All Library Books Due May 25, 2007

All library books are due May 25th. If your book is needed for a final, come and see us and we will extend the date for you.

Seniors, you need to make sure your records are clear before you can receive graduation tickets.

Students, if you are reading this and you have fines or overdue books, come and see us and we will take care of your fines.

The Abe books are here!

The Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award is sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Association. This award program is open to all high school students in Illinois. It's easy to participate here at Hinsdale South High School! Just follow the instructions below:

1. Register at the circulation desk in the Library Media Center
2. Read 4 of the 22 titles that have been nominated
3. Post your comments about the books you have read to the the Library Blog. (Optional)
4. Voting will take place in the LMC between February 25 and February 29, 2008
5. Become an elite member of the Abe's Double Deuces. Read all 22 books.

Previous years' winners are:

2007 Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

2006 My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

2005 A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer

Twenty-two books were nominated for the 2008 award. The library has multiple copies of each title. We also purchased an audio version of the book if one was available. Choose a book from the following list and let's start reading!

BLEACHERS -- John Grisham, c2003
As the controversial football coach of a small-town Texas high school lies dying, a group of his former players gather to share stories of their glory days under his demanding regime.

BOY MEETS BOY -- David Levithan, c 2003
Paul, who is gay, has the good fortune to attend a high school where the members of the Gay-Straight Alliance outnumber the football team, the cheerleaders ride Harleys, the star quarterback is also the homecoming queen, and the new guy in school turns out to be the love Paul has been waiting for. http://www.davidlevithan.com/

A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT -- Laura Whitcomb, c2005
The spirit of a woman long dead, unable to move on to the afterlife, clings to the physical world until she encounters James, a spirit similarly marooned, who shows her how to inhabit an “empty” body. Overjoyed by their discover of each other, the two soon fall deeply in love.
http://www.laurawhitcomb.com/

DROPPING IN WITH ANDY MAC -- Andy MacDonald, c2002
A pro skateboarding legend, known for his rejection of the drugs and alcohol so prevalent among his peers, recounts the story of his long, uphill road to success in his demanding and wildly popular sport. http://www.andymacdonald.com/home.lofi.htm

FAULT LINE -- Janet Tashjian, c2003
When Becky meets fellow comedian Kip at the improv clubs where they both perform, he seems the perfect guy for her – until the relationship turns abusive. http://www.janettashjian.com/

THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN -- Mitch Albom, c2003
83-year-old Eddie is convinced his life has had little meaning, until his death brings him into the presence of five people who show him the unexpected impact he has had on others.
http://www.albom.com/contact.html

THE GLASS CASTLE -- Jeannette Walls, c2005
Walls, now an MSNBC columnist, reveals the story of her chaotic youth, during which she and her siblings were mostly left to fend for themselves while her alcoholic father and artist mother moved about the country evading bill collectors and the law.

HEIR APPARENT -- Vivian Vande Velde, c2002
A girl is trapped in a virtual reality game when protestors damage the gaming center’s equipment, and losing is no longer an option for her if she hopes to escape unharmed.

HOUSE OF THE SCORPION -- Nancy Farmer, c2002
In a near-future world, Matt learns he is the clone of El Patron, a powerful drug lord who controls a private empire on the U.S.-Mexico border. Though despised by humans, Matt is sure that El Patron loves him, until he learns the true – and horrifying – reason for his existence.

LEFT FOR DEAD: A YOUNG MAN’S SEARCH FOR JUSTICE FOR THE U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS -- Pete Nelson, c2003
The true story of a young boy who spent six years researching the sinking of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II and exposed the Navy cover-up of the rigged court-martial of the ship’s captain.

MAXIMUM RIDE: THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT -- James Patterson, c2005
A group of genetically engineered children, part human and part bird, flee the lab where they were created and the pursuit of the brutal Erasers, wolf-like predators sent to eliminate them so their existence will never be discovered. http://www.jamespatterson.com

THE MEQ -- Steve Cash, c2005
Having learned on his 12th birthday in 1881 that he is not human but an immortal creature known as a Meq, Zianno Zezen embarks on a dual quest to find his soul- mate and to destroy an evil Meq called Fleur-du-Mal.

PIRATES -- Celia Rees, c2003
In 1722, upon her father’s death, 16-year-old Nancy Kington is headed for marriage to a wealthy old man. In desperation, she flees with the slave girl Minerva to join a pirate band. http://www.celiarees.com/

ROCK STAR, SUPERSTAR -- Blake Nelson, c2004
When a high school bass guitar player joins a rock group which is about to make it big, his new focus on his music career forces a crisis in his relationship with his girlfriend. http://www.blakenelsonbooks.com/rs.html

SNOW FLOWER & THE SECRET FAN -- Lisa See, C2005
A Chinese woman looks back on her youth and young womanhood, reflecting on her laotong (“old sames”) relationship with another girl, and on the ways in which they struggled for some degree of self-determination in a society which oppressed women through such practices as foot-binding and arranged marriages. http://www.lisasee.com/

TELL NO ONE -- Harlan Coben, c2001
Eight years after the police told him a serial killer had murdered his wife, a man receives a message which seems to indicate that she’s alive, but if he tries to uncover the truth, it will endanger his own life. http://www.harlancoben.com/

13 LITTLE BLUE ENVELOPES -- Maureen Johnson, c2005
Ginny’s adored Aunt Peg, a free-spirited artist, has died, and her legacy to her niece is a plane ticket to London, and a series of letters which will guide Ginny on the adventure of a lifetime.

TITHE -- Holly Black, c2002
With a freewheeling rock musician for a mother and a band of faeries for her childhood friends, Kaye’s life has always been weird, but it becomes weirder – and more perilous – when she discovers that she herself is a pixie changling with a special destiny to fulfill. http://www.blackholly.com/

24 GIRLS IN 7 DAYS -- Alex Bradley, c2005
When the love of Jack’s life rejects his invitation to the prom, his friends jump in to “help” by posting an online ad for a date for Jack which results in 24 eager applicants.

TWILIGHT -- Stephenie Meyer, c2005
A bored girl in a dreary small town finds her life suddenly much more interesting -- not to mention dangerous – when she becomes attracted to an unusual boy who belongs to a family of vampires who don’t hunt humans. Usually. http://www.stepheniemeyer.com

UPSTATE -- Kalisha Buckhanon, c2006
Natasha, a bright, ambitious Harlem teen who intends to become a lawyer, maintains a years-long correspondence with her boyfriend Antonio, who is in prison for involuntary manslaughter.
http://www.kalisha.com/home.htm

YOSSEL -- Joe Kubert, c2003
The story, in graphic novel format, of a Jewish teen’s experiences of Nazi brutality in the Warsaw Ghetto which led to the desperate uprising of 1943. http://www.kubertsworld.com