While the complete booklist is already available, we're providing more details during June as we lead up to our official start on July 6...
Fiction Book for July 13: Pieces of Me by Charlotte Gingras
Mirabelle is almost 15 and she is friendless. Dark thoughts surround her when she thinks about her parents’ divorce or when she notices her ongoing bodily changes. By chance, she meets Catherine, who is carefree, confident, and also a boy-magnet. With Catherine's encouragement, Mirabelle attempts to come out of her shell. But she finds this new-found confidence is something more than she can handle.
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Nonfiction Book for July 13: The Year We Disappeared by Cylin and John Busby
Cylin is a typical girl from a normal family, until one night everything changes. John, her police officer dad, is brutally shot in the face. He survives the shooting, but the killer is still on the loose and out to get John and his family at all costs. This means police escorts to school, 24-hour armed guards, and no contact with friends. With little freedom left and their lives unravelling, the Busby family makes a choice. They disappear. A terrifying true-life account of a family torn apart by violence.
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Becky's Book Review
Review and synopsis from Powell's Books
News story on the events of the book
Graphic Novel for July 13: Superman: Kryptonite by Darwyn Cooke
While Superman attempts to survive his first encounter with Kryptonite, will Lois Lane fall prey to a mysterious stranger? Darwyn Cooke’s vivid illustrations and brilliant dialogue encourage fans to revisit this story once more.
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Peices of me
Posted by: Sakshi Sharma | June 11, 2009 at 04:13 PM
Sakshi,
There's quite a few copies available at Toronto Public Library. If you place a hold from the catalogue using the link under the title, you should receive one pretty quickly.
"Pieces of Me" will be one of the titles featured in our July 6 "Battle of the Books" launch event.
Posted by: Alan H | June 12, 2009 at 09:29 AM
I put it on hold and they said it was on its way (in tranit)
:)
i cant wait to read it
Posted by: Sakshi | June 12, 2009 at 05:29 PM
is pieces of me a horror book?
or does it have any scary scenes?
Posted by: Tina | June 13, 2009 at 11:24 AM
hmmm, sounds like a cool book, but I really only like action, adventure and fantasy...
Posted by: Pingki | June 13, 2009 at 06:09 PM
I can't wait to read Superman:Kryptonite!
Posted by: Anusan R. | June 16, 2009 at 11:42 AM
Anusan: nothing's holding you back from reading it now. It will get you ready to contribute when it comes up on the reading list in July--though I understand planning to read it closer to the time, I read so many comics I often have trouble remembering them all month later. :)
Posted by: Alan H. | June 17, 2009 at 10:40 AM
now i'ms tarting to wonder how long superman been around. i mean i always see his books but i guess it's 'cause they're so good
Posted by: Mary | June 18, 2009 at 07:10 AM
oh wow i jsut put a hold on pieces of me seems great a real, slice of life story for girls my age for sure
Posted by: Mary | June 18, 2009 at 07:11 AM
Tina: I'm pretty sure pieces of me is not a scary book just the kind of book that portrays the hard edges of itself more evidently
Posted by: Mary | June 18, 2009 at 07:42 AM
all around all these books sound great, i'm jsut waiting to get pieces of me now hopefully it'll be soon
Posted by: Mary | June 18, 2009 at 07:42 AM
Mary: Superman was 70 years old last year! He is still looking quite good for his age. :)
Posted by: Alan H. | June 18, 2009 at 08:32 AM
Alan: oh my gosh...strange i cant say im to shocked, but what's really weird is the fact that he looks good with age. I'm just wondering how he is able to stay so populer after so many years of him being done and redone over and over again simply amazing
Posted by: Mary | June 18, 2009 at 07:57 PM
Mary: OK, this is me speaking as a comic book fan & not as a web librarian :)
I think Superman stays popular (along with other old comic superheroes like Batman, who was created at about the same time) because he's got a strong but basic personality that can be adapted to many different kinds of stories. A lot like characters from mythology--there are still novels, stories and comics being written that reimagine characters like Hercules, who are considerably older than Superman.
Posted by: Alan H. | June 19, 2009 at 08:38 AM
Alan: Ya i can see that happening, i mean recently they just made a movie about G.I Joe who's a character that date's back to before i was even born. But yet is still such a popular character. And i love hercules expecially the disney movie. So i guess the reason why they keep bringing back these characters are becuase they have the kind of background that they can place them in almost any type of story plot and still make it exciting and seem new
Posted by: Mary | June 19, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Pieces of me seems really interesting. I've put a hold on it so I am hoping to get it soon.
Posted by: Vaishu | June 19, 2009 at 04:47 PM
The Year We Disappeared seems like something I should give a try. I put a hold on it. I made a goal to read more nonfiction books during the summer because next year I am taking Non-Fiction english as my english course. What better way to prepare than to read non-fiction books?
Posted by: Vaishu | June 19, 2009 at 04:50 PM
Vaishu: True that is a great way to prepare. But i'm curious how does a non-fiction english class work. arn't english classes all the same? well except for advanced placement but that's not the point
Posted by: Mary | June 19, 2009 at 05:10 PM
Sounds interesting.
I'll check it out soon.
But the non-fiction kind of scares me. :P
Superman Comics...classic.
Posted by: Gowseca | June 20, 2009 at 03:24 PM
These books sound pretty interesting
I just might place 'pieces of me' on hold
Though the book 'the year we disappeared' is just a bit too intense
Posted by: Ayaat | June 22, 2009 at 01:25 AM
I think 'the year we disappeared' sounds like one of those books you can't seem to put down, even if it is non fiction (:
Posted by: Krista | June 22, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Mary: Well my school decided to give student the option of choosing a non-fiction English course. They have just introduced this and the class of '10 will be the first to try this. What is different between this course and the original ENG4U1 is that it will be mainly focused on non-fiction. I believe this means we won't be doing Shakespeare or reading fiction novels. We will be doing more reading related to the fields of science and business. The purpose of this course is to prepare students for science related and business related reading and writing they will be doing in university. I myself am excited to see how the teachers will approach this.
Posted by: Vaishu | June 25, 2009 at 03:43 PM
Vaishu:But can this course be counted as an English credit towards your diploma, like what I mean is for high school you need 4 English credits, and can this course be 1 of the 4?
Posted by: Gowseca | June 25, 2009 at 06:51 PM
SUPERMAN's AWESOME!
But SPiderman's better
Posted by: Joe | June 26, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Gowseca: Yes this course can be counted as an English credit towards the OSSD. It is the equivalent substitute for ENG4U1. It is called soemthing similar but I cant remember what it is called at the moment.
Posted by: Vaishu | July 02, 2009 at 01:50 PM