tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82901619756853656052024-03-19T01:05:31.947-02:30Loud Librarian SpeaksBook reviews and ponderings by a High School Teacher-LibrarianLoud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-31625958080901404752013-05-28T10:17:00.001-02:302013-05-28T10:19:49.783-02:30Reading and challenges and reading challengesI love to read. I've often said that I am one of the luckiest people around to find a job where my skills are in play - a love of books, understanding of technology integrations and a dash of nerdiness. Unfortunately, my job will be changing a bit next year - reassignment within the school - but that does not mean I cannot keep up with some of my loves.<br />
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I recently completed the Hub Reading Challenge. It was a joy and a pleasure to be a participant in this challenge and opened my eyes (literally I guess!) to so many books. For this challenge you had to read or listen to 25 books taken from the YALSA award list. The list can be found <a href="http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-hub-reading-challenge-list-by-author.pdf">here</a>. I had read several of the books previous to the challenge and had read all the Non-Fiction and Morris nominated books for a separate challenge. The ones I'd read independently I had to reread - the Non-Fiction and Morris nominated ones counted towards my list. I am waiting for some to come back from students to reread, but that's just icing on the cake - I have my 25 (28 actually, 30 if you count my reading some that were supposed to be audio books!). I read the following (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3474859-alison-edwards?shelf=the-hub-reading-challenge">goodreads list</a>):<br />
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<li><a href="http://loudlibrarianspeaks.blogspot.ca/2013/01/review-love-and-other-perishable-items.html">Love and Other Perishable Items</a></li>
<li><a href="http://loudlibrarianspeaks.blogspot.ca/2013/01/review-miseducation-of-cameron-post-by.html">The Miseducation of Cameron Post</a></li>
<li><a href="http://loudlibrarianspeaks.blogspot.ca/2013/01/review-after-snow.html">After the Snow</a></li>
<li><a href="http://loudlibrarianspeaks.blogspot.ca/2013/01/review-bomb-race-to-build-and-steal.html">Bomb: The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://loudlibrarianspeaks.blogspot.ca/2013/01/review-we-have-job.html">We've Got a Job: The 1962 Birmingham Children's March</a></li>
<li><a href="http://loudlibrarianspeaks.blogspot.ca/2013/01/review-wondershow-by-hannah-barnaby.html">Wonder Show</a></li>
<li><a href="http://loudlibrarianspeaks.blogspot.ca/2013/01/review-steve-jobs-man-who-thought.html">Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thoughts Different</a></li>
<li><a href="http://loudlibrarianspeaks.blogspot.ca/2013/01/reviews-moonbird-and-seraphina.html">Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95</a></li>
<li><a href="http://loudlibrarianspeaks.blogspot.ca/2013/01/reviews-moonbird-and-seraphina.html">Seraphina</a></li>
<li><a href="http://loudlibrarianspeaks.blogspot.ca/2013/01/review-titanic-voices-from-disaster-by.html">Titanic: Voices from the Disaster</a></li>
<li>Prom and Prejudice</li>
<li>My Friend Dahmer</li>
<li>Every Day</li>
<li>In Darkness</li>
<li>Enchanted</li>
<li>Me and Earl and the Dying Girl</li>
<li>The Name of the Star</li>
<li>The Fault in our Stars</li>
<li>The Diviners</li>
<li>Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Vol 1</li>
<li>Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe</li>
<li>Where'd You Go, Bernadette</li>
<li>I Hunt Killers</li>
<li>Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb</li>
<li>Code Name Verity</li>
<li>October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard</li>
<li>The Running Dream</li>
<li>Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am</li>
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<BR>If you go to my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3474859-alison-edwards?shelf=the-hub-reading-challenge">goodreads list </a>it will link you to the covers, author names and general reviews by those who have read the books. If I can I will be trying to read seven more before the deadline (June 22nd). Some of these will be easy - there's at least three on the list that I just need to get back. Others I might have to pick up - worth it for a good book!<br />
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I've committed myself to the <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/the-fifth-annual-bookaday-challenge/">Nerdy Book Club Fifth Annual #bookaday Challenge</a>. One book for every day of the summer. I can do it! 73 books in 73 days is not a bad thing. Some will be rereads but sounds like it's about the pace I read anyway!<br />
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At this point, I won't be a librarian next year. But that doesn't mean I can't continue my loud librarian ways. Resource units, book resources, reading challanges - it's all still part of being an educator! The challenge will be, of course, finding the time to continue what I do as a full time job, while I do a different full time job. I suspect I'll be the teacher who goes to the library with her classes the most! <br />
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And to end, my new lego minifig. If only this girl had bright red hair!<br />
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<br />Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-50004114291807496142013-04-12T12:35:00.002-02:302013-05-28T10:19:22.467-02:30Book Review: 'See you at Harry's' by Jo Knowles<a href="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1333579098l/12384984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="See You at Harry's" border="0" height="200" id="coverImage" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1333579098l/12384984.jpg" width="134" /></a>I had planned for ages to read 'See You at Harry's'. One of those books that kept coming up in my twitter feed and in scholastic orders, I planned to pick it up, but kept putting it off. Finally, I've read it. And I'm still thinking about it.<br />
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'See you at Harry's' is the story of twelve year old Fern. She's got a crazy family - as so often happens in Young Adult literature. Her Family are the owners of 'Harry's' a family ice cream restaurant. Ferns dad is always trying to find ways to boost business, her mom just wants to go off and meditate, her sister Sara is busy finding ways to not work, her brother Holden has a secret and a new friend. And there's Charlie - her younger brother and the three year old center of the universe. Fern is always trying to find time to be herself and to not be lost in this big, crazy family. While her friend Ran keeps saying "all will be well", Fern has not yet found evidence to support this calming mantra. She believes it when Ran says it - but then returns home and finds the chaos that surrounds her. And then <b>it</b> happens and the world is forever changed.<br />
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So, what is <b>it</b>? I can't say. It will ruin things for you. But it is what gripped me. I could picture this family - picture the three year old little boy saying 'See you at Hawee's' in the inane family commercial the dad made them film. I can see the conversations between Holden and Fern discussing his secret life. I can feel the trepidation of Fern as she enters High School. This family is well drawn and through that, drew me into their pain when <b>it </b>happens. Knowles went there and I wish I'd known that (I should have stopped wanting to read the book and instead read about the book). This book examines the feelings that each family member has when a major event happens to them and does so in a realistic manner - grief, guilt, forgiveness, blaming - it's all there. This is a realistic story of a girl who is trying to find her place and what happens to her and her family during this time.<br />
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If you're easily upset, read some reviews that give spoilers.<br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12384984-see-you-at-harry-s">Goodreads Page</a><br />
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<br />Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-44476478084048145492013-02-27T09:53:00.002-03:302013-02-27T09:54:18.160-03:30Sections of my libraryA question that comes up quite often in my Professional Learning Community is this: where do you put book x? Book x of course being their example and not a book with the title X. It's always interesting to see how many different answers people will give.<br />
At my school library I'm not dealing with a large collection - around 5000 books at most. I have a large room but it must house a number of things, including tables, computers, shelving, circulation desk, a photocopier and a Steinway grand. Yes, there is a grand piano in my library. My library looks out at the courtyard. It's a lovely space.<br />
It is also naturally divided into two sections. People can use it as one whole room and spread out or two groups can use it at once. I've used that division to help organize the books - fiction on one side and non-fiction and specialized on the other side.<br />
