For World Book Day staff in school have been decorating their doors with images of their favourite childhood books.
Mrs Aitken, the Librarian, has chosen The Stronghold by Mollie Hunter as her favourite book from her youth. It was the book that sparked her interest in Scottish pre-history and history in general. The image below is of Mrs Aitken's door (the School Library, Room F21). The Stronghold is set in Orkney in the first century BC and imagines the idea of building the brochs - as protection from Roman slave-ships. Brochs are tall towers build of stone and can only be found in Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides.
The book is a wonderfully imagined adventure with a touch of romance as well as depictions of the fear and terror of living in a time when life was harsh and violent. For more information come along and chat to Mrs Aitken in Room F21.
