Rocky Library

This morning the Reading Rocks met for the last time this school year.  Unfortunately, we still have leftover granola bars.  So next year’s club will start with stale granola bars, sorry…this is the legacy of the inaugural year.  Probably even more important than the granola bar tragedy is the fact that the Reading Rocks have [...]

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At the request of one of our student writers, here is a list of websites to visit if you are also a writer and would like to earn some scholarship money or recognition, or just get something published in a magazine or book, good luck! Poets and Writers: www.pw.org/grants Young voices foundation:  http://www.youngvoicesfoundation.org/youngvoiceshome.html Teen Ink: [...]

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 With some great student input,  THE READING ROCKS will be a “thing” every other Thursday starting October 25th during the enrichment period 7:45 to 8:30 AM.  At our first meeting we will talk about books!  And reading books!  And the books you’ve read!  And the books you want to read!  And the books you want everybody to [...]

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Did you read anything over the summer or were you too busy enjoying the beautiful weather?  Bet you missed that sharp library wit!  I soaked up the air conditioning and read some of our Abe Lincoln nominated books.  My personal favorite so far is still Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother, a fantastic story of the aftermath [...]

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BE A FOUNDING MEMBER OF YOUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL BOOK CLUB, THE READING ROCKS.  WE WILL BE CHOOSING A BOOK FROM THE LIST OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN YOUNG READER’S BOOK AWARD NOMINEES TO READ AND DISCUSS TOGETHER.  EVERYTHING FROM DYSTOPIAN SCI-FI TO UNAPOLOGETIC CHICK LIT TO NON FICTION WAR REPORTING IS UP FOR DISCUSSION AND DEBATE.  JOIN [...]

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We hope you get and give lots of BOOKS!  You know the last installment of Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance cycle is out, right?  BIG book, plus you have to read Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr before that!  I am going to pass, but I know there are lots of Alagaesia fans here at Rocky and I do hope it [...]

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