Meeting of 12 July 2014

This was a meeting where we welcomed back two of our travellers - Barbara and Ben.  Unfortunately, the winter weather laid Kath low, and Bronwyn was still coughing from her illness.  Yet, we had a lovely lunch together, hosted by Bronwyn, and had a chance to have a great catch up in-between discussing books.

The titles we covered were

Moonfleet   by John Meade Falkner
When fifteen-year-old orphan John Trenchard is banished by his Aunt Jane, he goes to live at the local inn with the mysterious Elzevir Block, whose son has been killed by Customs Officers. Unofficially adopted by Block, John comes to learn the reasons for the noises in the graveyard at night, of 'Blackbeard' Mohune's lost treasure and Elzevir Block's secret.
This dashing tale of eighteenth-century Dorset smugglers will be enjoyed by all who love stories of daring written in the tradition of Treasure Island.

Roll of thunder, hear my cry by Mildred D. Taylor

The Mississippi of the 1930s was a hard place for a black child to grow up in, but still Cassie didn't understand why farming his own land meant so much to her father. During that year, though, when the night riders were carrying hatred and destruction among her people, she learned about the great differences that divided them, and when it was worth fighting for a principle even if it brought terrible hardships.

An Asterix book by Goscinny and Uderzo

There were varied opinions about this - some laughed out loud at the humour, others didn't like the sexism.  The character names were a description in themselves. The drawings were not a clear (and clever?) as the TinTin books.  Yet it is great to have actually read one for ourselves.