Tags: countdown, Hunger Games, movie, release
Set in a future where the world has flooded and the only dry land available is what used to be hills. Two young boys are chosen to join a salvage crew on their island base. They are chosen by what they could offer the Salvagers in exchange for work and food. Sending their sons to work with the salvage crew is really the only option for many people as they can’t find/afford enough food to feed themselves, let alone their children. On the island the boys find that that being part of the island crew in not what they were all lead to believe. The boys live off one can of food a day (and you have to fight for the best food) and work everyday doing jobs that teams of adults used to do. Then on Sundays they have to listen to the leader of the crew (a man who calls himself the preacher) as he talks of the way to salvation being sacrifice. When the boys start to realize that things could be better is when things start going all wrong.
This is a book for boys who like drama and lighting their own natural gas on fire. It really isn’t my cup of tea and the ending was something I had expected. I think it was a good story idea, but that it was written as a way to try to entice young teen boys to read it but didn’t quite get there.
Tags: Book Review, Hannah's Reviews, Hannahs Review 2012, steve augarde, x-isle
Beat winter boredom by… “stocking!”
“Stocking” is where you recreate a “stock” clip-art photo image by
using props you have at home to match the original activity in the photo as close as possible. You don’t have to look like the original model(s)—you just have to match what they’re doing!
Select a photo from our collection of “stock” book- and reading-related images below and recreate the activity.
Snap a photo and email it to us at APLWest@aurora.lib.il.us by Feb. 22!
Your “stocking” photos will be featured on the library’s website, Facebook page, and at the West Branch.
Vote for your favorite photo starting Feb. 23.
The photos with the most votes (first, second and third place) will be announced March 3 and the photographers will be crowned “Aurora Public Library Stock Photo Champions!”
Winter Boredom Breaker “Stock” Photo Contest Rules
1. Choose one of our 13 photos to recreate. You don’t have to look like the original model(s)—just match what they’re doing in the photo and use similar props!
2. Email your photo to APLWest@aurora.lib.il.us, along with your name, email address, phone number, age, and names of anyone in the photo with you. Only first names/last initial will be posted with your
photo.
3. Photo entries will be posted on the library’s website, Facebook page, and at the West Branch.
4. Entries must be received by Feb. 22. Voting for your favorite photo begins Feb. 23 and runs through March 3. Winners will be announced on March 3 on the library website and Facebook page!
5. By submitting a photo, you are letting us know that your model has consented to use of his or her image in the photo contest and you are consenting to allow the library to republish your photo for
publicity purposes.
A plane lands and there is no pilot. There are 36 babies on board. When all the babies are taken off the plane, it disappears. Now 15 years later Jonah, his sister Catherine, and Jonah’s friend Chip are involved in the mystery. Mysterious letters arrive at their homes and people appear and disappear out of thin air. Can they solve the mystery of where they come from and what they were doing on the plane? Or will they too disappear? Find out in “Found” by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
I listened to the audio version of this book and really enjoyed it. The mystery wasn’t too hard to figure out in certain things, but I really hadn’t expected what happens at the end. Bring on Book 2!
Tags: Book Review, Found, Hannah's Reviews, Hannahs Review 2012, Margaret Peterson Haddix, the missing
Saturday, February 4th, come to the Eola Road Library at 2pm to create a beautiful, personal valentine for the object of your affection!
Here’s a quote from the late Reverend that I think has been overshadowed by his dream speech. But, he’s said a lot more than this, too.
“Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies – or else? The chain reaction of evil – hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars – must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
From the authors of Thirteen Reasons Why & The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things comes a new novel set in 1996.
Josh & Emma have been life long best friends, but when Josh shows more then friendship their relationship changes. Emma doesn’t like him like that. “He’s Josh” and can never be boyfriend material to her. When her dad sends her a computer Josh’s mom sends him over with an AOL disc they got in the mail for her to use. When Emma logs on for the first time ever she is logged into FACEBOOK. Not understanding what Facebook is she looks around at it and thinks Josh is playing a practical joke on her. According to Facebook she is married to a jerk and has a horrible life. When Josh comes to see they soon discover that they are looking 15 years into their futures.
This book was set in a time when I was a Freshmen in High School, but looking 15 years into the future at 2011. I wish I had this opportunity to change my future. It shows that our choices today may affect our future in ways that we ourselves don’t understand. If you are looking for a good book then try The Future of Us. I predicted the ending at the very beginning of the book, but the getting there was fun to read.
Tags: Book Review, Carolyn Mackler, Hannah's Reviews, Hannahs Review 2012, Jay Asher, the future of us
Let your voice and choice be heard. voting for the Abraham Lincoln Book Award has begun. To be eligible to vote you need to be in grades 9 to 12 and read at least 4 of the titles. Ballots are available at all library locations.
This is book 2! It is also in a prequel series to the City of Bones Trilogy. Several things that happen in the City of Bones series that you have questions about may be answered in this series.
The Basic gist of the story is about the Shadowhunters trying to find Mortmain, the Magister, and attempting to save Charlotte’s job as head of the institute. Tessa is in a strange love triangle with Will & Jem and Will finds out something really important that changes everything in his life, while Tessa makes a major life decision even after finding out something about her parents. There are suspenseful moments, romantic moments, and comedic moments in this book. But it is a sequel… and sequels as we all know very seldom compare to their first book. Don’t get me wrong I still liked the book and the series, but when compared to book one this one took me much longer to read.
Tags: Book Review, Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince, Hannah's Reviews, Hannahs Review 2012
I have a iHome2GO speaker system that is compatible with all iPod nano models. Be the first to call dibs and let me know which library location you want it sent to.
D.J Schwenk’s life has always been cows, farming, sports & no money to help improve the farm. When she took up football over the summer things finally started going right for her. D.J. is good at football, just like her two older brothers. Over the summer she secretly trained the rival teams QB Brian Nelson and now things are finally stating to go right between them. She even thinks there may be something more then friendship between them. When People Magazine comes to do an article on her about her playing on the boys football team as linebacker she thought they were turkey farmers and told them a bit too much about her life over the summer. The season starts to go all wrong shortly after she defended a gay kid at school and had to sit out the big game on the bench. But sitting on the bench is the least of her problems.
This sequel is actually really powerful. I listened to the audio of this book and didn’t have high expectations for it but was happily surprised. This is one sequel that compares to the first book. I actually think this one had more depth and meaning behind it then the first. It’s not only a story about a girl playing a boys game, or even a romance between rivals, but a much deeper story about family and everything that we do for them.
Tags: Book Review, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, dairy queen, Hannah's Reviews, Hannahs Review 2012, the off season
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