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Library Mission Statement
Aquinas College Library Resource Centre values learning as a lifelong experience by:
- Promoting resource-based inquiry learning;
- Promoting literacy through reading, viewing and listening for enjoyment;
- Supporting the curriculum through centralised services and specialised support;
- Providing access to information from a wide range of mediums;
- Managing the college's information services.
Some of the other key features of the Resource Centre include:
- Extended opening hours (7:30 am - 4 pm);
- Specialised homework and research help;
- Online databases and research guides available for research;
- Wireless network and laptops available for student use;
- Excellent ICT, audio-visual and photocopying facilities
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New Books
Readers Cup
2015 Aquinas Readers’ Cup Team: Alana Allsopp, William Browning, Christopher Ong, Kate Park, Daniel Poulis
2014 Aquinas Readers’ Cup Team: Joshua Ong, Tiana Albarracin, Milly Doherty, Callum Box
2013 Aquinas Readers’ Cup Team: Nicole Ashley, Thomas Jackson, Millie Jones, Maddi Phillips, Erin Trinca
2012 Aquinas Readers’ Cup Team: Matthew Ball, Holly Cook, Emily Cooper, Olivia Silva, Ruby Young
Literature Circles
Year 8 Literature Circles Books
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Abrahams. Down the rabbit hole
Avi. Crispin and the cross of steel
Babbitt. Tuck everlasting
Bacigalupi. Ship Breaker (advanced boys)
Bancks. Mac Slater cool hunter #1: The rules of cool
Bancks. Two wolves
Bauer. Just a Dog
Blackman. Pig-heart boy
Bongers. Henry Hoey Hobson
Booth. POW
Boyne. The boy in the striped pyjamas x 2 sets
Brewer. The chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites
Burke. Starfish sisters
Dessen. Last chance
Ellis. Parvana
Falkner. The Flea Thing
Fisher. Incarceron (better readers)
Flanagan. The Outcasts
Flynn. Alex Jackson Grommet
French. Hitler’s daughter
French. Missing you, love Sara
Funke. Inkheart
Fussell. Samurai Kids – White Crane
Geda. In the sea there are crocodiles
Gleitzman. Extra time
Gleitzman. Loyal creatures
Gleitzman. Once
Gleitzman. Two weeks with the Queen
Glover. The girl who knew (4 copies?)
Gourlay. Tall story
Grindley. Spilled water
Harland. Worldshaker
Harlen. Cockroach War
Harris. Devil’s Island
Harris. Fortress
Harris. Firebug
Herrick. Bleakboy and Hunter stand out in the rain
Hooper. Megan
Horowitz. Point Blanc
Horowitz. Stormbreaker
Hunter. Mosquito advertising: The Parfizz Pitch
Jonsberg. My Life as an Alphabet
Jonsberg. Pandora Jones: Admission
Kazerooni. On two feet and wings 955.05 KAZ |
Kazerooni. The boy with two lives
Kearney. Family Secrets
Kelly. Chained
Kirby. Icefall
Korman. Chasing the Falconers
Laird. The fastest boy in the world
Landy. Skulduggery Pleasant
Lord. January
Lore. I am Number Four
McGahan. The Coming of the Whirlpool
McNab. Boy soldier
Mah. 305.48 Chinese Cinderella
Marsden. Tomorrow when the war began
Martin. The Ice dragon
Mulligan. Trash
Murray. The secret life of Maeve Lee Kwong
Namioka. Ties that bind, ties that break
Newsome. The billionaire’s curse
Palacio. Wonder
Patterson. Maximum Ride 1 (manga)
Paulsen. White fox
Paver. Wolf Brother
Phommavanh. Thai-riffic!
