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The 5th Wave and The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey My rating: 4 of 5 stars I picked up The 5th Wave because it was yet another young adult dystopian fiction novel and I’m always looking for ‘sure things’ for the teens in my secondary school library. So I fully expected it to be predictable and smug about it.…
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Rush by Eve Silver
Rush by Eve Silver My rating: 4 of 5 stars Eve Silver‘s book Rush is a sure fire winner with the strong young adult readers in my secondary school library. It begins with the life of an otherwise ordinary girl who gets pulled through dimensions into a ‘game’ but it turns out that she actually…
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Trillium by Jeff Lemire
Trillium by Jeff Lemire My rating: 5 of 5 stars Jeff Lemire ‘s graphic novel reminds me of this version of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel. As Nika and William come together through time and space and then are separated again, Lemire presents this as happening on two separate planes of…
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What would Jian do?
I posted this blog entry this week in response to Chapter 2 of danah boyd’s book It’s Complicated: the social lives of networked teens I’m really enjoying my role as facilitator in the TVO TeachOntario book club collaboration with the Ontario School Library Association. Our discussions are so rich. It’s never too late to join.…
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Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem by S. Niles, D. Wachter, M. Santoro
Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem by Steve Niles My rating: 5 of 5 stars Set in World War II, our main character struggles to help his grandparents make ends meet. To keep the village safe, a tiny clay man is given to the grandson and he is told to “Get to know…
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Cultivating participatory cultures in your library learning commons
This week I’m presenting on this topic at the Ontario Library Association’s Superconference 2016 #OLASC16. Here is a link to my presentation: http://prezi.com/ossxf_ab8lxv/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share During the presentation I’ll be asking participants to participate! (surprise surprise) One of those ways is using crowdsourcing. I’m asking you to contribute your own ideas for cultivating a participatory culture using this…
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