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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast by Cheryl Strayed

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



At age 22, Cheryl Strayed’s mother is diagnosed with cancer and very…

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Added by bj neary on April 4, 2013 at 7:33pm — No Comments

Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal

Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Blumenthal has crafted an exciting, can’t put it down biography…

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Added by bj neary on April 4, 2013 at 7:28pm — No Comments

Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

Pandemonium (Delirium, #2) Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



This follow-up to Delirium has Lena struggling in the Wilds with little food, stamina, and the only way…

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Added by bj neary on April 4, 2013 at 6:52pm — No Comments

Librarians won't die

5 Innovations That Show Libraries Don’t Have To Die

Read more here:

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681678/5-innovations-that-show-libraries-dont-have-to-die#1

Added by adriana carrillo on April 2, 2013 at 9:30am — No Comments

There is a rural library in my heart

In Colombia, Cundinamarca region, there is a little town called Sopó.

In a small village place you can find San Gabriel.

If you look closer you can find also a LIBRARY.

http://bibliotecasangabriel.wordpress.com

And a group in Facebook. In this group you can see all the scheduled activities:…

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Added by adriana carrillo on March 31, 2013 at 12:08pm — No Comments

Virtual Students Fairs : for USA College Application

I'd be grateful if you could spread the word (especially to careers/counselling colleagues and students) about these upcoming virtual student fairs designed to help international students who are applying for entrance to USA Colleges (Universities) in 2013.

They are free and online with the opportunity to win one of several scholarships available.

Register before the event at http://hobsonsevents.com/

 

For…

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Added by Shamblesguru on March 6, 2013 at 6:54am — No Comments

All the Right Stuff by Walter Dean Myers

All the Right Stuff All the Right Stuff by Walter Dean Myers

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Paul DuPree is a teen who has lost his hardly present dad to a shooting…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Zom B by Darren Shan

Zom-B (Zom-B, #1) Zom-B by Darren Shan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



B is a teen living in England with a racist, abusive father who drinks too much and beats B and her mother on a daily basis.…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 4:11pm — No Comments

Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Marc Aronson

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Beginning with the spy Harry Gold and expanding out to…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 4:07pm — No Comments

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent, #1) I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

My rating: 5 of 5 stars





Wow, what a heart-stopping thriller; imagine you are the son of a serial killer who has claimed…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 2:52pm — No Comments

Call the Shots by Don Calame

Call the Shots (Swim the Fly, #3) Call the Shots by Don Calame

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



In this third humorous boy book, the hilarious trio of Cooper, Matt and Sean have come up with…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 2:46pm — No Comments

Beat the Band by Don Calame

Beat the Band (Swim the Fly, #2) Beat the Band by Don Calame

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



In the 2nd book, Cooper and his friends decide to enter a contest to win a Band competition and the…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 2:26pm — No Comments

Trafficked by Kim Purcell

Trafficked Trafficked by Kim Purcell

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Hannah is a seventeen year old from Moldova who has lost both her parents in a bombing. She is brought to…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 2:22pm — No Comments

Ripper by Stefan Petrucha

Ripper Ripper by Stefan Petrucha

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Thanks Sally for reviewing this for me for PSLA 2013! Carver Young, Finn Walker and Delia Stephens are all orphans…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 2:19pm — No Comments

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

The One and Only Ivan The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Katherine Applegate’s book has been recommended to me by…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 2:10pm — No Comments

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle, #1) The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



If you are looking for another seductively written book by Maggie Stiefvater, The…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 2:05pm — No Comments

The Diviners by Libba Bray

The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) The Diviners by Libba Bray

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Libba Bray’s The Diviners was thrilling to read; I did not want to rip myself away from the 1920s world Bray…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 1:57pm — No Comments

Copyright Guidelines for Librarians

You might want to take a look at the BCPS Copyright Guidelines website created for our educational community. 

Added by Della Curtis on January 30, 2013 at 3:50pm — No Comments

White House Petition

The National Forum on Information Literacy recently submitted to the White House's We The People petition website a petition on the critical importance of information and digital literacy training for our students and our workers in the 21st century.

We need 25,000 signatures by February 13, 2013 supporting the petition in order for the White House to submit an official response.

We would certainly appreciate your support on this initiative...Will you sign it? Please visit…

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Added by Dr. Lana W. Jackman on January 14, 2013 at 4:52pm — No Comments

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