Bookworms

Bookworms is aimed at children in Years 4 to Year 6. Every week we will suggest a great book to read and give you a ‘word of the week’ to enhance your vocabulary.

BOOK OF THE WEEK

Here is another great book recommendation this week

Tall Story, by Candy Gourlay

Andi is short. And she has lots of wishes. She wishes she could play on the school basketball team, she wishes for her own bedroom, but most of all she wishes that her long lost half-brother, Bernardo, could come and live in London, where he belongs.Then Andi’s biggest wish comes true and she’s minutes away from becoming someone’s little sister. As she waits anxiously for Bernardo to arrive from the Philippines, she hopes he’ll turn out to be tall and just as mad as she is about basketball. When he finally arrives, he’s tall all right. But he’s not just tall … he’s a giant!

In a novel packed with humour and quirkiness, Gourlay explores a touching sibling relationship and the clash of two very different cultures.

14 March 2021