Welcome Back!

The libraries are up and running and ready for you to stop in and see our new books!

Book Review: Fairest by Marissa Meyer

Have you ever had that love/hate relationship with a book?? Expect that with "Fairest," the newest installment in the Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer. Readers are finally given the chance to get to know Levana, the evil Queen of Luna, and understand what past experiences have shaped her. Meyer does a great job in just the first two pages of the story making readers feel sorry for Levana, almost making them forget what they know from the previous 3 books in the series: she tried to kill her young niece in order to maintain her hold on Luna's throne. Readers quickly get over their sympathy as they witness Levana's continual horrendous actions, leaving them with the question of "how can one person be so horrible?" at the story's conclusion.

Library Lovers Reading Program

The library is currently holding its 5th annual Library Lovers Reading Program! Stop in the library to enter the names of the books you read during the month of February and be eligible for prizes! Drawings are held at the end of each week, and there will be a grand prize drawing at the end of the month!

Did You Know...

Honeybees have hair on their eyeballs.

Book Review: Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

Realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction- Revolution does a wonderful job of rolling all 3 genres into one great story. Andi is struggling; she blames herself for her brother's death, her parents have split, her dad is too busy with his new life for her, and her mom is too consumed by her grief to realize how badly Andi needs help. Music is the only thing Andi can count on, but when her father drags her to Paris to write her senior thesis over Christmas Break, Andi learns she's not the only person who has dealt with grief and depression. After finding a 200-year-old diary in a guitar case, Andi is thrust into the world of the French Revolution and lives through the horrors of the time, both through Alex's diary entries, and first-hand experience after a freak accident sends her back to the 1790s.

Did You Know...

The average life span of a taste bud is 10 days.

Book Review: The Woodcutter by Kate Danley

What a great story! If you like fantasy and fairy tales, with some "good vs. evil" thrown into the mix, then this is the perfect book for you. The writing is beautiful, especially the description of the forest; you can actually see what it looks like, hear the sounds of the animals, and feel the raindrops. Danley does a great job of weaving together characters of multiple famous fairy tales into the story, as everyone must work together to stop an evil queen in her malicious intent to take control of the Twelve Kingdoms and wage war against the Fae.

Do you like scary books??

Stop into the Middle School Library to check out our growing collection of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series!

Welcome back everyone! The year is off to a great start in the libraries, so please stop in and see our collection of new books, which we are adding to daily!

Prom Invitations

There are still several people who need to stop in and pay fines in order to get their Prom invitations. If you aren't sure if you owe anything, please stop in and check with Mrs. Tuman or Mrs. Nichols!

Prom Invitations

Make sure you get your overdue books and library fines taken care of in order to get your Prom invitation!

Books

There are still a few stray books that need to be returned to library- remember you need to have this, plus any fines taken care of before you are allowed to check out with the office!

Due Dates

Attention middle schoolers! Most of you have books due today, so please stop in sometime and renew!

Fines and Overdues

Just a reminder to all high school students: please have your overdues and fines taken care of so you can attend Prom!

Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's reading program! Our overall winners were Ivan Villa, Isaac Sanchez, Karina Borrego, and Nicole Kinser!

Reading Program Winners

Congratulations to our Week 1 and 2 winners of the Library Lovers Reading Program! They are Mrs. Sosa, Taylor Haar, Nicole Kinser, Janett Aguilar, Yaczeny Gastelum, Jacob Neufeld, Madison Shuck, and Ivan Villa!

Merry Christmas everyone, and have a great break!! :-)

We are up and running at the libraries! Stop in and see the books we are continually adding to our collections and be on the lookout for upcoming information on Teen Read Week!

New Books

Stop by the library and see the new books we've added to our collections over the summer!

Due Dates

7th graders through juniors- this is a reminder to turn in your library books today!