ALA 2009 Best Books for Young Adults

American Library Association 2009 Best Books for Young Adults. Follow the link to see the entire list.

Top Ten List
(** owned by Bishop McNamara Library)
Bowman, Robin. It's Complicated: The American Teenager. Umbrage Editions. 2007. 978-1-884167-69-0 $40.00

Conner, Leslie. Waiting for Normal. HarperTeen/HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-089088-9 $16.99

**de la Pena, Matt. Mexican WhiteBoy. Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-385-73310-6 $15.00

Dowd, Siobhan. Bog Child. Random House/David Fickling Books. 2008. 978-0-385-75169-8
$16.99

**Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-02348-1 $17.99

Fletcher, Christine. Ten Cents a Dance. Bloomsbury. 2008. 978-1-59990-164-0 $16.95

Monninger, Joseph. Baby. Front Street/Boyd Mills Press. 2007. 978-1-59078-502-7 $16.95

Pratchett, Terry. Nation. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-143302-3 $17.89

Tamaki, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki. Skim. House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books. 2008. 978-0-88899-753-1 $18.95

**Voorhees, Coert. The Brothers Torres. Disney/Hyperion. 2008. 978-1-4231-0304-2 $16.99

Read for College! Read for Life!

The Young Adult Library Services Association has published their 2009 list of Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners. The list includes these categories: Arts & Humanities, History & Cultures, Literature & Language Arts, Science & Technology, and Social Sciences.

It's Twilight in America

November 23 issue of Time features an article about the Twilight movies. Read more at the circulation desk.

Stephen King's Newest Book

Under the Dome, Stephen King's newest book.
“Under the Dome” gravely threatens Stephen King’s status as a mere chart-busting pop cultural phenomenon. It has the scope and flavor of literary Americana, even if Mr. King’s particular patch of American turf is located smack in the middle of the Twilight Zone. It dispenses with his usual scatology and trippy fantasy to deliver a spectrum of credible people with real family ties, health crises, self-destructive habits and political passions." [from The New York Times;accessed 11/13/09]. Read more....

Film series?

I am showing the film "Gandhi" for Scholastic Bowl players in several sessions beginning today (Nov 10) right after school until 4: 00 and plan to show the next part next Wenesday afternoon. Any interested Mac people are welcome to my films which are aimed at increasing cultural literacy. The first film I showed was "Amadeus."

The Good Soldiers : a chat with author David Finkel

In 2007, American troops began the surge in Iraq. David Finkel, a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter for The Washington Post, was embedded for eight months with a battalion from Fort Riley, Kansas. He chronicled the surge from their post on the outskirts of Baghdad. At the center of the story is Col. Ralph Kauzlarich, a tough optimist whose motto is "It's all good."

Mr. Finkel, 54, answered questions this week, via e-mail, from a Times deputy foreign editor, Ian Fisher. Read the entire article at the New York Times.

New member!!!

Madame Linneman and her Fakemagic blog are now part of the Mac Library blog!!!! Party!