My fiction is divided. I have series fiction, graphic novels and then fiction. Not all of the graphic novels are fiction but I didn't want to lose them in the non-fiction. I use letters on the spine labels to designate each section - S FIC XXX is a series novel, G FIC XXX or G ###.## XXX is a graphic novel and then just FIC XXX for regular fiction. I was finding that a number of kids wanted to read series but had a hard time finding them in the shelves when they weren't separate. Part of this was a shelving issue - sometimes they wouldn't be together on the shelf: one might be at the start of that alphabetical section while the other could be 3/4 of the way through. I need to take on the project of labeling - designating different subsections and areas of interest (LGBTQ, Fantasy, etc). I then have a "New" display and display novels that are newer there. I try to slowly put them out so there's always a supply of them, no matter how my budget looks at that point.<br />
My non-fiction is fairly straightforward. I use Dewey and go from 001 to 999. Then I skip a shelf and have my languages section - French and Spanish mostly and a mix of fiction and non. Those are designated with a FR FIC XXX or FR ###.## XXX. Then another shelf is skipped and I have Holocaust related materials - we do a lot of work with the Holocaust. And then my reference section, which is small. I have a set each of English, Spanish and French encyclopedias as well as some tomes that are more reference like.<br />
The last section in the library is one I keep having to rehome. Right now a lot of it is on carts. It's my local literature section - books, both fiction and non from Newfoundland and Labrador. This is one section that I've not weeded - it's got some old books which aren't in print any more. I really need to sort this one out - I'm out of room where it is so I may need to return it to the section from whence it came - a cubby on the fiction side.<br />
Every library is different - that's mine! Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-51306730545373941792013-02-17T21:18:00.001-03:302013-02-17T21:19:49.358-03:30Options for ProjectsTo go along with the 'Reading for Choice' program, at least one of the teachers is giving a lot of choices in what they can do as their assignments. Here are some of the options:<br />
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<b>1. Live tweeting</b>. Twitter is a 140 character-at-a-time way to share your thoughts with the world. I did a live twitter feed of 'The Hunger Games', which you can find <a href="https://twitter.com/announcingthe74">here</a>. Shows you know the book, the characters and how to answer a question without retelling the story.<br />
<b>What do you need?</b> Internet connection, a <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">twitter</a> account specific to this project. Free. <br />
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<b>2. Popplet. </b><a href="http://www.popplet.com/">Popplet</a> is a webbing and organizational website. It allows you to post topics, pictures, video and web them all together. It allows you to present a topic, show similarities and differences and illustrate it with appropriate images.You can also save it and put it on a website. <br />
<b>What do you need?</b> Internet connection or downloaded app, free account (free for the first five popplets). <br />
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<b>3. Book Trailers.</b> Much like a movie, a book can be promoted with a trailer. There are lots of video programs to build this, but I like the app iMovie. It has trailer templates which walk you through the storyboard and allow you to pick different themes to suit your particular novel. You can take the pictures and video with the iPad or iPhone, so you don't need any other technologies.<br />
<b>What do you need?</b> Any video equipment, but if you're a beginner and have access to a iProduct, iMovie is fantastic. $4.99 from the app store. Students at school can work with their teacher and me to borrow the LRC iPads. <br />
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<b>4. Dipity. <a href="http://www.dipity.com/">Dipity</a></b> is a timeline maker. It's a little buggy - had issues making one - but when it's working is a great way to show how a novel progressed and highlight the important events in the novel.<br />
<b>What do you need?</b> Internet and free account. <br />
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<b>5. Prezi.</b> I love <a href="http://www.prezi.com/">prezi</a>. It's all zoom-y and fun. Great way to do a presentation, save it to the website, and work on it again. It zooms and swoops and makes me happy.<br />
<b>What do you need? </b>As per so many of these, an internet connection and a free account. <br />
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<b>6. Stixy </b><a href="http://www.stixy.com/">Stixy</a> allows you to create a message board style page, with pictures, documents and notes. You can work with others or by yourself. This would be a great way to create character profiles.<br />
<b>What do you need?</b> Internet and a free account. <br />
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<b>7. Photo Essay.</b> Putting together a photo essay is a great way to use photography skills and display your knowledge. There are websites like Flickr, which allow you to upload pictures, apps that allow you to build photo collages and places all around that will print out pictures. Plus, with some apps, you can make the pictures look different - manga style or what not. Great visuals will tell a story.<br />
<b>What do you need?</b> A camera or camera device, editing programs or apps, ability to print out pictures and some creativity.<br />
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<b>8. Tagxedo. </b>The <a href="http://www.tagxedo.com/">tagxedo</a> site allows you to make word clouds that can be made lto look like a particular image. Great way to show the main ideas and that you understand the visuals the author is presenting.<br />
<b>What do you need?</b> Internet and free account.<br />
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Beth Maddigan (the awesome) has some more web 2.0 links on her <a href="https://bethmaddigan.jux.com/826387#">jux account</a>. Really - if you can dream it, you can do it! Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-13143296502462973872013-02-07T09:58:00.001-03:302013-02-07T10:00:45.074-03:30New Display: Blind Date with a Book!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vY7ndrXQaLrerhJ_vzB48UrupX3sjfLL-aC63fckOFsF0D8GDfilGPKSOcjy4aCljSF7c-i7pGiHu_NEJ8O50zqc8K2-hG_fztvMxzjwha0Y7UyWnk9V8UfXPxKhzek5_CDsjCxvfyhO/s1600/IMG_4453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vY7ndrXQaLrerhJ_vzB48UrupX3sjfLL-aC63fckOFsF0D8GDfilGPKSOcjy4aCljSF7c-i7pGiHu_NEJ8O50zqc8K2-hG_fztvMxzjwha0Y7UyWnk9V8UfXPxKhzek5_CDsjCxvfyhO/s200/IMG_4453.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've just finished my new display. It was inspired by discussions on the YALSA Ya List and was a lot of fun to prepare! Entitled 'Blind Date with a Book', it allows students to pick a book with minimal input from me, just short clues, written much like personal ads. I also gave the option to solve all the clues to get a chance to win a $10 Chapters card (mental note, must buy $10 chapters card.....)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWGobjdw5P1lufUvl9Q7PpZWRHs79Z4VHGswOGExbkYqgbx3qzmFYCuhdrYu_Ulz2zSWCD8av3JBivcaKun_C-xVswLT0_JaXt2O4tVhPxyO0tv4hVtCHOT-urbXezeRKmnowxA9OkCpA/s1600/IMG_4456cc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWGobjdw5P1lufUvl9Q7PpZWRHs79Z4VHGswOGExbkYqgbx3qzmFYCuhdrYu_Ulz2zSWCD8av3JBivcaKun_C-xVswLT0_JaXt2O4tVhPxyO0tv4hVtCHOT-urbXezeRKmnowxA9OkCpA/s200/IMG_4456cc.jpg" width="181" /></a>The display board had the instructions on how to do this (read the clues, pick out a book, check it out (I put a temp barcode on each one), give back the clue, unwrap the book and enjoy!). I also put a list of all of the clues there in a folder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The main issue that I had was that at this point, some classes are doing their independent novel and so my choice of novels was limited. Many "good" or easily recognizable ones are checked out or I know will be necessary for the classes coming down later. However, I managed to get 16 books ready for this.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The clues were as follows (you can highlight the space after the words "Book Title' to see which book it's talking about):</span><br />
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created? Are you here to kill me or save me?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Book Title:</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: white;">Eve and Adam</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Clue #2: Needed: Someone to help me run my family. </span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Must be able to
be discrete selling illegal goods and able to deal with chocolate shortages</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Book Title:</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: white;">All these things I've done</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Clue #3: Needed: someone to help me solve my own story. </span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Must be able to
dance all night. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Book Title:</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: white;">Entwined</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Clue #4: Seeking: The Almighty Smize. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Can you help me conquer Catwalk Corner?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Book Title:</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: white;">Modelland</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Clue #5: Looking for a guy who understands ambition, family and
complicated hair. </span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Must enjoy the sound of a typewriter late into the night and agree
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how important sisters can be. Should be able to help provide for my sister and
