March new Books

Come visit our catalog to see some of the new books!

App for writing text on photos

Found on YALSA

Women's History Month display

March is Women's History Month

Here are a few credibile sights for research:

http://www.nwhp.org/

http://www.biography.com/tv/classroom/the-history-of-womens-history-month

http://womenshistorymonth.gov/

February New Books

Feb 2013 New Books

Wonder Show by Hannah Barnaby

Fourteen-year-old Portia joins a circus freak show looking for the father who abandoned her, but she finds much more.

In the Darkness by Nick Lake (Michael Printz award)

In the aftermath of the Haiti Eartquake, fifteen-year-old poor gang member is trapped and tells his story of violence and his lost twin sister.

Help Thanks Wow by Anne Lamont

Lamont explains how she comes to the insights of God and prayer and what this means to her.

Blink: the power of thinking without thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickels: America’s First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone

The role of African-Americans in World War II.

Just One Day by Gayle Forman

Allyson decides “In Just One Day,” to uproot her life to Paris for one year.

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Seraphina is a talented musician, is of royal order and is part dragon-part human.

Delirum by Lauren Oliver (1^st in Triology) Do you like Hunger Games??

There is a government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love that leads Lena to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until just before her eighteenth birthday when she falls in love.

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis (Oprah book club)

About the migration African Americans took from the rural south to the north from the 1920s to 1980s.

The Diviners by Libba Bray (1^st in Triolgy)

Seventeen-year-old Evie O’Neill moves from small-town Ohio to New York in 1926 and uncovers a mystery.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth

Early 1990s gay teenager Cameron rebels against her conservative Montana ranch town and is sent away to a gay conversion therapy center.

We’ve Got a Job The 1963 Birmingham’s March by Cynthia Levison

HNHS Library at lunch today

Books for Reluctant Readers

YALSA posted a list of pics for reluctant readers

Black History Display

African-American History Month

In honor of African-American History Month, our book club will be reading The Freedom Maze, by Delia Sherman. Set in both 1960 and 1860 alike, this historical fiction book explores slavery, courage, and women. The novel won the 2012 Prometheus Award and the Andre Norton Award.

Did you know that celebrating Black History started in 1926? Both Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln had birthdays in February. Originally celebrated the 2nd week in February, by 1976, the celebration increased to one month.

2013 Youth Media Award Winners

The Youth Media Award Winners announced Jan 28

English 10

Today I went to English 10 to introduce the students to some of our databases for their Wuthering Heights research project. They were shown the features of Literature Resource Center and Biography Resource in Context. We did sample searches of the Victoria Era, Queen Victoria, the Bronte sisters and more.

Great work Sophomores!

Do We Still Need Libraries?

A fabulous article from the NY Times, December 27, 2012