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Impress your friends this summer, (or the person on the next sun lounger), with some…

SUMMER CLASSICS!!!

Easy to read, easy to fall asleep over, easy to wake up to and start all over again having realised you dozed through the previous three chapters…

John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps

The grandaddy of all thrillers; nail-biting action from beginning to end in this exciting manhunt, action man Richard Hannay racing from the gaslit streets of London to the wild Scottish moors under threat of his life as he tries to uncover the mysterious secret that his enemies will kill for.

G.K.Chesterton, Father Brown and The Man Who Was Thursday

Father Brown is Sherlock Holmes with a sense of humour – try these short stories out and you’ll be hooked. Then try the ‘The Man Who Was Thursday’, another early detective thriller and one of the best – will the hero beat the sinister cult who (probably, being a sinister cult) want to take over the world?

G. & W.Grossmith, Diary of a Nobody

Gentle English comedy – the diary of a little man, Mr.Pooter, who feels neglected and somehow pointless, thinks about doing something about it, and fails in his inimitable, shy and half-hearted way.

H.Rider (don’t call me Merle) Haggard, King Solomon’s Mines

Featuring Allan Quartermain, the original Indiana Jones, big game hunter and ladies’ man; high adventure in the wilds of 19th Century Africa. Another book featuring Allan Quartermain, entitled – in a brief loss of imagination – ‘Allan Quartermain’, is also available! And, once you’re a Quartermain fan…

H.Rider (yes, again)Haggard, She

One of the best-selling books of all time, and the original ‘lost world’ novel, set in Africa among a tribe of warrior women led by – yes – ‘SHE’ (aka ‘she-who-must-be-obeyed’). How will alpha-male Quartermain fare when up against this attractively sinister, sinisterly attractive new foe?

Samuel Butler, Erewhon

A utopia? A dystopia? Where is the mysterious land of ‘Erewhon’? And why?

Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

Half-ruined castles? Check. Mysterious black-clad strangers? Check. Ghostly sounds at dead of night? Check. Innocent young ladies in desperate need of rescue? Check. This is the original horror fantasy, that put the ‘G’ in Gothic. Without this there would be no Frankenstein’s monster and no Dracula either.

all available now in the NIS library!!!

Stop by the library Wednesday June 10 to Friday June 12 to pick up some used books for the summer break! Be sure to browse the tables for Mr. Hammond’s rejected classics (now deleted from the library and ready for a new home!)

6A-  Noah, Ida

6B- Yoonji, Ben, Levi

6C- none

7A- Kharis, Lena F.,Tillman

7B- Felicity

7C- Donghwan, Chuan

8A- Toshi

8B- Sophia L., Lucas S.

8C- Yoojin, Sally

9A- Alex, Chloe, Lianna, Johanna

9B- Brian, Zeju

9C- Ilwoo, Seungyeon, Ji Hyun, Dong Young

10B- Hajin, Sangjun, Poppy, Jungyoon, Bruce

10C- Anabel, Seungjun, Jun Pyo, Sonja

10D- Lauren, Chanho, Tae Gun, Jiayi, Dina, Alex

Thanks for bringing them back!

• 6A-  Noah, Eric, Ida
• 6B- Suyeon, Yoonji, Ben, Lucy, Levi
• 6C- Austin

• 7A- Kharis, Gloria, Lena F.,Tillman, Ang
• 7B- Felicity, Hae In, Eunsuh
• 7C- Donghwan, Arron, Runzhou, Chuan, Apple

• 8A- Toshi, Nancy
• 8B- Sophia L., Lucas S.
• 8C- Yoojin, Irving, Runzhi, Sally

• 9A- Alex, Chloe, Lianna, Wonjun, Charles, Johanna
• 9B- Isobel, Julien, Brian, Zeju
• 9C- Ilwoo, Seungyeon, Ji Hyun, Dong Young

• 10B- Ellie, Hajin, Sangjun, Poppy, Jungyoon, Bruce
• 10C- Abby, Anabel, Seungjun, Jun Pyo, Sonja, Sophia
• 10D- Lauren, Ebba, Chanho, Tae Gun, Jiayi, Dina, Alex

DP: Elissa, William, Denny, Elena, Isnadya, Alice, Nam Won, Emma, Erica, Mohamad, Arianna, Pan, Rhys, Lena

Thanks for bringing them back!

6A- Emily, Noah, Eric, Ida, So Hyun

6B- Yoonji, Ben, Zhen, Levi

6C- Austin, Hyelin

7A- Lena F., Daehyun,Tillman

7B- Felicity, Erik

7C- Yeonsu, Donghwan, Arron Runzhou, Chuan, Apple

8A- Sean, Toshi, Nancy

8B- Lucas S., Luke

8C- Yoojin, Luisa, Irving, Runzhi, Sally

9A- Alex, Chloe, Jemimah, Lianna, Charles, Johanna, Youjeong

9B- Isobel, Sofia, Prachi, Morgan, Zeju

9C- Ilwoo, Seungyeon, Matthew, Ji Hyun, Dong Young

10B- Ellie, Hajin, Sangjun, Poppy, Jungyoon, Sanjana, Bruce

10C- Abby, Seungjun, Jun Pyo, Sonja

10D- Lauren, Chanho, Nahyun, Tae Gun, Jiayi, Dina, Ji Beom, Alex, Alisa, Suin

Grade 11– Elissa, William

Grade 12– Ayu Isnadya, Alice, Nam Won, Hannah N., Emma, Erica, Mohamad, Pan, Rhys, Lena, Gloria

Stop by the PAC on Friday to support our NIS Kids Read Team as they compete against 8 other schools in a reading quiz bowl. Our NIS team is comprised of 9 avid readers from Grades 6-8- Anselma, Emily, Eva, Lucy, Noah, Angela C., Angela W., Felicity and Sean!

We will be setting up several rows of chairs across the back of the PAC for an audience. The times are as follows:

• 9:00-10:00 (part of Block 1 & 2)
• 11:00-11:45 (Block 3)
• 12:45-2:00 (during lunch)

We would just ask that you:

• enter and leave the PAC very quietly in case the competition is in mid-round when you arrive
• please do NOT shout out the answers (tempting I know)

Hope to see you in the PAC!