Ridley High School Library
December, 2015: News & New Books!
New Additions to Our OverDrive Digital Lending Library!
- Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard (sequel to Red Queen)
- Need by Joelle Charbonneau
- What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler
- A Step Toward Falling by Cammie McGovern
- Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (audiobook)
A New Resource for Researching the Holocaust
Each title in Understanding the Holocaust, a brand new seven-book series for teen researchers, explores a different aspect of the Holocaust in depth:
- Children of the Holocaust
- Hitler's Final Solution
- Holocaust Camps and Killing Centers
- Holocaust Rescue and Liberation
- Holocaust Resistance
- Holocaust Survivors
- Nazi War Criminals
These extremely well-written, well-organized books incorporate quotes from survivors and eyewitnesses, photographs, and sidebars on pertinent topics. The authors cover these subjects in a manner that is both respectful of the Holocaust's victims and appropriate to the intended audience. There is always room on library shelves for a strong new series such as this one, and it is now available to Ridley High School students.
Classes in the Library
Total Number of Teachers: 21
Booktalks: 10
Clicks on the Library Web Site: 539
Circulation
Nonfiction & Biographies: 92
OverDrive eBooks: 40
Audiobooks: 7
Kindles: 4
Bookshelf to Big Screen
Four outsiders in the world of high-finance predict the credit and housing bubble collapse of 2008, and then decide to take on the big banks for their greed and lack of foresight.
Like The Big Short? Give these read-alikes a try:
- Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Debunk It: How to Stay Sane in a World of Misinformation by John Grant
- Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis
- Election by Tom Perrotta
Visit the Library's Web site for more read-alike suggestions!
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