Shawnte's March Staff Pick

Avatar

PN 1997.2 .A83 2010

Avatar is a popular non fiction movie about the planet pandora that is inhabited by the Na’vi that are 10 foot tall, blue skinned sapiet humanoids, who live in harmony with nature and worship a goddess called Eywa. Humans have destroyed Earth’s natural resources so they make avatars as themselves in Na’vi form to obtain minerals from pandora. This film is full of excitement, adventure, and a fateful love. Enjoy and embrace yourself in the fantasy, become one with the Na’vi.

Shawnte's February Staff Pick

The Time Traveler's Wife

Written by Audrey Niffenegger

PS 3564 .I362 T56 2004

Two people who share a passionate love affair endure across a sea of time and it will capture the two lovers in an impossible romantic trap. An adventurous librarian is involuntarily traveling through time trying every step of the way to be with the one his heart beats for. This enchanting novel will make you yearn for more heart wrenching adventure.

Shawnte's January Staff Pick

Water For Elephants

Written by Sara Gruen

PS 3607 .R696 W38 2006

Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell. This book is filled with both romance and adventure. Great read.

Shawnte's December Staff Pick

The Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks

PS 3569 P363 N68 1996

The Notebook is a romantic novel that will lift your spirits and take your heart on a journey of enlightenment. I love this book because it lets you believe in a thing called young love and it gives you faith that love can grow and even last forever. Beware though for those who have not read this book yet. It may make you cry. After reading the book check out the movie The Notebook as well. It’s a great chick flick J

Shawnte's November Staff Pick

New Moon

By Stephenie Meyer

PS 3613 .E979 N532 2006

New Moon is a romance between a teenage girl, named Bella and a mysterious boy named Edward who turns out to be a vampire. For some of you who have not read this novel, it is an enchanting story where two completely different people have fallen in love and now for Bella’s safely Edward has made the decision to break up with Bella and stay away from her so no one tries to harm her. Their tale takes them on an adventure of desire and heart pounding altitudes. WARNING: this book may make you cry since the tale is of teenage romance and heartbreak. This book is great for cuddling up at home with a warm blanket, some hot chocolate on a cold November night, and I thought it would be perfect for all of you who have not yet read the series to start because Breaking Dawn part 1 is coming soon to theatres! Read the rest of Stephanie Myer’s series Twilight #1, New Moon #2 Eclipse #3, and Breaking dawn #4.

Shawnte's October Staff Pick

The Hate Factory

Written by Georgelle Hirliman

HV 9475 .N62 N395 2005

The Hate Factory is a book about inmates of a penitentiary of New Mexico. The book is about the gloomy times and hardships the inmates partake within the prison and how gruesome and ruthless inmates were to one another. I believe that it’s a gut wrenching story that steals your attention to make you want to read it till the very end. I was left mind bottled throughout the tragic happenings taking place within the prison and that’s why I think that this book is a great read for Halloween. It will put Goosebumps on your neck and night mares within your dreams.

Shawnte's September Staff Pick

The Anti-Bullying Handbook

By Keith Sullivan

BF 637 B85 S85 2000

The Anti-Bullying Handbook is a useful tool in helping kids, teachers, and parents deal with bullying in schools, colleges or at residential homes. The book gives a brief explanation of bullying and the different types of bullying. The rest of the book goes about telling us how to go about problem solving against bullying in every situation. This can teach your children how to deal with bullying before and as it occurs. Teachers, counselors, and administrators are taught how to monitor it so that bullying doesn’t keep reoccurring. This can be helpful by doing school activities such as anti- bullying programs for everyone being involved. This book will also give you helpful advice from experts and it identifies the best web sites for anti-bullying from the internet.