Teen Read Week-- October 14-20. Don't miss it!

It Came from the Library! Is the theme of this year's Teen Read Week! Stop in to the library and pick up agraphic novels, horror books, fantasy titles and more. 
Stop down and vote for your favorite Teens' Top Ten.  Ballots are in the library.  Check out the display of FHS horror and fantasy titles and find out how you can enter our FHS book inspired art contest.  Your artwork can be any type, incuding photo, drawing, paining, sculpture, manga.  We want to see it all!
See Mrs. Bivins for more details. 
Keep checking the blog for more information about our top ten voting and to see artwork entries in our own FHS book inspired art contest. 


 

Banned Book Week

This is Banned Book Week, celebrating the freedom to read.  It brings together librarians, teachers, booksellers, authors, publishers  and others who value free and open access to books.  To celebrate this important event, The FHS Library has a display of some of the commonly banned books and other materials highlighting the importance of this annual event.   

Stop in at the library and look at the display of banned books.  You might be surprised at some of the titles on the list.

Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

This is a fantastic story of the romance between a fearless heroine and the boy who wouldn't grow up.  In the woods of Neverland, Tiger Lily meets the teenage Peter Pan and before she knows it, she has fallen under his spell.  She is willing to risk everything and I mean everything just to be with him.  Soon Tiger Lily has a nemesis who threatens to tear apart the romance she has with Peter.  Little does Tiger Lily know that Peter could be the most dangerous enemy she has met or have the most loyal and loving heart.  Would you risk everything for the love of your life?  This book is not to be missed.

Teens' Top Ten for 2012

It is time to vote for your favorite YA books for 2012!  YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) now has voting open.  You can vote now through September 15th for your 3 favorite books!  The Teens' Top Ten will be announced during Teen Read Week, October 14-20, 2012. 

Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne

Monument 14 is an action packed, dystopian novel that will keep you turning the pages.  This novel follows sixteen young people from elementary age through high school as they are hold up in a discount store after their bus driver plows through the entrance in an effort to shelter them from a horrendous hail storm.  At first they  act like most teens and are thrilled that they have all the junk food available to them that they could possibly want.  The hail storm is just the beginning as they are exposed to a massive chemical spill that could change their world as they know it.  Realizing they are in for the long haul, the kids step up to accept daily roles. Because there is such a wide range of ages among these kids, they start to get to know each other on levels they never would have through just sharing a bus ride. 

At the end, Monument 14 will leave you waiting to find out if there will be another book and will this be a series.

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Ca't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Explores how introverts have been overlooked in our society while extroverts have become the ideal in the twentieth century and discusses the research that has been done in the fields of psychology and neuroscience which reveals the differences between these two types of people. Includes chapter notes and an index. 

I found this book so fascinating!  If you are an introvert, you will probably relate.  If you are an extroverts, it will help you to understand and get along with others who are introverts.

Prepare and Cease the Moment

To help you on your road to college and eventually a career, I am always looking for information that I feel can benefit you.  In reading my daily blogs, I came across a post by Darren Hardy, publisher of Success Magazine, in which he shares information about the diversity that is happening the workplace.  This is a diversity of gender and generations. 
In a blog post I did on Teenspeak last spring, I talked about how to prepare to work with people from multiple generations currently in the workforce.  In Mr. Hardy's blog post, he states, "today because people are living and working longer we will soon have five generations in the workplace, all at once".   If you have a part-time job, you are probably already working with people from multiple generations.  What does this mean for you?  To fit in, contribute and stay competitive, you will need to be able to adapt to fit in and work with many personalities to help shape the culture, productivity and profit of your chosen company.