13 Students Honored in Book Review Competition
Norfolk Collegiate swept the Friends of the Norfolk Public Library Book Review 2021 Contest with 13 students taking home honors in the annual competition. Students in Grades 4-12 are eligible for the competition which awards winners gift certificates from Prince Books in the amounts of $50, $30 and $20 for first, second and third-place winners, respectively.
“Despite the challenges that this year presented to students and teachers alike, we received more than 700 entries from schools across the City of Norfolk,” Bobbie Fisher, 2021 Book Review Chair wrote.
Congratulations to the following Oaks for placing in the 2021 Friends of the Norfolk Public Library Book Review Contest:
Grade 4
- Eliza V., second place, for her review of “The Icabog” by J.K. Rowling
Grade 5
- Graham M., first place, for his review of “Ghost” by Jason Reynolds
Grade 6
- Brayden W., first place, for his review of “Call of the Wild” by Jack London
- Alley M., second place, for her review of “Counting By 7s” by Holly Golden Sloan
- Michael C., third place, for his review of “The False Prince” by Jennifer A. Neilson
Grade 7
- Bella C., second place, for her review of “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson
Grade 8
- Sarah B., first place, for her review of “Phantom” by Susan Kay
- Jaden D., second place, for his review of “Obsidio” by Amie Kaufman
Grade 9
- Bermuda G., third place, for her review of “Sarah’s Key” by Tatiana De Rosnay
Grade 10
- Lila R., first place, for her review of “The Waves” by Virginia Woolf
- Jillian R., second place, for her review of “In a Dark, Dark Wood” by Ruth Ware
- Caroline B., third place, for her review of “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë
Grade 11
- Aria L., first place, for her review of “Circe” by Madeline Miller