mom, especially when I am unexpectedly away. Abilities to hunt, bake and ice
cakes will be taken into consideration. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Book Title:</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: white;">The Hunger Games</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Clue #7: Needed: Someone to help me live my last day. </span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Must be
comfortable with repeating themselves. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Book Title:</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: white;">Before I Die</span></span></span></div>
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<br />Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-18494164636482204192013-01-31T10:15:00.002-03:302013-01-31T10:17:18.795-03:30Exciting Times at the LibraryOf course, aren't they all exciting times?<br />
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It was fantastic to get caught up in the excitement of the awards earlier this week. I didn't agree with all of the choices (Seraphina and I will have to agree to disagree) but I did agree with the love and excitement shown as they were awarded. Full list of winners can be found <a href="http://www.ala.org/news/pr?id=12298">here</a>. I've since ordered a few of the ones I'd not read - very excited.<br />
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I recently got an ipad for the library - and have since ordered an ipad mini. On each I put quotes from books. This one has 'I am Selfish. I am brave'. The mini will have (I hope!) 'Maybe okay will be our always'. I'm hoping that putting these quotes will mean that it makes it that much more obvious that the connection between technology and books is there! I spent yesterday downloading apps - now I need to explore more and see what I need to do to make it the ultimate library tool. I did just download the <a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/products/teenbookfinder">YALSA book finder</a>, so that might help! I spent about 20 minutes the other day making a video about the library - no plot, no focus - just to see how to do it in iMovie. It's an app I'll be recommending to teachers to use for book trailers or even general presentations. 20 minutes, no fuss, no muss - just a not great but looked fantastic horror movie trailer about the library.<br />
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It always amazes me how many things can happen in a library. The set for our school musical is over in the corner, a college is presenting here third period, a social justice class is scheduled for fourth period and I'm book talking during fifth period. My homeroom has been here, the PASS teacher has students scheduled all through the day. Our PD day will be here, the set will be gone! and prom decorations will be created. It's a cozy place.<br />
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Now... if the books would catalogue themselves.....<br />
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<br />Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-30202261262013079792013-01-28T10:55:00.000-03:302013-01-28T10:57:29.314-03:30Reviews: Moonbird and Seraphina<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVGHubxr2YONUHt0gkqEBMFPit8bbUhPCdSvbvHex_HKUj8sKl-h2h0Q3jwoTfQebEJzlW98ii_XZVfFbA_7tWK4zXeC0o1NdcNUhnV-4b0CAX-g1_XqMzED1Q4AjarN108mUUUKzJqww/s1600/moonbird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVGHubxr2YONUHt0gkqEBMFPit8bbUhPCdSvbvHex_HKUj8sKl-h2h0Q3jwoTfQebEJzlW98ii_XZVfFbA_7tWK4zXeC0o1NdcNUhnV-4b0CAX-g1_XqMzED1Q4AjarN108mUUUKzJqww/s200/moonbird.jpg" width="180" /></a><b>Review: </b>Moonbird: A year on the wind with the great survivor B95<br />
<b>Published by:</b> Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2012<br />
<b> ISBN:</b> 978-0-374-30468-3<br />
<b> Reading Level:</b> Grades 5 and up<br />
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<b>Review: </b>Seraphina by Rachel Hartman<br />
<b>Published by:</b> Doubleday Canada, 2012<br />
<b> ISBN:</b> 978-0-385-66839-2<br />
<b> Reading Level:</b> Grades 9 and up<br />
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I've chosen to review Moonbird and Seraphina in the same entry NOT because they have overwhelming similarities but because what I have to say applies to both. One is a fiction novel about a half dragon caught up in a mystery, the other is a non fiction tale of a bird migration and of B95, a bird who has made the journey over 18 times - flying the distance one would travel from Earth to the Moon and halfway back again. So, no true similarities but one: I disliked both but knew I was reading good stuff.<br />
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I don't like dragons - or even half dragons and thus a plot surrounding them is not to my taste. 'Seraphina' reads well and the storyline is interesting - murder, intrigue, fighting between groups. However, make those groups dragons and humans and throw in descriptions on how to clean your scales and I'm out. I enjoyed it more in this second reading (I reviewed it previously for 'Resourcelinks and had a ARC). I can see literary merit in this book - well written, strong plot, well developed characters. I just did not like it. <br />
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The same is true of 'Moonbird'. In this saga about the migration of the rufa red knot, we learn about the travel and diet patterns of this bird species. These birds travel from Terra del Fuego in South America to the breeding grounds of the Canadian Arctic. The migration habits of this group have been tracked as well as their population. Scientists have tagged and identified many of the rufa, tracking them year after year. B95 was tagged 18 years ago and is still flying. Given the fact that the population of the rufa has dropped 80% in the past 20 years, his survival is fairly epic. This is a full colour book, pullouts of bios, features and facts an dis nicely written. However, I couldn't find it in me to care for these birds. That sounds callous but honest - I thought the story was fascinating, I was just not inspired to help. I did like that they mentioned Parks Canada in the list of groups and resources of people for those who are inspired to help - Parks Canada does great work and should be mentioned.<br />
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Both books received a 4/5.<br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/12394100-seraphina">Good reads page Seraphina</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12510885-moonbird">Good Reads page Moonbird</a>. Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-28562729333389583352013-01-24T08:00:00.000-03:302013-01-29T10:49:30.399-03:30Review: Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNuJnF7OpzGsmWA952sVBJaDtVpZ0MxR2NH99T4ceZ1Vij3c8b3AkHuXCyVwovE5B0lP7My_5WNpWPffkbfW7lC3c_jCt_0WNthqS2PR596MfoLdW30UwAEAuX9OtaQ_8o1u0F5q6GvnS/s1600/titanic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNuJnF7OpzGsmWA952sVBJaDtVpZ0MxR2NH99T4ceZ1Vij3c8b3AkHuXCyVwovE5B0lP7My_5WNpWPffkbfW7lC3c_jCt_0WNthqS2PR596MfoLdW30UwAEAuX9OtaQ_8o1u0F5q6GvnS/s320/titanic.jpg" width="224" /></a><b>Review: </b>Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson<br />
<b>Published by:</b> Scholastic Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc, 2012<br />
<b> ISBN:</b> 978-0-545-11674-9 <br />
<b> Reading Level:</b> Grades 5 and up<br />
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I am a Newfoundlander. My grandfather on my mothers side was a sea captain and lived through at least one shipwreck. To leave my island you must take a boat or a plane - or swim, I guess! The Titanic has always been part of our consciousness - when I was a child we sang a campfire song about how "They built the ship Titanic just to sail the ocean blue" (full lyrics <a href="http://www.musiclegacy.com/Pages/titanic.htm">here</a>). Even when I didn't know what it was, I knew of it. I knew of the perils of the sea and the majestic danger of ice burgs. I have gotten sunburned walking around the graveyard in Halifax looking for Titanic graves, I have spent time in exhibits in local museums looking at artifacts from the Titanic and replicas of items that might have been used. I even followed the live twitter feed last year as they tweeted as if it was real time and the ship was sinking. I have an interest in the subject matter - not necessarly a great knowledge but an interest, much of which was naturally obtained by my location and personal history.<br />
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This particular look at the Titanic is nicely done. Hopkinson takes the reader from the first short voyage with passengers, from London to Queenstown and then for it's final fatal voyage from Queenstown and onwards. Throughout the entire book there are pictures of life aboard the Titanic - some taken by passengers who were part of the first short voyage, others taken on ships with similar offerings as the Titanic. There are also copies of items such as work orders, menus, distress telegrams and other such print items to further illustrate the historical importance of the events contained within. <br />
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At times this book gets a little unclear as it jumps around from survivor to survivor. However, the clarity in which it describes the fatal voyage, while staying true to the young reading level makes up for any occasional lack of focus. The pictures will please readers who.want to see the historical items but are also a great addition when trying to "sell" this book to a reluctant reader.
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I give this book a 4/5.
