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Book Talks - October 28, 2015

10/28/2015

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Book Talk - 10/26/15

10/26/2015

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Warning - SPOILER ALERT!
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Book Talk - 10/23/15

10/25/2015

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We are inspiring OTHER middle-school students to book talks!

10/23/2015

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Another teacher saw our book talks, and has shared with Mrs. Kirr three of her own students' book talks! They watched our book talks and were inspired to try their own.

     Christiano Renaldo (biography)
​     Ender's Game (science fiction)
     Reptiles & Amphibians (nonfiction)
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Book Talks - October 21, 2015

10/22/2015

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Book Talks - Oct 16, 2015

10/16/2015

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Book Talks - October 14, 2015

10/14/2015

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Book "Glimpse" - October 7, 2015

10/7/2015

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Book Talks from AHML - October 6, 2015

10/6/2015

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Block 4/5...

Titles brought in by the AHML librarians! Sneak peaks taken right from the Amazon website!

Zombies Vs. Unicorns by Holly Black
     It’s a question as old as time itself: Which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? This all-original, tongue-in-cheek anthology edited by Holly Black (Team Unicorn) and Justine Larbalestier (Team Zombie), makes strong arguments for both sides in the form of  spectacular short stories. 
Fake I.D. by Lamar Giles
     Nick Pearson is hiding in plain sight. In fact, his name isn't really Nick Pearson. He shouldn't tell you his real name, his real hometown, or why his family just moved to Stepton, Virginia. And he definitely shouldn't tell you about his friend Eli Cruz and the major conspiracy Eli was uncovering when he died.
​I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda
     The true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever.
Shadow on the Mountain by Margi Preus
     The adventures of a 14-year-old Norwegian boy named Espen during World War II. After Nazi Germany invades and occupies Norway, Espen and his friends are swept up in the Norwegian resistance movement.
The Only Game by Mike Lupica
     Can a young baseball star maintain his love of the game after the loss of his brother? 
The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans by Rick Geary
     Nights of terror! A city awash in blood! New Orleans right after the First World War. The party returns to the Big Easy but someone looks to spoil it. Grocers are being murdered in the dead of night by someone grabbing their axe and hacking them right in their own cushy beds! The pattern for each murder is the same: a piece of the door is removed for entry, the axe is borrowed on the property, and the assailant aims straight for the head! 
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
     A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth.
The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan
     In this fast-paced survival story set in Hawaii, electronics fail worldwide, the islands become completely isolated, and a strange starscape fills the sky. Leilani and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey from Oahu to their home on the Big Island. Leilani’s epilepsy holds a clue to the disaster, if only they can survive as the islands revert to earlier ways. 
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
     At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. ... An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.

Block 6/8...

The River Man by Aaron Starmer
     Alistair Cleary is the kid who everyone trusts. Fiona Loomis is not the typical girl next door. Alistair hasn't really thought of her since they were little kids until she shows up at his doorstep with a proposition: she wants him to write her biography. What begins as an odd vanity project gradually turns into a frightening glimpse into the mind of a potentially troubled girl.
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Zombies Vs. Unicorns by Holly Black (See block 4/5)
Jackaby by William Ritter
     Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary--including the ability to see supernatural beings. 
​Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins
     Harper Price, peerless Southern belle, was born ready for a Homecoming tiara. But after a strange run-in at the dance imbues her with incredible abilities, Harper's destiny takes a turn for the seriously weird. She becomes a Paladin, one of an ancient line of guardians with agility, super strength and lethal fighting instincts. Just when life can't get any more disastrously crazy...
​Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
     This is the story of Varen -- a Poe-fan and goth -- and Isobel -- a cheerleader and unlikely heroine. When a Lit. project pairs the two together, Isobel finds herself steadily swept into Varen's world, one that he has created in his notebook and in his mind, one where the terrifying stories of Edgar Allan Poe come to life.
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
     Mackie Doyle is The Replacement - left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. He has been raised among us. But he is not one of us...
Shadows by Robin McKinley
     Maggie knows something’s off about Val, her mom’s new husband. Val is from Oldworld, where they still use magic, and he won’t have any tech in his office-shed behind the house. But—more importantly—what are the huge, horrible, jagged, jumpy shadows following him around?
Permanent Record by Leslie Stella
     Being yourself can be such a bad idea. For sixteen-year-old Badi Hessamizadeh, life is a series of humiliations. After withdrawing from public school under mysterious circumstances, Badi enters Magnificat Academy. To make things “easier,” his dad has even given him a new name: Bud Hess.

Block 9/10

Teen Boat by Dave Roman & John Green
     The angst of being a teen, the thrill of being a boat...
Axe Cop by Malachai & Ethan Nicolle
     A five-year old dictates this story, and his older brother illustrates it!
The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks
     What if you can leap tall buildings and defeat alien monsters with your bare hands, but you buy your capes at secondhand stores and have a weakness for kittens? Cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks brings charming humor to the trials and tribulations of a young, female superhero, battling monsters both supernatural and mundane in an all-too-ordinary world.
​The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff (See block 6/8.)
Zombies Vs. Unicorns by Holly Black (See block 4/5)​
The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang
     In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity... The Green Turtle was the first Asian American super hero.
Shards and Ashes by Melissa Marr & Kelley Armstrong
     Powerful original dystopian tales from nine bestselling authors offer bleak insight, prophetic visions, and precious glimmers of light among the shards and ashes of a ruined world.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
     Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction.
Jackaby by William Ritter (See block 6/8.)
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Book Talks - October 5, 2015

10/5/2015

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