Word Out 2011

Teen Reviews August 23, 2011

August 23, 2011 | Claire A | Comments (4)

Blog down your fines posts! See what other teens are reading. Earn $2 in library bucks towards your fines when you share your favourite reads. Bill reviewed Violence 101 by Denis Wright This is a book about Hamish Graham, a 14 year old criminal, genius and madman. He has been sent to several juvenile detention […]

Teen Reviews August 22, 2011

August 23, 2011 | Claire A | Comments (13)

Blog down your fines posts! See what other teens are reading. Earn $2 in library bucks towards your fines when you share your favourite reads. Moska reviewed The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis This book is about a determined 11-yer-old afghani girl named Parvana, who has to take on the family responsibilty of being The BreadWInner" […]

Q and A with Barry Deutsch, author of “Hereville”

August 23, 2011 | Claire | Comments (4)

Barry Deutsch is the author/illustrator of Hereville, a graphic novel featuring the adventures of Mirka, "yet another troll-fighting 11-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl". And I think that description pretty much says it all…except that I thought Hereville was the most fun, imaginative and just plain fantastical graphic book I've read this year.  Here's Barry to answer […]

Violence 101 by Denis Wright

August 22, 2011 | Moonlight | Comments (1)

Hamish Graham is a young offender with violent tendencies he can't control. He is brilliant not easily impressed and has a passion for historical war heroes. He is driving staff at the facility for troubled youth where he is staying nuts because he thinks violence is a natural phenomenon and that the history of humanity has all been built […]

Q and A with JonArno

August 22, 2011 | Cameron | Comments (7)

I have had the very recent honour of getting into an email dialogue with the charming and delightful JonArno Lawson – author of the poetry collection " Think Again". This poetry book is an amazing look at teen relationships in four lines. Dealing with the excitement, the esoteric and the pain of teen love, Lawson's […]

The Monster Mash

August 20, 2011 | Cameron | Comments (8)

In the spirit of Seth Grahame-Smith's mash up of Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies the ambitious and incredibly talented author Michael Thomas Ford has created a new mash up that is a little bit more tongue in cheek. Jane Bites Back is an amazing novel of both humorous and adventurous proportions. It […]

Teen Reviews August 19, 2011

August 19, 2011 | Claire A | Comments (10)

Blog down your fines posts! See what other teens are reading. Earn $2 in library bucks towards your fines when you share your favourite reads. Azayah reviewed The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen This novel begins with a teenage girl who is struggling to come to terms with the death of her father. She […]

Party Invitation: Prizes, Food and Games

August 19, 2011 | Kennis | Comments (20)

Sanderson library is going to host the end of summer Word Out wrap party on Wednesday, August 24 at 2pm. Not only will we have food and prizes, we will have a gaming station setup so you can play.  Come and join us on August 24 at 2pm and don’t forget to bring your friends. […]

Teen Reviews August 18, 2011

August 18, 2011 | Claire A | Comments (11)

Blog down your fines posts! See what other teens are reading. Earn $2 in library bucks towards your fines when you share your favourite reads. Ayesha reviewed Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Jurassic Park is a science-fiction novel with a very creative and innovative plot. From everything to the many kinds of dinosaurs there are […]

Picture This!

August 18, 2011 | Alan H. | Comments (14)

Colleague JM checks in below with some details about this week's nonfiction selection: If you are looking to diversify your reading palate this summer, I would strongly recommend Picture This by Lynda Barry. In this artfully constructed graphic novel, Barry uses a number of mediums to bring people back to the days when creating artwork […]