Uxbridge High School Library Newsletter

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An interview with author David Yoo

For our January book club meeting, students read and
discussed Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before by lo-
cal young adult author David Yoo. After reading and dis-
cussing Yoo’s book, book club students interviewed the
author for our blog.
Stop by the blog and take a look at some of the questions
students asked and how Yoo responded. An interesting Volume 1, Issue 6
guy with a great sense of humor! February 8, 2011

Uxbridge High School Library

62 Capron Street
Uxbridge, MA 01569
Next UHS Book Club Meeting, 2/17
Mrs. Kirsten Fournier, Librarian
The UHS book club will be meeting Thursday, 2/17 after
kfournier@uxbridge.k12.ma.us
school at 2:00pm to discuss Museum of Thieves by Lian
Tanner. Multiple copies have been ordered for the li- (508) 278-7231
brary and additional copies can be reserved through the
Uxbridge Free Public Library. Library Hours:
M-F: 8:30-12:30, 1:45-2:30
Please consider joining us for some light refreshments
and a great book discussion. All are welcome!
Twitter: uhslibrary

Inside this issue:

February is Black History Month Author Interview 1

UHS Book Club 1

Stop by the UHS Library and celebrate Black History
month. We've got some great books on display that you Black History Month 1
may interested in. Be sure to check out the Library of
Congress website as well, in celebration of African 2011 Best Fiction for YA 2
Americans through the generations. This year's theme
BPL eCard 2
"African Americans and the Civil War" was chosen by the
Association for the Study of African American Life and Digital Literacy Challenges 2
History, and honors the efforts of people of Afri-
can descent to abolish slavery and inaugurate universal
freedom in the United States.
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2011 Best Fiction For Young Adults List Announced

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the
fastest-growing division of the American Library Association
(ALA), announced its 2011 List of Best Fiction for Young
Adults (BFYA).

This year's list includes:

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
Trash by Andy Mulligan
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
The Things a Brother Knows Best by Dana Reinhardt
Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Saenz
Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
We have several of these titles available in the UHS library,
stop by and take a look!

Reminder to sign up for a Boston Public Library eCard

As a Massachusetts resident, you are eligible to obtain a Boston Public Library eCard. This eCard is a virtual library card that will
give you access to all of Boston Public Library's remotely-accessible electronic resources, including magazine databases, download-
able audio, video, e-books, and music.

Have a long car trip coming up? Think about downloading an audiobook to pass the time. Got a research paper due? Check out
the list of online research databases an eCard will give you access to. Visit bpl.org or stop by the UHS Library for more information.

Digital Literacy Challenges at the UHS Library

Each month, the UHS Library will be run- February Challenge: Your final responses to this challenge
ning a series of “challenges” designed to Your challenge this month is to find out MUST include the following:
help familiarize students with the library what types of paintings the Russian artist 1. The name of the databases you used
resources available to them, while at the Ivan Aivazovsky is best known for, using to find your sources
same time further enhancing students’ one of the online databases the UHS library 2. The URLs of the articles you used to
digital literacy. subscribes to. (Hint: You will need a public support your responses
Students that participate in the challenges library card to access some of these data-
and complete the challenges successfully bases, so be sure to visit the Uxbridge Free 3. The date you retrieved the informa-
will be entered in monthly raffles for Dun- Public Library to get one if you haven’t al- tion
kin’ Donuts gift cards, iTunes gift cards, ready.)
Papa Gino’s gift cards, etc. You can either hand in your answers to Responses are due at the end of the
Mrs. Fournier or you can email them to her month. Good Luck!
at kfournier@uxbridge.k12.ma.us.