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The Infinite Sea

The Infinite Sea

Rick YANCEY | FICTION,  Nov 01, 2014

Gr 9 Up—The majority of the first-person narration in this second book in "The 5th Wave" series (Putnam) shifts between Ringer, a beautiful teen with deadly aim, and tough-but-tender Cassie, who thought she was the lone surviving human...
Dearest

Dearest

Alethea KONTIS | FICTION,  Nov 01, 2014

Gr 7 Up—Friday takes center stage in this follow-up to the companion tales about the Woodcutter's daughters, Enchanted (2012)—in which Sunday kisses a frog—and Hero (2013, both Houghton Harcourt), featuring Saturday...
Freedom Summer

Freedom Summer

| MEDIA,  Nov 01, 2014

Gr 7 Up—Documentary filmmaker and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Stanley Nelson brings viewers up close and personal with the events of 1964, when civic-minded (mostly) college students canvassed Mississippi, encouraging voter registration among the black population...
Wednesdays in the Tower

Wednesdays in the Tower

Jessica Day GEORGE | MEDIA,  Oct 01, 2014

Gr 4–7— Princess Celie and her family live in a castle that rearranges itself...
Bringing It Home

Bringing It Home

| MEDIA,  Oct 01, 2014

Gr 9 Up—This documentary examines hemp, a highly versatile but illegal "super crop," which the film maintains is inaccurately compared to marijuana...
The Great Vacation Squeeze

The Great Vacation Squeeze

| MEDIA,  Oct 01, 2014

Gr 9 Up—Vacations for working Americans are short and getting shorter—if they get paid time off at all...
The Rule of Thoughts

The Rule of Thoughts

James DASHNER | FICTION,  Sep 01, 2014

Gr 7 Up—Beginning where The Eye of Minds (Delacorte, 2013) left off, The Rule of Thoughts finds Michael reeling from the knowledge that he is—or was—a Tangent: a nonhuman string of code that lived only in the VirtNet...
Fae

Fae

C. J. ABEDI | MEDIA,  Sep 01, 2014

Gr 8 Up—Inspired by the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, Abedi here imagines the story of Virginia Dare's present-day granddaughter, Caroline, who is unaware that an immortal Fae bloodline courses through her...
Drones in My Backyard

Drones in My Backyard

| MEDIA,  Sep 01, 2014

Gr 7 Up—From an irritating buzz in a neighbor's yard to deadly military weapons, drones have a number of downsides, explored here by director and narrator Alan Snitow...
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