Monthly Archives: November 2010

5th-9th Grade Students-Enter to Win: Wimpky Kid: The Ugly Truth

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Update:  Congratulations to our winners:
Dulaney G. and William B.

Enter for a chance to win a free copy

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Enter for a chance to win a free copy of Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth. We’re trying to promote our new library blog (you’re on it right now), and we’re encouraging students to comment. You can tell us why you like the Wimpy Kid series, what you like about the blog, or what you’d like to see more of in the future.  Just leave a comment on this post by clicking on Comments (next to the word Contests-above), and you’ll be entered.  For complete instructions on how to post comments, please click here.  Two winners will be announced by the end of the month.

This contest is open to East Woods Upper School students only.

Book Review: The Bat Boy

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Title: The Bat Boy

Author: Mike Lupica

Recommended For: Sports fiction fans

Review by:  Alex O.

This book is about a boy named Brian. He is working at his dream job as the batboy for the Detroit Tigers. When his all-time favorite player, Hank Bishop joins the Tigers, it gets even better. But Hank is not as nice as he seems. He falls into a huge slump, and Brian offers to help him, despite the mean things that Hank says to him. Will Hank finally get out of the slump thanks to the batboy? You will have to read to find out.

Introducing the All-New Magic Tree House Site

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Random House, the publishers of The Magic Tree House series, has just launched an all new site, MagicTreeHouse.com featuring Mary Pope Osborne’s books. The site introduces a fun and educational new game, Magic Tree House Missions, in which children join characters Jack and Annie as they travel through time and collect clues to solve puzzles and complete missions. The game features more than 60 unique missions and over 250 trivia questions based on facts found in the books.