GHS Library Blog

Welcome back to a new school year!  I hope everyone had a great summer.  I always look forward to a new school year because it is a chance to share new things with all of you wonderful students.  At the beginning of this school year, we have several new books for you to check out.  Also, we’ll be discussing what lies ahead for this school year in our library.  I hope that you’ll find coming to the library a fun learning experience.  If Mrs. Bryant or I can ever help with anything, please let us know!

Mrs. Perrigin & Mrs. Bryant

Want to stay ahead of the game when it comes to YA book news?  Be sure to check out the sites on our book browsing Sqworl!  I have attached the link so you can browse the sites.  GreenBeanTeenQueen has some exciting, current YA movie news about the upcoming Hunger Games movie.

Link to Book Browsing Sqworl:  http://sqworl.com/bs2jzd

Watch for the following titles coming soon:

Misguided Angel by Melissa de la Cruz

*This is the 5th installment in the Blue Blood series.

Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen

This new title (written by the author of the Luxe series) is set in 1929 Manhattan at the end of the decade known as “The Roaring Twenties.”

This 5th installment in the popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will be available in just a little over a week!  Reserve your copy today!

Thanks to the generosity of Mrs. Brenda Holder, we were able to add new titles to our library.  Fans of the L.A. Candy series by Lauren Conrad will be excited to read the third installment, Sugar & Spice.  Also, fans of the Bluford High series will definitely want to check out Anne Schraff’s newest series, Urban Underground. 

In addition to these new titles, we have new titles from Scholastic.  Rick Riordan fans will love The Lost Hero.  Also, we have the all-new 2011 editions of Guinness World Records and Ripley’s Believe It or Not.  All these and many more are waiting for you at your GHS Library!

In connection with recent Teen Read Week activities, our students enjoyed “A Day at the Drive-In.”  Playing on the theme, “Books that Make Your Heart Beat,” students viewed clips from classic horror films such as “Dracula,” “Frankenstein,” and “Psycho.”  Adding to the fun, students enjoyed freshly popped popcorn.  We look forward to revisiting this activity with future Teen Read Week themes!

This fall is shaping up to be a very busy time for new releases in teen fiction!  Some of our newest releases coming the next couple of weeks are:

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Twelfth Grade Kills by Heather Brewer

Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

Guinness Book of World Records 2011

Torment (sequel to Fallen) by Lauren Kate

A big thank you goes out to our students, faculty, and administrators for making our book fair a huge success!  We surpassed our goal of selling $2500 in products by selling over $3000 worth!!  WOW!  Thank you for making reading a priority. 

We are currently on day 3 of our Scholastic Book Fair.  This year’s theme is “Book Fair Carnival – Your Ticket to Read.”  We are working toward a goal of at least $2500 in sales.  We’re almost halfway there, so help support your GHS library by shopping the fair.  Popcorn sales on Tuesday!

Welcome back to a new school year!  I hope everyone is off to a great start!  I am looking forward to meeting with all classes next week for our library orientation.  I have a couple of changes to discuss with you as well as some exciting events we have coming up in the near future.  When you come to the library, be sure to check out our new book displays.  We have several new additions that you will want to check out.  As we have done before, you will be able to get on the waiting list for titles, so if the book you want is not here, let us know so we can get it for you as soon as possible.  See you next week!

     The Gordo High School library would like to say a special thank you to Mrs. Brenda Holder for her generous donation to our library.  Her donation enabled us to purchase several new books for the library.

     Also, our book fair is coming very soon – December 1st-7th.  Our theme is “Walking in a Book Fair Wonderland.”  We hope that you will find lots of treats to purchase for yourself.  Your purchases help us add new titles to your library.  In addition, we are starting what we hope is an annual fundraiser for our library.  On Tuesday, December 1st, the library will be open from 6-8 p.m. for book fair shopping.  Gift wrapping will be available.  Also, chili suppers will be sold in the GHS cafeteria for $5.00 per person/$3.00 for children 6 and under.  Please come out and support your GHS library!

     Also, we have added several new titles recently: Splendor (the 4th in the Luxe series), Tempted (the 6th in the House of Night series), The Clique: Charmed and Dangerous, Shooting Stars by Lebron James and Buzz Bissinger, The Vampire Diaries, The A-List series, and many more.  Coming soon – Watch for the entire Bluford High set, additional Kimani Tru titles, The Blind Side, and Twilight: New Moon – the illustrated companion.