Book of the week
Slave: A contemporary story of resilience and resolute courage
July 11, 2017By: Edna Batengas Slave follows the true life story of Mende Nazer, a Sudanese woman, who lost her childhood when she was sold into slavery at the age of twelve. After being captured by Arab raiders, she was enslaved in the city of Khartoum and was later sent as a slave to a family in London. Although Nazer faces many hardships and struggles, we also learn about her life before she was captured, living in a village in South Sudan with her family. It was so hard to put this autobiography down as it was intense, deep, and…
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Three Day Road: a Cree story from the Great War
July 4, 2017By: Alex Bloom Based loosely on a true story, Three Day Road follows two young brothers of the Cree people, Xavier and Elijah, who join the Canadian infantry during World War One. Their upbringing in the country and experience hunting…
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Why you should read the modern classic, The Outsiders
June 19, 2017By: Amneet Uppal The Outsiders is a story that has touched me in so many ways. S.E. Hinton created a masterpiece of a novel in 1967 at the tender age of 18. Just recently, Hinton celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of…
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American War by Omar El Akkad: terribly topical fiction
June 5, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren Published in April 2017, Omar El Akkad’s American War narrates the events of the second American Civil War of the 2070s as experienced by Sarat, a lovable girl from Mississippi who grows up in a torn country…
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Book of the Week: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
May 16, 2017It is hard to know where to begin with this one. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is an extremely talented writer. She conveys the emotions and thoughts of each of her characters in a very real and relatable way; it is impossible…
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