Knights of the Borrowed Dark

Knights of the Borrowed Dark by Dave Rudden

 

 

 

Denizen Hardwick doesn't believe in magic - until he's ambushed by a monster created from shadows and sees it destroyed by a word made of sunlight.

That kind of thing can really change your perspective.

Now Denizen is about to discover that there's a world beyond the one he knows. A world of living darkness where an unseen enemy awaits.

Fortunately for humanity, between us and the shadows stand the Knights of the Borrowed Dark.

Unfortunately for Denizen, he's one of them . . .

 

 

Denzian Hardwick gets thrown into magic at the deep end. Having grown up in an orphanage he realises that he has a long lost aunt and on his 13th birthday he finds out that he has all kinds of powers that he could never ever have imagined. He has a big decision to make, join the knights of the borrowed dark or go back to his normal life in the orphanage. While figuring out what he is going to do,  something is stolen from the endless king in the world of the Tenebrous and Denzian gets caught up in a race to save the world.

 

 

We were very lucky to have Dave Rudden visit us on Thursday the 16th of June for our last book club meeting before the summer. Dave did some creative writing with us, he did a very scary reading from his book and made it come alive! and let us ask lots of questons about the story and the characters. I think for some of our book club this was one of our favourite books of the year we can't wait until next year for the part two of this trilogy "The forever Court" A big thank you again to Dave for coming in to visit us in Ballyroan Library!


 

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe  by Penelope Lively

 

 

 

James is fed up. His family has moved to a new cottage - with grounds that are great for excavations, and trees that are perfect for climbing – and stuff is happening. Stuff that is normally the kind of thing he does. And he's getting blamed for it. But it's not him who's writing strange things on shopping lists and fences.  Thomas Kempe the apothecary has returned and he wants James to be his apprentice. No one else believes in ghosts. It's up to James to get rid of him. Or he'll have no pocket money or pudding ever again.

For anyone who hasn't collected their book club books yet this month we are reading "The Ghost of Thomas Kempe" by Penelope Lively. We thought it would be fun to read something spooky as Halloween is coming up soon!

Penelope Lively has written lots of books for adults and children and this book won an award- the Carnegie Medal- and was even made into a film once

I love love ghost stories so I was really looking forward to reading this, the story was quite funny and  definitely kept me turning the pages and wanting to read more. The language in the book is a little different as it was written quite a while ago in the 1970s but I think that makes it more interesting and adds to the atmosphere. Hope you all enjoy it ! Has anyone any more spooky reads to recommend for Halloween ?

September Book Club

Hi everyone, just started this blog for our Junior Book club here in Ballyroan.  This should make it easier for everyone to find out what we are reading each month and to recommend books to each other. For our meeting on September the 18th at 3.30pm we are reading "The Grunts all at sea" By Philip Ardagh

Philip Ardagh is a very well know children's writer and has  written over 60 books! "The Grunts all at sea" is part of a new series of books he is writing. If you like funny stories you will probably love Mr and Mrs Grunt.  All the crazy characters are great and I love the illustrations in the book by Axel Scheffle. Don't want to say too much about what happens in the story in case some people haven't finished the book !  if you would like to find out more about The Grunts check out this link
www.meetthegrunts.com

Philip Ardagh is writer in residence for booktrust, an organisation in England who promote reading to everyone. Philip writes a blog for booktrust and he has his own blog and website too
http://www.philipardagh.co.uk/

The Grunts, All At Sea by Phillip Ardagh

 

Mr Grunt's a man with a mission. He has to get a Person of Great Importance (or POGI) to someone called Mrs Bayliss by the twenty-fifth. Alive and well. And he can't tell anyone more than that, not even his lovely wife, Mrs Grunt, because there will be people trying to snatch the POGI and so the POGI must be transported in secret. It's an exciting adventure, but what interests Mr Grunt most are the silver coins he's been promised at the end of it. The Grunts' stolen son, Sunny, has a few questions. Who is the big-earringed cyclist? Why does the POGI have to wear a barrel all the time? Is Rodders Lasenby a lovely person or simply the rudest man on the planet? And how long will it be before they find themselves All At Sea?