Monthly Archives: June 2011

Chicken Dance anyone? A chicken is for life, not just for dinner

Jacques Couvillon’s quirky book Chicken Dance is destined to be a favourite amongst teens.

“A funny and refreshingly quirky novel that celebrates the underdog”

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Couvillion combines good humour with an enjoyable & rewarding read in Chicken Dance. 

“My sister’s name was Dawn, and my mother said she was named that because when she was born it was”

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ClassicSeries: George Orwell’s Animal Farm

Animal Farm Book CoverAnimal Farm is one of the most famous books of our time.   Written by George Orwell, Animal Farm can be read on two levels; purely fictitious or as a powerful social commentary on Stalin’s USSR….

 

 

 

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ClassicSeries: Lord of the Flies

Book Picture: Lord of the Flies CoverAs Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies amazes both young and old. A true allegory reflecting human nature.

How do humans react when they need to establish power?  Governance?  This story of school-boys standed on an island is a powerful and evocative novel which will change how you view the world forever…

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