European Day of Languages

As you all know European Day of Languages is celebrated on the 26th September. The Literacy Blog team at Drogheda Grammar School have put together a list of books you can read in many different languages. Enjoy 😊

1) Gaeilge: Discó Dé Written by Séamus Mac Annaidh

Scéal grá agus scéal fuatha. Seán as Doire agus Kirsty ón Astráil atá ag obair le chéile i gcampa samhraidh sa Tuirc. Is aoibhinn leo an ghrian, an fharraige agus an dioscó san oíche. Ach cad é a tharlaíonn sa dioscó nuair a mhúchtar na soilse? No cén sort comhartha é urú na gréine? Cad é a scrios an seanteampall Gréagach.

A story of love and hate. It’s 1999, Seán and Kirsty from Australia are working in Turkey. They love the sun, sea, and the disco at night. But what happens there after the lights go out? What does the solar eclipse mean, and who destroyed the old Greek temple? Who are all these people really? Discó Dé is the fifth novel from Séamas Mac Annaidh.

https://www.siopagaeilge.ie/store-8.htm

2) French: No et Moi/No written by Delphine De Vigan

The international award-winning story of two girls from different backgrounds, united in friendship. Parisian teenager Lou has an IQ of 160, OCD tendencies, and a mother who has suffered from depression for years. But Lou is about to change her life—and that of her parents—all because of a school project about homeless teens. While doing research, Lou meets No, a teenage girl living on the streets. As their friendship grows, Lou bravely asks her parents if No can live with them, and is astonished when they agree. No’s presence forces Lou’s family to come to terms with a secret tragedy. But can this shaky, newfound family continue to live together when No’s own past comes back to haunt her?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7327301-no-and-me

3) Dicen written by Lia H. James (Our very own 5th year student Julia Meza!)

Dicen que "Roxane" bebía café todas las mañanas, que era amante de la lectura y que le gustaban las rosas azules. Dicen que él la amó con todo su corazón, que tenía un nombre largo y difícil de recordar, que siempre se estaba acomodando las gafas y que tenía una fascinación por los misterios sin nombre. Se conocieron desde la distancia y apenas e intercambiado palabras. Poco supieron ellos lo difícil que iba a ser sobrevivir el día a día sin la persona que te alegra los días, y que no volvería nunca. Dejándolos bailando debajo de la lluvia.

They say that "Roxane" used to drink coffee every morning, that she enjoyed to read and that she loved blue roses. They say that he loved her with all his heart, that he had a long name that was really hard to remember. That he always used to fix his glasses and that he had a fascination for the mysteries without name. They met from afar and they barely exchanged words. Little did they know that it would be hard to survive each day without the person that you love the most, and that would never come back. Leaving them dancing under the rain.

https://www.amazon.com/Dicen-Spanish-Lia-H-James/dp/846974626X