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12479015-titanic">Goodreads Page</a>Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-41654106128085631952013-01-23T08:00:00.000-03:302013-01-23T08:00:02.805-03:30Review: Wondershow by Hannah Barnaby<ol><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zGVOsNxUVMB2B7zrXqAJlUdLqd-0ZuW4_9_wD222ZSZuoqRXk2_9LXTcSrSYmbWzaT4zclO76es1l-E-i3uUzLE4PNuMVaJdlFPf9X2G1IuGNYkwcd2LEI2FfesmUFqgM4RiP_1zea4l/s1600/wondershow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zGVOsNxUVMB2B7zrXqAJlUdLqd-0ZuW4_9_wD222ZSZuoqRXk2_9LXTcSrSYmbWzaT4zclO76es1l-E-i3uUzLE4PNuMVaJdlFPf9X2G1IuGNYkwcd2LEI2FfesmUFqgM4RiP_1zea4l/s320/wondershow.jpg" width="140" /></a><b>Review: </b> Wondershow by Hannah Barnaby<br />
<b>Published by:</b> Houghten Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2012 <br />
<b> ISBN:</b> 978-0-547-59980-9 <br />
<b> Reading Level:</b> Grades 9 and up<br />
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Sometimes it's the little things about a book. Things which have nothing to do with the story. With this book, it was the dedication. It states:
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<ul style="text-align: center;">For the lost and the lonely
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The longing and the beauty conveyed in these two lines made me realize I was in for a treat of a book. I was not disappointed.
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To explain the plot of this story gets complicated and detailed. On the one hand, it's a story of a girl in search of her family who joins a circus, telling stories as a "normal" and finds her true family. On the other hand, this is the story of Portia, set in the United States during the 1930s. Portia is our main character - a young girl in search of her family. Portia has always had a way with stories. Her father was her constant audience; her mother was "lean and restless" and departed, leaving a space which was quickly closed and was never spoken of again. Her father and his moods controlled the stories Portia told and through that, as a young child she learned the art of storytelling, the difference between a lie and a tale and how a family can fly away. A visit to the circus was quickly followed by the disappearance of her father, leaving the two mixed in Portias mind: her father must have left to follow the circus. Portia is left with her Aunt, a no nonsense woman who taught Portia to cook and sew and who eventually decided that she was unable to care for Portia as she should be cared for. Portia is left in McGreavey's Home for Wayward Girls with the Mister, a man who uses the home as a front to get cheap labour - the girls are put to work sewing mail order uniforms or picking apples. Portia quickly becomes friends with Caroline, a girl who has caught the eye of Mister. She becomes one of the house girls, who, with Caroline and Delilah the cook, take care of the main home where Mister lives. It is there she finds the files and knows that Mister knows where her father is - she just has to earn his trust enough to be able to access it. When tragedy strikes, Portia leaves and finds the circus, hoping she can find her father, or, failing that, employment. Through the strength of her storytelling skills she finds a place as a "normal' in the Mosco's Traveling Wonder Show and it is there she discovers what family truly means.
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So... big set up for a fairly pat plot - discovering family, discovering self, discovering what a freak means vs what a normal means, finding out who the true monsters are in the world. However, all of this is boiled into beautiful prose where the reader is able to watch Portia develop from a headstrong young girl into a woman who is secure in her family and her future. As well, it gives a glimpse into the world of the traveling 'freak' show - shows popular in the 1930s. Through this novel the reader gets a glimpse into part of the world of the 30s. Barnaby creates a set of characters that the reader wants to learn more about and of whom the reader will form definite opinions. Beautifully told, a little different and smart - a fantastic novel.
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I give this book a 5/5
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12180226-wonder-show">Goodreads page</a>Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-64703617781946156512013-01-22T08:00:00.000-03:302013-01-22T08:00:02.634-03:30Review: Steve Jobs: The Man who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal <BR><OL><B> Review: </B>Steve Jobs: The Man who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal</p>
<P> <B>Published by:</B> R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company, 2012</p>
<P><B>ISBN:</B> 978-1-250-01445-0</p>
<P><B> Reading Level:</B> Grades 9 and up </p>
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<BR>I am not really an Apple person. There, I said it. I am awaiting my iPad for the library but admit that part of the reason it was purchased was because that's what is being used by the board, not because that's what I really wanted. Yes it does really cool things but, I guess, I've never been able to buy into the whole 'Apple is God' way of thinking. However, many many many people are into the Apple is all thinking - and many of the things that I enjoy using were impacted by Apple, so even if I don't have Apple products, I still have Apple to thank for a number of the things that I use everyday.
<BR>Perhaps some of my lack of passion about Apple comes from my dislike of Steve Jobs. There - an even bigger admittance from me. I'm not a huge fan of Steve Jobs. In works that I've viewed and bios I've encountered, he just seems like not a great guy. Give me The Woz any time, with his sense of humour and appreciation for others. Or even Bill Gates with his dedication to charity and giving away his money. That is if I have to choose. Steve Jobs photographs like he cares but really, the more I learn the less I like him.
<BR>So, I approached this bio with a bias. Jobs and his drive to be the best and lack of appreciation for others has been well documented. From early life with his adopted family and his issues in school to his later life with his wife and children and his company, this bio tells the good and bad about Jobs and does so in a clear and concise way. The story of Steve Jobs is a complicated one - you want to admire the man for what he brought to modern technology and yet, so often, learning the truth of his life, his attitudes and his behaviours, it's hard to like him. His abandoning of his first child, his behaviours to his employees, his refusal to contribute to charity, his inability to realize that his choices impact others - all of these things make him appear to be a pretty crappy guy. The good things he has done - helping the world modernize, helping others become financially solvent through their work in the company, his reach for perfection in the products he delivered to his customers - sometimes pale in comparison. How would his first daughter have felt, knowing her dad named a computer after her even though he didn't want to be part of his life? How would business partners feel knowing that he shared what he wanted to share - even financially? After almost any bio I have read or watched about Steve Jobs I am struck with the idea that he wasn't such a great guy. I remarked to my mom after reading this that I knew it was a YA bio of him - I left feeling he was a jerk as opposed to any stronger word I might have used after a non-ya bio!
<BR>Despite the flaws of the subject, Blumenthal has created a great profile. Students who are wondering from what brain their apple products emerged will be able to read about one of the people who helped make them happen and do so in an accessible and well written format. She has plenty of pullaway information boxes but puts them at the end of chapters so that the reader is not drawn away from the narrative of her biography. She presents testimony and stories from a number of people who were in the life of Jobs to help develop her story, which aids in trying to understand what kind of man Steve Jobs was.
<BR>I gave this book a 4/5.
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<p><B>Published by:</b>Balzar + Bray, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, in 2012 </p>
<p><B>ISBN:</b> 978-0-06-202056-7 </p>
<p><B>Reading Level:</b> Grades 9 and up </p>
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<BR>I was a teen of the 90's. The grunge scruffiness, the bands trying to make a mark, the general questioning of the age. Who am I and why did I used to wear florescent shirts and all that jazz. Reading a book set in that era was nice, especially one that wasn't focused on the popular culture of the times but instead the living in the culture of those times. It felt familiar.
<BR>The subject matter was less personal but was still familiar. The story of a girl trying to find her place and her self during her teen years in the 90s sounds like the story of my life. Less like my life was the life of Cameron Post. Her parents die suddenly in a car crash and she's relieved - relieved they will never find out that she was kissing a girl at the time of their crash. Once she is orphaned, Cameron has to live with her well intentioned but old fashioned Grandmother and her very conservative and Christian aunt Ruth. She knows her home life will never be the same and knows that to fit in in her small town she's going to have to lay low and blend in, no matter what inner angst she is feeling. Then, SHE moves to town - beautiful cowgirl Coley Taylor with her perfect life and her perfect boyfriend. Cameron and Coley strike up an intense friendship, one which becomes intense in many ways. When the intensity turns to something physical, Cameron is sent away by her Aunt to be "fixed". Cam is forced to face the reality of what it will mean to deny her true self - and the reality of figuring out who her true self really is.
