Tuffree MS
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This reel informs student of new
books recently added to the
library, plus quotes and trivia.
11-20-2007
Slide Show #2
Book Description
The Dish girls are psyched about the
seventh-grade class trip! It’ll be worth
taking a weekend off from Dish to go on a
super-cool ski trip with all their friends. But
when their nemesis, Angie, plays a prank
that goes too far, the girls must confront
her—once and for all.
http://www.amazon.com/Deep-Freeze-Dish-Diane-Muldrow/dp/0448446936/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-35965763358342?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194970394&sr=1-2
Author : Diane
Muldrow
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I READ:
“Because one life isn’t enough,
and in the pages of a book I can
be anybody.”
--Richard Peck
THE CHILDREN FROM THE SEA OF TROLLS BRAVE THEIR WORST NIGHTMARES
-- UNDERGROUND.
Jack is amazed to have caused an earthquake. He is thirteen,
after all, and only a bard-in-training. But his sister, Lucy, has been
stolen by the Lady of the Lake; stolen a second time in her young
life, as he learns to his terror. Caught between belief in the old
gods and Christianity (790 AD, Britain), Jack calls upon his ash
wood staff to subdue a passel of unruly monks, and, for his daring,
ends up in a knucker hole. It is unforgettable -- for the boy and for
reader. Rarely does a sequel enlarge so brilliantly the world of the
first story. Look for the conclusion in The Islands of the Blessed in
2009
http://www.amazon.com/Land-Silver-Apples-Nancy-Farmer/dp/1416907351/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-3596576-3358342?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194972713&sr=1-1
Author: Nancy
Farmer
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Definition of
FICTION and NONFICTION:
Nonfiction can educate the mind,
Fiction can educate the heart.
--Unknown
In my fourth year, I met Viktor
Krum who came to Hogwarts
to participate in the Triwizard
Tournament. He plays
Quidditch for what country?
Editorial Review: From School Library Journal,
A strong African-American family, a happy ending, and a
smattering of '70s trivia define this first novel. Charmaine, 14,
is jealous of her orphaned cousin, Tracy John, whom her
parents adopted three years earlier. Resentment piles on when
her mother goes back to work and Maine is stuck providing
after-school care for the obstreperous six-year-old. As events
progress, she begins to understand how he feels, and even
comes to his defense in school when he is targeted for special
ed. She also develops the self-confidence to stand up to a
gorgeous loser with whom she is infatuated but who has been
using her to do his homework.
.-Faith Brautigam, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, IL
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http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Thang-Allison-Whittenberg/dp/0440420865/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-3596576-3358342?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194978163&sr=1-1
Sweet Thang
Author :
Allison Whittenberg
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“Anyone who says
they have only one life to live
must not know how
to read a book.”
--Anonymous
In my fourth year, I met Viktor Krum who
came to Hogwarts to participate in the
Triwizard Tournament. He plays Quidditch
for what country?
Answer: Bulgaria
Editorial Reviews: From School Library Journal
Eleventh-grader Roni Delicata is the sometimes
pushy but always dedicated reporter for the school
paper, Bloodwater Pump. She meets science geek
Brian Bain, 14, when both are in trouble with the
principal. They discover that Alicia Camden, the
snooty new kid who lives in a mansion with her
cold mother and bland stepfather, has been
kidnapped. Through sheer force of personality, Roni
involves Brian in her determination to crack the
case. Could the culprit be Alicia's stepfather?
Driftwood Doug? And what about Alicia's
unpleasant ex-boyfriend? There are several
mysteries here, and some unusual twists.
..–B. Allison Gray, John Jermain Library, Sag Harbor, NY
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Author:
Pete Hautman
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Question:
Chip is a character
from what movie?
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Jan Francis narrates this heartbreaking
story of two tiger cubs captured in their
native jungle and taken to ancient
Rome. Francis impresses at the outset
with her sensitive portrayal of the cubs'
sadness and confusion, a strength she
maintains throughout the production as
the cubs go their separate paths--one
becoming a pet and the other a
performer in the Colosseum.
http://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Lynne-Reid-Banks/dp/044042044X/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3596576-3358342?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194992415&sr=1-1
Tiger, Tiger
Author:
Lynne Reid
Banks
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Question:
Chip is a character from what movie?
Answer:
He’s Mrs. Pots' son from Beauty and
the Beast
“I used to go to the library all the time
when I was a kid.
As a teenager, I got a book on how to write
jokes at the library,
and that, in turn,
launched my comedy career.”
~~Comedian Drew Carey.
