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Fallen Novels (FIC Kate)

We have had Fallen in the library for awhile, but just recently acquired Torment and Passion.

“The calls grew harder to discern, until Luce couldn’t tell them apart at all: good or evil. Enemy or friend. They should have been easier to separate, but nothing was easy anymore. Everything that had once been black and white now blended into gray.” (from page 12 of Passion by Lauren Kate)

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Dragon Bookends

Mr. Otero made these for me. Aren't you jealous?

 

Rot & Ruin (FIC Maberry)

What kid wouldn’t love to whack some zombies? Slaughter some bumbling, disintegrating bodies with gnashing teeth? Kill them before they kill you?

Benny Imura has absolutely no interest. But in his post-apocalyptic Californian community, Benny will lose half his rations if he does not find a job by the time he turns 15, so he has no choice but to become an apprentice to his lame zom-slaughtering brother Tom and to follow him into the Rot & Ruin—the world outside the fences. The zombie-covered fields of America reveal to Benny a world without morality and without humanity, even among the living.

Jonathan Maberry’s Rot & Ruin melds the entertainment of a zombie thriller with an examination of the roots of anger and the value of human life. When the dead rise, it is easy to find sport in whacking a former mailman or two. But Benny quickly discovers that the living dead were once simply living, and there are things far more evil in the world than a shuffling mob of zoms. (Review from BookPage)

Flip (FIC Bedford)

One morning 14-year-old Alex wakes up to find himself in the wrong bedroom, in an unfamiliar house, in a different part of the country. Six months have disappeared overnight. The family at the breakfast table are total strangers.

And when he looks in the mirror, another boy’s face stares back. A boy named Flip.

With no idea what has happened, or how to switch back again, or who “he” is anymore, Alex finds himself in a deadly race against time to save himself from being trapped forever in the wrong life. (from author Martyn Bedford's blog)

The Maze Runner (FIC Dashner)

Visual Elements Periodic Table

Attractive and functional, this is the best online periodic table I've seen. As you scroll over each element, it shows some details, and if you click on the element, it provides a thorough and interesting collection of links examining the element in even more detail. Produced by the Royal Society of Chemistry, it has to be good.

Web Safety Tutorials from Google

Google recently launched a new series of online safety tutorials called ThinkB4U. The introductory video is very cheesy, but the information is sound once you skip the intro. Aimed toward students, parents, and educators in three separate sections, interactive video explores protecting online reputations, recognizing and avoiding scams, conducting effective research and critical thinking, and responsible text messaging.

The construction and editing of this site fascinates me more than the information itself. The design is very slick and takes the web page to a new level: visually stunning and simple to navigate. The design assumes the audience has an extremely short attention span.