What are people reading?

"The Help" (M. Waters-Dean's office)

• Next on her reading list-"Water for Elephants: A Novel" by Sara Gruen

"Wait til Helen comes: a ghost story" by Mary Downing Hahn (R. Beard, Special Ed)

• Next on her reading list- "All the lovely bad ones" by Mary Downing Hahn

"Unaccomstomed Earth: Stories" by Jhumpa Lahiri (P. Kranenberg, Special Ed)

• Next on her list-"Girls of Riyadh" by Rajaa Alsanea

"Bush at War" by Bob Woodward (K. Esser, Global Languages)

• Next on his reading list- "61 Hours: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child

"Jade Green: A Ghost Story" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (A. Hatcher, Librarian)

• Next on her reading list: "Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians" by Brandon Sanderson

"Game Change: Obama and the Clinton's, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime" by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin (T. Worthington, Social Studies)

• Next on his readng list- "Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power" by Victor Davis Hanson

"Four Blind Mice" by James Patterson (L. Laird, Social Studies)

• Next on his reading list- "The Innocent Man" by John Grisham

Love Your Library Week

The library kicked off it's second annual "Love Your Library" week on February 8th. It featured a book fair and a raffle.

A showcase of book titles was also created to highlight student and faculty favorites.

Literary world loses J.D. Salinger

J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye"(1951) has passed away at the age of 91.

Some of his other works were:

• Nine Stories (1953) series
• Franny and Zooey (1961)
• Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymore: An Introduction (1963)

Book Awards Announced

The winner of this year's Newbery award is When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Honor awards:

• Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
• The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Visit your library to get a copy.

Twilight "New Moon" Mania!

The Twilight saga "New Moon" opened at theaters on November 20th. The movie which is based on Stephenie Meyer's best seller brought in a record breaking $72 million dollars on opening day.

And in case you have been in a cave lately, New Moon is the second installment of the "Twilight" series. From the book's cover: "For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella could ever have imagined..." Read the book to find out what else happens.

For more information on the "New Moon" movie go to http://www.newmoon.org/

Author Stephenie Meyer's official website: http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/

Roald Dahl's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" movie opens

The movie "Fantastic Mr. Fox" opened at theaters on November 25th. Based on the book by Roald Dahl, it a story about a father fox who must mend his formerly wild ways in order to take care of his family. But not before one last raid on three mean farmers.



Other books by Roald Dahl:

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Danny the Champion of the World
• James and the Giant Peach
• Matilda
• The BFG
• The Witches
• any many more.......

Author Roald Dahl's website: http://www.roalddahl.com/

The Book Fair at Gelinas

This year's school book fair was a great success. There were many great books, posters, games, and cool knick-knacks for sale.

In addition, we had several winners from the daily raffle drawing.

Teacher raffle winners:

Ms. Schwartz
Ms. Pearce

Ms. Leidahl

Student raffle winner: A. Prestia

Thanks to Mrs. George and the PTSA for all there hard work and dedication.