[R3librarians] Tuesday's Trash & Treasures

[Cindy Franklin]

What have you been reading lately?

Here are some
treasures I've accumulated for you:

    Over spring break I read Airball by L.D.
Harkrader and loved it!  For your students who've enjoyed
Travel Team (Lone Star
05-06),  Airball is an easy read
accompaniment.  Airball would be a good
addition to either an elementary or middle school library.

Travel Team INT LVL: 5-8;   RDG
LVL 6.5
Airball  INT LVL 5-8; 
RDG LVL 4.6

"Airball is a quirky
combination of The Mighty Ducks meets "Captain Underpants"
with a sideline story involving the search for a biological
father." School Library
Journal]

Other positive reviews are available from
Booklist, Kirkus, Library Media Connection, and School Library
Journal.

    Judi Sparks, Technology Coordinator, has recommended
Three Weeks with my Brother by Nicholas Sparks
(author of Message in a Bottle and
The Notebook).  Although the reading and
interest level is listed as ADULT, she recommends it for high school
reading.  

Judi also recommends looking at
the Nicholas Sparks' website for more information about the book:
http://www.nicholassparks.com/Novels/ThreeWeeks/Index.html

Be sure to also see the link for related Discussion
Questions.
http://www.nicholassparks.com/Novels/ThreeWeeks/Discussion.html

Other positive reviews are
available from Booklist and LIbrary Journal.

    
    
    
    Review sent in by:
Lynda Hudson,
Refugio
    
    High School
    
    
Librarian
lynda.hudson at refugioisd.net

I read a book that I’d like
for all of you to read, if you have not already! It is Anne
Provoost’s In the Shadow of the 
    Ark.
     I was simply hypnotized by
Provoost’s 
wonderful attempt to tell the Old Testament story  of the  flood and the many trials and
tribulations of 
Noah’s family. I couldn’t put it down-students
visiting the library found me for several days with book in hand as I
tended to all the many tasks of the library! 

The novel centers
around Re Jana and her family forced to flee their home in the marshes
to seek shelter in the desert. There they find thousands of people,
the Builder (Noah) at the helm, erecting the 
    Ark.
     It’s master builder, (Noah) is the only person who
knows the real purpose of its construction-many have their own ideas
and the suppositions are many. Ham, the youngest son of Noah, falls in
love with Re Jana, but because she is not “chosen” to
survive the great flood, Ham’s life  becomes so complicated. His need to be with his
family and Re Jana sets up the central conflict. Will Ham’s love
save Re Jana from drowning? 

I especially liked the author’s treatment
of how the animals came from far away to enter the great 
    Ark
     and how Noah’s family cared for them while they were
all together on the great ship. 

A must read! I would put it on the high
school library shelf without hesitation! There are intimate
scenes, but they are handled with much care and are never lewd or
vulgar.  
    
 

    
    

Cindy Franklin 
Library & Technology Specialist 
Region III ESC 
cfranklin at esc3.net 
361-573-0731 ext 277 
www.esc3.net/mlib 


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