Friday, January 20, 2012

Today's Book 01/21/2012

  • Winter, Jeanette. THE WATCHER : JANE GOODALL’S LIFE WITH THE CHIMPSNew York : Schwartz & Wade, 2011IL K-3, RL 3.2ISBN 0375867740Even as a young girl, Jane Goodall loved watching nature. She watched animals around her to learn about them. Earthworms, birds, cats, dogs – every animal was interesting to her. So it didn’t surprise anyone when she grew up and moved to Tanzania to watch the animals. She has spent her adult life studying chimpanzees. She has become a famous scientist and has found out things about chimps that no one else had ever known. All by watching.

    tags: podcasts blueduke

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Today's Book 01/13/2012

  • Van Eekhout, Greg. THE BOY AT THE END OF THE WORLDNew York : Bloomsbury, 2011IL 5-8, RL 5.8ISBN 1599905248When Fisher awakens, he is totally disoriented. You would be too if you were born the age you are now. You see Fisher is part of the Ark. It's a facility where humans and animals have been put into pods with the idea of waking them later when it is safe. So Fisher is not sure what is going on when a damaged robot tells him he must leave. The robot, who Fisher names Click, is programmed to keep Fisher alive, no matter what. But what kind of life will Fisher have as the last human? Can there be other Arks in the world that will hold other humans? Fisher is determined to find out.

    tags: podcasts blueduke

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Today's Book 01/12/2012

  • Condie, Ally. CROSSEDNew York : Dutton Books, 2011IL YAISBN 0525423656At the end of the first book, Matched, Cassia and Ky have been separated. Now we find Cassia in a labor camp trying to find a way to get back to Ky. And Ky has been sent to a place where no one escapes -- and no one is expected to live for too long. Both teens team up with others to try to find a way to the Outer Provinces. And search for the group known as The Rising. These are the resistance fighters who vow to take down the Society.

    tags: podcasts blueduke

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Today's Book 01/05/2012

  • Smith, Alexander Gordon. LOCKDOWN : ESCAPE FROM FURNACENew York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2009IL YAISBN 0374324913Fifteen-year-old Alex Sawyer is living in a nightmare. First he is convicted of a murder he didn't commit. Now he is sentenced to life in the worst underground prison you can imagine. It started years ago when teens went on a murder spree. The government created the Furnace and started locking up juveniles and throwing away the key. The prison is guarded by furless dogs with silver eyes and merciless guards in blacksuits wearing gas masks. Alex dreams of escaping but everyone says that it is impossible. But it is the only thing keeping Alex going.

    tags: podcasts blueduke

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