Reading is to the mind as exercise is to the body!-
Richard Steele
NEW BOOKS
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The Other Half of My Heart
Sundee T. Frazier
Twin daughters of interracial parents, eleven-year-olds Keira and Minna have very different skin tones and personalities, but it is not until their African American grandmother enters them in the Miss Black Pearl Pre-Teen competition in North Carolina that red-haired and pale-skinned Minna realizes what life in their small town in the Pacific Northwest has been like for her more outgoing, darker-skinned sister
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Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
This is the tale of family, memory, love, and living told by 14-year-old Susie Salmon, who is already in heaven. Through the voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and builds out of her family's grief a hopeful and joyful story. |
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Maximum Ride : The Angel Experiment
James Patterson
Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the "flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel--are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives can morph into a living nightmare at any time...like when Angel, the youngest member of the flock, is kidnapped and taken back to the "School" where she and the others were experimented on by a crew of wack jobs. |
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A Woman In The South Pacific
Sheree Lipton
An engaging account of life lived in and around the south Pacific at a pivotal time in its history. Sheree Lipton escorts us into an intimate journey to islands meeting fascinating cast of charactos, rogues, cannibals, kings and great beauties. This is an amazing journey and a remarkable book with evocative photographs that have captured moments that are fast fleeing and some moments that have past. |
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Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
By Mo Willems
Who is tops at trying to persuade you into something? The Pigeon! Don’t give into his unrelenting please to talk you into letting him drive that bus! This book has hilarious illustrations, and is a great read-aloud. Interest level Primary. |
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Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart
Are you a gifted child looking for Special Opportunities?"This curious newspaper ad catches the eye of orphan Reynie Muldoon. After taking exams that test both mind and spirit, Reynie is selected along with four other contestants. The children soon learn they've been chosen by mysterious Mr. Benedict for an important mission: they are to infiltrate the isolated Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, from which messages of distrust and compliance are being broadcast into the minds of the world's citizens. Interest level MP on up. |
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Nic Bishop Butterflies and Moths
by Nic Bishop
This book offers stunning color photos with text that’s very engaging, but not too demanding. Beginning with the distinctions between butterflies and moths, Bishop goes on to discuss the insects’ habits, habitats, life cycles, senses, and defenses against predators. The photos are so wonderful, it could be called a “coffee table” book for kids. Interest level: All
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Skeleton Key (Alex Rider Series)
by Anthony Horowitz
An action-packed adventures! As a spy for Britain's intelligence agency M16, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider has been shot at by international terrorists, chased down a mountainside, stood face to face with evil...what's next? Read the whole Alex Rider series. Interest level MP on up.
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MUSAC Library Manager
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Interlibrary Loan from USP
University of the South Pacific has agreed to offer interlibrary loan to ISS students. ISS library can borrow up to 10 books for 3 weeks.
The procedure:
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Record titles and give to ISS library staff.
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Pick up books in ISS library after the Tuesday following the request.
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Return book within 2 weeks.
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