Ridley High School Library
October, 2017: News & New Books!
Just for Teachers: New Books in Our Professional Reading Section!
New Library Merchandise? Yes, Please!
Research projects for 12th Grade English (College Prep) are now underway! The library is freshly stocked with new books to support research on current and controversial topics, including these complete sets:
- Critical Perspectives On ... (12-book series)
- Critical World Issues (16-book series)
- Issues in Society (8-book series)
- Transgender Life (5-book series)
OCTOBER'S LIBRARY USAGE
Booktalks & Research Lessons: 18
Total Number of Teachers: 22
Visits to the Library Web Site: 1782
Total Book & Audiobook Check-Outs: 471
Total OverDrive eBook Check-Outs: 34
October's Top 3 Books!
From the Bookshelf to the Big Screen!
My Friend Dahmer (11/3/2017)
Before Jeffrey Dahmer became a notorious serial killer, he was a lonely, oddball teenager who never quite fit in. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Derf Backderf, this is the true, haunting story of Jeffrey Dahmer in high school.
Murder on the Orient Express (11/10/2017)
Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, his door locked from the inside. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's fellow passengers, before the murderer decides to strike again.
Mudbound (11/17/2017)
Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.
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