We invited the writer João Tordo to come to our school and celebrate Book Day. We read some of his books and have discussed his writing in our classes. We have developed The reader project which promotes reading and cultural and literary criticism among our school community. João Tordo was born in Lisbon in 1975. In 2009, he won the prestigious José Saramago Literary Prize with the novel "As Três Vidas", also shortlisted for the Portugal Telecom Prize in Brazil. He was shortlisted four times for the prestigious Fernando Namora Literary Prize (2011, 2012, 2015, 2016) and twice for Best Novel at the Portuguese Author's Society (2011 and 2015). He was also shortlisted for the European Literary Award in 2012 and received the GQ Magazine Literature Prize 2014. His novels have been published in several countries, including France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, Argentina or Brazil. He has published eleven novels. English Excer...