SUMMER READING PROGRAM

Since there is no more checkout for this school year, it seems heartless to talk about new books that won't be available until August. Instead here is a sneak preview of our Lakeview Summer Reading Program. This year our program is called Read S'More. I encourage all of you to do just that over the summer. I will post a Reading Log Form on the Lakeview Library webpage. On the Reading Log keep track of everything you read this summer. Use as many pages as you need. In August when we return to school, bring your Reading Logs to the IMC and you will earn prizes. To help you get started, there is a Summer Paperback Checkout for all students in grades 5, 6, and 7. You will receive details and more information when your classes visit the Lakeview IMC one last time beginning Wednesday, May25th.
This summer I will have a special blog where I will let you know what I am reading. Please respond to my blog with your summer reading plans and include suggestions for me to read. But I warn you, I already have 3 boxes of books set aside for this summer's reading.

FINALLY NEW BOOKS

Now that the library schedule has returned to normal, we librarians have been working on the last batch of new books for this school year. Check the New Book Display on Monday for these new items which include:

Bloody Horowitz, by Anthony Horowitz: The author of the Alex Rider books presents this collection of gruesome tales.

The Cruisers, by Walter Dean Myers: A school story about a mock Civil War where a group of students try to make peace with their alternative newspaper.

The Kind of Friends We Used to Be, by Frances O'Roark Dowell: A sequel to The Secret Language of Girls that shows how friendships can change over time.

Rebound, by Eric Wallace: A friendship/sports story where two boys, one in a wheelchair, find they have much in common.

Takedown, by Rich Wallace: A wrestling story where controlling one's temper can lead to winning.