The Kranz Book Buzz
A Newsletter of the Kranz Library (Issued Once a 9 Weeks)
Volume 2021-2022, Issue 3
Spring Break and the Last Nine Weeks Will be Here Before We Know It!
The KJHS Library would like to encourage all students, faculty, and staff members to visit the library prior to departing for Spring Break so you have a good read on you at all times.
We look forward to a strong finish to the second half of this school year.
Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022
Many students, faculty, and staff members took the opportunity to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday, January 27, 2022. Butterflies were distributed to Ms. Clark's 8th grade RLA STEM classes to decorate. The completed butterflies were accepted and displayed around the library's circulation desk until the end of February. Check out the picture below to see some of the fabulous submissions.
Black History Month February 1, 2022 to March 1, 2022
Black History Month was represented in the KJHS Library with a display that highlighted many leaders of color, both male and female.
Scholastic Book Fair
Our Spring Scholastic Book Fair was held from Monday, February 28-Friday, March 4, 2022.
March Madness Book Tournament
Thank you to all who participated in our QR Code voting for the four weeks of the tournament. The KJHS winning Lone Star Book was Black Brother Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes.
Blind Date With a Book
Love is in the air in the KJHS Library with our Blind Date With a Book Promotion that will be available through the end of March. Stop by and check it out. You could find your next great literary love!
From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers, one who presents as white, the other as black, and the complex ways in which they are forced to navigate the world, all while training for a fencing competition.
Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, he feels as if he is constantly swimming in whiteness. Most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbed the "Black Brother," Donte's teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighter skinned brother, Trey. Quiet, obedient.
When an incident with "King" Alan leads to Donte's arrest and suspension, he knows the only way to get even is to beat the king of the school at his own game: fencing. With the help of a former Olympic fencer, Donte embarks on a journey to carve out a spot on Middlefield Prep's fencing team and maybe learn something about himself along the way.
Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, he feels as if he is constantly swimming in whiteness. Most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbed the "Black Brother," Donte's teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighter skinned brother, Trey. Quiet, obedient.
When an incident with "King" Alan leads to Donte's arrest and suspension, he knows the only way to get even is to beat the king of the school at his own game: fencing. With the help of a former Olympic fencer, Donte embarks on a journey to carve out a spot on Middlefield Prep's fencing team and maybe learn something about himself along the way.
Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51942425-black-brother-black-brother
DISD School Board 2021-2022 Book Dedications at the KJHS Library
Black Brother Black Brother
We appreciate our DISD School Board!!!
This Light Between Us
Dickinson Public Library
Make sure you stop in to check out their great selection of books to keep you company over summer break.
Eugene Kranz Junior High School Library
Email: dmarcantel@dickinsonisd.org
Website: destiny.dickinsonisd.org
Location: 12850 Farm to Market Road 3436, Dickinson, TX, USA
Phone: 281-309-3600