<BR>This book was visually quite beautiful - the descriptions of vistas, towns and places were striking and appealing to the reader. Cameron was a character I enjoyed meeting - and about whom I'd love to read more. Danforth scripted her characters beautifully and believably, and their joys and angst were quite visible and tangible as you navigated their lives. Character, setting, plot - all of these tenants of storytelling were beautifully developed and left the reader informed and wanting more.
<BR>This is one book I can't wait to share with my students.
<BR>I rate this book 5/5.
<BR><A HREF=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11595276-the-miseducation-of-cameron-post>Goodreads page</a>. Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-89078869733681663662013-01-14T11:51:00.000-03:302013-01-14T11:52:54.002-03:30Review: We have a job<P><UL><B>Review</b>: We've got a job: the 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Cynthia Levinson</p>
<P><B>Published by</b>: Peachtree Publishers. 2012</p>
<P><B>ISBN</b>:978-1-56145-627-7</p>
<P><B>Reading level</b>: Grades 5+</p></ul>
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<BR>Every year I travel to DC with a student group. We go with a program called 'The Asper Human Rights and the Holocaust' program and spend four days in DC. The Holocaust Museum is a full day adventure; the rest of the time is spent going through DC. Each year I stand on the spot where Martin Luther King Jr gave his 'I have a dream' speech, on the stairs of the Lincoln memorial. Last year for the first time I went to the MLK memorial, a beautiful bas-relief positioned between the Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln memorials (and just a quick walk along the tidal basin from the FDR memorial). I know some of the history behind his importance - the general history which included his fights for equal rights, his sacrifices and his assassination, but I did not know a lot of the details, especially about those who fought along with him. Yes, the sit ins, the walks, the bus strikes, the restaurant sitins are all part of my knowledge, but who and where and how - and what happened to them has been less clear in my learning.
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<BR>'We have a job - the 1963 Birmingham Children's March' by Cynthia Levinson helped fill in some of those gaps. Levinson follows the story of four different freedom fighters, all of whom were children during 1963. They entered the civil rights movements in different ways - by accident, by choice, reluctantly, passionately - but they all worked hard and risked much to fight for equal rights. When the adults were hesitant to fight the racist culture of Birmingham because their jobs and lives were on the line, the children of the city stood up and answered Dr. Martin Luther King's cry to 'Fill the Jails'. The children marched and filled the jails and then some, causing their fight to receive national attention and helped bring about the repeal of segregation laws. Their actions inspired thousands of other young people to demand their rights and fight for their freedoms around the world. </br>
<BR>Levinson puts a focus on four children: Audrey, a 9 year old child of activists, Washington Booker III, a high spirited child child of the projects who just wanted to be allowed to eat a Banana Split at the local Department store, James W. Stewart, a teen child of professionals who had to deal with racism from both sides, given his light skin tone and Arnetta Streeter, who with her light skin could have 'passed' but chose not to, feeling colour should not matter. Each of this children were part of the actions taken by children in Birmingham. Whether they were like Audrey who was inspired by her parents and could articulate at her young age that she needed to go to Jail or like Arnetta who kept trying to get arrested and found she kept getting sent home, or like Washington who got involved almost by accident. Throughout there are pictures of many of the main people and incidents involved, further illustrating some of the dangers in which people found themselves. In addition, there are sections pulled from the main text with song lyrics, legal rulings and other information which informs the reader on some of the text needed to fully understand the book and the times in which the book is set. </br>
<BR>Beautifully designed, this telling of a major event in Modern American history is well told and illustrated. I appreciated the use of black, white and grey throughout the entire book. At times, when the focus was on people other than our four main profiles, I wondered what the use of those profiles was. However, Levinson continued to return to our fearless four, and it was nice, after reading of all the confusion to then return to four people and ground your thinking. In reflection, it was also nice to be able to look back on this momentous story and think of a few of the ordinary people who were involved. A personal connection to a story that was larger than one person. As with many non-fiction novels, I wish the text pull outs were at breaking points in the text as I found leaving the narrative to read the pull out before I turned the page distracting - I didn't want to leave the narrative but didn't want to miss the additional info. I am looking forward to putting this book into my collection and know of several research based units in which it will come of use!</br>
<BR>I rate this book: 4/5
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<P><b>Published by: </b> Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, 2012</p>
<P><B>ISBN:</b> 978-1-59643-487-5</p>
<P><B>Reading Level:</b> Grade 7+</p>
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<P>Non-fiction is not always something that I choose to read. While I often enjoy historical works, I generally reach for historical novels. Profiles of people, unless well written and about someone who is prolific and accomplished in their field, tend to pale to me when compared to a fictional character who can be developed and made into a person I want to read about - and there's rarely conflicting reports about the life and times of a fictional person. I research and read about events widely - I like to know the background of the historical fiction or the shows I'm watching - but I rarely get excited about picking up a non-fiction tome. I think that this makes the Non Fiction reading challenge more exciting to me - it's going out of my comfort zone, something that must always be done.
<P>Appropriately, I started with 'Bomb', the story of making the atomic bomb during World War II. I am currently in the process of re-watching the HBO series 'The Pacific' and thus, found it apt to couple this with reading about the bombs which ended the war. I have often used those bombs as exemplars when discussing the phrase 'History is written by the victors'. As well, the sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory' is required watching in my house; their references to the Manhattan Project have sparked me to look up the people involved on the project. I approached this book with anticipation, the thrill of learning making my little librarian heart beat a little faster.
<P>In 1938, a Germany based chemist made a discovery - when placed near radioactive material, a uranium atom split in two. This was the inspiration for the three countries - The United States, Russia and Germany - and their race to build the first atomic bomb. This book focuses on the American part it in all, including the spies placed within the American organization as well as the role they played in delaying the discoveries of other countries. Throughout there are pictures of the key players as well as important places.
<P>At times, this book reads like a fantastic spy novel - made better by knowing that it's all true. Other times it gets muddy in explanation and development, trying to fit all the information in and losing some focus in the process. Occasionally I had to check and remember who it was they were discussing as it jumped from person to person to place to place. As well, as an adult reader, I could tell that at times the language was being refocused for younger readers and some facts sugarcoated. That's a small fact in the process but one that stood out to me several times. The information presented was extremely interesting and I loved learning more about the background of the bomb - and the fallout afterwards in and between the developing countries.
<P>For students interested in a solid, historical nonfiction read, this book is a great one. It will aid in their understanding of these events, events which are important ones in their life time.
<P>I rate this book 4/5.
<P><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13170021-bomb">Goodreads page</a>.
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<p><UL><B>Review:</b> Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buza</p>
<P><b>Published by:</b> Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books. Originally published in Australia by Allen and Unwin, Sydney (2010). American Publication 2012</p>
<P> <B>ISBN:</b> 978-0-373-87000-2</p>
<P><B>Reading Level:</b> Grade 9+</ul></p>
<BR>Love, when you're a teenager, is almost always complicated. Love, when you're 15 and the person you're in love with is 21 is a little more problematic. 'Love and Other Perishable Items' addresses the question - what do when your first love is someone you shouldn't love?
<BR> Amelia and Chris both work in their local supermarket. Chris is a university student who is finding the motivation to finish his last year difficult to find. Amelia is finding high school to be not quite what she wants. Amelia, at first sight, fell head over heels with the sophicated Chris, but knows enough to not act on it. Instead she plays it cool and strikes up a friendship where they compare the injustices of growing up as well as bantering about books and b movies. On the surface they're perfect for each other - witty, funny and with similar interests. As time progresses, Amelia does not seem like the only person who longs for a romantic relationship. Yet those six years stand between them - inconsequential when they're in their sixties, miles apart when they're spanning their teens and twenties. Told in alternating sections of Amelia and Chris, the reader wonders if these two can find love - or is their relationship about to meet it's best before date?
