36582: the journal of a deportee, by Maurice Cordonnier.

Maurice Cordonnier worked for the French Railways, well placed for his other work as a French Resistance saboteur. In April 1944 he was denounced to the Germans and deported to the Neuengamme concentration camp. By some miracle he survived, seeing many of his friends die, and wrote this account of his experiences shortly after his repatriation. This new translation of his book was published this month.

If anyone would like a copy of the book, which sells at £9.99, they can contact me in the library library@kegs.org.uk, or Mrs Hampson in the French department, who is the daughter of Monsieur Cordonnier.

Year 7 Champion Readers

Apologies to the many readers who read their own books or borrow from the Public Library - to select the best readers of the year so far I have simply looked at the library records of borrowing.

The champion readers (so far) are:

7H      Akshayan
7M     David
7S      Anurag
7T      Anderson

Can it be a coincidence that three of them have names beginning with A?  At the end of the year I'll be looking for the Champion of Champions, but this could already be decided - one of the above has already read more than twice Mr Gove's 50 books a year!

Jameel of 7H also deserves a special mention - if he'd been in another form he would also have been a winner, and has also read more than 50 books so far this year.

KEGS' Lit Quiz - Year 7 round

And the winners are .....

7S

Scores were:

7S                 55 points
7T                 52.5 points
7H                 43 points
7M                 32.5 points

Days We'll Remember All Our Lives, by Steve Little

The Library now has copies of Steve Little's new book for sale. If you want to know what life at KEGS was like in the 1960s you need a copy of this book.
Contact Mrs Gray at library@kegs.org.uk for further details.

"More Than Just a Life", by Steve Little

Former KEGS student Steve Little has published a book "More Than Just a Life" which is on sale with Amazon for £14.99. He has generously donated a copy to the Library. The story is set in World War 1 and tells of a shell-shocked soldier arrested and court-martialled for desertion.

 

KEGS' Lit Quiz

The Year 8 round of the KEGS' Lit Quiz was held in the Library today. Despite other attractions most of the team members made it to the Library. The results are:
8H                            23 points
8M                           31.5 points
8S                            36 points
8T                            40.5

Therefore 8T are declared the winners. 8S deserve special praise as they were a two-man team, whereas the other teams had their full quota of four.
The next round, I hope, will be a Year 7 form round. And the final round will be the winners from Year 7 against 8T.
And I hope that we will be able to form one or two teams to take part in the International Kids' Lit Quiz in November 2011.

Booktrust Teenage Book Prize 2010

The shortlist for 2010 was announced on September 7th.


Booktrust Teenage Book Prize 2010 shortlist