Traveling & Black Friday #5

Amazon review of Feed by M.T. Anderson

Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds implanted in their brains.For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon - a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days.

Traveling & Black Friday #4

From Crank by Ellen Hopkins

“you come home, and everyone talks at once and everyone asks questions, but no one waits for the answers.Instead they talk about themselves, what they've been up to, what they're going to do next, as if you're a photo on the wall.And then they talk to one another, forgetting you've jsut flown in, forgetting you're in the backseat, forgetting they've already said it all.”

Traveling & Black Friday #2

Skippy Dies

by Paul Murray

Why does Skippy, a fourteen-year-old boy at Dublin’s venerable Seabrook College, end up dead on the floor of the local doughnut shop?

Could it have something to do with his friend Ruprecht Van Doren, an overweight genius who is determined to open a portal into a parallel universe using ten-dimensional string theory?

Could it involve Carl, the teenage drug dealer and borderline psychotic who is Skippy’s rival in love?

Or could “the Automator”—the ruthless, smooth-talking headmaster intent on modernizing the school—have something to hide?

Happy Halloween!

Here is one that I am sure will put you in the mood. Stop by the library to check it out!/

The book is being made into a movie, coming out June 2012. Here is the trailer

Free Movie Ticket

The first student or JYHS employee to contact me via email at jylibrary@gmail.com will will a free movie ticket for "The Help". Remember, "The Help" was one of our Name That Book selections for 2010-2011. See some of our previous blog entries about "The Help".

June 9 entry Click Here

September 29, 2010 student entry Click Here


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Book Recommendation: Twelve Angry Men

This classic by Reginald Rose forces one to consider one's own integrity, prejudices, and sense of self. After reading this short play, you will see what makes Twelve Angry Men "timeless".

This is also a Name That Book book and has also been adapted into movie versions. We have copies of the play in our library and the movies are on DVD. Check out the movie trailer on Youtube.

Book and Movie Recommendation

Here is another one! Water for Elephants, both, the book and the movie is available. We have several copies of the book in our library and the movie has been released on DVD. Water for Elephants is also a past Name That Book book.

Teen Reads book review
Movie Trailer

Support Angelica, Jerrick, and HISD Tomorrow

Tomorrow Barnes & Noble will host it's HISD Book Fair. A percentage of whatever you spend, even Starbucks, will be donated to HISD's Name That Book program. Educators receive an even bigger discount that the everyday deal! Remember, the new Name That Book lists will be revealed. The high school list will be revealed at noon.

Our Name That Book Captain Jerrick and Angelica will be announcers for this event! Come out at noon to Barnes & Noble, 3003 West Holcombe, near Randall's.

Support HISD at Barnes and Noble

Support HISD next Saturday, May 14. Barnes & Noble, Vanderbilt Square location ( W. Holcombe, between Kirby and Buffalo Speedway) will host it's HISD Book Fair. A percentage of whatever you spend, even Starbucks, will be donated to HISD's Name That Book program. Educators receive an even bigger discount that the everyday deal! Remember, the new Name That Book lists will be revealed. The high school list will be revealed at noon.

Book Into Movie: Beastly

Beastly by Alex Flinn, the modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast opens it's film adaptation tomorrow. Here is the Teen Reads review. Check out one of our several copies of the book. This book is one of our past Name That Book books.

Congratulate Us!

Angelica, Raishele, Lauren, and Captain Jerrick represented Jack Yates in Name That Book!

We thank Ms. Prince, Ms. Durham, and Ms. Rainey for their support.

Team Name That Book

Tomorrow, we participate in Name That Book!

African-American History: Book Recommendation

The Help, by Kathryn Stockett

We have several copies in our library. Check it out and bring it back as soon as you finish. It is a Name That Book selection.

More Name That Book books are here!

More books are here! Come check them out to read over the holidays!

City of Thieves

I recommend this book because it's an entertaining story that mixes a setting of WWII with humorous elements. This book is on the HISD high school Name That Book list.

by Kendall

The Importance of Being Earnest

I have just finished re-reading Oscar Wild's last play. Each time I read it, I discover even more plays on words, society, and social mores. This one is always such a fun read. Check out the preview at Google Books.

I am stil reading Going Bovine, Flight, and Gringolandia. Check out more information about the books on the Yates Shelfari.

2010-2011 NTB Titles

Next year's list

Yates Student Announcers

Congratulations to our very own Jerrick and Laura for performing an excellent job walking the red carpet and announcing the fantasy titles for 2010-2011 NTB!

Red Carpet Event

Come out to HISD's Library Services Name That Book Red Carpet Event!

View the winning titles for the 2010-2011 Name That Book competition!

Tomorrow at Barnes & Noble Vanderbit Square
Middle School 10:00 a.m.
High School 11:00 a.m.

Our New Trailer for Wake

We finished our Name That Book media entry for the book trailer for Wake!

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