Katherine Armitage sculpture rededication: September 10, 2009

"The Katherine Armitage sculpture will be rededicated in a ceremony Thursday, September 10, at 2:00 p.m. at the Waynesville library. The sculpture honoring Armitage was damaged some years ago. It has been repaired and remounted.Kathrine Armitage, library director from 1978 to 1998, is widely known for her innovative and invaluable contributions to the library system of Haywood County as well as influential in the state library system. Armitage and members of her family will attend the ceremony, and the public is invited. There will be a reception following with an opportunity to enjoy refreshments and recall the many highlights of her tenure. For more information call 235-8718."

Recently Read...

I just finished The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart and really enjoyed it. Frankie is a sophomore at an elite boarding school and she is initially thrilled when the big man on campus chooses her as his girlfriend. She soon discovers that he is only interested in her pretty surface, not in her as a whole person of intelligence and wit. Frankie knows more about him and his secret life than he realizes, and he shows no interest in learning more about her. Frankie feels misunderstood and underappreciated by everyone around her, so she infiltrates the all-male secret society at the high school and designs a series of pranks that have the entire school talking. Just not about her or the messages she was trying to send. The plot is more complex than this thumbnail, but I don't want to give too much away.

This was an entertaining read, and Frankie is a believeable character who I came to admire, in spite of her "crimes". I want to read more by this author, E. Lockhart, to see what I've been missing. We have a copy in the Young Adult collection at Canton and at Fines Creek.

Another recent read that I enjoyed was Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter, from our Juvenile fiction collection at Canton. It touches on themes of loss and family upheaval, and might be a sort of therapeutic reading choice for kids going through a divorce or death in the family. Olivia is a feisty 12 year old who feels out of place in her new school. The story opens with her trying to find her keys so she can get in the apartment building where she has just moved in. All of the action takes place in one busy, strange, magical kind of day. I enjoyed it so much that I'm planning on reading the next two books in the series.

What have you read lately? Did you love it, like it, hate it or just feel "meh"? I'd love to know!

Snacks for Wednesday Wars

I'm thinking it's going to either be lima beans or cream puffs. Please indicate your preference.

hellooo?

Let's not stop posting to the blog already! Sharon, where are you? Let us hear from you and what you are doing in class and how this blog is part of that.

I LOVED The Book Thief. Can't wait for our discussion on that.

Freedom Writers

Okay, I am still waiting for the answer. How is all this helping Sharon?
I hmm finished the book. I am looking forward to Thursday.

Freedom Writers

Okay, it is getting a better. How is this helping Sharon? I would like for teachers to teach in this manner, but I am sure Ms G. gave up alot of her life for the children. She is married now.
What is she doing now. What about the students that have gone through her class. Is there a way to do a follow up.
What is Sharon trying to find out?

Zlata's Diary

We have multiple copies of Zlata's Diary in the library by the way if anyone
wants to read it!
Kathy