Friday, April 19, 2024

April 15th - April 19th

The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:

“Could a secret buried with Champlain for nearly 400 years
be so dreadful that someone would kill to protect it?”

“During the summer of 1967, Anne Harper, 17,
enters a home for pregnant teens ...”

“His social studies teacher's version of World War II
and Hitler is different from everyone else’s …”


Friday, April 12, 2024

April 8th - April 12th

 The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:


“The Battle of Beaumont Hamel is considered
the greatest tragedy in Newfoundland and Labrador’s history.”

“an unforgettable story of love, betrayal and sacrifice …”

“The bond that grew among this group of misfits was one of love and trust …”




Thursday, March 28, 2024

March 25th - March 28th

The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:


“In the middle of the night Garrett is taken from his home
to Harmony Lake, a boot camp …”

“Teen violence, bullying and the burning quest to fit in ..."

“the bonds and breaking points of money and love, wood and blood …”


Friday, March 22, 2024

March 18th - March 22nd

The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:

From living on the street … 
to living with her aunt above a costume shop …

“When a friend offers them big money 
to spend a night in the old Blackwood house …”

“The party rolls on until Guzzo dares Josh to a race …”


Thursday, March 14, 2024

March 11th - March 15th

The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:


“In memory of many who lost their lives to polio, 
and those who were never able to run again.”

“Why did Martin Beamis keep picking on him?”

“Phoebe has done something so terrible she can’t return home …”


Thursday, March 7, 2024

March 4th - March 8th

The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:

“Through his quest to solve the mystery of the bodies …”

“In California, tubing down the river with other river rats …”

“Life changes forever in December 1941 …”

Friday, March 1, 2024

February 26th - March 1st

The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:

“These stories link people to the land and to each other …”


Puffin, Woolly Mammoth, Walrus, Narwhal …

five generations … from the slave trade … to modern Ontario…

“How NHL’s first Black captain gives back.”



Thursday, February 15, 2024

February 12th - February 16th

The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:

“Rich in wisdom and filled with respect for the natural world …”

“a tale framed in a modern context …”

“The Fast, Short Life of Canadian Champion Harry Jerome”


“A bet between gods Hermes and Apollo 
leads them to grant human consciousness and language 
to a group of dogs …”



Friday, February 9, 2024

February 5th - February 9th

 The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:

“A collection of stories passed down through generations …”

“Cultural legends in relation to historical events…”

A theatre usher told her to move 
from the main floor to the balcony …


“Stories from the World of Viola Desmond –
Canada’s Rosa Parks.”

Friday, February 2, 2024

January 29th - February 2nd

The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:

Seven stories of the origin of people


“The myths beg to be read more than once …”

A graphic novel: “Defining Moments in Canadian History”

“The Underground Railroad Diary of Julia May Jackson”

Thursday, January 18, 2024

January 15th - January 19th

The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:

“Staying home and studying while his photographer father 
travels to an African village isn’t an option.”

“They have a week to find their way out before the spiral

fades away and the trio are trapped forever …”

“He’d thought it would be interesting to help out a time traveler . . .”

Thursday, January 11, 2024

January 8th - January 12th

The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:

“In a society of the future, 
the government restricts its citizens’ rights …”

“Peter King never wanted to go 
on the school wilderness camp trip …”

“A story about being human:
making horrible mistakes and finding forgiveness and love …”


Wednesday, December 20, 2023

December 18th - December 22nd

The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:


“A young man and his wife each make a drastic decision 
to surprise the other at Christmas.”


A Christmas hymn, written in 1642 by Jean de Brébeuf,
a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Canada.

A Christmas miracle on the Western Front during World War I …


Thursday, December 14, 2023

December 11th - December 15th

 The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:

“'Tis the season . . . for heartbreak?”

“The power of love . . .”

“Together they could find true love.”


Friday, December 8, 2023

December 4th - December 8th

The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:

“a snowy road trip . . .  a scavenger hunt . . .”


Dr. Zomboss invents a Cold Crystal which is capable of freezing Neighborville ...”


Sunny Texas to an icy island in the middle of Lake Michigan …”

Friday, December 1, 2023

November 27th - December 1st

 The following books, available at the SMHS library, as well as digital books available at Teen Book Cloud, were promoted on the monitors in the Commons and on the virtual bookshelf of the school and library websites:


On their Date of Origin, 
they find out if they will morph into slaves.


“Sometimes I feel like I have walked 
into the middle of a movie.”


Vancy must join her father … 
or her village will face the force of his anger.