Category Archives: Sci-Fi/Futuristic

“Cinder”

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Cinder by Marissa Meyer  Poor Cinder. Not only is she Cinderella on warp speed—she slaves away as a mechanic for her step-family in a future world that has been through four World Wars—she’s also a cyborg who started out as … Continue reading →

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“The Future of Us”

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

 The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler Guest review by Jenny Thomas, VVHS teacher and soon-to-be teacher librarian! It’s 1996; and less than half of all American high school students have ever used the Internet.  Emma, a … Continue reading →

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Hunger Games at COHS in The Daily Bulletin

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

See the article here: Colony High Students are ‘Hungry’ for Reading Although much of the information is wrong–the book is super popular here at COHS and the city library is not working with me on the Hunger Games Event at … Continue reading →

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What to read after The Hunger Games

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

You finished The Hunger Games trilogy and you want more. What to do? Luckily for you, lots of really good YA science fiction books have been published in the last several years. Some have a bit more of a fantasy … Continue reading →

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“Ready Player One”

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline   It’s 2044 and the world is such a rotten place for most people that they spend as much time as possible on the OASIS, a virtual universe where you can not only play video … Continue reading →

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Let’s Shop! Book Fair February 27-March 2

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

The library will be having its Scholastic Book Fair again this year during the week of February 27 to March 2 from 8 AM to 3 PM. We’ll be open Wednesday evening February 29 until 7 PM so that parents … Continue reading →

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“Legend”

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Legend by Marie Lu  The moment that Day, street rebel against the Republic, saves June, a young and brilliant soldier of the Republic, from an illegal Skiz fight, we know the two are destined to walk the same path. As … Continue reading →

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“Divergent”

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Divergent by Veronica Roth “Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that … Continue reading →

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“Crossed”

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Crossed by Ally Condie (second book in the Matched series) “I think of all the things he can do—write, carve, paint—and suddenly, watching him stand in the dark at the edge of the empty settlement, something powerful washes over me. … Continue reading →

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Tough Teen Topics: An Occasional Series Post 1–Violence

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

What about mature teens who are asking for books that delve deeply into the difficult subjects they are grappling with? Do we sanitize reading too much for your age group? You are, after all, sprinting on the heels of adulthood. … Continue reading →

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