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Make a WishIs there a book that you would recommend for our library, that is age appropriate for age 10-15. If you do a search for a book on Destiny Discover and you find that it's not available, there is an option to 'Make a Wish'. I would love to hear from you, as I prepare to finalize the last book order of the 2020-21 school year.
Gr. 7-9 Students...check out this YA 'Big Read Book Club'Inception meets The Magicians in this wildly imaginative story about what happens when the secret worlds people hide within themselves come to light. All Kane Montgomery knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. He can’t remember anything since an accident robbed him of his memories a few weeks ago. And the world feels different—reality itself seems different. So when three of his classmates claim to be his friends and the only people who can tell him what’s truly going on, he doesn’t know what to believe or who he can trust. But as he and the others are dragged into unimaginable worlds that materialize out of nowhere—the gym warps into a subterranean temple, a historical home nearby blooms into a Victorian romance rife with scandal and sorcery—Kane realizes that nothing in his life is an accident, and only he can stop their world from unraveling. Big Library Read (BLR), facilitated by OverDrive, is a reading program through your library that connects readers around the world with the same e-book at the same time without any wait lists or holds.
Available November 2-16, 2020 This book is available in both regular and audio book formats. How cool, being part of a worldwide book club! Check out the link below for more information. The e-book is available on the Overdrive/Sora App that can be found at the top of the page. I have downloaded it as well, and am enjoying the audio version. biglibraryread.com/ What is better than staying up late and reading a spine tingling tale?Visit the library and check out all of our haunted books!
I found one that caught my interest, titled 'Lure' by Deborah Kerbel "An old Victorain house, a fishing lure, and a ghost named John..." Absolutely nothing is going right for Max Green. His parents have just uprooted their family from Vancouver to the suburbs of Toronto, he has no friends, and everybody at his new high school is ignoring him. To make matters worse, he's in love with an older girl who's completely out of his league. When Max discovers a local library rumoured to be haunted by ghosts, he's immediately drawn to it. With the help of some cryptic messages, he begins to piece together the identity of the teenage ghost and the mysterious chain of events that have connected its spirit to the building for overy a century. But just who was John, anyway? Why has he chosen to contact Max? And what does an old fishing lure have to do with solving the mystery? - Synopsis taken from the back cover (publisher, Dundurn Press). NEW EXPLORING COUNTRIES SERIESWe have catalogued 40 new books to our library! The Exploring Countries series takes readers on a worldwide tour to discover countries from around the globe. Learn about each country's land and climate, plants and animals, natural resources, goods and services, indigenous peoples, cultural groups, arts and entertainment, sports, politics and government, and much more. This series comes alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, hands-on-experiments and much more. For teachers, these books are smartboard compatible and a great resource for the classroom.
Grade 5's will be on Wednesday and Grade 6's will be on Thursday in the library at lunch recess Thank you for your interest in the MYRCA (Manitoba Young Readers Choice Awards) nominated book 'Girl of the Southern Sea' written by Canadian author Michelle Kadarusman. We will meet once a week as a group to read the book together, have group discussions and do some related activities. There is a MYRCA contest that will give a lucky book club the opportunity to Skype with the author and talk to her about her story.
If you cannot make a meeting due to illness and/or absence from school that is OK - we will get you caught up the next week you are back. If you choose to miss the meeting for other extra curricular activities, it will not make sense for you to continue to be part of book club, as you will miss too much of the story. Mrs. Potosky, Miss Kostiniuk and I are all really looking forward to sharing this book with you. This will count towards one of the reads to be able to vote for your favourite author; so then you will only need to read 2 more of the nominated books in the Sundog category. Any questions, please let me know! - Mrs. Stewart Written by acclaimed author Eric Walters
This touching and fast paced story is about a group of grade 8 students who are planning their middle school farewell dance, when they receive the news that school is cancelled until further notice. This true to life fictional story, is an account of the last 6 months of our lives. It shows how we can turn despair into hope and find our way into the 'new normal'. I have attached a 'You Tube' video of Eric Walter reading the first chapter of his new book. It will be catalogued and ready for you to borrow by the end of this week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPI9BCxrs0A |
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