- Good Look
at a Book Club
- Rave
Reviews!
- Summer
2008 Reading Programs
Good Look At a Book
Club
The Good Look at a Book Club, open to
girls in grades 6 through 8 and their
mothers, is welcoming new members! Every
first Tuesday of the month the group
meets at McCord at 6:45 pm for book
discussions, fun, and friendly banter.
This month they
will be discussing Missing, by Catherine
MacPhail. If you have any questions,
please call Michele at 725-8988 or call
the library for information.
New Book Reviews
Provided by Barnes & Noble
“Okay, Girls—Man Your Bunks!”
By Helen Gilbert
As one of the first enlisted
WAVES to join the U.S. Navy during World
War II, Helen Gilbert shares her
experiences in entering a traditionally
male world. Her story begins with her
childhood during the Depression, and
documents the domestic life of an
ordinary American changed forever by the
attack on Pearl Harbor. After quitting
her job at RCA to enlist, she attended
radio school in Wisconsin and then
served at U.S. Naval Air Stations at
Corpus Christi and Pensacola. She
describes the pride she felt in serving
her country, but also dishes about
off-duty dalliances and joining the
mile-high club in a flying boat.
Honorably (but mistakenly!) discharged
10 days after V-J Day, Helen and her
best friend hitched a ride cross-country
in the nose of a B-24 bomber. Peacetime
brought its own set of challenges, and
she struggled to find work and gain
acceptance as a female air-traffic
controller, and to keep her status as an
emancipated woman in a rapidly changing
world. Later she would adapt to life as
a mother of four and the wife of a
domestic airline pilot.
"OK, Girls – Man Your
Bunks!"
documents one woman's life through its
ups and downs, and her ongoing search
for inner peace and serenity. In her own
words, we read of discrimination,
marriage, children, tragedy, infidelity,
alcoholism and recovery, and of how she
learned to live life on life's terms.
She shares her thoughts on the world
since September 11th, and how it has
changed America. Whether recalling her
role during the war or her life
afterwards, Helen pulls no punches, and
tells it like it was.
Final Warning
By James Patterson
Fourteen-year-old Maximum
Ride and the other members of
"Flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and
Angel--are just like ordinary kids--only
they have wings and can fly. It seems
like a dream come true--except that
they're still being hunted by new
threats at every turn.
This time, the U.S.
government wants to keep the Flock under
observation, offering a safe haven and
schooling in return. But after their
incredible adventures in books 1-3, Max
and Flock have grown to love
freedom--after all, haven't grown-ups
always found a way to ruin their lives?
After escaping the control of the feds,
they are surprised to find themselves
allied with a group of environmental
scientists who just might be
trustworthy. Besides, what enemy could
find them in one of the remotest
locations on earth--Antarctica—on an
expedition studying the effects of
global warming up close?
There is one: The Uber-Director--literally,
brains on a stick--an evil being
who has developed mechanical soldiers
far more frightening than Erasers. Their
quest? To retrieve the Flock and sell
them in a global auction for billions of
dollars. Will the Uber-Director nab them
before Max, Fang and the flock succumb
to the dangers of the harsh Antarctic
wilderness? Kids, parents and educators
tuned into the issue of global warming
will find this latest episode of the
blockbuster Maximum Ride series not only
a particularly riveting adventure beyond
their wildest dreams, but also a
motivating cautionary tale about a
real-life peril that may affect their
own future.
McCord Memorial
Library
June 23 through August
16, 2008
Catch the Reading Bug
Children
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Register to receive
a special book
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Each library visit,
check out books and complete fun
activities to receive a weekly
prize!
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For children up
through 5th grade
Go for the Gold in
Reading!
Tweens and Teens
Who: Everyone in grades 6-12
What: Read for
success and go home with great prizes!
When: Join us anytime
between June 23 and August 16.
Where: McCord
Memorial Library
Receive a gift when you register and
prizes during the summer!
Vote to Read
Readers Are Leaders
Adults
Pick up your official
reading ballot at McCord and read by
genre to earn prizes.
Fill in the box of the genre
you read and write in your candidate’s
name (book title). When you have
finished “voting,” get a new ballot, and
begin again (only 1 vote per genre per
card)!
We will tally the votes to
determine the winning title and genre in
each category (fiction and non fiction).
Every ballot turned in earns you a
prize!
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