BOOK FAIR

Don't forget the BOOK FAIR tomorrow and Thursday. I helped with the set up after school, and I think the selection looks great. I can't wait for tomorrow, I hope you all remember to bring your debit card or money, cause you don't want to miss out.
I try and post some photos of the event tomorrow.

Where the wild things are

Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak has been a favourite picture book of mine for many years. Who can't relate to young Max?, as he rebels against his parents and the ohhh soooo mannny rules life has in store for him. Who wouldn't choose to escape it all - for mysterious adventure? What scary creatures await us? Will we be able to befriend them? No wonder it's a favourite for so many of us.
But here's the big news - it's being made into a movie! I know, can you believe it? How can they take such a perfect picture book and make it into a movie? Should we care? Will it ruin this perfect little book for future generations? Or will it add to the story? Will it be the way we imagine the wild things and their wild place?
Check out the movie trailer.

The Switch

The Switch by Anthony Horowitz

For Tad Spencer, the only son of a fabulously wealthy businessman, everyday is like Christmas. He lives in a mansion, has a maid, servants, every toy imagineable. He has it all, until the day he wishes he was someone else.

Suddenly, Tad wakes up as Bob Snarby, trapped in a filthy and corrupt carnival world inhabitated by hostile ingrates, hopeless criminals, and mysterious fortune tellers. But Tad discovers he's there for a reason when he begins to untangle a secret that could reveal an enemy no one could have imagined...

Anthony Horowitz is an always entertaining author, and his latest book to our library will be a hit with his fans. This case of switched identities will make us careful what we wish for and happy for what we have.

Read On.

Deadly little secrets

Deadly little secrets ; a touch novel by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Until three months ago, everything about sixteen-year-old Camelia's life had been fairly ordinary: decent grades; an okay relationship with her parents; and a pretty cool part-time job at the art studio downtown. But when Ben, the mysterious new guy, starts junior year at her high school, Camelia's life becomes far from ordinary.

Rumored to be somehow responsible for his ex-girlfriend's accidental death, Ben is immediately ostracized by everyone on campus. Except for Camelia. She's reluctant to believer the rumors, even when her friends try to convince her otherwise. Instead, she's inexpplicalby drawn to Ben... and to his touch. But soon, Camelia is receiving eerie phone calls and strange packages with threatening notes. Ben insists she is in danger, and that he wants to help- but can he be trusted? She knows he's hiding something... but he's not the only one with a secret. (from the front cover).

A boy to admire from afar, a girl you want to befriend, a novel to keep you turning the pages because you don't know whom to trust. Stolarz's novel is a blend of mystery, chills - a captivating story you have to experience. (from back cover)

As most of you know I had a wicked cold/flu last week - and by Friday afternoon all I wanted to do was, go home, go to bed and read a book (when I wasn't sleeping). Deadly Little Secrets was one of my recovery books. I felt it was a suspenseful read, and I wasn't sure who to trust. There is a great side plot to this book and I think it will appeal to a lot of our readers. From looking at some other reviews and blogs, it sounds like there might be too many similarities to Twilight for some.

There is a planned second book, which will please readers who were miffed by the ending.

Tweaked by Katherine Holubitsky

Tweaked by Katherine Holubitsky

Sixteen-year-old Gordie Jessup is a good kid but he's living a nightmare. His eighteen-year-old brother Chase's two year addiction to crystal meth has left their family emotionally and finanicially drained. And just when Gordie thinks he can no longer stand the manipulating, the lying, and the stealing, things get even worse. Chase is arrested for agrivated assult, released on bail and sent home to his family. But his dealers are after him and Chase appeals to Gordie for help.

Tweaked is an honest, accurate and non-judgemental portrait of a family dealing with methamphetamine addiction. Told from the perspective of the addicts little brother, Tweaked depicts the highs, the lows and everything in between.

Scat

Scat by Carl Hiaasen

Scat is a wonderful read, with zany colorful characters, a eco-mystery and it's funny as well.

Set in Naples Florida, Nick and Marta arent't too sure what to think when their biology teacher Mrs. Bunny Starch takes the class on a field trip to Black Vine Swamp. Things get wierder when a fire breaks out in the swamp and Mrs. Starch doesn't return to class in the following days. The school's principal believes Mrs. Starch to be taking a leave of absence but Nick and Marta know that Mrs. Starch would never let a substitute teacher take over their class (especially one as incompetant as Wendal Waxmo).

And what does their classmate Duane Scrod Jr. (nicknamed Smoke) have to do with any of this?

While Nick and Marta try to uncover the mystery of their missing teacher, larger more sinister things are happening in the Everglade swamp - an oil company is trying to find ways to drill within the protected park.

There are plenty of tie-in's to current events - the war in Iraq, endangered species, oil drilling, and environmental protection and a cast of quirky, interesting characters that always make a Hiaasen book a hit.

Enjoy! I know I did.

Does this book make me look fat?

Does this book make me look fat? stories about loving and loathing your body edited by Marissa Walsh

Anyone who has every asked - how does this make me look? or do these jeans make me look fat? has a place reading this collection of 14 stories and essays.

The stories ranged in variety from too skinny, too fat, too busty, too flat. But the overall message was accepting ones self, inside and out. We live in a society that unfortunately is constantly judging us and how we look, and sometimes we need to encourage that inner voice that is saying "I am beautiful, in every single way" to be heard in a voice louder than a squeak, and books like this remind us to let it be heard.

So for one afternoon, sit back and read some stories that will make you feel okay about your size and shape. And certainly don't worry about the "F" word - fat!

So cool, so creepy, ingenious

Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman

I love this concept, part book- part movie, clues coming at you from both sources, suspence on every page, every character holding back a secret, in fact the whole town has a secret. Loved it! Thought the idea is brilliant, and am fairly certain that this new style of storytelling will be seen more and more. Can't wait till the follow up book arrives.

Check out the book trailer @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u42dYg66U6k

This is gonna be a popular one, so get your name on the list.