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January 2008

 

MOHONASEN HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY

 

Ms. O'Keeffe, Librarian

Best book this month: Crow Lake, by Mary Lawson (in Fiction)

 

Mrs. Shaw,

Library Secretary

Best book this month: The Gadget, by Paul Zindel ("New Books")

 

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This month:

Mon. 1/21: Day off for Martin Luther King Day

1/22-1/25: Regents Week

Featured author is M.E. Kerr, whose new novel is now available

 

Website of the month:

Earth911: Lots of information on how you can make your world more green--from saving energy to preventing water pollution (it also tells you how to recycle your Christmas tree and holiday greens!).

 

"New & Recent Books":

Blaze, Richard Bachman (a.k.a. Stephen King)

A Field Guide to High School, Marissa Walsh

Notes from the Teenage Underground, Simmone Howell

Fast Company: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Motorcycles in Italy, David M. Gross

Someone like Summer, M. E. Kerr

The Flip: Turn Your World Around, Jared Rosen & David Rippe, eds.

When the Heart Cries, Cindy Woodsmall

An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming, Al Gore

 

Check out BOOK NOTES for other new and recent titles

 

Newsletter Archive

 

This Month ...

Happy 2008!

 

 

  Once again, it's that time of year when most of us make resolutions to do a variety of things to improve ourselves and our lives over the course of the next year. What are the most popular resolutions? Find out at FirstGov.gov.

  If you've been to the gym, you’ve already seen how many people have "fitness" goals for 2008. But how long will it last? If you have trouble making good on your own resolutions, get some tips from psychologists at the University of Maryland.

   Did you know that celebrating the New Year is the oldest of all holidays? It was first celebrated 4,000 years ago in ancient Babylon, with a festival that lasted for eleven days! Learn more about the history and traditions of New Year at Infoplease.com.

   Scottish people have their own New Year's celebration--they call it "Hogmanay." Learn about it HERE. And read about other New Year's customs from around the world at Topics-Mag.com.

Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 21:

 

 

"I have a dream ...

 I have a dream that one day

little black boys and black girls

will be able to join hands with

little white boys and white girls

as sisters and brothers ...

 

I have a dream today"

 

  Every year on the third Monday of January, we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Let's keep his dream--of equality of all races and peoples, of peace, and nonviolence--alive. Learn more at The King Center. You can make a difference, too--learn how at MKL.gov.

Our Featured Author ... M. E. Kerr

 

Author M. E. Kerr was born Marijane Meaker in Auburn, NY, in 1927. "M.E. Kerr" is only one of the pen names the writer uses (others include Mary James and M. J. Meaker). As "M. E. Kerr," she has written numerous books for young adults. Her novels have been praised for their "style, honesty and wit."

   Her memories of growing up in Auburn--with her parents, brothers, and friends--serve as the inspiration for many of her stories. Ms. Kerr spent some time at boarding school and was part of a sorority in college. She also uses her experiences, observations and interactions to fuel her imagination.

   How does she keep her "finger on the pulse of youth culture"? "Well, I'm a media freak," says Kerr. "I read five newspapers day. And I read all the books that I can."

   Check out Ms. Kerr's official website, which offers a ton of stuff, from book reviews and interviews with the author, to links, comments, and photo gallery. Fans can test themselves with the M. E. Kerr Quiz!

  We have quite a few of Ms. Kerr's books in the fiction section; look for them on the shelves or in the library catalog today!

 

Someone Like Summer: "Tall, blonde, blue-eyed Annabel, 17, is in love with Esteban, a Latino immigrant, who turns out to be part of an undocumented group of workers in her town in the Hamptons. The love is intense [but] Prejudice is rough from all sides, including the town's powerful benefactor, who targets the illegals, and Esteban's older sister, who calls Annabel 'flour face' and thinks all white girls are loose ..." (Booklist)

 

"Hello," I Lied: "At 17, Lang Penner is torn, not about being gay, but about coming out. His love for Alex makes him happy, and his mother knows about it, but it is so hard to tell his friends or to be a gay couple in public. Is he living a lie? Should he keep his mouth shut? ... Lang [is asked] to escort a beautiful young French visitor, Huguette, and show her around. To his surprise, he enjoys himself ... His first-person narrative is wry and tender, and the dialogue with Huguette is fast, funny, and contemporary, whether it's teasing or angry ..." (Booklist)

 

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