The Tenth Circle Reading Guide

Please be sure to take a look at Jodi Picoult's website for her reading guide and more information on our upcoming book club selection. The page for The Tenth Circle is full of neat extras, such as information on the graphic-novel illustration puzzle within the book, a podcast, and discussion questions. We're looking forward to seeing you all at lunch on the 10th!

HHS Reads for January

The HHS Reads book for January is The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult, a story of one family's journey through their own version of Dante's Inferno. When fourteen-year-old Trixie Stone, daughter of comic book illustrator Daniel and Dante professor Laura, accuses her boyfriend of rape, all the family's demons are brought to light. This is reflected in the graphic-novel illustrations interwoven throughout the novel, Daniel's artistic interpretation of the trials his family is going through, and how his own past influences the present.

Extra copies are available now at the library, so be sure to stop in to claim your own! We will be discussing the book on Thursday, January 10th during all three lunch periods.

Our Visit with Jodi Picoult

A few of your favorite HHS staff members visited (and others) Madison, WI to see and listen to Jodi Picoult. Mrs. Court, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Wopat, Mrs. Swobada, my mom and I headed to Madison after school on Friday. Jodi read from her latest book Nineteen Minutes which is about a school shooting. I love to listen to authors read from their own book and listen them answer questions about how they work, what they are currently working on and even give insite about why they write what they do. This was my third time seeing Jodi and I know it won't be my last. Check out the photos!