Patrick Jones Author Visit

Patrick Jones Author Visit--link to Animoto Video!

Patrick Jones Author Visit

Black History Month

February is also Black History Month!  

Stop by the Media Center and check out our display of books.
We have some wonderful selections!

• Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Beals
• Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy B. Tyson 
• Movie Trailer
• Nobody Turn Me Around by Charles C. Euchner
• The Black Notebooks by Toi Derricotte
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley
• Black Boy by Richard Wright
• Unafraid of the Dark: A Memoir by Rosemary L. Bray
• Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
• The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
• A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
• Movie Trailer

Also, check out this website for more information: http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/.

New Year, New Books!

Stop by to check out more of our new books!  We have over 350 new books, and there is something for everyone!

Jonathan Friesen Author Visit

On November 18, Jonathan Friesen returned to Rogers High School for another author visit. We absolutely love having him here because his message is so relevant and speaks to so many people.
For more information about the District Wide Community Event held at Elk River High School, check out the article in the Star News.

You can also check out his blog.

Jonathan Friesen Author Visit

We're so excited to have Jonathan Friesen return to our school this year. He will be with the 9th grade English classes on Thursday, November 18. Parents and community members can also see him at our free community event. You won't want to miss his story "Life with Tourette Syndrome: A Personal Story of Hope."

Scary Books to Sink Your Teeth Into

Top 10 Books of the 2009-2010 School Year

1. The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald
2. A Child Called It by David Pelzer
3. Bleach: A Star and a Stray Dog  Vol. 11 by Tite Kubo
4. Ouran High School Host Club Vol. 3 by Bisco Hatori
5. Bleach: The Mascaron Drive Vol. 27 by Tite Kubo
6. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
7. Jerk, California by Jonathan Friesen
8. Crank by Ellen Hopkins
9. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Worker by Francisco Jimenez
10. Ouran High School Host Club Vol. 7 by Tite Kubo

Enjoy the summer and keep reading!

New Novella by Stephanie Meyer!!!!

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner will be coming out soon! It's about Bree Tanner a newborn vampire, and it's a great fit with Eclipse. According to the Official Stephanie Meyer Website, it's Meyer's version of a short story. Check it out for more information.  While it's not on the shelves yet, it can be pre-ordered  from Barnes & Noble.  We'll have it in the Media Center as soon as we can.  

New Books!

We're so excited about all of our new books; based on our circulation, our students are too!

Here's the PowerPoint we've been running in the Media Center and on channel 75!  It's only about 20% of our new books so stop up to see the rest! You can also check out the Shelfari side bar--that has some of our latest books as well!

Love to Read Month!

February is Love to Read month!!

We've got some great things planned for this month and into March!

Stop by to checkout our book displays!

We'll also be unveiling over 300 new books this month!

Like last year, we will be running some contests to win Barnes & Noble Gift Cards.  Listen up and win! 

For the first time, RHS will be doing a community read with the Rogers Public Library. Stanley Gordon West author of Until They Bring the Streetcars Back will be a guest at RHS and the Rogers Public Library on Tuesday, March 9.  

We'll wrap it up with a Book Fair at Conferences in March!  

Scholastic approached us to test their new book fair geared specifically for high school students.  I hope it's a success for us, and I'm excited to work with Scholastic!

Black History Month

It's Black History Month!  

Stop by and check out some great titles including:

 

New Moon

How many of you have already seen New Moon? What did you think? So far, I've head it's much better than Twilight. That kind of surprises me; this was probably my least favorite of the four novels. Check out the official site for more information!

Book Club & The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones is a captivating and emotional read! It's been a popular book at RHS for the past few years, but many in our Book Club haven't read it. I thought this was the perfect time to read it since the movie is opening in December! Definitely check it out!

Stephanie Meyer Interview

Checkout Stephanie Meyer on Oprah this Friday! She'll be talking about the New Moon movie and more! Check out Oprah's website for more information!

Push by Sapphire & the New Movie Precious

Have you heard the buzz about Precious? It's a new movie based on the book Push by Sapphire. Published in 1997, the book is about an African-America girl, who with the help of her teacher, records her thoughts and daily life in a diary. Stop by to check out and read the book before you see it in the theaters.

Book Club & American Born Chinese

Our Book Club meets every other Tuesday morning @ 7:05 and during the lunches! We have a great time discussing a wide variety of books. Our format is really flexible and informal; you are never required to read what anyone else does! We usually pick a different genre to read each month or so. Sometimes several of us will read the same book. This month the book some of us will be reading is American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. It's a fabulous graphic novel about coming to terms with one's identity. It won the Printz Award in 2007. Here's the author discussing his book in a YouTube Video.

Hispanic Heritage Month

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we've been displaying several books by Hispanic authors. One I'd like to feature is Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. School Library Journal says this: "This sensitive story of four sisters who must adjust to life in America after having to flee from the Dominican Republic is told through a series of episodes beginning in adulthood, when their lives have been shaped by U. S. mores, and moving backwards to their wealthy childhood on the island. Adapting to American life is difficult and causes embarrassment when friends meet their parents, anger as they are bullied and called "spics," and identity confusion following summer trips to the family compound in the Dominican Republic. These interconnected vignettes of family life, resilience, and love are skillfully intertwined and offer young adults a perspective on immigration and families as well as a look at America through Hispanic eyes. This unique coming-of-age tale is a feast of stories that will enchant and captivate readers." Stop by to check it out!

Banned Book Week

It's Banned Books week--a national event celebrating the freedom to read! Several books in our display have already been checked out! It made me laugh when some students thought I was banning the books! It's actually quite the opposite! I truly believe in the freedom to read. For more information about books that are challenged and banned, check out the American Library Association website.

BOTW ~ A Thousand Splendid Suns

Mrs. Kill, our media assistant highly recommends Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns. He is also the author of The Kite Runner. Mrs. Kill has this to say about A Thousand Splendid Suns:
"This book takes place in Afghanistan. It's about 2 generations of women trying to survive the war, poverty, and their unlikely friendship. Really Good!!"