The next Book Talk will be taking place in the Media Center after school at 2:30

This Book Talk will feature novels that are coming to the big screen in 2012 such as the Hunger Games, The Alchemist, The Great Gatsby, The Hobbit and the Life Of Pi. This will be a great event so come to the Media Center on January 6th 2012

Students enjoyed themselves discussing their favorite horror stories and ate candy during our Horror Booktalk of  October. 

Our Harry Potter Book talk was great. It was fun to discuss our favorite characters and scenes from the books and the movies.

Discuss books you read or would like to read.

This month’s booktalk be held on Thursday, May 5th and will cover Uglies

By Scott Westerfeld

Tally is faced with a difficult choice when her new friend Shay decides to risk life on the outside rather than submit to the forced operation that turns sixteen year old girls into gorgeous beauties, and realizes that there is a whole new side to the pretty world that she doesn’t like. (Follett Titlewave)

The next Booktalk will be held on Thursday, April 7th 2011 and will be led by Emily Griffith and Daniel Pertegaz.

We will be discussing City of Bones.

by Cassandra Clare

Fifteen-year-old Clary Fray’s ordinary life turns upside down when she begins seeing demons, her mother is kidnapped, and Clary is taken in by Shadowhunters, demon-fighters as astonished by her newfound abilities as she is. (Horn Book, Fall 2007)

The March Booktalk for Little Brother was led by David Pertegaz and there was a great number of participants.

Our next book talk will be held on Thursday, March 10th 2011.
This month’s Booktalk! will be led by Daniel Pertegaz in a discussion about Little Brother written by Cory Doctorow.

“When he ditches school one Friday morning, 17-year-old Marcus is hoping to get a head start on the Harajuku Fun Madness clue. But after a terrorist attack in San Francisco, he and his friends are swept up in the extralegal world of the Department of Homeland Security. After questioning that includes physical torture and psychological stress, Marcus is released, a marked man in a much darker San Francisco: a city of constant surveillance and civil-liberty forfeiture. Encouraging hackers from around the city, Marcus fights against the system while falling for one hacker in particular.
-School Library Journal

Sean Quinn led our February Book Talk for The Life of Pi on February 3rd. Many topics were discussed and our Booktalk was a great hit!  Here is a picture taken at the event. Enjoy!

Our next Book Talk will be held on Friday, January 7th in the Media Center at 2:45. We will discuss the themes and symbols that are represented in the book Incarceron.

By Catherine Fisher

“The vast prison Incarceron, made of metal and cutting-edge technology, was designed as a grand experiment: all undesirables would be sealed inside and given everything for a model utopia. But the experiment failed as Incarceron grew self-aware and tyrannical, resources dwindled, and prisoners divided into factions. Centuries later, prisoners exist under Incarceron’s watchful eyes with one belief: no one from Outside enters, no one from Inside escapes. Finn, however, believes he’s from Outside, and after he finds a crystal key that opens any door, he embarks on a journey to escape. Outside Incarceron, Claudia, the warden’s daughter, is also looking for escape, from an arranged marriage and from her role in a plot to end Protocol, which forces inhabitants to live according to seventeenth-century norms. When she too finds a crystal key, she comes into communication with Finn, who she believes is the true prince of the Realm. This gripping futuristic fantasy has breathless pacing, an intelligent story line, and superb detail in rendering both of the stagnating environments. Fisher’s characters are emotionally resonant, flawed, determined, and plagued by metaphysical questions. With some well-timed shocking twists and a killer ending, this is a must-have.” (Booklist January 1, 2010 Vol. 106, No. 9)