December Good Reads…SHARKS Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s middle-grade novel Julia and the Shark is set on the remote Shetland island of Unst. The story follows Julia, whose scientist mother is hunting the elusive Greenland shark, while her father works as the lighthouse keeper. Throughout the book it becomes clear that Julia’s mother is suffering from debilitating

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November Good Reads…DEEP SEA The Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep is the ocean’s deepest point and is nearly 11 km deep! Despite its remote nature, it is full of life. This is the home of small crabs, snails, and worms but also larger animals like deep-sea sharks, giant squid and snailfish. Much of the deep ocean

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