House Reading

May is the month when houses challenge each other to read the month. Points are earned by talking about the books with the school Librarians.

This year's house reading was a close win and an absolute blast! Both Awatere at 264 and Wairau at 296 did amazing, congrats to everyone who read. With a seven point difference, Kaituna -353 points- was so close to winning, but Ōpaoa won yet again, pulling out front at 360 points. Well done to everyone who contributed and I hope you all had fun.

Special praise to our stand-out contributors: Brooke Pontague (Awatere), Malin Sroboda (Kaituna), Aria Millen (Ōpaoa) and Emily Mason (Wairau), you all did a great job helping your house raise to the amount of points you ended up with! Mrs Shipley said that she and Ms Crowe “really enjoyed having conversations with students about what they had been reading. All books were logged in person this year so it was great to have such good participation.”

Good luck for next year.

Your head student librarian.

Aria Millen

Book of the week

The Inheritance Games

By Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Inheritance Games is the ongoing book series written by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. The main character is Avery Kylie Grambs, a seventeen year old school-girl just trying to get through her final year, working hard to have a better future. She was raised by her older sister Libby, who has acted as Avery’s guardian ever since she was fifteen.

Then Avery gets summoned to the mansion of billionaire, Tobias Hawthorne who’s recently passed away. Avery never expected to inherit all of his fortunes, leaving his close family with virtually nothing. The only condition is, Avery has to spend a year living in the mansion in order to receive her inheritance. Not knowing who Tobias Hawthorne was, or why she out of all people received his fortune, Avery now has to follow the clues and mysteries Tobias Hawthorne has left behind, all the while amongst many who are waiting for her downfall. With twists and turns at every chapter, The Inheritance Games will have you hooked into the mystery of the Hawthorne family and will leave you wanting more.

Reviewed by a Student Librarian