
ClickView has many great movies and documentaries that you can watch over the Summer break!
To access, click here or the icon to the right. Then, use the search bar at the top right corner to begin looking for content.
Note: Make sure you are logged in to ClickView with your school account to access and view content.
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Here are some amazing Christmas films available to watch.
Cre8 Lab Workshops - 2023
2023 Term 1 Workshops
Cre8 Lab lunchtime workshops begin in Term 1 2023! A new workshop will be held each week from Week 2 and finish in Week 5.
Sign up sheets are available at the Library front counter on Level 1.
If you have any questions please feel free to see Mrs Pickering or one of the Library staff, or email Library@ahs.qld.edu.au
What's on at Brisbane Libraries...
Library and literary events and opportunities over the Summer break!
YA book club @ Fairfield Library - Thursday 17th November, 4:30pm
Board Games Day @ Nundah Library - Saturday 19th November, 10am
Assemble your own festive earrings @ Carindale Library - Sunday 27th November, 11am
Graphic novel book club @ Wynnum Library - Wednesday 30 November, 4pm
Summer Reading: Inspiration is all around you writing workshop @ Bulimba Library - Tuesday 13 December, 2pm
Summer Reading: Map illustration with Kathleen Jennings @ West End Library - Thursday 15 December, 2pm
Bullet journaling for book lovers @ Ashgrove Library - Tuesday 20 December, 3pm
Young adult workshop: Design your own laser cut jewellery @ Carindale Library - Thursday 5 January, 2pm
Heartstopper @ Ashgrove Library - Tuesday 10 January, 3pm
Young adult workshop: Sew a simple tote bag @ Carindale Library - Thursday 12 January, 2pm
Fandom haven: Virtual escape room challenge @ Carina Library - Friday 13 January, 2pm
References
Brisbane City Council. (n.d.). Libraries: What's on in Brisbane. Libraries: What's on in Brisbane | Brisbane City Council
The Literary Lifestyle. (2022, September 12). 15 best beach reads of all time for summer [photo]. 15 Best Beach Reads of All Time for Summer 2022 (julesbuono.com)
Images for books are sourced either from the author's websites or are book and film covers, used as permitted under copyright for promotion. Other images were created by the author using Canva.
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