(Carey appeared on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,
where he announced that all of his winnings would
go to Ohio public libraries. Carey donated nearly
$600,000 to the Ohio Library Council)
Kimmel follows the trend in this funny, fast-moving, if somewhat
self-conscious, novel. Thirteen-year-old Lily, burdened with
boring parents, plans to be an author. Summer looks bleak, with
Lily's best friend, Charlotte, away at Young Executives Camp.
Forced to attend a wedding in a horrible dress, Lily is delighted to
meet "Cool People"--Karma LeBlanc and her parents, distant
relatives who flaunt the rules of society. Despite her parents'
warnings not to associate with them, Lily succumbs to the
LeBlancs' flattery and the chance to be cool. They convince Lily
to hand over the keys to her family's beach house without telling
her parents. But are the LeBlancs who they seem to be?.
Louise Brueggeman Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Author: Elizabeth
Cody Kimmel
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“I have often reflected upon the new vistas
that reading opened to me. I knew right
there in prison that reading had changed
forever the course of my life. As I see it
today, the ability to read awoke in me some
long dormant craving to be mentally alive.”
~ Malcolm X
A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of
night. His name is Ludlow Fitch- and he is
running from a most terrible past. What he is
about to learn is that in this village is the life he
has dreamed of, a safe place to live, and a job,
as the assistant to the mysterious pawnbroker
who trades people’s deepest, darkest secrets for
cash. Ludlow’s job is to neatly transcribe the
confessions in an ancient leather- bound theme:
The Black Book of Secrets.
From back of book
The Black
Book of
Secrets
Author: F.E. Higgins
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“ I often feel sorry for people
who don’t read books;
they are missing a chance to
lead an extra life.”
~Scott Corbett~
Who said:
“Father, I cannot tell a lie”?
Editorial Review From Publishers Weekly
In this honest and moving novel, Martin (the Baby-Sitters Club series; P.S.
Longer Letter Later) takes readers back to the era of the civil rights movement
in the rural South to share the experiences of a poor white girl when her school
becomes integrated. The author evokes the aura of hatred and fear permeating
the small community of Coker Creek as skillfully as Belle Teal's empathy for
her African-American classmate, Darryl. Martin sensitively captures the
narrator's reactions to the events around her, such as when Belle Teal sees racist
picketers outside of her school: "I feel my face grow warm, like I'm
embarrassed, even though I haven't done anything." Besides feeling anger
towards her insensitive classmates and their bigoted parents, the fifth-grade
narrator resents a new rich girl named Vanessa (whom she dubs "HRH" for Her
Royal Highness), who makes fun of the way she dresses. Yet the heroine learns
some important lessons about not judging people by their appearances; she later
learns a tragic secret that sheds some light on Vanessa.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
http://www.amazon.com/Belle-Teal-Ann-M-Martin/dp/0439098238/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195066128&sr=1-2
Author: Ann M. Martin
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Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information,
Inc.
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“I find that a great part of
the information I have
was acquired by looking
something up and finding
something else on the way.
-- Franklin P. Adams
Who said “Father, I cannot tell a lie”?
Answer: George Washington
Warning: this description has not been authorized by
Pseudonymous Bosch. As much as he'd love to sing
the praises of his book (he is very vain), he wouldn't
want you to hear about his brave 11-year old heroes,
Cass and Max-Ernest.Or about how a mysterious box
of vials, the Symphony of Smells, sends them on the
trail of a magician who has vanished under strange
(and stinky) circumstances.And he certainly wouldn't
want you to know about the hair-raising adventures
that follow and the nefarious villains they face.You
see, not only is the name of this book secret, the
story inside is, too.For it concerns a secret. A BIG
Secret. http://www.amazon.com/Name-this-Book-Secret/dp/0316113662/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195078593&sr=1-1
Author:
Psevdonymous
Bosch
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http://www.amazon.com/Name-this-Book-Secret/dp/0316113662/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195078593&sr=1-1
What movie is this quote from?
“I may not be an explorer, or an
adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a
gun-fighter, Mr. O’Connell, but I am
proud of what I am…I, am a librarian!”
????
Book Description
The Dark is Rising is the first film adaptation
of the author's acclaimed Dark Is Rising
Sequence. The film tells the story of Will
Stanton, a young man who learns he is the last
of a group of warriors who dedicated their
lives to fighting the forces of the Dark.
Traveling back and forth through time, Will
discovers a series of clues that lead into a
showdown with forces of unimaginable power.
With the Dark once again rising, the future of
the world rests in Will's hands.
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Rising-Movie-Tie/dp/1416949690/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195079548&sr=1-9
Author:
Susan
Cooper
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http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Rising-Movie-Tie/dp/1416949690/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195079548&sr=1-9
What movie is this quote from?
“I may not be an explorer, or an
adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a
gun-fighter, Mr. O’Connell, but I am
proud of what I am…I, am a librarian!”
