Printz Award Announcements

Winner:
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Honor Books:
Stolen--Lucy Christopher
Please Ignore Vera Dietz--A.S. King
Revolver--Marcus Sedgwick
Nothing--Janne Teller

Book Reviews Added

Mr. Jarman's English 9 class have submitted some book reviews for you to read.  If you have read anything lately that you would like to review email it to Mrs. Absi or drop it off in the library.

The Winners of the Teens' Top Ten

Students around the country voted for their favorite top ten books out of the 25 nominated titles listed in a past entry.  The books are listed in the order they won with number 1 favorite this year - Catching Fire!  The library has all of the winners in the collection, so stop by and check them out.

The 2010 Teens’ Top Ten are:                         
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
Heist Society by Ally Carter
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Library Book Club

We had our second meeting this past week.  The club elected officers, talked up ideas for spirit week and looked over the new book selections that we will be reading this year.  We are starting off with The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. 

Scholarship Sweepstakes

Author James Patterson is giving away a number of awards to be used for the purchase of college books. Awards range from $250 - $5000. See the attached link.

http://jamespatterson.com/dollars-for-scholars-entries.php