September Book--The Heist Society by Ally Carter

New School Year--New Books--New Members

The Book Whisperers would like to welcome Mrs. Roberts, math teacher, and Mrs. Hasan, English teacher, to the club!!!

These are the 2 new books we will be discussing at the August meeting. So mum's the word until that meeting!!! It's a secret about these books!!! ;)

The books are in Mrs. Goff's office.

Hope you've been reading lots this summer!!! Please post comments on the blog. Thanks!!! Enjoy the rest of your vacation!!!

2009 - 2010 Favorite Book is...

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. We also read the 2nd book of the trilogy, Catching Fire and are impatiently waiting for the 3rd book, Mockingjay, due out August 24, 2010. For more information see the website: http://www.mockingjay.net/
The 2nd favorites were a tie between Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne.

2009 - 2010 Reading Selections...

The staff members read the following books this past school and met monthly to discuss them. We liked most of them and highly recommended several to the students. We are so happy that LHS students use our reading recommendations. That's what we're all about.
The books we read were: Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Fortunes of Indigo Skye by Deb Caletti, Teh boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, Graceling by Kristin Cashore, Marked by P.C. Cast, Everlost by Neal Shusterman, Runemarks by Joanne Harris, Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher, and Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard.

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Mrs. Wingfield, Ms. Miller, Mr. Farley, Mrs. Goff, and Mrs. Schatz all agreed that Hunger Games was an excellent read. It was fast, intriguing, smart, and suspenseful. We're all waiting impatiently for the sequel, Catching Fire, which is due out Septembe 1, 2009.
For more information on Hunger Games, try these links:
http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/

http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/the_hunger_games_69765.htm


There will be 6 copies of the book available to check out. They will be located at the Book Whisperers' Book Display near the circulation desk.

Our favorite read of the year is...

All about the same time said "The Glass Castle". The runner up was Unwind. Saving Zoe was mentioned by one reader. The Glass Castle was named the favorite in the VA Readers' Choice by teenagers across Virginia. Looks like we're on the same page as teens.
Right now we're making our choices for next year's 9 books from a list of 50. I've heard it's been a hard decision. Personally I chose 20+ which I'll narrow down by Friday, May 29.
I've ordered almost all of the books from the list so anyone needing reading material over the summer stop by in late June and they should be here. Check before you leave for the summer, who knows they may have come in. I really do need help reading all of these books and I really value your opinions, insight, judgements, and tastes.

End of the Year

We've finished another year of reading young adult literature. The 9 books we read this school year, 2008-2009 were: The Glass Castle, City of Bones, Unwind, The Rules of Survival, Light Years, Saving Zoe, Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow, Tamar, and 13 Little Blue Envelopes. This evening we will meet and find out if we have a favorite. I know mine and Mrs. Key shares it with me.

We're now in that difficult process of choosing 9 books to read for next year. The list has 50!! Good Luck!!