Remember how Sara Zarr and Matt de la Peña visited OHS last year? You can read a conversation they had about Matt’s newest book We Were Here (which we have in the library, of course!).
Conversation here on Sara’s blog.
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates magazine) has a contest for their cover photo. The photo must show a relationship between teens and reading, such as teens with some sort of reading material or participating in a library event. Click here for the complete rules and submission details.
It’s 2010, but what were the best books of 2009?
Amazon Editors’ Picks for Best Teen Books
Amazon Customer Top Ten Teen Books
Publisher’s Weekly Best Books of 2009
Series & Sequels in 2010:
Bad Blood by Mari Mancusi (Jan.)
Captivate by Carrie Jones (Jan.)
Erak’s Ransom (Ranger’s Apprentice) by John Flanagan (Jan.)
Heartless (Pretty Little Liars) by Sara Shepard (Jan.)
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan (Mar.)
Hourglass: Evernight by Claudia Gray (Mar.)
Nightfall (Vampire Diaries) by L.J. Smith (Mar.)
Shadow Souls (Night World) by L.J. Smith (Mar.)
Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr (Apr.)
Burned (House of Night) by P.C. & Kristin Cast (Apr.)
Runaway (Airhead) by Meg Cabot (May)
Kiss of Death (Morganville Vampires) by Rachel Caine (May)
Love Bites (Vampire Kisses) by Ellen Schreiber (May)
Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy) by Richelle Mead (May)
Dark Reunion (Vampire Diaries) by L.J. Smith (May)
Keys to the Repository (Blue Bloods) by Melissa de la Cruz (May)
Passing Strange (Generation Dead) by Daniel Waters (June)
Jealousy (Strange Angels) by Lili St. Crow (July)
Halt’s Peril (Ranger’s Apprentice) by John Flanagan (Aug.)
The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (Sep.)
David Liss, author of the story “What Maisie Knew” in the zombie anthology The New Dead, will be at the La Cantera Barnes & Noble on Feb. 16 at 7:00pm.
The NISD school board unanimously voted to name the O’Connor High School library after our principal, Mr. Larry Martin, who retired on November 30 after 38 years in education. Of those 38 years, 31 were spent in NISD as a teacher, coach, assistant principal, vice principal, and principal at several NISD schools in addition to O’Connor: Clark HS, Stinson MS, and Zachry MS.
In the OHS Library (SF FLI):
In the OHS Library (SF RIO):
In the OHS Library (F SPA):
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is sponsoring a book trailer contest in which you could win a box of books and a $100 gift certificate. The books must be for either the Morris Award for a debut writer or the Excellence in Nonfiction winners.
If you are a poet who is interested in entering the VOYA Poetry Contest, see Ms. Stoeck in the library to enter.
