WHAT IS TRAF READS?
The whole Traf Community
(students, staff and hopefully parents) will all read a student
selected novel over the course of summer 2010. We're joining a growing
list of schools, and even entire cities, who are united through the
shared experience of reading the same book. As the last few years of
Traf Reads have proved, not only does this bring us together as a
community, but it also generates a real excitement about reading.
TRAF READS 2010
We are pleased to announce that the Traf Reads 2010 committee has been selected. In February our committee, formed from a group of avid readers across all grades, will work together to select the book for Traf Reads 2010 from the list of nominations. They will then read, promote and distribute the books to everyone for the summer.
This year's committee is:
Form I: Meghan Kerr, Victoria Videira
Form II: Maya Cant, Sara Capanna
Form III: Emily Dias-Geoffroy, Nicola Sibthorpe
Form IV: Darian Jacobs, Vera Wagner
Form V: Rusha Chaudry, Kayla Mannucci, Tatiana Zamozdra
Staff: Annie Brown, Christianne Loupelle, Lina Gordaneer
SHORTLIST FOR 2010
The shortlist for Traf Reads 2010 has been selected!
The three contending titles are:
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks by E. Lockhart
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- The Heart Specialist by Claire Holden Rothman
This year, in order to get the discussion moving, the committee has set up a blog to discuss the books as we read them. If you are interested in following along, here is the address: http://trafreads.blogspot.com/.
But wait! Traf Reads 2009 is not quite over yet! On March 18th, we are thrilled to announce that Mariatu Kamara, author of the 2009 Traf Reads book selection, The Bite of the Mango, will be visiting the school in conjunction with the WOW (Women of the World) event.
