Mar 08, 2010   

Our library has some great new series books for you to enjoy this spring. We now all five books in the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series by Rick Riordan. (You may have seen the movie of the first one, "The Lightning Thief"). The "Gregor the Underlander" series is by Suzanne Collins, the author of "Hunger Games". The "Protector of the Small" series by, Tamora Pierce, follows the trials and adventures of a woman who becomes a Knight.

Also new is the "Children of the Lamp" series by P.B. Kerr (would you like to be a genie?) and the "Pendragon" series by D.J. MacHale (very popular!). Still popular are the "Septimus Heap" series by Angie Sage, the "Atemis Fowl" books by Eoin Colfer, the "Leven Thumps" books by Obert Skye and the "Heir" books by Cinda Williams Chima.

Come in and check them out!

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Dec 04, 2009   

Christmas break is a good time to try a new author or a new genre that you may have not read before. Our library has a display of great new books that have just come in. Come in and check out something new!

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Dec 15, 2008   

Your library has just aquired more than 100 new books. Most are on display above the fiction shelves and are ready to be checked out. We have new books in the "Artemus Fowl" series, the "City of Ember" series, and the "Shadow Children" ("Among the Hidden") series. We now have the "Bartemaeus Trilogy," the "Leven Thumps" trilogy, and the sequels to "The Giver" by Lois Lowry.

Other new arrivals include "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," the "Fablehaven Series," The Grey Griffins" series, some delicious mysteries by Joan Lowry Nixon, and the "Uglies," "Pretties," and "Specials" books by Scott Westerfield. Stop by the library and pick up some good winter reading!

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Sep 29, 2008   

The library catalog now has student-written book reviews. There are two kinds of reviews, a “Star” review and a “Comment” review. In a Star review, a book can receive from one to five stars (1. Poor, 2. Fair, 3. OK, 4. Good, 5. Awesome). A comment review is a short paragraph describing why the reviewer did, or did not, like the book. All reviews show the reviewer’s name.

If you are in the catalog and looking at a book that has reviews, you can see an average of the Star ratings for the book. To see the Comment reviews, you need to go to the “Details” page for the book and click on the word “Reviews” (underlined in blue).

If you want to write a book review, you must log in to the catalog. Be sure to follow these guidelines if you want your review to be published:
1. Read the entire book before you write a review.
2. Use proper written English (including capitals and periods, but no ALL CAPS).
3. Use correct spelling.
4. Do not use phone texting abbreviations (such as “lol” and “L8tr”)
5. If you write a comment review, be sure to say why you did, or did not, like the book. If you just want to say, “This book was good,” give it 4 stars and leave the Comment box empty.

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Sep 01, 2008   

The South Davis Junior High Library Media Center will be open before and after school starting on Tuesday, September 2nd. We will not be open during lunch for several more weeks. Because of teacher meetings, we are never open after school on Fridays.

Please do not attempt to use the library computers before you have turned in your Acceptable Use Agreement and your English class has had their Computer Center orientation day.

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