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Stuff We Take For Granted

 

The History of the Refrigerator

Sequel to The Hunger Games FIC COL

This recent Chicago Tribune article has some interesting comments from Suzanne Collins, the author of the popular Hunger Games trilogy. Many readers are (impatiently) wondering when the third book to the series will be finished. According to this article, "As for what happens next, Collins is about two-thirds finished with the as-yet-untitled third and final book in the series. But fans will have to wait another year for the trilogy's conclusion." Another year... NO! The good news? CGHS Library does offer some other books that you might enjoy. Try Unwind by Neal Shusterman (FIC SHU), The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (FIC FAR), or House of Stairs by William Slater (FIC SLA). (taken from Teen Books and Beyond)

New Book FIC GAR

Online Diagramming and Design

 

The Knife of Never Letting Go

      Tony K. says, "This is a hell of a book." If that doesn't make you sit up and take notice, I don't know what will, but here are a couple of paragraphs describing the book from Things Mean a Lot.

"Todd Hewitt is turning thirteen in a month, the age when a boy becomes a man. He’s the last boy in Prentisstown. Shortly after he was born, there was a war with Spackle, and at the end they released a virus that killed all the women. The virus is also responsible for the Noise: every one of the man in Prentisstown can hear everyone else’s thoughts in a continuous stream. There is no silence. There are no secrets. Or so they say.

One day, Todd and his dog Manchee (the virus also made animals be able to talk) are at the swamp just outside town when they come across a spot of complete silence. No Noise. Only, silence is not supposed to exist. And if that isn’t true, what else should Todd be doubting?"

Heroes Volume Two GN HEROES

 

 
 

My Most Excellent Year FIC KLU

 My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins and Fenway Park, by Steve Kluger ----

In the 11th grade, friends TC, Augie and Alejandra are in Ms. LaFontaine’s English class when they are assigned to do a project detailing their “Most Excellent Year”.  Each one of them decides on the 9th grade as being the best year of their young lives and  the reader watches the best year of their lives unfold in a series of class assignments, diary entries, instant messages, e-mail to and from each other, letters and e-mail between them and their parents, and their parents’ correspondence with each other. We wonder if TC will ever drop his wiseguy act long enough to get the girl, if Augie’s relationship will workout and whether Alejandra will ever have the courage to face her diplomat parents to tell them that it is her dream to sing and dance. Review from Linus's Blanket

Movie Tie-In

 

If you liked watching Sherlock Holmes in the movie theatre, you might enjoy reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (SC DOY).

 

Time Machine

The Vintage Ad Browser lets you take a look at how it used to be from 1800 to now.

 

 

 
 

Chickens Is Chickens

Or are they?