Book reviews

12 November 2018

Our librarian Jan reviews two new books you can borrow from our postal lending library.

Book reviews

12 November 2018

Our librarian Jan reviews two new books you can borrow from our postal lending library.

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Our librarian Jan reviews two new books you can borrow from our postal lending library.

 

‘There are Things I Know’ by Karen B Golightly

What happens when a man you’re sure you’ve never met before picks you up from your school trip and says you mum has gone to heaven and you have to go to a new school? Well if your mum has taught you The Survival Game, you are good at maths and love computer games surely things will work out OK. Told by 8 year old Pepper who has his own way of looking at the world. Can he work out how to find his mum and older brother and sister? He may love helping out with the chickens and the teachers at his new school but does he really believe his mum is in heaven? There are things he knows and he knows that his mum is not dead. An intense read that keeps you in suspense right up to the end.


Eye Can Write by Jonathan Bryan

This is a very special book written by a 12 year old boy who is unable to talk or write, he has spelt out letter by letter using a spelling board. You can watch him doing it on his blog.

In the book you really get a sense of Jonathon’s love for life. He tells us about the inner world he inhabited before he was able to communicate and how it felt to finally be able to interact with his family and the world around him. He writes with joy about his sisters and his friend at the special school, Will. Jonathon tells us about the long process of learning to use the spelling board and how frustrating he finds eye-gaze technology.

He has won several awards including a ‘Diana Legacy Ward’ presented to him by Princes William and Harry and tells us about his experience of that night. And he writes about ‘Teach Us Too’, the charity he fronts that aims to promote the teaching of literacy to all children, regardless of their disability. We are sure to hear more from this remarkable young man in the years to come.


To borrow both either these books from our library contact Jan on [email protected] or 01267 244203.

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