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We Are the Goldens

5/27/2014

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Look for We Are the Goldens   coming soon to the library... 

"So, Layla, there's something I need to tell you.  Don't be mad.  Please.  Please don't be mad.  I hate it when you're mad at me.  I am only doing this because I love you.  Because our lives are intertwined" (p. 136). 

Releasing today is Dana Reinhardt's newest novel We Are the Goldens.  It's a novel about Nell and her older sister Layla who are so close it is almost like they are one person. The story opens with Nell and her friend Felix beginning their first day of high school at City Day, the high school where Layla is already a student and star of the varsity soccer team.  Nell has been looking forward to joining her sister in high school and becoming the only freshman to join the varsity soccer team.  It doesn't seem like long after Nell arrives at City Day that she feels things are changing with Layla, she is becoming more withdrawn and seems disinterested in many of the things Nell is so excited about. Layla has a secret and Nell is determined to find out what is bothering her sister and continue to be her confidante and closest ally.  But this time things are different for Nell, she must decide how far she is willing to go to keep her sister's secret.

"While you glared at me.  I felt something shifting.  A fault line springing up.  I stood on one side, and you stood on the other.  I'll probably always remember where I was and what I wore and all that: it was that kind of moment.                         I could no longer pretend.                                       Something was happening.                                     Something that shouldn't be.                                             And I had absolutely no idea what to do." (p. 66-67)

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21 Books to Read before You're 21

5/14/2014

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Turning twenty-one might seem like a long way away for some of you, but that just gives you more time to read these 21 recommended books before your 21st birthday!

Chapters Indigo has put together this list and you can check it out on their website or stop by the library and browse the display for your next read and to pick up a checklist.
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21 Books to Read before You're 21
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CSI: BRHS Library Edition

5/5/2014

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A crime has been committed in the Library.  

Join the CSI team and search for the missing evidence.  
Below you will find a crime scene photo as well as the initial police report.  Use your detective skills to locate 
the missing novel (and you can win a prize!)
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Here is a hint: the Sherlock Holmes novels were written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Lights, Camera, Read!

5/1/2014

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Ever wonder where Hollywood writers get their ideas for the next new blockbuster film?  It might surprise you to learn that many current Hollywood films are actually based on books!  In fact did you know that anticipated films such as The Fault in Our Stars, The Maze Runner  and Gone Girl  along with recent release Divergent  were actually successful books before being remade for the big screen.  

Check out the trailers below for some films coming to theaters in 2014 and check the display in the library to read the book before you see the movie.

Divergent by Veronica Roth


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