What Should I Read? Book Talks and More

I talked about this book during library to many classes this week while we were reviewing the William Allen White books. I had only read the first chapter...but now I finished the book. It is the story of a misunderstood 6 th grader who has to enroll at a Catholic school because she has been expelled from the public school. What did she do to get expelled? You will want to find out for yourself, but it involved a knife, lots of blood, and the Principal's son! She feels that no one EVER listens to her...she has to make new friends, try to get over being angry, learn to forgive, find out if she is as good an actor on stage as she is in real life, AND get her parents back for not listening to her--she's thinking of joining the Catholic church, because she can't think of ANYTHING that will make them crazier!

Thanks for the comments last week. Wow! I love the Percy Jackson series, too. I blogged a little about that series during the summer. I picked up A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama off the shelf here in the library last week. I am hooked! It is an exciting and intriguing book. I thought it might be "scary" (kids are always asking for scary books). But, it isn't really a ghost story...but it is full of suspense and mystery. There IS a dead girl who is EXPECTED to come back as a ghost, but...well...that is part of the fun and suspense. Here is the annotation from the card catalog : "At the Barbary Asylum for Female Orphans, eleven-year-old Maud is adopted by three spinster sisters moonlighting as mediums who take her home and reveal to her the role she will play in their seances." What isn't said is that we think the spinsters are SUCH ladies...but they turn out to be con artists! You can have it when I am finished!

Wow. I finished this amazing and long book. I have skipped around in this series, so luckily I have a few more to read in the sci fi series of Dune. One thing I decided is that Mr. Daniels, tech guru here at HMS, is our very own KWISATZ HADERACH --from the series that means "Shortening of the Way" and describes a man of a certain tribe whose organic mental powers bridge space and time. The Kwisatz Haderach is also known as "the one who can be many places at once" in the texts. Mr. Daniels fixed my computer today just by standing next to it! Here's a link: http://www.dunenovels.com/

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life . Jeremy's best friend is a girl--he gets some trouble from that. Together they are looking for four keys which open a mysterious box. The box was left for Jeremy in his father's will to be given to him on 13 th birthday. By the way, the box cannot be cut or smashed open or the contents will be ruined--and Jeremy really wants to see what his deceased father left for him. I am still enjoying this book! Will probably finish this week. There are several copies in the library...come and get yours!

I am continuing to read the Dune series. I have missed a few of these Science Fiction books here and there, but I hope to read the entire series--because I really enjoy it! I am finishing Sandworms of Dune. In this book, the thinking machines (computers) have come back from being almost obliterated by the humans. Some characters from the first and succeeding books have resurrected as clones--somehow they are able to "get back" memories from their previous lives. Sounds like a soap opera, huh? http://www.dunenovels.com/