Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

From the book jacket:       

When Miranda first hears the warnings that a meteor is headed on a collision path with the moon, they just sound like an excuse for extra homework assignments.  But her disbelief turns to fear in a split second as the entire world witnesses a lunar impact that knocks the moon closer in orbit, catastrophically altering the earth’s climate.

Everything else in Miranda’s life fades away as supermarkets run out of food, gas goes up to more than ten dollars a gallon, and school is closed indefinitely.

But what Miranda and her family don’t realize is the worst is yet to come.

Told in Miranda’s diary entries, this is a heart-pounding account of her struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all – hope – in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar time.

What we thought....

 This book (which is the first of 3 in a Trilogy) is written in such a way that you can see how this type of situation is possible, and it will make you wonder about how we would survive, if this happened to us now.  It really gets you thinking.  Middle School students will love the diary entry format, and can relate to Miranda and other members of her family.

Keep checking back for the reviews on the next two books, The Dead and The Gone, and This World We Live In.......coming soon.

Reader of the week update

I just wanted to post our last two
Readers of the week for 6th and 7th Grade

Y. Velasquez

J. Rose
Keep up the Great Reading!!!! 

To be chosen as Reader of the Week, you must have One or more of  the following:

*According to our checkout statistics, be one of the top patrons

*Show Maturity and Respect around school with Teachers and Fellow students

*Read ALOT of books, and tell us about them

*Be Caught Reading or Helping another student find a good book

ask us how you can write a review to be featured on this blog and posted on the
Library Catalog -a place to find out about books, read reviews and find their location!

Have a Great Day!
Mrs. Coyle

Check this out!

Speaking of The Hunger Games......
http://blog.scholastic.com/ink_splot_26/2011/09/hunger-games-movie-preview.html#more

A long Holiday Weekend!!!

Remember to check out some books for the long weekend! Wednesday night is supposed to be a dreary rainy night, great for curling up with a good book! I recommend any of The Hunger Games series! They are filled with adventure, action, murder, and even a Love story!
Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! What ARE you thankful for? I am thankful for books, audiobooks, and of course, my family.
-Mrs Coyle

Bluford Series

We recently aquired a small set of books from Townsend Press : The Bluford Series. 

"The Bluford Series novels from Townsend Press were written to appeal to both intermediate and advanced readers. Each novel contains less than 200 pages, encouraging even reluctant readers to read from cover to cover. Topics, themes, and situations in the Bluford Series were chosen to engage students' real-life experiences. By having immediate relevance to students' lives, the books are more likely to keep students' interest--and teach them the value and pleasure of reading." taken from http://www.embracingthechild.org/bluford.html. 
The students are raving about them, hopefully we'll have some reviews on here soon!!!