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Two Spooky Girl Books

Bad Girls Don’t Die by Katie Alender (FIC Alender)
Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence.  Soon, Alexis realizes that her life is creeping from dysfunction into danger when her twelve-year-old sister Kasey begins acting more strangely than ever.  Kasey’s eyes change color, she uses old-fashioned language and loses blocks of time while denying any odd behavior.  The house is affected too with doors opening and closing on their own, pots of water boiling on an unlit stove and an unplugged air conditioner cooling the house.  Alexis wants to think that it's all in her head, but soon, what she liked to think of as silly parlor tricks are becoming life-threatening.  Alexis knows she needs help to stop Kasey — but what if that green-eyed girl isn't even Kasey anymore?

 

 

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (FIC Anderson)
Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest.  When Cassie succumbs to the demons within, Lia feels she is being haunted by her friend’s restless spirit.  Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia’s descent into the powerful vortex of anorexia, and her painful path toward recovery. 

 

 

 

 

(Taken from Examiner.com)

Dr. Seuss Quote

Beware the Filter Bubble

Did you know that while you are searching, you are inside of an invisible bubble? The results you get when you search are coming to you through filters. These filters determine, based on your past searching history, what results you would most likely want – often leaving out opposing viewpoints. Basically, what comes back to you in your search results depends on your past searches, likes and location. The scary part is that what gets filtered out of your search results is not decided by you but by the algorithms of the companies that are providing you with the results.

Two different people can get two very different search result pages. Author Eli Pariser explains this concept in his short TED Talk above. 

To avoid filter bubbles, search in the Chrome browser's incognito mode by going to File –>New Incognito Window. This way you don’t reveal who you are to search engines and they can’t filter your results.(Information from Edudemic)

Google News

This is a brief, very informative video about how to find newspaper accounts of historical events with Google. The narrator is hilariously librariany so that is an added bonus.

Hobby Lobby + Grace = Fabulous Display

Google Basic

Content Matters, Not Format