Halloween in the Library

Students and staff enjoyed a spirit-filled Halloween with zombies in the library . . .



and a Joker at the computers . . .

who was then sent to the office . . .





Books: October 22nd - October 25th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“Sometimes

holding on is easier

than letting go . . .”

“What’s sexier

than a two-ton costume

of brown fur?”

The atom-bomb . . .

Reconstructive surgery . . .

Political motivation . . .

Books: October 15th - October 19th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

Sixteen-year old Brit . . .

Her grandmother . . .

The “kidnapped” friend . . .

Bound for a class reunion . . .

“Autumn & Adonis . . .

They have nothing – and everything – in common.”

A Hollywood dream . . .

A movie star’s son . . .

A West Side Story plot . . .

Saskatchewan Library Week

Paralympian Colette Bourgonje, subject of the book, Moving Forward: The Journey of Paralympian Colette Bourgonje, was a guest presenter on Wednesday. At noon, she also had a display of her medals and other paralympic mementos.

Books: October 9th - October 12th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“Everything

you’ve been told

is a lie!”

“. . . the roughest, toughest conventional soldiers

in all the UNSC forces . . .”

“Escape from the

realm of the dead

is impossible . . .”

Books: October 2nd - October 5th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“Benny Imura couldn’t hold a job . . . .

so he took to killing.”

“Some secrets

are stong enough

to pull you under.”

“Sibling rivalry . . .

at its finest!"

Books: September 24th - September 28th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“What’s the worst thing

you’ve ever done?”

“Two boys.

One summer week.

And the moment that will change them forever.”

Told from three perspectives . . .

Three strangers come together . . .

Terry Fox Foundation "Pulling for a Cure" Fundraiser

The students and staff of St. Mary High School are busy collecting donations for the Terry Fox Foundation. The library has numerous resources to inform the students about Terry Fox, the Marathon of Hope, his dream . . . and his courage . . . to never give up on a dream.

Books: September 10th - September 14th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“It’s pep vs. punk

in the ultimate teen showdown.”

"Baileywell Academy . . .

a.k.a Bullyville . . .

The worst year of my life . . ."

“The human race

is at the brink

of destruction . . .”

Books: September 4th - September 7th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“How do you keep

what matters most?"

“If there’s an upside

to having your

heart broken,

it’s this . . .”

“Four tales from

the farthest reaches

of the halo universe.”

Books: May 28 - June 1st

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

The Mortal Instruments:

Book Five

Love. Blood.

Betrayal. Revenge.

“Which is easier –

sharing your bone marrow,

or opening your heart?”

The Desert Legends Trilogy:

Book Three

Books: May 22nd - May 25th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the TV's in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“A novel about

a King, a Queen,

and a Joker.”

“. . . the eerie power

that memory holds

over our present lives . . .”

“Godspeed was fueled by lies. . .

Now it is ruled by chaos.”

Books: May 14th - May 18th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the TV's in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“One choice can

transform you . . .

or it can

destroy you . . .”

Book 1:

Strange things are happening

in Maya’s small town . . .

Book 3

of

The Kane Chronicles

Books: May 7th - May 11th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the TV's in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

Seven mysterious letters . . .

A boy with

brown sugar eyes . . .

The unraveling begins

at NYC’s

Fashion Institute of Technology . . .

“Accused of desertion . . .

A last-minute reprieve . . .

or execution

by firing squad?”