NHS HS Library Weekly Update
Week of May 18, 2020
Congratulations! You've made it through 10 weeks of online teaching!
Something to consider as we enter our classrooms next week...
Ending The School Year - phase one....of 27....
Let's HEAR it for AUDIOBOOKS!
Before we know it, this school year will be over and we'll be looking for things to do this summer. In hopes that you consider AUDIOBOOKS as a wonderful option for both you and your students, here's a little commercial I created...
The Benefits of Audiobooks
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Historical Fiction
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Science Fiction
Anthropologist June Stefanov accidentally uncovers a powerful secret, which uncovers the existence of a race of human-like machines and a war that has been raging for centuries.
Realistic Fiction
Eleanor and Raymond form an unlikely pair as they save an elderly man who has fallen. Raymond, an awkward IT guy, and the socially inept Eleanor help each other to ease out of their individual isolation, allowing Eleanor to put together the pieces of her damaged past.
Mystery
This is one of MANY James Patterson audiobooks we have.
San Francisco police detective Lindsay Boxer has it all--a career she loves, a beautiful baby girl, and a wonderful husband. But when a murder case hits too close to home and clues indicate that her husband might be involved, Lindsay finds herself solving the crime of her career.
Non-fiction
Retraces the lives of John Bradley and the six other men who raised the flag after the battle at Iwo Jima during World War II.
Memoir
Memoir of Clemantine Wamariya, who when she was six years old escaped with Claire, her fifteen-year-old sister, from the Rwandan massacre. She would spend the next six years hungry, abused, and traveling from camp to camp, until she and Claire were both granted refugee status in the U.S.