August 2 & 3: 8 am – 12 pm
August 4: 8 am – 3:30 pm
Shop online at bn.com from August 4 – 8! Enter the book fair code at checkout: 10257616
The PBS High School Library is hosting a Barnes & Noble book fair upstairs in C building during freshmen orientation days and prep day. Stop by to purchase your required reading for the school year and check out some new fiction and other goodies from the Barnes & Noble store. A portion of the proceeds will go to the PBS High School Library.
Don’t be fooled by the cover of The Red Necklace! This book is not strictly for girls. In fact, the main character is a boy. If you enjoy historical fiction with a dash of the fantastical, this book is for you.
Synopsis of The Red Necklace (from the inside cover):
The winds of change are blowing through Paris in the winter of 1789, both for France and for our hero, a striking and mysterious Gypsy boy named Yann Margoza. He was born with a gift for knowing what people are thinking and an uncanny ability to throw his voice, and he has been using these skills while working for a rather foolish magician. That work will soon end, however, and on the night of the magician’s final performance, Yann’s life will truly begin. That’s the night he meets shy Sido, an heiress with a cold-hearted father, a young girl who has only known loneliness until now. Though they have the shortest of conversations, an attachment is born that will influence both their paths.
And what paths those will be! While Revolution is afoot in France, Sido is being used as the pawn of a fearful villain who goes by the name Count Kalliovski. Only Yann, for Sido’s sake, will dare to oppose him.
Get discounts – Support EBR Public Libraries
This is a one-time opportunity for students to receive 25% off of their book purchases and 10% off of music and DVD’s. The discount is applicable only on 4/16/10 from 6pm until the end of the event. Valid school ID required for discount.
Date: 04/16/2010
Time: 6:00 PM Until
Location: Barnes & Noble Booksellers on Corporate Blvd.
2590 CitiPlace Court
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
225-926-2600
Join EBRP Library in celebration of The Great Gatsby. Wear your best prom/flapper dress for a promenade for all ages! Moms, teens, and tots will be able to walk the RED CARPET. Educators will receive a flower from none other than GATSBY himself , as well as 25% off your purchases. Enter to win a $500 gift certificate. Check in at the Educator table for GOODIES GALORE!
Events
Find out more about the books on Goodreads by clicking the titles below.
Reshonda Tate Billingsley’s Good Girlz series
Nothing But Drama
Blessings in Disguise
With Friends Like These
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Melody Carlson’s Carter House Girls series
Mixed Bags
Stealing Bradford
Homecoming Queen
Viva Vermont!
Lost in Las Vegas
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Melody Carlson’s 86 Bloomberg Place series
I Heart Bloomberg
Let Them Eat Fruitcake
Spring Broke
Three Weddings and a Bar Mitzvah
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Nikki Carter’s So For Real series
Step to This
It Is What It Is
It’s All Good
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The author of the Uglies series has launched the first in a planned four-part series set in an alternate-history Europe of 1914. The steampunk adventure is enhanced by Keith Thompson’s black-and-white illustrations.
“Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is worthless. All he has is a battletorn war machine and a loyal crew of men.
Deryn Sharp is a commoner, disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. She’s a brilliant airman. But her secret is in constant danger of being discovered.
With World War I brewing, Alek and Deryn’s paths cross in the most unexpected way…taking them on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure that will change both their lives forever.”
– from Westerfeld’s website
Steampunk?
“Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction and speculative fiction, frequently featuring elements of fantasy, that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s.” — read more at Wikipedia
Are you on Team Edward or Team Jacob? Join other Twilight fans in discussing the Twilight series and the upcoming movie New Moon at the EBR Central Branch Library on Wednesday, November 18, at 4:00 p.m.
For more information, call (225) 262-2660.
East Baton Rouge Parish: Central Branch Library
11260 Joor Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70818
Come join us for food, prizes, and books at the
Speed Booking Party!
What is speed booking?
It’s a twist on speed dating. You will have 2 minutes to convince the person you’re sitting with that the book you love is worth reading. The other person also has 2 minutes to convince you to read their book. At the end of each 4-minute round, you move to the next station to convince the next person – and the game goes on.
Party Details:
Date: Thursday, November 12
Time: 9:40 – 10:11 (during community time)
Location: cafeteria
To register for the speed booking party, email Mrs. Goodall (carrie.goodall@parkviewbaptist.com) or stop by the library to sign up. Include the title and author of the book you plan to talk about.
Registration ends Friday, November 6.
Prizes: iTunes gift cards, Smoothie King gift cards, movie gift cards
**This party is being sponsored by the PBS High School Library and Bookaholics Anonymous Book Club.
Paper Towns by John Green won first place in the 2009 Teens Top Ten book competition sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association. The book came out ahead of other popular works such as Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
Parkview’s own Bookaholics Anonymous Book Club chose Paper Towns as its September/October book. Discussion about the story grew heated at times as club members criticized or defended characters and their actions. Despite some dissatisfaction with the ending, the overall feeling was that Papers Towns is a book worth reading.
Book Club Reviews:
“Paper Towns is an extraordinary book. The plot and characters are well written and I feel that John Green is an excellent author.” Kelsey R.
“Paper Towns had an interesting plot, however so much more could have been done to make this book awesome. It’s still worth a read.” Daniel W.
2009 Teen Top Ten Book List:
Webcast: John Green expresses his thanks for Paper Towns’ win.
Hunger Games and Catching Fire are book 1 and 2 in an exciting new trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Catching Fire was just released this month. Both books are available for checkout in the library.
Find out more about the books and the author: read interviews, listen to excerpts from the book, watch video promos on the Scholastic website.
“[The Hunger Games] is a violent, jarring speed-rap of a novel that generates nearly constant suspense….I couldn’t stop reading.” — Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
“I was so obsessed with this book I had to take it with me out to dinner and hide it under the edge of the table so I wouldn’t have to stop reading. The story kept me up for several nights in a row, because even after I was finished, I just lay in bed wide awake thinking about it….The Hunger Games is amazing.” — Stephanie Meyer, author of the Twilight Saga
Check out Mrs. Goodall’s new books bookshelf on goodreads. Read summaries and reviews. Post reviews of books you’ve already read.
