Jostens Excellence Award ..... AGAIN!!!!!

Congratulations to The Old Plank Yearbook Staff of this past school year for their hard work and dedication!!  It has paid off! 

For the second year in a row Southampton Academy Yearbook Staff has received an Excellence Award from Jostens for creating a meaningful book for all students at their school and meeting deadlines and being a dedicated staff!

Way to go guys and dolls!!!

 I am super proud of everyone on staff for helping make this event happen!

Another GREAT read ....

I read this right before school got out ... AMAZING!!!!!  This book kept me on the edge of my seat with every page that I turned!! 

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them-not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can't entirely explain. He has it all-family money, good looks, devoted friends-but he's looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys:

Am counting down the days for Book 2 to be released in September 17, 2013 : The Dream Thieves! :)

Feedback ....

LOVED IT!!!! 

Make sure you stopped by the library after school starts and get a copy of Variant and then Feedback!!! 

I loved all the twists and turns in both of these books. 

See you in August for a copy!! :)

Just finished .....

Variant by Robison Wells

Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life.

He was wrong.

Now he's trapped in a school that's surrounded by a razor-wire fence, where video cameras monitor his every move—and where breaking the rules equals death.

All Benson wants is to find a way out. But when he stumbles upon the real secret the school has been hiding, he realizes that escape may be impossible.

DEFINITELY GIVING THIS FIVE STARS!!!!

I was left HANGING on the edge of my seat at the end  thinking .. really???? This is how it ends???? So imagine how delighted I was to find a sequel!!!!!

Benson Fisher escaped from Maxfield Academy's deadly rules and brutal gangs. He thought that the worst was over.

But now Benson is trapped in a different kind of prison—a town filled with familiar faces. Classmates from Maxfield who Benson had seen die. Friends he was afraid he had killed.

They are all pawns in the school's twisted experiment, held captive and controlled by an unseen force. And while Benson struggles to figure out who, if anyone, can be trusted, he discovers that Maxfield Academy's plans are darker than anything he imagined—and they may be impossible to stop.

Tell me in August what you think about this crazy adventure Benson Fisher has taken!! :)

Summer Reading

Check the tab above and see what your class is reading this summer!

Local Library Hours are also now listed on my blog as well.:)

End of The Year Paper?

Well, sort of!

It follows the story of Tim Macbeth, a seventeen-year-old albino and a recent transfer to the prestigious Irving School, where the motto is “Enter here to be and find a friend.” A friend is the last thing Tim expects or wants—he just hopes to get through his senior year unnoticed. Yet, despite his efforts to blend into the background, he finds himself falling for the quintessential “It” girl, Vanessa Sheller, girlfriend of Irving’s most popular boy. To Tim's surprise, Vanessa is into him, too, but she can kiss her social status goodbye if anyone ever finds out. Tim and Vanessa begin a clandestine romance, but looming over them is the Tragedy Paper, Irving’s version of a senior year thesis, assigned by the school’s least forgiving teacher.
 
Jumping between viewpoints of the love-struck Tim and Duncan, a current senior about to uncover the truth of Tim and Vanessa, The Tragedy Paper is a compelling tale of forbidden love and the lengths people will go to keep their secrets.

Counting The Days ...

... until June 4, 2013! WHY?? Cause my favorite "grown up" author  will be release this fabulous book for my summer time enjoyment!! :) She releases at the perfect time - right after school gets out for the summer! 

So if you see me at the beach or by the pool side you just might catch me with a copy of this!!

Take a splash of betrayal, add a few drops of outrage, give a good shake to proper behavior and take a big sip of a cocktail called…Ladies' Night! Grace Stanton’s life as a rising media star and beloved lifestyle blogger takes a surprising turn when she catches her husband cheating and torpedoes his pricey sports car straight into the family swimming pool. Grace suddenly finds herself locked out of her palatial home, checking account, and even the blog she has worked so hard to develop in her signature style. Moving in with her widowed mother, who owns and lives above a rundown beach bar called The Sandbox, is less than ideal. So is attending court-mandated weekly "divorce recovery" therapy sessions with three other women and one man for whom betrayal seems to be the only commonality. When their “divorce coach” starts to act suspiciously, they decide to start having their own Wednesday "Ladies' Night" sessions at The Sandbox, and the unanticipated bonds that develop lead the members of the group to try and find closure in ways they never imagined. Can Grace figure out a new way home and discover how strong she needs to be to get there? Heartache, humor, and a little bit of mystery come together in a story about life’s unpredictable twists and turns. Ladies' Night will have you raising a glass and cheering these characters on.