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Wiegand Rawson Mrs. M Mrs. Greenlee

Mrs. Wiegand	Mrs. Rawson	Ms. Moersen	Ms. Greenlee
Librarian/Media Specialist	Media Assistant	Media Assistant	Media Services Technician

Mission

The library media program aims to provide the resources and guidance necessary for members of the Northwest school community to become effective and ethical users of information and to promote reading for pleasure.

Vision

The school library media program exists to teach and reinforce information literacy skills. As a result of innovations in technology, this program must be adaptable and ever-evolving. It is the responsibility of the library media staff to assist individuals as they learn to effectively access, evaluate, and organize information in a variety of formats, both traditional and technological.

To encourage leisure reading, the school library media program strives to provide reading materials that reflect diverse interests and varying reading levels. By promoting reading for pleasure, the school library media program simultaneously supports basic literacy, information fluency, and a respect for learning.

Hours

Monday—Thursday 6:45am–3:15pm

Friday—6:45am–3:00pm

Black-Eyed Susan (BES) Book Club

Rules:

Read three of the ten Black Eyed Susan books and submit a brief survey—titles and descriptions below.

How:

After you read each BES book, submit a brief survey on the book (four bits of information) to a library media staff member.

Once you have submitted three (or more) surveys—you are eligible to vote!

In late April, if eligible to vote, you will be invited to attend a voting reception during lunch in the Library (cookies and juice will be served). You will vote for your favorite Black -Eyed Susan book!!!

All voters will be invited to a pizza reception in early May to celebrate the announcement of the winning book and honor the Black-Eyed Susan book club members!

Title and Author	Description
*All Unquiet Things* by Anna Jarzab	After the death of his ex-girlfriend Carly, northern California high school student Neily joins forces with Carly's cousin Audrey to try to solve her murder.
*Girl Stolen* by April Henry	When an impulsive carjacking turns into a kidnapping, Griffin, a high school dropout, finds himself more in sympathy with his wealthy, blind victim, sixteen-year-old Cheyenne, than with his greedy father
*Hate List* by Jennifer Brown	Sixteen-year-old Valerie, whose boyfriend Nick committed a school shooting at the end of their junior year, struggles to cope with integrating herself back into high school life, unsure herself whether she was a hero or a villain.
*How to Say Goodbye In Robot* by Natalie Standiford	After moving to Baltimore and enrolling in a private school, high school senior Beatrice befriends a quiet loner with a troubled family history.
*Jump* by Elisa Lynn Carbone	Two teenaged runaways meet at a climbing gym and together embark on a dangerous and revealing journey.
*Kiss In Time* by Alex Flinn	Sixteen-year-old Princess Talia persuades seventeen-year-old Jack, the modern-day American who kissed her awake after a 300-year sleep, to take her to his Miami home, where she hopes to win his love before the witch who cursed her can spirit her away.
*Marcelo In the Real World* by Francisco X. Stork	Marcelo Sandoval, a 17-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.
*Rock and the River* by Kekla Magoon	In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.
*Ship Breaker* by Paolo Bacigalupi	In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
*Split* by Swati Avasthi	A teenaged boy thrown out of his house by his abusive father goes to live with his older brother, who ran away from home years ago to escape the abuse.

Resources

Online Databases

Northwest High School subscribes to many online databases. These databases are available for home use, but are secure and do require a username/login and password to access. A list of all information necessary to access the databases from home (URL, login and passwords) can be found on Edline using the Library Media Center link.

Recommended Reading

“To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experiences and the fruits of many inquiries.” -AC Grayling

Our mission and vision encourages reading for leisure/pleasure and in order to support this we offer the following link to popular teen titles—

Amazing Audio Books

Best Books for Young Adults

Best Fiction for Young Adults

Best Graphic Novels for Teens

Outstanding Books for the College Bound

Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers