Spring Book Club

Hey book club!

We had a great time with you all at our first meeting yesterday!  Lena, Ms. Zeckser and Ms. Sandberg are excited by your enthusiasm for our club! (or maybe that was the sugar high you all were on?)

We've decided to read 13 Reasons Why before our next meeting, January 23.  Swing by the library and pick up a copy if you haven't read it already.  We also have copies of Julie and Julia if you'd rather read that option.

See you next week!

2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults

112 Books Selected for the Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/bfya/2012

2012 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults
In addition to the complete 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults list, the committee selected the following titles as a top ten:

•Carson, Rae. The Girl of Fire and Thorns. HarperCollins Publishers/Greenwillow Books, 2011.
•Cohen, Joshua C. Leverage. Penguin Group USA/Dutton Juvenile, 2011.
•King, A.S. Everybody Sees the Ants. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011.
•McCall, Guadalupe Garcia. Under the Mesquite. Lee & Low Books, 2011.
•Myracle, Lauren. Shine. Abrams/Amulet Books, 2011.
•Ness, Patrick. A Monster Calls. Illus by Jim Kay. Candlewick Press, 2011.
•Sepetys, Ruta. Between Shades of Gray. Penguin Group/Philomel Books, 2011.
•Stiefvater, Maggie. The Scorpio Races. Scholastic Incorporated/Scholastic Press, 2011.
•Taylor, Laini. Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011.
•Zarr, Sara. How to Save a Life. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011.
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YALSA's 2011 Best of the Best

Best of the Best Titles for Young Adults!

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/best/bob11.cfm

The Many Genres of Manga

Brought to you by The Hub from YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association)

http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2011/01/28/the-many-genres-of-manga/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+yalsathehub+%28The+Hub%29&utm_content=Twitter

Google Squared

Google Squared takes a category and creates a starter 'square' of information, automatically fetching and organizing facts from across the web.

Give it a try!!! Google Squared
http://www.google.com/squared

Hemingway Photo Timeline

View and comment on photos of Ernest Hemingway at the time when Life magazine published his novella Old Man and the Sea.

Life Magazine, September 1, 1952

Old Man and the Sea

Destiny, Fate, or Free Will

High School/College Research Readiness