<BR>This book details the firsts that Amelia is experiencing - her first love, her first real party, her first job, her first hangover. She's a very observant and mature fifteen, forming opinions on literature and feminism and practicing the ability to spout these opinions when she can. At the supermarket, she is not one of the girls who's 15-going-on-35 in terms of social maturity and sexuality. It is her opinions, not her actions, which makes her stand out to Chris. Chris is in search of something - badly burned by Michaela and finding solace at the Uni bar and in his crush on his coworker Kathy he goes from day to day unsure of where his life is leading. He is intrigued by Amelia and her mix of maturity and innocence and enjoys discussions with her, especially those where he can mentor her on books and popular culture. They are well suited and their friendship is one that develops organically, romantic feelings aside. The conclusion of their story is one which does not demean either character and which allows for the idea that the future is always wide open.
<P>I found this book to be nicely written. It captured the angst of unrequited and inappropriate love without making it seem taudry and unrealistic. The issues presented are ones that the characters are quite aware of and it never becomes a 'he and I against the world' kind of Romeo and Juliet tale. Both Amelia and Chris grow and develop as characters, finding their places with each other but also in their own worlds. The alternating of voices, especially since they tell of the same times and events when appropriate, is done quite well, as is the conclusion where these voices are shared. At times, Amelia seems a little too perfect for Chris, Chris seems a little too aimless and the secondary characters seem a little too much like caricatures, however, overall they exist together in the world they inhabit, helping each other find what they want and begin to figure out how to get it.
<P>I give this book a 4/5. Nicely written, draws on the simplistic at times, well concluded.
<P><A HREF=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13572835-love-and-other-perishable-items>Goodreads page</a>.
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<ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippFwoV4ubygVCeOGj4QI7gkljBeER1NqM3lZbfnk4wBSD2_pfhoB3vIm2klN1u4nega_QqGin7yVof0K9G-fPaATLO0IHfJ9rMLVFL1vtNEQvBMojjEP7mYJjiJiUBCiyytZYD_CokAH7/s1600/11801954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippFwoV4ubygVCeOGj4QI7gkljBeER1NqM3lZbfnk4wBSD2_pfhoB3vIm2klN1u4nega_QqGin7yVof0K9G-fPaATLO0IHfJ9rMLVFL1vtNEQvBMojjEP7mYJjiJiUBCiyytZYD_CokAH7/s320/11801954.jpg" width="214" /></a><b>Review:</b> 'After the Snow by S. D. Crockett</ul>
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<b>Published by:</b> Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan, 2012<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> 978-0-312-64169-6<br />
<b>Reading Levels:</b> Grade 8+<br />
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When I give book talks to students, I don't only discuss books that I enjoyed. I bring out books that I didn't like as well, letting them know they weren't to my taste and why, including a plot review. One book like that is 'Blood Red Road' - I disliked the bleak dystopia and the plot that kept going and going and going. Unfortunately, while reading 'After the Snow' I was constantly reminded of 'Blood Red Road'. The bleakness, the journey, the family revelations, the violence and the times of inaction. It was 'Blood Red Road' all over again and I had to push to finish it.
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'After the Snow' tells of a world that has suffered a brand new ice age. The oceans have stopped, America has become inconsequential and survival is of the utmost importance. Willo has only known the world in this state - ice and snow is his normal. He learns from the animals and spends time trapping them for food and for their fur, imitating them whenever he can and recognizing their power and their beauty. One day his family is taken away while Willo is out trapping. Unused to being the pack leader, Willo does what he can to survive, bringing as many supplies as he can to the top of the mountain so he can build a shelter and try to figure out how to find his family. On his way, he discovers a young girl and her brother who are starving and alone. Choices he makes from that point on will jeopardize his chances of survival and alter his destiny forever.
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For me, when I read, I need to care about the characters. They could be doing something I've never done (to this point), such as fight cancer, participate in a battle to the death again other people their age, come to terms with the fact their father is a prolific serial killer, or go on a quest to kill the dark lord who-shall-not-be-named. The character of Willo was as bleak as the landscape and even his revelations about his family could not endear him to me. This character, when combined with the abysmal setting of snow and ice, could not make me care about him or his journey. Having not met his family, I had no connection of hope to his finding them, other than not wanting a young boy to be alone. I couldn't connect with the main character, thus, my connection to the book was one of suffering as I pushed to finish it.
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I give this book a 2/5. It has merits, it's just not for me and I would not reread it.
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<P>- I ordered a school jacket. On one arm it has my last name. On the other side I had to put my 'team position' - eg, left wing, first flute, etc. I put booknerd. No one could argue it and everyone agreed (one child did want me to put best librarian person but I thought that might be a bit much.
<P>- Read 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' last night. I had seen so many blogs lately comparing it to 'The Fault in our Stars' and had to try it out. Formulating a response to it - I think I need to get someone else to read it. I wish it didn't have so many swear words in it - it would have been a good companion for our level twos in basic when the level twos in academic do 'Fault in our Stars'.
<P>- Also finally picked up 'Going Bovine'. Trying to get a copy of 'Code Name: Verity' to read over the break.
<P>- Students are often mesmerized by my office. I've had people drag their friends to the library, sometimes for the first time ever, to see my office. Full of toys and sparkle, it does make me happy and makes me feel at home. I've since gotten comparisons to a person on a show I don't watch - Garcia on 'Criminal Minds'. Sometimes I think providing a bit of magic and personal sparkle gets kids to buy what you're selling - in my case, web 2.0 applications and YA lit.
<P>Reading top ten (or five or seven) lists of books for the year has been fantastic - and expensive!
<P>Trying to get my mind around a book outline. I have some ideas but need to get it written out.
<P>Must figure out goals for the new year. Personal resolutions, bah! Professional resolutions are the way to go!Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-81105507506068050842012-12-17T09:48:00.001-03:302013-01-03T12:00:30.951-03:30My 2012 Favourites<P>Recently I saw a Wordle on The Hub (why yes, I'm doing some professional reading) which deals with the top YA fiction of this year - 2012. I've been inspired to create my own top ten list of what I've read this year, from this year. I kept it to either the introductions of series or stand alone books, unless the book in the series stood out by itself as opposed to being a continuation of a story.
<P> This is hard!
<P><OL><LI>’The fault in our stars’ by John Green. Beautiful, smart and funny.
<BR><LI>’Cinder’ by Marissa Meyer. Cinderella with a twist.
<BR><LI>’I hunt killers’ by Barry Lyga. I didn't expect to enjoy a serial killer book so much but the nature vs nurture debate was fantastic.
<BR><LI>’Skinny’ by Donna Cooner. A different Cinderella story as well as a different look at body image.
<BR><LI>’Enchanted’ by Alethea Kontis. Another twisted fairytale (sensing a pattern here).
<BR><LI>’Chopsticks’ by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral. A relationship told in pictures.
<BR><LI>’The List ‘by Siobhan Vivian. Painful look at high school
<BR><LI>’The Diviners’ by Libba Bray. Historical, supernatural, dark and light. I’m still thinking about it.
<BR><LI> ‘Friends with Boys’ by Faith Erin Hicks. Graphic novel about fitting into high school – with a spooky element to it.
<BR><LI>’Tempest‘ by Julie Cross. Time travel and love story rolled into one.
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<P>Honorable mentions go to ‘The Selection’ by Kiera Cass, ‘Ripper’ by Stefan Petrucha, ’Born Wicked’ by Jessica Spotswood, ‘Masque of the Red Death’ by Bethany Griffin, ‘The way we fall’ by Megan Crewe and ‘Illuminate’ by Aimee Agresti.
