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Image via HuffPost Travel: Aurora Borealis at the Arctic Circle Here's a list of 5 websites to check out this weekend:
If you were ever curious as to what kids around the world wear to school, now you know! It's interesting to see what factors influence their dress codes based on their location. Also I love Australia's blue hats! Here are 6 Addictive YA Historical Novels to check out. Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres especially when it's done really well. I love how reading can transport you to a different time and you feel like you're actually there. Reading any of the books on this list is sure to have that effect on you. Ever wonder how many people are in space at any given time? Me either! However, there's a website that will tell you who's in space and provide mission details like how long they'll be up there. There are also astronaut profiles that tell you everything from their nationality to space flight experience. This Pittsburgh librarian is probably the biggest Harry Potter Fan and coolest mom ever. And finally, "30 Dr. Seuss Quotes to Live By." You can't go wrong with "Be awesome! Be a book nut!" Looking for a book to read, but want to keep it short & sweet? Half Price Books asked its readers for their favorite books under 200 pages. The covers above got the most votes! Here's a list of all 55 of them below:
1. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck / 2. Siddhartha by Herman Hessel / 3. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman / 4. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway / 5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald / 6. The Pearl by John Steinbeck / 7. Help Thanks Wow by Anne Lamott / 8. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (not the Complete Guide) / 9. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes / 10. Beasts by Joyce Carol Oates / 11. The Neon Bible by John Toole / 12. Consider the Oyster by M.F.K. Fisher / 13. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder / 14. Chronicle of Death Foretold by Gabriel Garciá Márquez / 15. The Stranger by Albert Camus / 16. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens / 17. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket / 18. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein / 19. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck / 20. Being There by Jerzy Kosinki / 21. The Red Pony by John Steinbeck / 22. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White / 23. The Awakening by Kate Chopin / 24. A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut / 25. Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan / 26. Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker / 27. Black Orchids by Rex Stout / 28. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells / 29. Animal Farm by George Orwell / 30. The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde / 31. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton / 32. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle / 33. Heartburn by Nora Ephron / 34. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell / 35. Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garciá Márquez / 36. Grendel by John Gardner / 37. Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote / 38. Flatland by Edwin Abbot / 40. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto / 40. Shopgirl by Steve Martin / 41. The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo / 42. Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. / 43. The Girl on the Fridge by Edgar Keret / 44. Love is Letting Go of Fear by Gerald G. Jampolsky / 45. I And Thou by Martin Buber / 46. Perelandra by C.S. Lewis / 47. Pafko at the Wall by Don Delilo / 48. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett / 49. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George / 50. At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom by Amy Hempel / 51. Lord of the Flies by William Golding / 52. The Passion by Jeanette Winterson / 53. The Quiet American by Graham Greene / 54. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt / 55. Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates. Tammy from Books Bones & Buffy reviewed the YA book The Weight of Feathers. Here's an excerpt from her review:
"The story seems simple at first, and yet it’s actually quite complex once you start reading. The set-up has a very strong Romeo and Juliet vibe: two feuding families, the Palomas and the Corbeaus, are both performing families, traveling from town to town with their unusual acts. But a long ago tragedy has made the two families mortal enemies, and now they avoid each other like the plague, even when they happen to end up in the same town together. Lace Paloma has been taught all her life to never let a Corbeau touch her, or she’ll bring tragedy to her family. But in the small town of Almendro, Lace is injured during a terrible factory accident, and a boy named Cluck Corbeau saves her life. Lace finds herself swept into the mysterious world of the Corbeau family, but as she and Cluck get to know each other, Lace dreads the day that Cluck finds out who she really is: a member of the hated Paloma family. Lace and Cluck must make a choice between true love and family—not an easy choice to make." You can read the full review on her site by clicking the image above!
BHarper Lee, author of one of the most influential novels of the 20th century, To Kill a Mockingbird, passed away this past Friday at the age of 89. This novel, which our students read as part of the English curriculum, has had a lasting and profound effect on so many readers. Her second novel, Go Set a Watchman, was just released last year. With her passing came many tributes online, including an article in the New Yorker, and some of her correspondence with cartoonist Berkeley Breathed published in The New York Times. Below are the "most powerful and inspiring quotes from To Kill a Mockingbird," published by The Independent:
Publishing company Simon & Schuster has launched a young adult literature website called Riveted. With the tagline "YA Fiction is Our Addiction," the site will include everything from live book chats, quizzes and polls, DIY videos, and exclusive content from various authors. When you visit Riveted you also have the opportunity to download free books to your computer, phone, or tablet. Check it out by clicking the image above!
National Geographic Photo of the Day: "Peekaboo!" Mediterranean House Gecko
Here's a list of 5 websites to check out this weekend:
Here's 20 Inspiring Children's Book Quotes presented by quotery.com. My favorite is this one from Matilda: "If you have good thoughts...they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." NASA is giving away beautifully designed faux space travel posters like this one:
Here's an incredible time lapse video of the artist Mary Doodles painting a "Monster Tea Party."
Kaplan is hosting a free all-day online SAT "Prepathon" this Sunday, February 21st! There are 12 sessions and you can access the schedule and more information HERE. Use #SATPrepathon to access SAT Twitter chats as well! Follow @happsters, an Instagram account dedicated to spreading happiness!
Our book club for this upcoming month is Passenger by Alexandra Bracken. Bracken is the author of the Darkest Minds series, and Passenger is her newest release! We'll be meeting on Wednesday, March 16th after school in the PTHS library for our book discussion. The library still has two copies available for checkout. Read the synopsis below:
"In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles, but years from home. And she's inherited a legacy she knows nothing about from a family whose existence she's never heard of. Until now. Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea, free from the Ironwoods-a powerful family in the Colonies-and the servitude he's known at their hands. But with the arrival of an unusual passenger on his ship comes the insistent pull of the past that he can't escape and the family that won't let him go so easily. Now the Ironwoods are searching for a stolen object of untold value, one they believe only Etta, his passenger, can find. In order to protect her, Nick must ensure she brings it back to them-whether she wants to or not. Together, Etta and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey across centuries and continents, piecing together clues left behind by the traveler who will do anything to keep the object out of the Ironwoods' grasp. But as they get closer to the truth of their search, and the deadly game the Ironwoods are playing, treacherous forces threaten to separate Etta not only from Nicholas but from her path home forever." -Amazon.com Hope to see you at Book Club! |
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