The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima

So, here is my official Lone Star animoto for the fabulous book, The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima. I love the book (yes, Lauren, I LOVE this book!) and hope you enjoy the video.


It's always just a bit nervewracking to create a digital book talk--particularly when it will be shown to the huge crowd at the Lone Star book talking session at TLA this year and then posted on the website. Especially when so many librarians (and others) are out there creating AMAZING digi projects. So, in between carting my older daughter back and forth to church choir and making the baby happy and getting dinner cooked (okay...heated up) and reading over hubby's grad school assignment this is what I came up with.

Hope you like it. Really hope you'll read the book--man, is it ever amazing.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Oh my goodness!  Look how cool this website is!!!


Go watch the movie trailer and "wimp" yourself!

http://www.wimpyourself.com/

I, Q book TWO!

Great news!  A sneak peek at the second (l-o-n-g awaited!) book in the I, Q series has arrived!

Since the first book in the series was our One Book, One School book this year and fabulous author Roland Smith came to visit, I know the kids at my school will be thrilled to see it. 

The book will be released on April 15th...and I'll be first in line to get my copy!

a few fabulous updates...

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For you Hunger Game fans (isn't that everyone?) here's some news about the final book in the trilogy:


Also, check out this link to info about the Greater Houston Teen Book Convention--really cool!  Sharon Draper, among other fabulous authors will be there (!) and it's FREE!

For all you Percy Jackson fans, let me know how you liked the movie and how well you think it matched up with the book!

Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink

Okay, so I KNOW we aren't supposed to judge a book by it's cover, BUT....how cool is this cover?  Man, just looking at it makes me feel intrigued and settle down on a cold and rainy day (such as today---36 degress for our high here in Nacogdoches, Texas!) to read this one (kudos to whomever designed the cover art--truly genius!).

The book tells the story of twins born into a family with an important mystical history which the girls, of course, know nothing about.  As the tale unfolds you find yourself in the midst of a web of intrigue & deception and a battle between good and evil that could...quite possibly...mean the end of the world as we know it. 

I know, I know...it sounds amazing, doesn't it?  Well, it IS!  So, what are you waiting for?  Grab it off the shelf before there's none left, brew a hot latte and head for the comfy chair to settle in for a long winter's read. 

Knights Read It Forward

I am excited to announce that MMMS will participate in a Read-It-Forward activity this spring using the new Lone Star book, Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill Alexander!!!

If you are a MMMS student be sure to blog about your read-it-forward adventures at our special read-it-forward blog at:
http://www.knightsreaditforward.blogspot.com/

continuing on...

I've been sidetracked by life and a few good books, but we're back on track going over the 2010 Lone Star list!  Today's pick...Pop by Gordon Korman. 

As you can tell by the cover, Pop is a book about football--and it is phenomenal.  Gordon Korman is a master at the craft of writing, and it is evident in this wonderful book. 


16-year-old Marcus is new to town and practices for upcoming team tryouts in the park by himself until he meets the town eccentric and hometown-boy-made-good, Charlie "Pop" Popovich,  Pop is a former NFL player who meets Marcus in the park and not only plays football with a fearlessness Marcus rarely sees.  It is weird, though, how Pop almost acts like a teenager himself, and comes and goes throughout the town as he pleases, with no seeming rhyme nor reason.  


At football tryouts it is evident that Marcus has made an enemy---unfortunately this enemy also happens to be Charlie's son Troy.  Determined to keep the family secret, Troy is guarded and unfriendly. 


In the end, Marcus learns the truth--that his friend is suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's Disease and that the cause of it is his beloved POP--not only his nickname, but the sound and feel of helmets and bodies crashing into each other on the field.  It is what Charlie, and Marcus too, have lived for.  This leads to some very difficult decisions for Marcus.  What is betrayal of a friend?  What is really in his best interest?  Does his family always get the last word--and do they really know what's best for Pop?


This book is a wonderful and touching story of football and friendship. I highly recommend it!