Happy Halloween! If you are out and about in WP... stop in the library for a Halloween treat!
Be safe tonight!
Mrs. Hoffman
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
DON'T FORGET!
Don't forget to tell your friends they're still welcome even if they missed the first meeting, and of course, let them know that they'll have until February to read the book.
Book Summaries
Here are some short descriptions (primarily from the catalog descriptions) of the books. Hopefully, this will help you make your choice. It's going to be tough...they all seem great!
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson - A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school. Her old friends won’t talk to her and everyone seems to hate her. The plot is gripping and the characters powerful. Speak is a raw and straightforward look at the dynamics of Melinda’s high school experience and how she becomes whole again.
Sold by Patricia McCormick - Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi, though poor, enjoys her life until the Himalayan monsoons wash away her family's crops and she is sold to a brothel in India by her stepfather. She remembers her mother's wisdom, "Simply to endure is to triumph," until the day comes that she can reclaim her life.
Sims by F. Paul Wilson - Sims takes place in the very near future, when the science of genetics is fulfilling its vaunted potential. It's a world where genetically transmitted diseases are being eliminated. A world where dangerous or boring manual labor is gradually being transferred to "sims," genetically altered chimps who occupy a gray zone between simian and human.
Deadline by Chris Crutcher - Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos."
Saint Iggy by K.L. Going - Iggy Corso, who lives in city public housing, is caught physically and spiritually between good and bad when he is kicked out of high school, goes searching for his missing mother, and causes his friend to get involved with the same dangerous drug dealer who deals to his parents.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson - A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school. Her old friends won’t talk to her and everyone seems to hate her. The plot is gripping and the characters powerful. Speak is a raw and straightforward look at the dynamics of Melinda’s high school experience and how she becomes whole again.
Sold by Patricia McCormick - Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi, though poor, enjoys her life until the Himalayan monsoons wash away her family's crops and she is sold to a brothel in India by her stepfather. She remembers her mother's wisdom, "Simply to endure is to triumph," until the day comes that she can reclaim her life.
Sims by F. Paul Wilson - Sims takes place in the very near future, when the science of genetics is fulfilling its vaunted potential. It's a world where genetically transmitted diseases are being eliminated. A world where dangerous or boring manual labor is gradually being transferred to "sims," genetically altered chimps who occupy a gray zone between simian and human.
Deadline by Chris Crutcher - Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos."
Saint Iggy by K.L. Going - Iggy Corso, who lives in city public housing, is caught physically and spiritually between good and bad when he is kicked out of high school, goes searching for his missing mother, and causes his friend to get involved with the same dangerous drug dealer who deals to his parents.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Welcome!
Hi Everyone!
I am so excited to be part of this new book club/tag team! Hopefully this blog will help us all communicate and also keep it fun!
Mrs. Hoffman
I am so excited to be part of this new book club/tag team! Hopefully this blog will help us all communicate and also keep it fun!
Mrs. Hoffman
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