<P>Plus, series continuations that I anticipated and enjoyed: ‘Insurgent‘ by Veronica Roth, ‘City of Lost Souls’ by Cassandra Clare, ‘The Golden Lily’ by Richelle Mead, ‘Fever’ by Lauren DeStefano, ‘A Million Suns’ by Beth Revis, ‘Pandemonium’ by Lauren Oliver, ‘Reached’ by Ally Condie, ‘Girl of Nightmares’ by Kendare Blake, ‘Beautiful Redemption’ by Kami Garcia, ‘Such Wicked Intent ‘by Kenneth Oppel, ‘Goddess Interrupted’ by Aimee Carter, ‘Fear’ by Michael Grant, ‘Underworld’ by Meg Cabot, ‘Rise of Nine’ by Pittacus Lore,
<P>This list was made that much more difficult by having to determine what came out in 2012 and what I read in 2012. That list – what I read in 2012 – would be much longer and involve books from the last few years! (‘The Name of the Star’ by Maureen Johnson, ‘A Monster Calls’ by Patrick Ness and so on…)
Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-24084134986027587182012-12-14T10:23:00.001-03:302013-01-03T11:51:52.560-03:30Reading ChallengeYALSA has issued a <a href="http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/12/10/yalsas-2013-morrisnonfiction-reading-challenge-begins/#comment-9696">reading challenge</a> (well, I'm sure they've issued many - this is the first one I've seen as a member). Read the books on the <a href="http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/12/06/yalsa-announces-2013-morris-award-finalists/">Morris Award</a> and/or the books on the <a href="http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/12/04/yalsa-announces-2013-nonfiction-award-finalists/">non-fiction</a> award list. No prizes, but they count towards reading the Best of the Best reading challenge for 2013.
No sweat. Right? Sure I really did not like one of the books (Half dragon Seraphina I'm looking at you!) but rereading it shouldn't be too bad - at least I know it ends, right?
Books are on their way to me, interest peaked... let's see how this goes!
Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-39230267799614764202012-12-13T12:49:00.004-03:302013-01-03T11:53:26.460-03:30Choice<P>All year, every year I read and read and read books. I pick up books to read and donate to my little library. I read books that I like, books I don't like and books that are just plain weird (werewolves on the titanic anyone?). I read so I can talk to kids about books and know what I'm saying. Simple librarian math: books + reading = knowing what you're saying.
<P>Due to the fact that my English department is full of rock stars who agree with me that choice is everything, approximately 2/3 of my 700+ student school get to choose one of the books they get credit for in the English curriculum. That's a lot of kids and a lot of book talks - but a lot of kids reading books they want to read, not just books we've told them are good for them. Reading the recent YALSA Blog <a href="http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/12/13/a-defense-of-weak-ya-fiction/">A Defense of Weak YA Fiction</a> reminded me of the importance of this program. There are people who question this - if they're not reading the classics, is it worth it? YES. YES. YES.
<P>For some kids, having the right to choose gives them a connection to their curriculum. They feel as if they are part of what's happening around them and in their school. They have a sense of participation in their academic destiny and feel that they are willingly participating simply because they can read a book they want to read instead of a book that they have been told to read. And you know what they do? They read it. They participate in the curriculum successfully.
<P>For other kids, having the right to choose means that they get to read something in which they are interested. It means that for once, quite often, they get to read something in their sphere of interest and often, at their reading level. One student could be reading 'The Night Circus', which another is reading 'Cirque du Freak'. One could read 'Twilight' while another could read 'Interview with the Vampire'. It's at their level and it's their choice. Students are, in my opinion, more likely to participate by reading the works if they had a part in choosing the works they're reading.
<P>Doing this program at a high school level presents some difficulties - our Grade Twelve students can't participate because they need to read the same books as the rest of the province. Past that, having enough good books sometimes was hard - I did have to run out and pick up more part way through. The biggest worry was evaluation - how do you run an evaluation when everyone is reading something different? However, the rock stars found a way and the kids did the assignments - some for the first time that year. The assignments received were strong - as we weren't doing the standard curriculum, the kids had to rely on themselves and not spark notes. But they did it! And they prospered. This program was true, student centered 21st century learning and it showed.
<P>This program and giving kids choice had two other benefits - kids fostered a relationship with the library and general circulation went up. They also fostered a relationship with the teachers involved; if they can trust that the teachers are looking out for them and are interested in their interests, they will form a relationship with them when it comes to other curricular issues.
<P>So, choice in literature? Letting "weak" YA lit flourish? It works. The right of choice is one that has so many other benefits that it outweighs any of the detriments someone might suggest. So, next time someone says 'it's only YA lit - when are you going to read something good?', stare them down. Or realize that they obviously don't know what they're talking about and give them your favourite book to read. Reading+books=knowing what you're saying. Those who have read know this. Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-7616827956501388842012-11-27T14:38:00.001-03:302013-01-03T11:53:26.462-03:30Presentations<P>I've been working at presentations and neglecting my blogging - so often the out of site is out of mind when you're rushing around to do 15 different things at once! I will admit, in the beginning of the year I swore I would do a blog post at least once a week. However, that has not happened. Must reformat my ideas of what to blog....
<P>However, what have I been doing? Presenting to students on how to focus with research:
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<P>I've been talking about restorative justice to teachers - a part of 21st century learning, I believe.
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<P>I'm on the BYOD committee at my school and using popplet to show issues and solutions for adopting a policy such as that:
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<P>Plus, there was the presentation using the popplet I made on YA lit I linked in my last entry. Kids love that and it makes me feel organized!
<P>Plus reading piles and piles of YA lit - I'm currently in the middle of the Chronicles of Nick series. Soon - book reviews!
Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-27732749031927138162012-10-10T10:47:00.003-02:302013-01-03T11:53:26.456-03:30Testing out popplet and the web<P>Through twitter I was given a link to Popplet, a webbing software where you can create presentations. As I'm getting ready to present about YA lit, I thought I'd give it a whirl and see if it worked out for me. Unfortunately, you can't see it in presentation mode but here's what I created:
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<P>Thanks Ian for the link!
Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-54243371592860888722012-09-26T12:20:00.002-02:302013-01-03T11:58:59.419-03:30Book Review: I Hunt KillersAs I have been known to do, I spent this weekend reading YA lit. Oddly, it took a turn for the macabre. After reading 'Ripper' by Stefan Petrucha, I found myself opening up 'I Hunt Killers' by Barry Lyga. Yes, it was a serial killer kind of weekend. I should note I also read several non-serial killer books, but they also involved death, dying and angst. At some point, YA is going to kill me.<br />
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Moving past that point and into 'I Hunt Killers', I was really impressed. This book, at the basics of it, is a good teen thriller mystery with a suspenseful build to a satisfying conclusion. A lot of words to say, it's a good book.<br />
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Imagine your dad is the most prolific serial killer in the United States. He is, infact, considered a new brand of serial killer - a super serial killer, due to his ability to adjust and change his MO and tells.His son, Jazz, was trained from a young age in the art of being a serial killer and lives each day in fear that he will give into his training and cross a line that he does not want to cross. Now that his dad has been caught, Jazz lives with his senile grandmother, fighting against the system that wants to put him in foster care. He's lost his friends - hard to keep your popularity when your dad has killed over a hundred people. His best friend has stuck with him and his girlfriend tries to get him to look past the surface and into his own humanity.<br />
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Things are coming together for him until the body shows up. While his dad has been jailed for years, bodies are appearing in their small town, each one copying one of his dads victims. In an effort to show that he isn't a killer, Jazz has joined the police in trying to find the new serial killer. However, the more he helps, the more he tries to fight the thoughts that tell him he is more like his father than anyone would ever know. <br />
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The premise of 'I Hunt Killers' was a new twist on a old tale - a child feeling pressured to follow in the footsteps of their parent. Mix in the twist on another old tale - dead parent, parent in jail and living with a family member and you've got a very fresh story. Jazz is fighting against what he has learned from birth - he does not want to be a serial killer. He does not want to know what he knows about the dismemberment and disposal of bodies. He does not want to cause harm. He just wants to be left alone to live with his senile grandmother and hang out with his friends, helping the police when he can (and when they let him). The battle between nature and nurture is fully developed and drives the story.<br />
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Jazz is a child of his circumstances and luckily the characters around him were supportive in a realistic fashion. They understood his differences and didn't allow themselves to get either caught up in them or freaked out too much when it wasn't appropriate. However, when it was appropriate, they did note it and make reference to the fact that he was freaking them out. They keep him grounded, which is important when you're dealing with the fact that you've been groomed from birth to be a serial killer and are fighting it as hard as you can. His grandmother is not a support. The character is used to keep 'the system' in Jazzs life - a foster worker insists on visiting and is fighting to get Jazz placed in another home. This all comes together in a morbid and twisted way that I expected - but didn't expect. It also explains why Jazz didn't go into witness protection - he fought hard to be kept in his home town and family. Realizing this cleared up a lot of questions I had and made the book a little more realistic. <br />
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This book is gory, descriptive and macabre. It almost dips into the unbelievable until you as the reader remember - chances are you're not the child of the most prolific serial killer around so you would have a little trouble relating at times. Readers who are fans of 'Dexter' or people who enjoy a gory thriller will appreciate this book. However, this book isn't just for fans of gore or thrillers. The relationships are solid and the characters well developed so as long as you don't mind a little gore in your nature vs nurture debates, you'll find something enjoyable in this book.<br />
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<br />Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-79341738131462245172012-09-21T14:20:00.000-02:302013-01-03T11:53:55.787-03:30Live tweeting 'The Hunger Games'As a lark this summer, I decided to 'live tweet' the hunger games. I created an account separate from my personal and professional ones and wrote timed tweets through novel, tweeting as the characters would during the story. It's not very good - but it's an example at least! The URL for the twitter feed is:<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/announcingthe74">https://twitter.com/announcingthe74</a><br />
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You need to scroll down to the very bottom and load all the tweets - twitter shows your latest tweet first.
