Congratulations to the Senior Battle of the Books team from William Dunbar Public School, who took home gold medals in the Durham Region Libraries 2008 Battle of the Books senior division. The grade seven and eight students from William Dunbar School in Pickering competed with students from Cadarackque Public School in Ajax, Jack Minor Public School in Whitby, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in Oshawa, the Pines Public School in Clarington and St. Joseph Catholic School in Uxbridge, at the Whitby Municipal Building on Thursday, April 24. After reading through thirty-six books and answering questions based upon those books, William Dunbar Public School won first place, St. Thomas of Aquinas (Oshawa) won the silver medals and Jack Minor Public School (Whitby) won the bronze medals.
The Libraries wish to thank TD Canada Trust for their support in providing the medals and trophies for the Battle of the Books.
The Battle of the Books will return in the fall of 2008 with new lists of books to challenge readers in grades 4-8. All schools in Pickering are welcome to get involved. To learn more about the Battle of the Books visit the Myplus website.
I think Zephaniah s a talented author and describes the characters that seek refuge from a real life experience. This is a touching and heart warming tale of a family that has been torn apart and forced to leave their country because of war and seeking shelter from an unusual place with different lifestyle and surroundings. I was impressed with the range of settings and backgrounds used in the novel like the new school Alem went to, the hotel he stayed in, the foster home, the court room and prison cell.
This book was written using creativity and had a lot of experience on refugees. The writing was easy to understand that anyone could read it without loosing interest because so many drastic and unspeakable events happen. Some are very sad others are very pleasing. Zephaniah has the power to create all the moods in any story and describe a tale without using any pictures but by using your imagination. This book had a lot of true meanings to it which I think gave a reaction to the readers and the author himself because he wrote this book using his own knowledge about seeking refuge.
Pickering Public Library now has a facebook page headed by our beloved Turkey. It features all the latest news from the library including what programs we are offering. Plus, there is new music posted, ireads recommended books, video posts, website suggestions and more.
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Congratulations to our winner of the teen turkey naming contest. Our winner came up with the name 'Liverpool' for our beloved turkey who resides at the library a stones throw away from Liverpool road and speaks with a Liverpoolian accent. However, he does not appreciate any reference/jokes made about turkey livers, especially so close to Thanksgiving.
Co-creators of The O.C. , Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have come out with the Gossip Girls T.V. show. Like the books, it will be about into the world of privileged teenagers on an elite private school in New York City. There are a couple differences though. First the language will be toned down considerably from the books. Also Blair Waldorf is more of a bad girl (with some redeeming qualities), and Serena van der Woodsen will be more of a good girl (with a couple secrets). Also, Serena's brother, who was older in the books will be her younger brother "cause she needed a understanding and impressionable sibling" according to Savage. Are Serena and Blair the blonde and brunette female versions of Ryan and Seth? Will the series be true to the books or just The O.C. in New York City? For all those fans that wish for it to be the real thing, I hope that it is not fake like that Chanel bag I saw by Landsdowne station that had 3 C's.
Highly Recommended! This book is about Edith and her family that is running/hiding from the Nazi's because they will kill and hurt the jewish family's and they captured the father and the 2 younger kids were sent to mossic a place where jewish kids are safe.And so the mother and therse are staying at home and Gaton and Edith are at Mossic. Due to that the Nazi's were coming so the girls went for a couple days ut in the woods. After that Sarah and Edith ahad to go to a Christan school and pretend that they were Christan.
Rash by Peter Hautman
Rash is a chilling satire of the year 2076 where it is illegal to litter or be obese in the newly named “Safer States of America”. Bo, a 16 year old with 5 family members in jail, allegedly spreads a rash through the school, then hits a classmate. As punishment Bo is sent to a remote jail-like work camp where he has to make fast-food pizza. He is given the option to reduce his sentence if he plays the illegal sport of football.
Check out the honour titles were selected by the 2007 Thumbs Up! Award committee:
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Previous Thumbs Up! Award Winners:
2006
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie - David Lubar Scott hilariously documents in his journal (not a diary!) the trials and tribulations of his first year in high school—falling in love, drifting apart from his friends, dealing with his mothhttp://www.picnet.org/node/877/edit
Thumbs Up! Award for Best Teen Novel of 2007 Announced | picnet.orger's pregnancy, and learning more about himself than he expected.
2005
Airborn – Kenneth Oppel - Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
For more Thumbs Up! Award Winners and Nominees, visit their website:
http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/tsdpastthumbsup
Elizabeth B. Phin Public School from Pickering won first place in the Regional Battle of the Books competition. The final round of the Battle of the Books took place at the Oshawa Public Library Thursday, April 26 at 8pm. Four teams were in the competition including St. Luke the Evangelist from Whitby, Pierre Elliot Trudeau Public School from Oshawa, and Cadarackque Public School from Ajax. Battle of the Books is a considerable achievement because there are 36 books to read. Each school has a team of six contestants who compete to score points by identifying the titles, authors and characters of books from questions based on the plots and settings.
To Learn more about the Battle of the books visit the
My PLUS website
To view the titles from this year’s senior Battle of the Books, check our
Best Seller Lists
- March, 2007 (1)
- April, 2007 (10)
- July, 2007 (2)
- August, 2007 (1)
- September, 2007 (1)