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| Doing the Right Thing... |
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Do you have an overdue book in your backpack or your car or your bedroom?
Do you need to pay for that book that your dog ate back in September?
Do you keep getting irritating messages from FHS Library?
Well, now's the time to take care of all that. Nobody wants to be the jerk that kept a book for eight weeks while other people were waiting to borrow it. What can you do? Just take the time before finals to turn in or renew anything ... |
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| Caleb Smith, FHS alumnus |
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 Caleb Smith, a 1995 graduate of FHS and now an assistant professor of English at Yale, will speak to the AP Literature classes in the library at noon on Friday. The session is open to all, and this is a food-friendly event. His book, published in 20... |
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| Kelsey, student reviewer, on The Virgin Suicides |
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The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides tells the fascinating tale of five sisters who - you guessed it - commit suicide. They are not, however, all virgins. And this story is told by a most unusual narrator: an amorphous mass of peeping-tom teenage boys, who remain highly... |
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| Michael, student reviewer, on Ender's Game |
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One may say that because this book is about a child, then this book would be for a child. That's not the case with
Ender's Game
by
Orson Scott Card . This novel tells the epic tale of Ender Wiggin, who among his schoolmates is considered a genius.... |
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| Molly, student reviewer, on The Boy in the Striped Pajamas |
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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John Boyne
, is about a boy named Bruno. During World War 2, Bruno's father is a very important Nazi Soldier. When Bruno and his family move from Berlin, to a house with many other soldiers, Bruno realizes he can see a camp with lots of people in striped pajamas fro... |
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| Casey K., student reviewer, on The Pilot's Wife |
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The Pilot's Wife
, written by Anita Shreve, is a relatively quick read. The novel is centered on Kathryn Lyons, a middle aged woman leading a seemingly ordinary life. A typical day for Kathryn involves her high school teaching job, an independent, savvy fifteen-year-old daughter and her marriage to an airline pilot.... |
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| Come meet Celia Anderson! |
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 Come celebrate Teen Read Week with new author and former LadyBack
Celia Anderson
on Wednesday, October 21st at lunch in the Library! PBS, DECA, and the FHS Library have teamed up to bring in Ms. Anderson, who is the author of Love, Ocean |
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| Nikomi, student reviewer, on The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue |
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Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full
of weeping than you
can understand.
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I have just accomplished reading such a fantastic book! And I want all of you to hear about it. ... |
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| Banned Books Week |
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 This week the library is celebrating Banned Book Week. The freedom to choose what we read is rooted firmly in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. Would-be censors, however well... |
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