Answer:
The Mummy
Who was the first
person to step on the
moon?
Today is my fourteenth birthday, but I’m about
to be reborn. In my sleep, I dream.
I have nightmares when I wake.
I slay demons, and I’m rewarded with
extraordinary powers in exchange.
I’m surrounded by my ancestors, yet I feel alone.
I am a regular girl. I am a warrior.
I am. . . the Kung Fu Princess
FROM : BACK OF BOOK.
Author: Palema
Walker
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Question:
Who was the first person to
step on the moon?
ANSWER:
Neil Armstrong. [American
astronaut set foot on the moon on
July 21, 1969]
“I was borrowing so many books
from our school library that in the
third grade, our school librarian
told me that I should write
children’s books when I get older.”
-Beverly Cleary
Book Description
Goodbye, classroom! Hello, summer! But for Troy, Gabriella,
Chad, and Taylor, this vacation is no day at the beach; they’re all
working at a country club founded by none other than Ryan and
Sharpay's grandfather! And with the club's annual Midsummer
Night's Musical right around the corner, Sharpay's competitive
instincts are sizzling. If she can manage to win the Star Dazzle
Award just one more time, the country club will name it after
Sharpay, and it will be hers forever. But this year, Sharpay faces
some tough competition: Gabriella! To have any hope of coming
out on top, Sharpay knows that shell need a secret weapon. She
dumps Ryan and starts wooing Troy to be her new partner.
Gabriella is less than thrilled that Troy has fallen under Sharpay's
spell. How could he do that to her? Things are heating up on the
lawns of high society.
http://www.amazon.com/High-School-Musical-Junior-Novelization/dp/1423106393/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195150790&sr=1-1
High School
Musical 2
N.B Grace
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“If you can read this,
thank a teacher.”
--Anonymous teacher
Which is colder- the
North Pole or the
South Pole?
Editorial Review From Publishers Weekly
Kinney's popular Web comic, which began in 2004, makes
its way to print as a laugh-out-loud "novel in cartoons,"
adapted from the series. Middle school student Greg Heffley
takes readers through an academic year's worth of drama.
Greg's mother forces him to keep a diary ("I know what it
says on the cover, but when Mom went out to buy this thing I
specifically told her to get one that didn't say 'diary' on it"),
and in it he loosely recounts each day's events, interspersed
with his comic illustrations.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
http://www.amazon.com/Diary-Wimpy-Kid-Jeff-Kinney/dp/0810993139/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195151994&sr=1-1
Author: Jeff Kinny
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“In the case of good books, the
point is not how many of them
you can get through,
but rather how many can get
through to you.”
-Mortimer J. Adler
Which is colder- the North Pole
or the South Pole?
Answer: The South Pole
Editorial Review
Fans of Lubar's Hidden Talents (1999) will be happy to see
the paranormals from Edgeview Alternative School back
together in an action-packed adventure. Fifteen-year-old
"Trash" tests his telekinesis in a bank by moving a stack of
cash into his pocket, which sets off a dangerous chain of
events, including his kidnapping by shady spooks.
Meanwhile, the others in the group gravitate to
Philadelphia, where they unite to stop a government
conspiracy and uncover their most powerful weapon--the
strength of their friendship.
Heather Booth Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
http://www.amazon.com/True-Talents-David-Lubar/dp/0765309777/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195152270&sr=1-1
Author: David Lubar
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“Libraries allow children to ask questions
about the world and find the answers.
And the wonderful thing is that once a
child learns to use a library,
the doors to learning are always open.”
-Laura Bush, First Lady, 2002
Book Description
Once caught, it’s harder still to let a pirate go. When
Annalisa Townsend’s ship is set upon by pirates in
search of her father’s treasure, one of the crew,
James Sterling, discovers her in the hold. When he
moves to take her necklace, she begs him not to, as it
is all she has left of her mother. He accepts a kiss in
exchange for the necklace. “A fair trade, m’lady,”
he tells her afterward, before disappearing. A year
later, with a forged letter of marque, Annalisa is
intent on hunting down the wretched James Sterling
and reclaiming her father’s treasure from him. But
now she’s in danger of him stealing something far
more vulnerable this time: her heart.
http://www.amazon.com/Catch-Pirate-Jade-Parker/dp/0439026946/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195164803&sr=1-1
Author:
Jade
Parker
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Where is the longest
river located?
?????
Book Description
In this riveting true adventure tale and informative
guide to the sea, master storyteller Peter Benchley
drew on more than four decades of diving
experience to bring us face-to-face with the array
of sharks and other marine animals he and his
family encountered, almost always on purpose—
but sometimes by accident.
http://www.amazon.com/Shark-Life-Stories-About-Sharks/dp/0440419549/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195165886&sr=1-1
Author:
Peter Benchley
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Where is the longest river
located?
