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HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets
Have you written poetry before? One unfamiliar with the writing world may think of poets as drab, dull and intorverted. If you have met Crystal as I have, you certainly cannot tell that this cheerful young girl is actually a budding poet!
Her poems reflect her emotions, her ceativity, her perspectives of life. There is a lot […]

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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations
Librarian’s note: Humaira Natchiar is an avid teen reader I met at Sengkang Community Library. Despite her youth, she has chosen a Josephine Cox story to share. Read on to find out why the book touches our youth here:
Let it shine
by Josephine Cox
London :  Headline,  2001.
Call No.: English COX
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 I personally […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events

After the phenomenal success of The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini’s new novel A Thousand Splendid Suns promises to deliver.
Join us for this discussion at:
Date/Time: 4.00pm, Friday 30 November 2007
Venue: The Activity Room, Bukit Batok Community Library
Facilitator: Ms Nasreen Ramnath
Call No.: English HOS
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What the novel is about: The […]

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QUIRKY THEMES: Flubbergasted . book reviews

The Riddles of Epilson
Christine Morton-Shaw
New York: Katherine Tegen Books, 2005
Call No.: English Y MOR
On the island Lume there stands a cottage. It had been deserted for many years, until a recent arrival from the city, Jessie, stumbles upon it. Little does she expect that her life in Lume will be […]

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QUIRKY THEMES: Flubbergasted . book reviews

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Sebastian Junger
New York: HarperTorch, 1997
Call No.: English JUN-[MO]
When we think of the beach, we think of ocean swells gently lapping at our feet. This book doesn’t deal with those kinds of ‘vacation waves’. It deals with monster waves, whipped by […]

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QUIRKY THEMES: Flubbergasted . book reviews

Lucas
Kevin Brooks
Frome: Chicken House, 2003
Call No.: English Y BRO
Hale is a quiet island, surrounded by peaceful woods and sea. But this idyllic peace is threatened by the arrival of a mysterious young man. On an island where everyone knows everyone else, the stranger causes a stir, for few know his […]

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QUIRKY THEMES: Flubbergasted . book reviews

The Land of Mango Sunsets
Dorothea Benton Frank
New York: William Morrow, 2007
Call No.: English FRA
“Recognizing yourself in my mistakes won’t be pretty, but perhaps it will keep both of us from making the same mistakes again.”
Location: New York CityMiriam Elizabeth Swanson has recently divorced from her philandering husband who left her […]

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QUIRKY THEMES: Flubbergasted . book reviews

Beachcombing For A Shipwrecked God
Joe Coomer
London: Black Swan, 1997
Call No.: English COO or here
“The water before me takes on the colour of everything I remember, and it moves.”
Where do you go when you are depressed and want some ‘alone time’? More often than not, we find ourselves seeking out natural […]

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QUIRKY THEMES: Flubbergasted . book reviews

Cadillac Beach
Tim Dorsey
New York: HarperTorch, 2005
Call No.: English DOR-[MY]
When asked by his psychiatrist at Chattahoochee State Hospital what makes him angry, Serge A. Storms replies:
“Phone contractors that say they’ll show up between one and five, subcontractors who don’t show up at all, drivers who stop side by side in the […]

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MUSINGS . library@esplanade

Beach Party
Directed by William Asher
Starring: Bob Cummings, Dorothy Malone, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello
Year: 1964
Call No.: AV English 791.4372 BEA-[ART]
Location: Film Village, library@esplanade
Part of film studies includes the examination of film narratives. Film narratives do not merely tell stories. Within each film narrative is the weaving of the cultural, social, political, and economic conditions […]

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