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Nine Stories (SC Salinger)

Towers

Stefani Moyer and Logan Marsh check in books on Friday.

Photo by MHouse

Flynn is Almost Ready to Go

Greenglass House (FIC Milford)

Media Use By Teens

Common Sense Media has released the results of their research into the screen and media usage patterns of kids, tweens and teens.

 

By taking a “census” of kids’ media use, Common Sense’s new study quantifies screen use, identifies unique types of users, and uncovers patterns that could spark improvements in content, access, and learning.

Key Findings Include:

• It’s not your imagination — media use is off the charts.
• There is a wide diversity in screen media use.
• Low-income kids lack access. 
• Boys’ and girls’ media preferences are very different.
• Social media use is big — but maybe not super fun. 
• Everyone can be a maker, but not many are.

Read the whole report here.

What Am I Trying to Do?

More Than This (FIC Ness)

This coffin, though, is definitely shining back at him, and not like polished wood might. It shines back almost like the hood of a really expensive car. In fact, exactly like the hood of a really expensive car. It even seems to be made of a kind of black metal. The corners of it are rounded, too. Seth's curiosity gets the better of him, and he moves closer. It's strange, stranger than even at first glance. Sleek and expensive looking, almost futuristic, like something out of a movie.

Definitely a coffin, though, as the inside is all white cushions and pillows and --

. . . .

Crisscrossing the bedding are streamers of metallic-sided tape. 

They look as if they've been torn and pulled against, as if someone was tied down by them and that person struggled and pulled with all their might until they were free.

Free to stumble blindly down the stairs before collapsing on the path outside. (page 90)