Book of the Month: Skellig by David Almond

When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister’s illness, Michael’s world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain.

Then, exploring a ramshackle garage with new-found friend Mina, he finds something magical.

A strange creature – part owl, part angel, a being who needs Michael’s help if he is to survive. What is this thing beneath the spiders’ webs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never seen before? 

Together, they carry the creature out into the light, and Michael’s world changes forever……..

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Role Model of the Month: Greta Thunberg

“I have Asperger’s and that means I’m sometimes a bit different from the norm. And—given the right circumstances—being different is a superpower.”

Greta had been interested in climate change since she was 8 years old. By the time she was 15 years old, she had started organising various protests outside the Swedish Parliament calling for stronger climate action. She founded a global movement known as Fridays for Future (also called School Strike for Climate) in 2018.

Very soon, she was invited to many high profile events to speak publicly about climate change. Here is just one of her famous quotes:

“You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!”