1. New Year, New Reads!!! 7th Grade
January 2019 Booktalks

2. January Reminders…
The Nutmeg Challenge has been extended to February 14th!
The January Trivia Challenge is due on Friday, !!!
Please return all library materials on time, and in the condition they were borrowed!!
Visit the library website for resources!

3. Property of the Rebel Librarian By Allison Varnes
Author’s Message
June Harper is our MC-7th grader, who NEVER gets into trouble
She is in band, takes honors classes, and reads in her free time
Life is average until her parents deem one of her books (from the library) inappropriate
This leads to a massive book ban at her middle school, and even the suspension of her librarian
When June walks past a little free library one day, an idea sparks, and she ends up supplying her school with “illegal contraband”, better known as books
What would you do to fight for what you believe in?

4. Life as We Knew It by Susan Pfeffer
This is the first in a series of 4 interconnected books
The protagonist is Miranda, typical 15 year old girl with typical teenage problems (school, divorced parents, peers, etc)
The book begins when everyone is awaiting a “big event”---a meteor hitting the moon
It is a common occurrence and what causes the moon’s craters
Neighbors arrange viewing parties and teachers assign papers on the topic---Miranda has to write 3 separate ones!
Scientists miscalculated---widespread tsunamis, flooding, tidal waves, loss of power, death, destruction, etc…
Told through Miranda’s diaries over almost the course of a year

5. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Will’s brother has been shot and killed and Will is drowning in sorrow
But what keeps him going are THE RULES
1. Crying-Don’t. No matter what.
2. Snitching-Don’t. No matter what.
3. Revenge-Do. No Matter what.
But bullets miss. You can get the wrong guy. You can ruin lives, including your own.
Told in verse, over the course of 60 seconds and 7 elevator floors, you will meet many influential people in Will’s life
Excerpt read by the author

6. Norse Myths-Tales of Odin, Thor, and Loki Written by K
Norse Myths-Tales of Odin, Thor, and Loki Written by K. Crossley-Holland
Overview of Gods, Goddesses, Dwarfs, and Giants
Over 15 Norse myths included
Great for fans of Rick Riordan, and super-hero movies!
Learn the ‘REAL’ stories behind the screen and novel depictions
Also includes a glossary of terms, illustrations, and more!
*** Treasury of Egyptian Mythology just arrived at the library last week***

7. The Missing Book 1: Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Book one in an 8 book series by popular author Margaret Peterson Haddix
Prologue sets the story in motion, as well as the mystery
“It wasn’t there. Then it was”-Angela DuPre
Her first day on the job at an airline and a mysterious plane shows up with no pilot, no crew, and 36 babies filling the seats….
Main character is thirteen-year-old Jonah, who has always known he was adopted
And he isn’t the only one…his new friend and neighbor, Chip is too…both are 13, and may have more in common than they once thought.
Realistic fiction with a SCI-FI twist, Found is a page-turner!

8. The Super Bowl is this weekend…
Who are you rooting for???