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  • Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts

    Book title: Dark Inside Author: Jeyn Roberts Bibliographic entry Roberts, J. (2011). Dark Inside. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. Description A devastating earthquake hits the west coast of North America and a mysterious illness is unleashed causing people to kill each other as if controlled by a hidden supernatural force.  Four teens struggle to stay…

    December 2, 2012

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    book reviews, Canadian, children’s literature, collection development, Dark Inside, horror, Jeyn Roberts, reading, school library, secondary school library, young adult fiction
  • Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins

    Book title: Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane Author: Suzanne Collins Bibliographic entry Collins, S. (2004). Underland Chronicles: Gregor and the prophecy of bane. New York, NY: Scholastic. Description In this 2nd book of the Underland Chronicles series Gregor reunites with his bat, Ares, and together they must overcome a new quest together.  Gregor is more greatly…

    December 1, 2012

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    book reviews, books, children’s literature, collection development, fantasy, Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, identity quest, junior fiction, reading, school library, secondary school library, Suzanne Collins, underland chronicles, young adult fiction
  • TakingITGlobal (website)

    Resource title: TakingITGlobal Author: TakingITGlobal Bibliographic entry TakingITGlobal (Ed.). (2012). [Http://www.tigweb.org/]. Retrieved November 30, 2012, from TakingITGlobal website: http://www.tigweb.org/ Description Using the “philosophy of Ken Wilber, which posits that there are 4 areas (quadrants) where progressive development can occur: Interior Individual, Exterior Individual, Interior Collective, and Exterior Collective” http://www.tigweb.org/about/why/change.html Reaction The causes sound very noble but the…

    November 30, 2012

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    digital literacy, information literacy, justice curriculum, ken wilber, school librarian, school library, TakingITGlobal
  • Canadian Student Research Centre

    Resource title: Canadian Student Research Centre Author: EBSCOhost Bibliographic entry Ebsco Industries. (2012). Canadian Student Research Centre. Description This database is designed for students to access media and book sources through a search.  It is has many features to assist with search terms including a visual search, sorting results and lexile. Reaction This is the…

    November 30, 2012

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    Canadian, Canadian Student Research Centre, collection development, database, digital literacy, Ebsco, information literacy, non-fiction, research, secondary school library
  • Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr (audiobook)

    Book title: Story of a Girl (audiobook) Author: Sara Zarr Bibliographic entry Zarr, S. (2008). Story of a girl. New York, NY: Random House. Description 16 year old Deanna can’t get her life back on track after an incident at 13 when she was caught by her Dad naked with her boyfriend Tommy.  The story is…

    November 29, 2012

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    book reviews, books, children’s literature, collection development, identity quest, reading, Sara Zarr, school library, secondary school library, Story of a girl, young adult fiction
  • Canadian Encyclopedia (online reference source)

    Book title: The Canadian Encyclopedia Author: Historica-Dominion Bibliographic entry Historica-Dominion (Ed.). (2012). The Canadian encyclopedia. Retrieved from The Canadian Encyclopedia database. Description Organized by key people and events in Canadian history, the encyclopedia has fact-based articles searchable by keyword.  It also recommends articles for browsing and links to a live bilingual blog that highlights different topics within…

    November 27, 2012

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    book reviews, Canadian, children’s literature, collection development, digital literacy, Historica Foundation, Historica-Dominion, information literacy, inquiry-based learning, non-fiction, reference, research, secondary school library, The Canadian Encyclopedia
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