ANSWER:The longest river is in
Africa (It is the Nile River and it
is 4160 miles long.)
Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest
Book Description
Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are
back for a whole new adventure. Read all about their
swashbuckling exploits in this exciting adaptation of
the Walt Disney Pictures film, Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest. Complete with 8-page
color photo insert!
http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Caribbean-Chest-Junior-Novelization/dp/1423100247/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195166524&sr=1-1
Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest
Author:
Irene Trimble
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'The Lord of the Rings' is
split into how many books?
Book Description
How to do almost anything in one handy little book!
Want to be known for your unique style? Inside you'll
learn how to design your own clothes (p. 35), do the perfect
manicure (p. 82), or make your own lip gloss (p. 11).
Feel like impressing your friends? Show them how you can
make a crystal (p. 16), juggle one-handed (p. 33), or deal
with a bully (p. 42).
Bored and need something to do? Not anymore when you
find out how to keep a secret diary (p. 88), make a
scrapbook (p. 9), or put together a dance routine (p. 24).
And tons of other neat-o things you need to know how to
do!
http://www.amazon.com/How-Best-Everything-Girls-Book/dp/0545016290/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195231938&sr=1-1
Author :
Juliana Foster
646.7
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ANSWER:
Three:
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
('The Hobbit' is a separate work and is
not a part of the "trilogy“)
Life-transforming ideas have
always come to me through
books.
--Bell Hooks
Book Description
How to do almost anything in one handy book.
Found yourself in a sticky situation? Inside you'll learn
how to escape quicksand (p. 40), build a raft (p.41), start a
survival fire (p.99), or fly a helicopter (p. 11).
Want to impress your friends? Now you can rip a
phonebook in half (p. 35), hypnotize a chicken (p. 56), or
read their minds (p. 73).
Boring Saturday afternoon? Not anymore when you find
out how to make a waterbomb (p. 79), a boomerang (p.
95), or a volcano (p. 88).
And loads of other things you need to know how to do!
http://www.amazon.com/How-Best-Everything-Boys-Book/dp/0545016282/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195245728&sr=1-1
Author:
Dominique Enright
790.1
ENR
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Book Description
The girls go on an overnight and share horror stories around the
campfire. But it’s the one about Cropsy, the creepy old man
who lives just outside the campgrounds and is known for
torturing Lakeview campers, that hits closest to home.
Especially when Chelsea leaves the group for a bathroom break
in the woods and doesn’t return after 45 minutes. No sooner do
her bunkmates go after her then do they realize they’ve
completely lost their way and are now at the mercy of the evil
Cropsy’s whims!
http://www.amazon.com/Hide-Shriek-14-Special-Confidential/dp/0448444526/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195237799&sr=1-1
Author:
Melissa J.
Morgan
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“Just the Knowledge that a
good book is awaiting one at the
end of a long day makes the day
happier.”
Kathleen Norris
Editorial Review
Introduced as Lily's friend in the Newbery Honor Book Lily's Crossing
(1997), Margaret "Meggie" Dillon now experiences World War II on her
own. "For the duration" is how the adults talk about the war's
deprivations, whether they are referring to eating Spam or to the Dillons'
makeshift housing in Michigan, where Meggie's father has moved the
family in order to take a job building planes. Meggie desperately misses
her home in Rockaway, and German-born Grandpa, who was left
behind. Still, sometimes she's glad he stayed home: it was Meggie who
wiped the swastika from his window and heard the culprits say that
anywhere else he would be jailed.. Many story lines are threaded neatly
together here, but what has happened to Meggie's brother, Eddie, who is
fighting overseas, remains unknotted at the end. Tough and tender, this is
an excellent addition to World War II shelves.
Ilene Cooper Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Author:
Patricia Reilly Giff
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Which bird can
fly backwards?
???
Book Review
The summer he turns 13, Jeremy receives a mysterious box
with the engraved words "the meaning of life: for Jeremy
Fink on his thirteenth birthday." The box was left by his
father, who has been dead for five years. It has four locks, but
Jeremy finds no keys to open them. As Jeremy and his best
friend, Lizzy, embark on a quest to find the keys, they travel
across Manhattan from flea markets to fancy office buildings
and museums, searching, as it turns out, not only for keys but
also insights into science, religion, art, friendship, and family.
http://www.amazon.com/Jeremy-Fink-Meaning-Life-Wendy/dp/0316058297/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195251337&sr=1-1
Author:
Wendy Mass
FIC
MAS
http://www.avdistrict.org/library/b+0207.jpg
Which bird can fly backwards?
ANSWER: The Hummingbird
(no other birds can fly backwards)