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Twenty Books you should read this summer

Friday 18 June 2010 at 11:33 am

So I get these emails from these guys:  http://www.shmoop.com/. I don't know that much about it, but they sent me this great book list voted on by librarians and educators. Give it a look!

  1. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
  2. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
  3. Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
  4. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
  5. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
  6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
  7. Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
  8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
  9. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
  10. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
  11. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
  12. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
  13. Graceling, by Kristin Cashore
  14. Unwind, by Neal Shusterman
  15. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer
  16. Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
  17. The Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Reader's Edition, by Michael Pollan
  18. Sarah's Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay
  19. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
  20. When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead

Seatbelt Safety

Friday 18 June 2010 at 11:05 am See you can get some CAKE points and talk about safety and make a cool video all at the same time.

Review: The Yugo by Jason Vuic

Tuesday 15 June 2010 at 4:34 pm NPR's Car Talk named The Yugo "the worst car of the millennium." It's considered by many to be a lemon. It was ugly and slow, and, compared to the rest of the market, not many were sold in the United States. Yet it has earned itself a place in the American Zeitgeist. For better or worse The Yugo has become synonymous with failure. However, author Jason Vuic paints a clearer picture of The Yugo in his book. It's a story of communism, cars, 80's excess, and more.

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