Book club will meet tomorrow, Thursday Dec 6th in the IMC during CAP! See you all there!
Central book club picks for 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
A complete list of all the book club picks for the 2012/2013 school year!
September - meet to discuss favorite summertime reads
October - Ghostgirl by Tanya Hurley
November - The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
December - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline AND Divergent by Veronica Roth
January - Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie AND Matched by Ally Condie
February - Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry and The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
March - Godless by Pete Hautmann and Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
April - Going Bovine by Libba Bray AND Delerium by
Author visit and October Book Club Pick
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Where does a New York Times best selling author go the day after her new book The Blessed is released? Central High School of course! Tonya Hurley, author of the acclaimed ghostgirl trilogy, was the guest at an "Author's Chat" where she spoke about her life as an author, finding inspiration, and the publishing process. Tonya's first book, Ghostgirl is the October pick for book club. We will meet Thursday October 4th in the IMC during CAP to discuss the book.
Ready for the new year? Thinking about good study habits?
Sunday, August 26, 2012
This was shared with me by the school library list-serv and I thought it was cute and I should share it on with you!
NPR's list of Best Young Adult Novels (as voted by listeners)
Monday, August 13, 2012
NPR has published the top 100 young adult novels. There was a nomination period, and then open voting. Wow! I hate to admit it, but I have only read 38 of them! I definitely need to hit the books here. How do you do on this list? Top 100 YA novels
Need help picking your summer read?
Friday, June 15, 2012
Here's a flow chart that could help you decide! What path will you take?
Via Teach.com and USC Rossier Online
Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominees!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
And the nominees for 2012 are:
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Starcrossed by Elizabeth Bunce
Stay by Deb Caletti
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
Shine by Lauren Myracle
Trapped by Michael Northrop
This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
I’ll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
You can see all of the nominees, read reviews, and vote here:
January Book Club
Monday, January 16, 2012
Our book for January was The Maze Runner by James Dashner.
Book 2 and 3 of the series are available in the IMC.
Book 2 is The Scorch Trials.
Book 3 is The Death Cure.
Most people don't know the official name of the series is The Kill Order!
Hunger Games Trailer!!
The Hunger Games trailer is out and it looks fantastic!!
I was a little skeptical of the adaptation, but this is helping convince me. The actors definitely look older than they are supposed to be in the books, Katniss does not look anywhere near 16, but it despite that it looks great!
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