Pyers. Jack Brown and the labyrinth of the bats
Riordan. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Rodda. The forests of silence. (DQ1)
Rodda. Rowan of Rin
Russell. Brind and the dogs of war
Russon. The Indigo Girls
Ryan. Rat-catcher
Ryan. Survival
Selznick. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Selznick. Wonderstruck
Sloan. Counting by 7s
Smith. Peak
Stead. First light
Stead. Liar & Spy
Stead. When you reach me
Tanner. Ice breaker
Tolkien. The Hobbit (graphic novel)
Westerfeld. Midnighters
Wilkinson. Dragonkeeper
Wood. Six impossible things
Zail. The Wrong Boy |
Year 9 Literature Circles Books
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Abdel-Fattah. Does my head look big in this (2 copies)
Abrahams. Down the rabbit hole
Anonymous. Go ask Alice x 2 sets 362.29
Avi. Crispin, the cross of lead
Bacigalupi. Ship breaker
Bailey. Shift
Bancks. Mac Slater: Cool Hunter
Bancks. Two wolves
Bauer. Don’t call me Ishmael (text)
Boyne. The boy in the striped pyjamas x 2 sets
Brewer. The chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade bites
Burke. Starfish sisters
Card. Ender’s Game
Carey. The girl with all the gifts
Christopher. Stolen (2 copies)
Clark. Back on track
Cole. Thieves like us
Collins. The hunger games (text)
Cowley. Hunter (text)
Crist-Evans. Amaryllis
Dessen. Last chance
Dowd. The London Eye Mystery
Dowd. Solace of the Road
Downham. Before I die
Downham. You against me
Ellis. Diego Run (text)
Ellis. No safe place
Fisher. Incarceron
Fitzpatrick. Hush, hush
Flanagan. The Outcasts
Forman. If I stay
Geda. In the sea there are crocodiles
Gervay. Butterflies
Glass. Ruby Red
Gleitzman. Loyal creatures
Gourlay. Tall story
Green. Looking for Alaska
Green. The fault in our stars
Grindley. Spilled water
Harland. World Shaker
Hautzig. Second Star to the Right
Hearn. Across the Nightingale Floor
Herrick. Bleakboy and Hunter stand out in the rain
Hooper. Megan
Horowitz. Eagle strike
Horowitz. Point Blanc
Horowitz. Skeleton Key
Horowitz. Storm breaker
Jonsberg. My Life as an Alphabet
Jonsberg. Pandora Jones: Admission
Jordan. The raging quiet
Keaney. Family secrets |
Kelly. Chained
Korman. Son of the mob
Laird. Paradise end
Landy. Skulduggery Pleasant
Lay. The wave rider
Lore. I am Number Four
Lowry. Gathering blue
Lu. Legend
Lu. The young elites
MacPhail. Roxy’s baby
McGahan. The Coming of the Whirlpool
McNab & Rigby. Boy soldier
Marchetta. Saving Francesca
Marsden. Tomorrow, when the war began
Masters. The drop
Meyer. Twilight
Mulligan. Trash
Murray. The secret life of Maeve Lee Kwong
Naidoo. The other side of truth (text)
Nicholson. Wind singer
Oliver. Delirium
Palaccio. Wonder
Patterson. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
Paulsen. White fox
Paver. Wolf Brother
Pearson. The adoration of Jenna Fox
Prince. Raider’s tide
Reilly. Hell Island
Reilly. Ice Station
Riordan. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Roth. Divergent
Roth. Four
Russon. The Indigo Girls
Sloan. Counting by 7s
Smith. Peak
Sparks. A Walk to Remember
Stead. First light
Stiefvater. Shiver
Stiefvater. The Scorpio Races
Tolkien. The Hobbit (graphic novel)
Vrettos. Skin
Wakefield. All I Ever Wanted
Westerfeld. The secret hour
Wilkinson. A Pocketful of Eyes
Wood. Six Impossible things
Yancey. The 5th Wave (2 copies)
Yen Mah. Chinese Cinderella 305.48 MAH
Yousafzai. Malala: The girl who stood up for education… 371.822 YOU
Zail. The Wrong Boy
Zusak. Fighting Ruben Wolfe
Zusak. When Dogs cry |
Author Visits
2015
Ghostboy (David Stravanger)
Luca Lesson
2014 - A Week of Literature
Tim Baker
David Lovegrove
Ghostboy (David Stravanger)
Steph Bowe
Tristan Bancks
2013
Richard Harland
2012
Oliver Phommavanh
Paul Griffin
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