New YA Releases in the Nook

New YA Releases in the Nook
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

July Book Club Reminders

Be sure you have marked your calendars for Nook Book Club... Summer Edition!

7th/8th grade meets Thursday, July 14 from 3:30 to 5:30. We're discussing the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.

5th/6th grade meets the following Thursday, July 21 from 3:30 to 5:30 to discuss Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen.

Please email me if you cannot attend!

Friday, June 24, 2011

The competition is ON!

Summer Passport participants, don't forget that you have been invited to make a book trailer on your favorite summer read. The creator of the best book trailer will win their very own pocket video camera, and runners-up will win movie passes to the Hangar! If you missed the informational meetings but still want to participate, contact me at jill@maryvillepubliclibrary.org for a handout of the information.

I will also be at the library next Wednesday, June 29 at 10am if you would like to work on your trailer. Cameras and computers will be available!

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Not a little kids book...

Last Thursday, the 5th and 6th grade Nooksters met to watch and discuss The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. The back cover of the book offered no information as to what the book was actually about and the pages of the book never came straight out and said it either. Told from the point of view of an innocent 8 year-old, the book read like a fable with simple words and thoughts. But the keen reader could tell that this book was about so much more than the simple day-to-day events of the main character Bruno. Nooksters soon realized that this book was actually about the Holocaust. The "pajamas" weren't pajamas at all but instead the uniforms of concentration camp captives. I personally think this is one of the best books we have read in book club, and the movie was excellent as well. This is one of those of stories that is heartbreaking and impossible to forget.

Our next book for the 5th and 6th graders is Flipped. We will meet Thursday, July 21 at 3:30.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Kicking off Summer

Last night, the seventh and eighth grade Nook Book Club met to discuss Freedom Writers Diary and to watch the movie adaptation starring Hillary Swank. Kudos to the Nooksters for continuing to read during the summer and for showing up on the right day, at the right time without Mrs. Nolte to remind them at school! :) I was a little nervous that the book would be a difficult read simply because it was broken up into so many different diary entries by different authors, but the kids had no problem with the format. They liked the movie, but they LOVED the book.

I was also pleasantly surprised by how much teens have already been reading for Summer Passport. We have some serious readers in this town! I am thrilled that 24 teens have already signed up for Summer Passport. We are currently out of passport books, but don't worry, more have been ordered. (What a great problem to have!)

Following book club was an informational meeting about the book trailer competition. If you missed it, don't worry, you can also come next Thursday from 5:30 to approximately 6:15. (But remember, you MUST attend one of these sessions to take part in the competition.) We will have a workshop on Wednesday, June 15 to take photos and video for your book trailers. If you have already finished a book in these first 10 days of June that you want to do your trailer on, meet at the library at 10:00 on Wednesday to get started on your project.

HAPPY READING!

Friday, June 3, 2011

Book Your Seat for Summer Passport!

Sign-ups have begun for Summer Passport! Teen age 12-18 are invited to participate. You will receive a passport book in which you will keep track of all books (YA or adult only) that you read in June and July. The more you read, the more passport stamps you will collect. Passport stamps transfer to travel tickets, and travel tickets earn you prizes! (PHEW!) You can also choose to enter your tickets into a raffle for bigger prizes.

As part of the program, you will be invited to create your very own book trailer on one of the books you read during June and July. You must attend one of the instructional meetings on June 9 or June 16 from 5:30 to 6:30 to participate. The person who creates the most outstanding trailer will win their very own pocket video camera! WOW!

Sign up today at MPL for more information. Happy reading!