It’s HERE: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

We have four copies left of The Fault in Our Stars by the one and only John Green!  Ms. Hamilton feels this is his best book since Looking for Alaska and thinks students will love his latest novel.  Check out the book trailer and the interview with John Green below.

National Book Award 2011 Finalists Announced

Welcome to the National Book Foundation, Presenter of the National Book Awards, Homepage via kwout

The finalists for the National Book Awards 2011 have been announced!  Access the complete list by clicking here.  All winners will be announced November 15; there will be a special live webcast just for teens–learn more here!

2011 National Book Awards, The National Book Foundation via kwout

Finalists for the category of Young People’s Literature include:

• Franny Billingsley, Chime
• (Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group USA, Inc. )
• Debby Dahl Edwardson, My Name Is Not Easy
• (Marshall Cavendish)
• Thanhha Lai, Inside Out and Back Again
• (Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers)
• Albert Marrin, Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
• (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books)
• Lauren Myracle, Shine
• (Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS)
• Gary D. Schmidt, Okay for Now
• (Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

What would you give to be perfect? Ellen Hopkins Discusses Her New Book Perfect

Our New Kindle Resource Guide

 

Home – Kindles at The Unquiet Library – LibGuides at Creekview High School via kwout

We are almost ready to begin checking out Kindles to you, our students!  If you would like to check out a Kindle, you’ll need to come by and pick up a copy of the student permission/acceptable use form OR download the student permission/acceptable use form and review with your parents (and does require a signature from both you and a legal guardian).  Once this form is returned, you’ll be on the waiting list to circulate a Kindle.   If there are specific titles you are interested in purchasing, come by and see us as well for a form or download it from the LibGuides page.

Author Allan Stratton Visits The Unquiet Library via Skype

Last Friday, we were honored to host an hour-long virtual author visit the personable, informative, and dynamic Allan Stratton. Students who had read  Chanda’s Secrets in their literature/inquiry circles as part of our larger unit on Issues in Africa in Learning21/Media 21 enjoyed the opportunity to interact with Stratton and ask questions.  During our hour-long conversation, we learned about Stratton’s life, the influence of his mother on his writing, how he came to write Chanda’s Secrets, how he develops characters, and common themes in his books.  We also enjoyed Stratton showing and telling us about a range of international covers for Chanda’s Secrets; we even got to “meet” one of his cats (which delighted my 10th graders)!   The students were excited to talk to the author of the book they had read and to actually ask him questions and get real time responses via Skype.  For the students, this Skype experience was their first, and they were impressed at how wonderfully it worked.  After the session ended, students commented on how much they enjoyed the virtual visit, and some even shared they wished they could have had another hour to ask questions and to hear Stratton’s thoughts!

We were all charmed and delighted by Stratton, and if you are looking for a dynamic author visit, then it is without any reservation that I recommend you add Stratton to your “must hear” author list!  A heartfelt thank you to Allan Stratton for his time and for working with us to set up this wonderful Skype visit!