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High School Book Fair Coming Soon!
Jones High School will host a Scholastic Book Fair from April 1-5, 2013. The book fair will contain many new and exciting young adult titles including:
Cinder by Marissa Meyer. In this futuristic take of Cinderella, humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . .
Straded by Jeff Probst, host of the hit TV series Survivor. When a family vacation leaves four siblings stranded on a deserted island, they find themselves in a Survivor-style adventure.
The Raft by S.A. Bodeen. Surviving the plane crash was the easy part. Clinging to a raft with no help in sight is when the real terror begins!
Useful Web Sites
Jones High School Library Catalog
http://destiny.joneshs.k12.ok.us/
Databases
Digital Prarie
http://www.odl.state.ok.us/prairie/index.htm
Online Reference
Bartleby Great Books Online
http://www.bartleby.com/Bartlett's Familiar Quotation
http://www.bartleby.com/100/Merrium Webster Online
http://www.merriam-webster.com/home.htmFinding a Great Book
ALA Best Books for Young Adults
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya/Goodreads
http://www.goodreads.com/Y.A. Reads Book Reviews
http://www.yareads.com/
Vote for the Oklahoma High School Sequoyah Book Award!
Students who have read at least three of the fifteen books nominated for the high school Sequoyah award are eligible to vote online. Please use the honor code and only vote once.
The link for your vote is: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sequoyahvotes
Top Titles
1. 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allen Poe
2. Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
3. Awakening by Cate Tiernan
4. Based on a True Story: Fact and Fantasy in 100 Favorite Movies by Jonathan Vankin
5. Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia
6. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
7. Blood Red Road by Moira Young
8. The Calling by Cate Tiernan
9. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
10. Changeling by Cate Tiernan
Book Club Info
The book club is now reading "Jane Eyre"
Our next meeting is Wednesday, March 6th. Meet in the library after school.
Join us for food for your stomach
and food for thought.
Librarian Recommendations
Ms. Whitman's pick: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Samantha Kingston has it all: looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to be her last.
The catch: Samantha still wakes up the next morning. Living the last day of her life seven times during one miraculous week, she will untangle the mystery surrounding her death--and discover the true value of everything she is in danger of losing.
Read it before the movie hits the theaters!