Meet

I will met with each grade level this week. I will give you the list and summary of the books we will be reading. If you read some already, great! Take notes, so we can discuss in the future. 8th grade - Tuesday, during homeroom, 7th grade - Wednesday during homeroom and 6th grade - Thursday during homeroom. You may bring your breakfast with you and don't forget your backpacks!

Back to Summer

Hope you all had a great summer and read a few books! If you read at least five, bring your list to me in the library. Our first meeting will be in September. Listen to the announcements.

Airman

Here is a bit of a tease for Airman by Eoin Colfer and Teacher Tube

The Bad Beginning

If you haven't read The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket, check out this video from Teacher Tube.

2009-2010 List

Here is the list for 2009-2010 NTB

Diamond Willow by Helen Frost
The Dead and Gone by Susan Pfeffer

Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein

Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi

The Compound by S. A. Bodeen

Chasing Lincoln's Killer byJames L. Swanson

Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past by James Deem

The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson

Airman by Eoin Colfer

Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass

Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande

Found (The Missing, Book 1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Gym Candy by Carl Deuker

How Not to be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler

I, Q: Independence Hall by Roland Smith

If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson

Lost Childhood: My Life in a Japanese Prison Camp During World War II by Annelex Hofstra Layson

Scat by Carl Hiaasan

Silent to the Bone by E. L. Konigsburg

Straw into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt

Suck it Up by Brian Meehl

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. II: The Kingdom of the Waves by M. T. Anderson

The Crossroads by Chris Gabenstin

The Dead and Gone by Susan Pfeffer

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Great Wide Sea by M. H. Herlong

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Maze by Will Hobbs

The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas

The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution by Sally Gardner

Unwindby Neal Shusterman

Wings by Aprilynne Pike

NTB 2009 - 2010

No news on what the complete list will be, but here are a few that will be on the list: The Compound by S. A. Bodeen, Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande, Airman by Eoin Colfer, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Gym Candy by Carl Deuker, The Possibilities of Sainthood Donna Freitas, Diamond Willow Helen Frost, The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution by Sally Gardner, Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix, The Great Wide Sea by M. H. Herlong, The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins, Suck it Up by Brian Meehl, The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson, The Dead and the Gone by Susan Pfeffer, Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman, Unwind by Neal Shusterman, I,Q.: Independence Hall by Roland Smith, and How not to be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler.

I have read a few and will share with you my thoughts on the books. Share your thought too! Keep on Reading!

Start reading

I've been reading some of the books for NTB next year. Unwind by Neal Shusterman is one that stays in my mind along with The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. They remind me of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. They all do with the future, The Hunger Games deals with having your name drawn to compete in a game of survival which everyone can watch on TV. Unwind deals with kids giving up their bodies, all body parts to others. These books will bring up lots of conversation. What do you think?