Showing posts with label boarding schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boarding schools. Show all posts

Saturday, July 9, 2011

The New Boy by Ruth Thomas

Firstly, I am glad the students in my class don’t bicker and backstab like some of these ones do. This book introduces us to a character called Donovan. He is the new boy at school and he is secretive, brooding and undeniably good looking. Amy finds him hard to resist. But things start to go wrong. Donovan involves Amy in a car crash. Then fights and factions develop in class under his influence, and there are unexplained thefts. When Donovan asks Amy to hide him, her loyalty is pushed to the limit If you like this one, author, Ruth Thomas also penned The Class that went Wild and The Runaways, winner of The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. I am currently reading The Runaways on my Kindle and loving it.

Monday, June 13, 2011

The Cricket Term by Antonia Forest

Antonia Forest, the author's real name was, wait for it, Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubenstein. She said of herself that she was "middle-aged, narrow-minded and anti-progressive and proud of it." Now that has to make you wonder what this book is like. I do know it is out of publication and not cheap to buy if you want a copy.



I haven't read this yet but will do so soon.