Jake Halpern, an accomplished author of young adult books, will be passing through the D.C. area in a week, and he will be paying a (free!) visit to Longfellow on Monday, May 15th during 6th & 7th period and Lancer Time. While a number of teachers have signed up to bring their students to his presentations, even students who aren’t scheduled to attend this event will have the opportunity to meet him. Students who pre-order one of Jake’s books, Nightfall or Edgeland, will be able to attend a special book signing event during Lancer Time on the afternoon of his visit. We are encouraging all interested students to complete one of our book pre-order forms (from One More Page Books), and get it in to us ASAP. Next week, we’ll deliver invitation passes to all LMS students who pre-ordered one of Jake’s books. For students who already have their own copy of one of Jake’s books, the book will serve as their pass to the Lancer Time event.

To find out more about Jake Halpern, check out his page on Amazon and his website.

As a reminder, Battle of the Books (BOB) meets on Thursday afternoons in Room 121--across from the library. We are currently reading and discussing this year’s Virginia Reader’s Choice books (in no particular order). We are asking all BOB members to fill out this form for each of the books that they read. Ultimately, the book questions that they generate will be used for practice rounds of our competition. To find out more about this club, please visit the Battle of the Books Website.

Interested in helping out in the LMS Library?

If you have any questions about volunteering, please contact Nicole Yakatan (nyakatan@aol.com), the PTA’s awesome volunteer coordinator. We always have plenty of projects in the library!