Books: April 23rd - April 27th

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 futuristic world . . .

Where oil is scarce . . .

But loyalty is scarcer . . .”

“Midwifery . . .

Motherhood . . .

and the lengths to which one good woman will go for love.”

“What we know now . . .

One hundred years later. ”

Books: April 16th - April 20th

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:

“The real-life fairy tale

of an American Secretary

who became an Africian king.”

“Four best friends . . .

four ways to serve

their country . . .”

“Better than

The Hunger Games . . .”

Books: April 2nd - April 4th

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:

 

Cinderella
meets Technology
in a Dystopian Society . . .

 

April 15th, 1912
The “unsinkable ship” . . .

The tragedy . . .

The survivors’ memoirs . . .

“It was the summer on Vliet Street

when we all started

locking our doors . . .”

Books: March 26th - March 30th

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:

“Four Friends . . .

Four Tattoos . . .

One Ancient Evil . . .”

“What it means to be a family,

and the many roads we can take

to become one . . .”

 

“They killed your father!

They will kill you!

You must survive

the next 365 days . . .”

Books: March 21st - March 23rd

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:

An unlikely relationship . . .

An uncanny ability

to heal bruises . . .

“In a crowd of beautiful ballet dancers,

how can one girl stand out?”

“A remarkable novel about

an American nurse’s life-changing journey

into war.”

Books: March 12th - March 16th

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 waitressing job . . .

A mystery man . . .

A 2.5 million dollar tip . . .

“. . . an authentic story of friendship

with more than 80 delicious recipes . . .”

Twin brothers of Frankenstein . . .

discover The Dark Library . . .

Books: March 5th - March 9th

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:

Have you read a good movie lately? . . .

The question . . .

What does it take to find a lost love?

       A. Love             B. Luck

       C. Smarts         D. Destiny

                                                                                          

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy . . .

International Espionage . . .

The enemy is within . . .

Four girlfriends . . .

One pair of jeans . . .

Four different stories . . .

Mr. Bean - Library Destruction

Oh, that Mr. Bean . . .

Freedom to Read Week . . . . . . . . . . Banned Books: February 27th - March 3rd

In conjunction with "Freedom to Read Week", the following challenged or banned 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:

“It was a dark and stormy night . . .”

Two children are transported through the fifth dimension . . .

“A lot of teenagers take drugs and run away –

           some never make it back . . ."

“What constitutes family:

blood or love?

Or can it be both?”

Freedom to Read Week: February 26 - March 3

This week Canadians across the country celebrated the right to have the freedom to read!

"Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms."

Take a moment to investigate and reflect upon the Bannings and Burnings in History. Copies of some of these books were on display in the library along with a note explaining why the book had been challenged, banned or, at one time, burned!

Books: February 13th - February 17th

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:

North Ridge High:

“Who will win the Most Romantic Couple Contest?”

 

A teenage creation . . .

A romance board game . . .

From broken hearts . . .

To happily ever after . . .

 

“All of us are better . . . when we are loved . . .”

Books: February 6 - February 10

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:

An uncrossable border . . .

Humans and superhumans . . .

A message from AWAY . . .

pleading for help . . .

“Rigg . . . a teenager who possesses a secret talent

that allows him to see the paths of people’s pasts . . .”

Maxfield Academy:

Razor-wire fence . . .

Video camera monitors . . .

A school secret . . .

Discarded Fiction Books

The library staff has recently weeded the fiction section of the library. The discarded novels are in a small room in the library. Feel free to browse through the titles and take a few home - for keeps! :)

Books: January 30 - February 2

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:

IQ Experimental Surgery:

“A stirring diary . . .

There are scenes in this book that will haunt me forever.”

“No one knows

why Juliette’s touch

is fatal . . .”

Vietnam . . .
booby-trapped jungles . . .
carrying 30 pounds of supplies . . .
and . . .
emotional baggage . . .