Celebrating Books with Beat~! 

  Congratulations to the following students who submitted winning book Trailers during Teen Read Week's   Books with Beat:

 

 

 

 1st Place - The Boy Who Dared, Project by McKenzie Everham

 

 

2nd Place:  Compound, Project by Noah Rousseau

 

 

3rd Place, Comet's Curse, Project by Cassie Kondzich

 

 

Honorable Mentions:  Isaac Newton, The Lightning Thief

 

 

Colt Jarbo, The Outsiders

 

Book Trailers can be viewed at the following link:

 http://teachers.spart5.k12.sc.us/symborse/PhotostoryFinalists.htm

Thursday, October 14, 2010

from:

Library Media Connection

 

     Jenna Fox wakes up from a coma and finds she has lost a year of her life. Her memories of her life before the accident are barely a whisper and she has to learn how to be Jenna Fox all over again. Her mother gives her video recordings to watch, one for each year of her life, and it is clear that Jenna has been her parents? whole world. As she gets stronger, she senses that something is very wrong...

Monday, August 23, 2010

from School Library Journal

Fourteen-year-old Toby Magill, a closeted Food Network junkie, gets a summer job flipping dough at Killer Pizza. Hoping to learn some cooking skills, Toby is optimistic about his new position, and he instantly bonds with his two coworkers. However, the teens soon discover that the establishment is actually a front for a secret monster-hunting organization, and they are the newest recruits. Their focus shifts from making pizza to weapons training and stakeouts as they try to uncover the leader of a pack of grotesque monsters that can transform into human shape and are preying on innocent people. Clearly, this is not the job for which Toby applied.

Killer Pizza  - Movie Trailer @ Barnes and Noble

Friday, August 06, 2010

 Stephanie does not get along with her mother's new boyfriend Gregg, who is very different from her late father. Gregg is always going out of his way to get on her nerves. Though he was annoying, Stephanie  never thought of Gregg as a threat – until he begins mentioning her resemblance to the girls who have recently gone missing from their homes….

Friday, August 06, 2010

 From School Library Journal

The Slash, the newspaper of Harris Elementary/Middle School, and its co-editors, Adam and Jennifer, are back for more intrigue and mystery in this second novel by Michael Winerip. After being mugged for his snow-shoveling money, Adam becomes the inspiration for an article focusing on bullying. Adam tries to redirect his investigative skills to other issues facing not just their school, but also their town. With stories about a 300-year-old climbing tree in jeopardy of being cut down, the "un-fair" Science Fair, and a mysterious plot to flatten a poorer, African-American part of the town to make way for mini-mansions, Adam and the staff of the newspaper take on some very powerful adults to uncover deeply hidden truths.

Friday, August 06, 2010