Thursday, April 30, 2009

Free Comic Book Day @ Your Library


Free comic book day is a single day where comic stores and other locations around the world pass out free comic books. We'll be doing it again this year too!

On May 2rd come to the library and pick up your free comic book!

For more information and a sneak peak of the comics that could be available
visit
http://www.freecomicbookday.com/

All free comics to be given away (and the materials for our window display) were donated by our good friend Joe Miller.

The owner of:
The Comic Store 28 McGovern Ave. Station Square
Lancaster PA, 17602.



After you visit us, go see what cool things Joe has going on at his store!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

President Obama reads Where the Wild Things Are

I love this book! President Obama doesn't do a bad job reading either.

Cheers,

Audrey

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

How Not to be Popular, by Jennifer Ziegler


Maggie has just moved to Austin Texas, not very unusual right? Well, Maggie moves every few months all over the country with her hippie parents, Rosie and Les (that's what she calls them.) Her mother is taking classes to be a massage therapist while her dad is running a consignment clothing shop downstairs to the apartment where they live. Doesn't sound like too bad of a move, right? But Maggie was in love. She left behind Trevor, the boy she thought was the one. Only, he broke up with her before she left because he couldn't handle a long distance relationship. Maggie is tired of making new friends, joining new clubs, and trying to fit in...so she decides to do everything in her power to be unpopular. She finds the wackiest outfits from her father's store and wears them to school. She tries to sit alone at lunch. She joins the nerdiest club that she can find. She blows off the hottest guy in school. Her plan seems to be working...How Not to be Popular is a very fun read. I mean, I was truly LOL most of the time. Imagine bringing a rosemary plant to school and having your friend ask you if she can sniff it after you tell her about its medicinal qualities. Even if you are popular at school, you will enjoy Marilyn Manson style hating the beautiful people at Maggie's new school. I had a Bella flashback when the girl from the school paper asks Maggie for an interview, but Maggie actually gives her one...and it doesn't have the effect that Maggie had planned. While reading this book, I found myself having no idea what was going to happen next and then laughing uproariously. I'd recommend this book to anyone who had an embarrassing moment or an entirely dreadful high school experience. So, I guess that covers...everyone. Cheers, Audrey
p.s. fans of Dyan Sheldon's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (1999) , Catherine Gilbert Murdock's Dairy Queen (2006), and Jaclyn Moriarty's The Year of Secret Assignments (2004) will like this book!

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins


Consider this fair warning: You will not be able to put this book down once you start. In a dystopian futuristic North America, we meet Katniss, a superior hunter who is able to support her impoverised family by hunting illegally in the adjacent woods to District 12. Everyone looks the other way of course, because the whole district is poor and her neighbors benefit from her hunting. Then comes the Reaping, a morbid celebration where a boy and a girl from each of the twelve districts is chosen to compete in The Hunger Games, a televised Gladiator meets Survivor type of program where the winner gets food and a place to live, and all of the losers are dead. Once the initial shock of how inhuman The Hunger Games are, you will find yourself cheering for Katniss, hoping that the people she chooses to trust in the games will prove to be true friendships. Do you know how to be hungry?
Later, Audrey


Thursday, April 02, 2009

Congratulations Abigail Hertzler!

Congratulations Abigail for your achivement at the National Level of the Scholastic Writing Awards!

Abigail, from Lancaster Mennonite High School was the only award winner from our entire county to win an award at the National level!

Her dramatic script titled "Hoofprints on the Heart" won a Silver medal as well as an American Voices medal.

Great job Abigail!

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