Books

Many students have been asking the newspaper crew about the “deets” for the upcoming Book Fair, so we connected with the Book Fair Committee! Their responses are below: Who is hosting and planning this event? Some middle school guardians, in the form of the Book Fair Committee, have been kind enough to put lots of hard work into this year’s Book Fair. What is the theme of the Fair this year? The theme is “The Book Fair Goes to the Movies.” This will focus the student body’s view of books that have been made into films, books that should be made into films, and books that create similar feelings in their readers to popular and beloved films. When is this fabulous event? The Book Fair will take place from February 9-11, 2015. During these days, you will be able to stop by from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (as long as…

Have you read Proxy yet? Proxy is a “futuristic thriller,” according to Miss Schwoebel’s book talk video. This young adult novel tells the story of Knox, a boy from a wealthy family, and Syd, a boy who has to pay Knox’s debt. Proxy takes place in a dystopia where there is debt that makes the poor become proxies and take punishments for the rich. This amazing book was written by Alex London. If you have ever read this book, you have probably wondered, “Why did it end that way?!” Well… Mr. London has released a sequel to Proxy, titled Guardian. On Tuesday, May 13, Mr. London came to our school to talk about Proxy and his new book, Guardian. Mr. London also offered a writing workshop to a few Language Arts classes! This class was not just any workshop; we wrote a dystopian fairy tale. We were honored that we were able to receive copies of Guardian before the world did, so I hope you did…