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I used a program that allowed me to write tweets and store them to post at later dates. That way I could write timed tweets for days into the future. The goal was to have a site that teachers could show students as an example if they wanted this as an assignment option.
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<b>Benefits:</b><br />
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<li>I really got to know the story and the characters. I knew the Hunger Games but now I really know it. Not sure when I'll ever want to read it again. </li>
<li>I was able to learn more about the characters and their development as I tried to speak as they would in situations presented.
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<li>Not all novels are compact in timeline as 'The Hunger Games'. Would work for something like 'Lord of the Flies', less for something like 'Night'.
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<li>A number of the tributes do not have official names. Found those that I could, had to refer to them by district if I couldn't.</li>
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<li>Read and reread the book. Decided on what was important to tweet. Five pages of her discussing how hard it is to live in a cave might merit one tweet, one page of battle might merit 10 tweets from several characters.</li>
<li>Wrote with #character at the start but did add some hashtags as they are generally used at the end (eg. #cato That boy from 12 was playing us!!! he's with the girl!! #killpeeta #CATOROCKS). For those unfamiliar, hashtags are used to either link to other tweets on a topic or to express a quick thought on a topic, minus spaces. (sample tweet : "Allowed the child to eat staples #theregoesparentoftheyear). Many of the tweets from Cato ended with #CATOROCKS. Many from Haymitch ended with #ineedadrink or #stayalive.</li>
<li>Tried to ensure that characters were represented in the feed, even if they didn't have dialog in the book at that section. One example would be near the end when Katniss is waking in her room and hears yelling. That yelling is quite possibly Haymitch talking about how she's not to get cosmetic surgery. Included a tweet from him in that instance. </li>
<li>Used twuffer (another website) to write tweets to post at certain times. I could write days and days and days of tweets in one sitting, making sure to chose what time they posted. </li>
<li>Started to hate the process </li>
<li>Continued through the story, breaking character at the end to put any references and thanks I needed to put there. </li>
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What I like about what I've done is that I have a definite example of how to use twitter for a project such as this. Now, instead of just stating 'you can use twitter' blah, blah, blah, I can show them how I did it. Always useful! <br />
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<br />Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-99218659450182992012-09-21T13:02:00.000-02:302013-01-03T11:51:52.574-03:30Banned Books DisplayThe most talked about - ever - display I have ever done in the library is the one currently running. I decided to do a display on 'Banned Books'. After extensive searching, I found lists of books that have been banned in various places for one reason or another. I found out why they're banned, found them in my library and boop! Display. Sort of.
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I first did an information board. This board is near the door as well as the circulation desk. I purchased book envelopes, hallowe'en ribbon and chose a black and navy colour background scheme. The background is a tablecloth from the dollarstore (all plastic, $1). The ribbons I purchased are the borders. I decided on a 'Here we read Banned Books' title, partly to emphasise that we do read these books here and partly as an intro to the library and school in general (just to set the tone for the year). Each of the little envelopes lists on it the reason a book is banned. Then, inside is a card saying the title of the book. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Students can lift out the card and see what book is banned.
Then, the table. I kept with the same colour (and cost) scheme and had a black tablecloth with a blue skirt. I used the leftover ends from the ribbons to decorate the skirt a little and tie the theme together a bit. Then I added the books that were banned that I have in the library. <br />
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Each book has a note on it saying why it's banned. Several of the books are ones we study or the students have studied in previous grades. I tried to include as much current, popular fiction as possible. I made the choice to put the info over the cover/title of the book to make the book seem a little more remote or hidden. A number of the books aren't in that picture as they've been checked out already. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Students have really caught on to this idea of books being banned. They can't believe that titles they grew up with like Harry Potter are banned. Nor can they believe that books they study, like 'Speak' or 'To Kill a Mockingbird' could ever be banned. It's garnered a lot of discussion and has garnered a lot of interaction between them and me but also between students discussing books that are banned that they love. I make the point that here, we encourage people to read as much as possible, even if in other places they ban it. They appreciate that.
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I have NO clue what I'm going to do next!
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Loud Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177429684203172887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290161975685365605.post-12463119927183088502012-04-27T12:51:00.000-02:302013-01-03T11:59:23.821-03:30Book Review - 'The Fault in our Stars'<P>I always keep a list of books that I've been told I should buy for the library. All of a sudden, out of the blue, students came to me asking if I had any John Green novels. Not just one, but several students came and upon hearing that I didn't, implored me to buy some. As luck would have it, that evening on a (personal) trip to the bookstore, I saw a copy of 'The Fault in our Stars' by the much lauded John Green and picked it up.
<P>I picked it up and fell in love.
<P>Ok, that might be an overstatement. But it was, in my mind, a perfect little book. 'The Fault in our Stars' is a story of snarky kids with cancer. Hazel, who has terminal cancer which has been distracted (but not deterred) by a miracle medicine enjoys watching marathons of 'America's Next Top Model' and rolling her eyes at her cancer support group which takes place in the literal heart of Jesus. However, when Augustus Waters and his one leg enter the support group, Hazel gets a chance to enjoy parts of her life in a way she and her family had never anticipated. When she shares her favorite book with Augustus, he joins her in her pursuit of finding out what happened - the book ends in the middle of a sentence. This pursuit takes them around the world and back again, as they try finding out the ending of that story before they have to confront the ending of their own.
<P>This book has everything that I look for in a book - strong characters, compelling story, believable plot lines. It also has dry wit, humour, realistic situations and some great people. Green makes me believe in these characters and does a great job in showing their divide between those with and those without cancer. However, they are, to quote Jonathan Larson, living with disease, not dying. It is this distinction that makes Hazel and Augustus - two children with old people names who will never be old - real to me.
<P>And obviously, these characters are real to many, not just mid-thirties librarians. When I mention this book to students (having bought a copy for the library as I didn't want to donate the one I bought for me) they, or the friend they were with exclaim how much they loved the book. How they loved the characters. It works for them and they love that.
<P>I am now reading 'An Abundance of Katherines' by Green. I like it, just not as much as 'The Fault in our Stars'. 'Looking for Alaska' has been checked out of the library by two or three people in a row and I've had no chance to get it myself. Thank you Mr. Green for these books. It's fantastic to get realistic fiction that's funny.
<P>This is a bit of a love letter rather than a review. I will admit, I just really liked this book. It's nice, writing about something I really enjoyed. I have also recommended it for our Provincial High School reading list. It was that solid.
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