The Lego Adventure Book Volume 2 by Megan H Rothrock
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
Are you bored? Do you have Lego lying around the house? Are you keen on Pirates? Dragons? Spaceships? This book is for you. It gives you step by step instructions on 40 models you can make using the Lego you’ve already got, as well as heaps of pictures of other stuff you can build just by looking at the pictures. So gather up your blocks, look at the book for ideas AND GET CREATING!
CNF
Big Nate: Payback Time by Lincoln Peirce
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
This is Book 20 in the Big Nate series, and in this book Nate has snowball fights with Teddy and Francis, gets an allergic reaction whenever he comes near his teacher Mrs Godfrey and faces a soccer showdown. Will Nate survive or will he get kicked around?
It will make you laugh – that I guarantee!
CCOM/CF
The Unteachables by Gordon Korman
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook and eAudiobook
Take the worst kids at the school, put them all in one class and pair them up with the worst teacher at the school. What do you get? You get mayhem, destruction and …….
CF
Click by Kayla Miller
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
Olive gets on with everyone in her class at school. So she can’t understand why she isn’t included in anyone’s group when the school puts on a variety show. There is a reason for that but I’m not telling you. You’ll have to read the book yourself to find out.
GNOV
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eAudiobook
This is the story of two sisters Viji and Ruku who run away to the Indian city of Chennai. They find shelter on an abandoned bridge and become friends with two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul. The four of them make a living scavenging the city’s rubbish heaps which doesn’t sound like much fun, but they still find things to laugh about and are their own bosses. Then illness strikes – what will they do?
CF
The Good Egg by Jory John and Pete Oswald
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
This is an egg-cellent story about me. I’m a good egg, a verrrry good egg. I carry groceries, I change tyres on cars. I even paint houses. But it’s hard to be good when everyone else in my carton is naughty.
So I decide enough is enough. It’s time for me to make a change!
CPIC
The Bad Guys: Intergalactic Gas by Aaron Blabey
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
The bad news? The world is ending. The good news? The Bad Guys are back to save it! Sure, they might have to 'borrow' a rocket...And there might be something nasty in one of the spacesuits...And Mr Piranha might have eaten too many bean burritos...But seriously, how BAD can it be? How bad?! SUPER BAD. It's one small step for the Sort-Of-International-League-Of-Good-Guys-Guys. It's one giant leap for The Bad Guys.
CF