Battle of the Books 2007-2008

It is official this is the list...it looks like a promising list.

• Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos
• The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable by John Boyne
• Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
• Eagle Blue: A Team, A Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska by Michael D'Orso
• Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman
• Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
• Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1 by David Klass
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling and Mary GrandPre'
• Heat by Mike Lupica
• Invisible by Pete Hautman
• Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein
• My Sister's Keeper: A Novel by Jodi Picoult
• New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
• The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
• Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by Catherine Thimmesh
• The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
• The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel by Diane Setterfield
• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

I know a lot of you have already read some of these and if you haven't there looks like some really good ones here. If you haven't participated in Battle of the Books before you should start this year. The idea is for a team to read all of these book (that doesn't mean everyone has to read all the books, but that isn't a bad idea) and know them inside and out before February when the state competition is. The more you know about the books the better chances you will have of answering the questions. You may start reading these books right now and watch for more information here and at school when you come back in the fall.

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!