Spotlight Poet
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April is National Poetry Month! We use this month to recognize authors and their contributions to our society. Carrying on the tradition, I would like to recognize and see some of our local Tiger Poets and their work. I am also putting a book together with all of our work to include in BRHS's library!!
Any student, teacher, or staff member that writes a poem and brings it to me, shares it in Google Docs or emails it to me will be entered into a drawing. I will have two drawings, one for staff and one for students. At the end of the month if your name is drawn, you will receive a prize. I would love for some of your work to be read aloud or displayed on our schools social media platforms and walls. I will enter your name twice if you give me permission to post it. This must be original work from you and school appropriate. I can't wait to listen or read what you have to say!
There are two things Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games, and his great-grandfather Jacob, who is a true-blue, bona fide war hero. At the height of the war, Jacob helped liberate a small French village, and was given a hero's welcome upon his return to America.
Now it's decades later, and Jacob wants to retrace the steps he took during the war - from training to invasion to the village he is said to have saved. Trevor thinks this is the coolest idea ever. But as they get to the village, Trevor discovers there's more to the story than what he's heard his whole life, causing him to wonder about his great-grandfather's heroism, the truth about the battle he fought, and importance of genuine valor.
-Scholastic
Danger is never far from Audra's family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian Cossack soldiers, who insist that everyone must become Russian -- they have banned Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language. But Audra knows her parents are involved in something secret and perilous.
In June 1893, when Cossacks arrive abruptly at their door, Audra's parents insist that she flee, taking with her an important package and instructions for where to deliver it. But escape means abandoning her parents to a terrible fate.
As Audra embarks on a journey to deliver the mysterious package, she faces unimaginable risks, and soon she becomes caught up in a growing resistance movement. Can joining the underground network of book smugglers give Audra a chance to rescue her parents? -Scholastic
Vocabulary
Valor-- personal bravery, gallant strength, or courage, especially in the face of danger or on the battlefield.
Embarks- to board a ship, plane or vehicle to begin a journey.
Presumed-suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability.
Intellectual Freedom Self-Censorship Statement
Reading is a joy, a privilege, and the right of every student. As you select the library books you will read, please understand that every book is not the best choice for every student. If a book is unappealing or offensive to you in any way, please return it and select another.
You, the student, or parent know better than we, the library staff, what reading materials best serve you, your standards and beliefs.
