Vista Murrieta High
School Library
Welcome 2012-2013 School Year!
STAFFING
Mrs. Jacobs
Teacher - Librarian
Mrs. Smith
Library Media Technicians
USING YOUR LIBRARY
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BEFORE SCHOOL
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AFTER SCHOOL
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7:00 – 3:30
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Monday through Friday
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LUNCH
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PASSES
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DURING CLASS
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Late Start Days: 8:00 – 3:30
CHECKING OUT MATERIALS
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STUDENT I.D. CARD
REQUIRED
FOUR WEEK TIME PERIOD
RENEW FOR FOUR
ADDITIONAL WEEKS
FOUR BOOKS AT A TIME
Genres of
Literature
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Anthony Horowitz is perhaps the busiest writer in England. He
has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since
the age of twenty. He writes in a comfortable shed in his garden
for up to ten hours per day. In addition to the highly successful
Alex Rider books, he has also written episodes of several popular
TV crime series, including Poirot, Murder in Mind, Midsomer
Murders and Murder Most Horrid. He has written a television
series Foyle's War, which recently aired in the United States, and
he has written the libretto of a Broadway musical adapted from
Dr. Seuss's book, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. His film script The
Gathering has just finished production. And…oh yes…there are
more Alex Rider novels in the works. Anthony has also written
the Diamond Brothers series.
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has written several critically acclaimed and
award-winning books such as THIS LULLABY,
THAT SUMMER, SOMEONE LIKE YOU
and KEEPING THE MOON. Her latest effort,
Along for the Ride, contains the same
trademark poignancy, wisdom and honesty that
struck a chord with her young adult audience. In
this interview, Dessen discusses the insecurities
everyone experiences in adolescence and what
she hopes her readers will take away from this
novel. She also talks about her eclectic tastes in
music and the book that ignited her passion for
writing
Erin Hunter is actually three people: Victoria Holmes comes up with the storylines and
makes sure the books stay consistent and writers Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, who
both live in the UK, take it in turns to write the books. They say that they have always
loved cats and fantasy stories and came up with the single name, Erin Hunter, to avoid
confusing their readers by having books from the same series filed in different places
on the bookshelves.
Kate is fascinated by animal interaction and the way you can read all sorts of hidden
motivation into what cats do. She's also not afraid of describing the goriest scenes! .
Cherith Baldry loves to write Warriors so that she can imagine a cat's eye view of the
world. She is also particularly interested in King Arthur. Epic battles, courtly code of
behaviors, and knights are all themes very predominant in Warriors.
Vicky was brought up on a farm and loves all animals. She
acknowledges that teaming up with Kate and Cherith on the Warriors
books is an unconventional way of working but, "We love writing the
books together and it means we can produce them much faster than a
single author could. We each have our favorite characters and ideas for
what could happen next, which means the stories have three times as
much energy and passion!"
Catherine Jinks is the Australian author
of more than thirty books for all ages.
She has garnered many awards,
including the Children’s Book Council
of Australia Book of the Year Award
(three times), the Victorian Premier’s
Award, the Aurealis Award for Science
Fiction, the Australian Ibby Award, and
the Davitt Award for Crime Fiction. Her
work has been published in Australia,
New Zealand, Britain, the United
States, Germany, Spain, France,
Portugal, Poland and Russia.
Catherine was born in Brisbane,
Queensland, in 1963. She grew up in
Papua New Guinea, where her father
worked as a patrol officer. Her highschool years were spent in Sydney,
NSW; in 2006, her alma mater, Kuring-gai High School, named its library
after her.
is for Catherine
Jinks
James
Patterson
http://www.jamespatterson.com/books_max.html
James Patterson is the only author to occupy the #1 slot on the New York Times
Adult Fiction and Children's Chapter Book bestsellers lists SIMULTANEOUSLY!
Patterson is also the only author to have THREE simultaneous HARDCOVER
bestsellers on the New York Times Adult Fiction and Children's Chapter Book
bestsellers lists! Patterson has occupied a slot on every single fiction bestsellers list the
New York Times prints—and on the hardcover nonfiction list too.
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I have written three sets of books for young adults. The first
is called Midnighters, a tale of five teenagers born on the
stroke of midnight, for whom time freezes every night,
revealing a dark and terrible hidden world. All three books
are out now.
My other trilogy is Uglies, set in a future where cosmetic
surgery is compulsory when you turn 16, making everyone
beautiful. Of course, there are some people who want to
keep their own faces . . . but they're not allowed. All three
books—Uglies, Pretties and Specials—are out now. A
companion novel to the trilogy, Extras, came out in October
2007.
Stephenie
Meyer
I was born in Connecticut in 1973, during a
brief blip in my family's otherwise western
U.S. existence. We were settled in Phoenix
by the time I was four, and I think of myself
as a native. The unusual spelling of my
name was a gift from my father, Stephen (+
ie = me). Though I have had my name
spelled wrong on pretty much everything
my entire life long, I must admit that it
makes it easier to google myself now.
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-meyerstephenie.asp
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Call Number 921
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Dewey Decimal System
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Copies are .15 cents each
Machine will make change for
quarters
Machine will not make change for
dollar bills
Service to students - no profit
DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM
000- GENERALITIES
600 - TECHNOLOGY
100 - PHILISOPHY
700 - THE ARTS
200 - RELIGION
800 - LITERATURE
300 - SOCIAL SCIENCE
900 - HISTORY
400 - LANGUAGE
921 - BIOGRAPHY
500 - SCIENCE
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