From the Desk of Ms. Millette --Week of 9/30/20 - 10/6/20
Announcements
The HHS Library has a new look! Check out our new website!
Although the library is closed to students, we are still checking out books! Do you want or need a book? Use the Library Book Order Form. In school--Books will be delivered to your English class. Remote--Books will be available for pickup on Wednesday with other course materials. Contact Ms. Millette if other arrangements need to be made.
Library Books from last year are DUE! If you have a library book from last year (HHS or public library), please return them in one of the Library Return Bins (outside library doors, main office). We will make sure your public library books get returned.
Need help or have a question? Don't hesitate to contact Mrs. Millette, Library Media Specialist (mkmillette@hudson.k12.ma.us)
What Should I Read Next?
Check out these new books--all currently available in the library. Request one HERE.
Recent Book Talks
Featured Resources
Do you need a Works Cited page for your paper / project? Do you need to cite your sources? Are you required to use MLA format? Need a tool to help with note taking while doing research? Check out these tutorials for setting up and using NoodleTools.
Module 1: Creating a NoodleTools Account
Module 2: Creating a New Project / Sharing Your Work
Module 3: Adding a Source
**Do you have an account and forget your password? Click HERE. Your Personal ID is your Google ID. Contact Ms. Millette if you have questions (mkmillette@hudson.k12.ma.us).
Swank K-12 Streaming (Movie Streaming Database)
We now have access to over 200 Films that can be streamed at home. To view the complete list, click HERE. To access a specific film from the list, contact Ms. Millette (mkmillette@hudson.k12.ma.us).
EVENTS / PROGRAMS
9/28/20
Hudson Public Library is now open with limited hours. Details HERE.
NEW HOURS: Monday – Thursday, 10 – 12 & 4 – 6 | Friday, 10 – 12 & 3 – 5 | Saturday, 10 – 12
CURBSIDE SERVICE HOURS: Monday – Thursday, 10 – 6 | Friday, 10 – 5 | Saturday, 10 – 4
Have a Hudson Public Library book that needs to be returned? Give it to us and we will bring it back for you!
10/5/20 - 10/25/20 (online / free)
10/5/20 @ 7pm (online / free)
Author and Graphic Novelist Jerry Kraft in Conversation with Jeff Kinney (hosted by An Unlikely Story Bookstore & Cafe)
From An Unlikely Story's event page:
Jerry Craft and his two sons were our very first event when we opened five years ago. Since then, we've welcomed him back most recently for NEW KID, and were delighted when he won the Newbery Award. We are so happy to welcome Jerry Craft back for a virtual event to celebrate his new graphic novel, CLASS ACT, a companion to his Newbery award-winning NEW KID. Jerry will be in conversation with Jeff Kinney, owner of An Unlikely Story and author of the bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Jerry and Jeff will discuss CLASS ACT, conduct some drawing demonstrations, and answer audience questions. You won't want to miss this one-of-a-kind event!
ABOUT THE BOOK Class Act:
Kirkus Prize winner Jerry Craft follows up the critically acclaimed and Newbery award-winning New Kid, with this poignant and funny full-color companion graphic novel about Jordan’s friend Drew, who has his own struggles at Riverdale Academy Day School.
Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying, “You have to work twice as hard to be just as good.” His grandmother has told him that his entire life. But lately he’s been thinking: Even if he works ten times as hard, he may never get the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the prestigious Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted. Then, after a visit to his friend Liam’s house, Drew realizes that Liam is one of those privileged kids. He wants to pretend like everything is okay, but even his best friend, Jordan, can tell that something is up.
As the pressures build, and he starts to feel more isolated than ever, will Drew find a way to bridge the divide so he and his friends can truly accept each other? And more importantly, will he finally be able to accept himself?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jerry Craft is a New York Times bestselling author-illustrator who has worked on numerous books for young readers, including the Newbery medal-winning graphic novel New Kid. Jerry is the creator of Mama’s Boyz, an award-winning syndicated comic strip. He has won five African American Literary Awards and is a cofounder of the Schomburg Center’s Annual Black Comic Book Festival. He received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts and now lives in Connecticut. Visit him online at www.jerrycraft.com.
10/8/20 @ 7:30 pm (online / free)
From An Unlikely Story's event page:
Partnering with the Attleboro Public Library, An Unlikely Story invites you to a virtual discussion between CIRCE author Madeline Miller and Dr. Kevin Kalish, Associate Professor of English at Bridgewater State University, to explore the many themes of this year’s NEA Big Read title and to learn more about the author’s inspiration for the novel.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
"A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right" (Alexandra Alter, The New York Times).
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power -- the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.
Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.
But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love.
With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.
#1 New York Times Bestseller -- named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, the Washington Post, People, Time, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Newsweek, the A.V. Club, Christian Science Monitor, Refinery 29, Buzzfeed, Paste, Audible, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Thrillist, NYPL, Self, Real Simple, Goodreads, Boston Globe, Electric Literature, BookPage, the Guardian, Book Riot, Seattle Times, and Business Insider.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Madeline Miller’s first novel, The Song of Achilles, was awarded the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction and was a New York Times bestseller. Her second novel, Circe, was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. Before she was a novelist, Madeline Miller earned her BA and MA in Classics from Brown University, and she taught and tutored Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students for more than fifteen years. Her novels have been translated into over twenty-five languages, and her essays have appeared in the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Lapham's Quarterly and on npr.org.
Dr. Kalish regularly teaches courses on the Classical Tradition and the Bible as Literature. His work has appeared in various scholarly journals. To learn more, visit https://bridgew.academia.edu/KevinKalish.
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.