Library Newsletter
February Edition
Let's Try to Read Harder in 2018!
The BBA 2018 Read Harder Challenge is underway. Have you taken the challenge? The Challenge is to read one book in each of six categories. You get to pick each and every book. Check out the leaderboard in the library and be sure to enter the contest with every book genre completed. Here is the checklist of genres. Join BBA’s Read Harder Challenge Goodreads group and follow our Pinterest boards.
New to Our Collection
Revolutionary by Alex Myers
A fictionalized account of the life of Deborah Sampson Gannett, who defied the rigid societal and social norms of her times to disguise herself as a man, join the Continental Army, and fight against the British during the American Revolution.
Long May She Reign by Rhiannon Thomas
Freya, the 23rd in line to the throne, becomes queen after a mass poisoning at a banquet and has to figure out who was behind it while dealing with politics.
Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh
In Neo Seoul in the year 2199, pilot Lee Jaewon is tasked with spying on supersoldier Tera. Lee begins to have feelings for her and finds his loyalty to the government faltering.
You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins
From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to their own traditions.
Riverdale: all new stories by multiple authors and illustrators
Learn the secrets and hidden tales from the summer before the eternal love-triangle begins. This graphic novel features four stories focusing on the major players and events in the Riverdale series.
Blood, bullets, and bones by Bridget Heos
"A history of modern forensic science from the first test for arsenic poisoning in the 1700s to criminal profiling, fingerprinting, blood splatter analysis, DNA evidence, and all the milestones in between"--Provided by publisher.
Book News
Top YA Authors Reveal Favorite YA Novels
Curious what John Green's favorite books are? Or Scythe's Neal Shusterman's? Or the author of We Were Liars, E. Lockhart's favorites? Read about YA Authors' Favorite books here.
Meet the NFL quarterback with his own book club
Long before Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck was reading NFL playbooks, he was simply reading. Now, because Luck is using his star power to encourage the young and old to read, some people are calling him the NFL's unofficial librarian. Read more here.
Margi Putney
Library Media Specialist
Burr and Burton Academy
Email: mputney@burrburton.org
Website: http://www.burrburton.org/Page/Academics/Library
Phone: (802) 549-8122