New Fiction Titles

New fiction books are in!!

Some available titles are:

Adventure:

• Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz

Contemporary:

• Three Days by Donna Jo Napoli
• The Unmaking of Duncan Veerick
• Small Steps by Sachar
• Stranded in Boringsville by Catherine Bateson

Fantasy:

• Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
• The Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley
• Fire Arrow by Edith Pattou
• The Wizard's Dilemna by Diane Duane
• Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
• Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

Historical Fiction:

• The Tears of the Salamander by Peter Dickinson
• Hush: An Irish Princess Tale by Donna Jo Napoli
• Dragon's Gate by Laurence Yep

Multicultural Fiction:

• Kampung Boy by Lat
• Bound by Donna Jo Napoli
• Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis

Science Fiction:

• The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton

Short Stories:

• The Midnight Library by Damien Graves

Information Literacy Standards:

Standard 5: The student who is an independant learner is information literate and appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information.

3 Apples Teen Book Award

The 3 Apples Teen Choice Book Award finalists have been announced and the list is now available at the Gelinas Library Information Center.

The award has been developed to encourage the joy of reading for pleasure, and to give teens of N.Y. State the opportunity to participate in honoring their favorite books. Each year teens in grades 7-12 nominate their favorite book, creating a statewide ballot of fifteen of the most popular titles.

For more information about the 3 Apples Book Award, please visit the website: www.3applesbookaward.org/teens

Visit your local public or school library between November 2008 and April 2009 to borrow books from the list of nominees.

National Book Awards Announced

The National Book Awards for 2008 have been announced.

This year's winners are:

Fiction: Peter Matthiessen won for "Shadow Country"

Non-Fiction: Annette Gordon-Reed won for "The Hemingses of Monticello"

Poetry: Mark Doty won for "Fire to Fire: New and Collected Poems"

YA Literature: Judy Blundell won for "What I Saw and How I lied"

You can listen to the authors read excerpts from the books by clicking on the book titles.

For more information. Visit http://www.nationalbook.org/

VRC Site of the Month: Soundzabound

Royalty Free Music by Soundzabound is background audio for Power Point, video productions, plays, morning news shows, and other multi media presentations.

Available sound clips include:

Audio for Podcasts

Classical

Cultural

Dance

Decades of Music

Hip-Hop/Urban

Jazz

TV & Movie

Rock

Ms. Meek 9th gr.- "To Kill A Mockingbird" Research

Ms. Meek's classes are researching the following topics:

• Harper Lee
• Truman Capote
• Segregation Laws and Race Relations in the 1930's
• Scottsboro 9 and the Trial
• History of lynching in the U.S.

Students must find relevant information that is biographical, historical, informational and visual. They must also include a "Works Cited" that reflects the final research material.

Information Center materials available include the following:

Great American Writers- Ref 810.9

Reference Library of Black America- Ref 301.451

Encyclopedia of Civil Rights- Ref 323.1

As well as use of the VRC (Literature Resource Center, ABC-CLIO American History)

Information Literacy Standards:

Standard 5: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information.

Standard 8: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.