Congratulations to the Mighty Mission Eagle Class of 2013!
These kids were my Twilighters. I taught many of them in 8th grade. I am so proud of how far they have come! Good Luck Eagles! You are on your way to greatness!!
Good Luck! Stay Safe & Study Hard! Congratulations again Class of 2013!
Here are a few books both old and new that I think you boys of MHS would enjoy this summer! These are books for boys by boys!!! Do we have these books in your library? YES WE DO!!!
Looking for Alaska by: John Green
Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life
has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has
only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais,
poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world
of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of
safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever,
funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating
Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her
world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. .
. . After. Nothing is ever the same.
The Fault in Our Stars by: John Green
Despite
the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years,
Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed
upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters
suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to
be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw,
The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most
ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny,
thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
Gone by: Michael Grant
In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears. GONE. Except
for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not one single
adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Just as suddenly,
there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get help. And
no way to figure out what's happened. Hunger threatens. Bullies
rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens
themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous,
deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day. It's a terrifying
new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is shaping up. Townies
against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless.
And time is running out: On your birthday, you disappear just like
everyone else...
The 5th Wave by: Rick Yancey
After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.
Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of
highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam
the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's
last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until
she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be
Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother--or even saving herself. But
Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and
surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.
A Good Long Way by: Rene Saldana Jr. "Stop it. The two of you, stop it! You're father and son; you should
love each other." Roelito howls at his father and older brother as their
heated argument turns into a pushing, shoving match. Beto has again
come home way past curfew, and worse, smelling like a cantina.
When Beto Sr. tells his son that he either needs to follow the rules or
leave, the boy--a senior in high school and a man as far as he's
concerned--decides to leave, right then, in the middle of the night.
Once he has walked away, though, he realizes he has nowhere to go. Maybe
his best friend Jessy--a hard-as-nails girl who has run away before can
help him. The story of Beto's decision to run away and drop out of
school is told from shifting perspectives in which the conflicted lives
of Roel, Beto, and Jessy are revealed in short, poignant scenes that
reflect teen-age life along the Texas-Mexico border. Each one has a
good long way to go in growing up. Roel fights against the teachers'
assumptions that he's like Beto. Unlike his big brother, Roel is book
smart and actually enjoys school. Jessy is smart too, but most of her
teachers can't see beyond her tough-girl façade. Her parents are so
busy fighting with each other that they don t notice her, even if she s
packing a suitcase to leave. And Beto . . . somewhere along the way he
quit caring about school. And his teachers have noticed and given up
too. Author and educator Rene Saldana, Jr. once again writes a
fast-paced, thought-provoking novel that will engage young adults in
questions about their own lives and responsibilities to family, friends,
and most of all, to themselves.
Mexican White Boy by: Matt De La Pena DANNY’S TALL AND skinny. Even though he’s not built, his arms are long
enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign
him on the spot. A 95 mph fastball, but the boy’s not even on a team.
Every time he gets up on the mound he loses it.
But at his
private school, they don’t expect much else from him. Danny’s brown.
Half-Mexican brown. And growing up in San Diego that close to the border
means everyone else knows exactly who he is before he even opens his
mouth. Before they find out he can’t speak Spanish, and before they
realize his mom has blond hair and blue eyes, they’ve got him pegged.
Danny’s convinced it’s his whiteness that sent his father back to
Mexico. And that’s why he’s spending the summer with his dad’s family.
Only, to find himself, he might just have to face the demons he refuses
to see right in front of his face.
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his
first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s
doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to
the Glade—a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.
Just
like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade.
All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that
surrounds them have opened. Every night they’ve closed tight. And every
thirty days a new boy has been delivered in the lift.
Thomas was
expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up—the first girl to ever
arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she
delivers.
Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.
Now don't let me hear you say you have nothing to read!!! Enjoy your summer!
I do believe in Mermaids, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do believe in Mermaids!!!
Sea Change by: Aimee Friedman
Sixteen-year-old Miranda Merchant is great at science. . .and not so great with
boys. After major drama with her boyfriend and (now ex) best friend, she's happy
to spend the summer on small, mysterious Selkie Island, helping her mother sort
out her late grandmother's estate.
There, Miranda finds new friends and
an island with a mysterious, mystical history, presenting her with facts her
logical, scientific mind can't make sense of. She also meets Leo, who challenges
everything she thought she knew about boys, friendship. . .and
reality.
I LOVE LEO!!!
Lost Voices by Sarah Porter
Fourteen-year-old Luce has had a tough life, but she reaches the depths of
despair when she is assaulted and left on the cliffs outside of a grim, gray
Alaskan fishing village. She expects to die when she tumbles into the icy waves
below, but instead undergoes an astonishing transformation and becomes a
mermaid. A tribe of mermaids finds Luce and welcomes her in—all of them, like
her, lost girls who surrendered their humanity in the darkest moments of their
lives. Luce is thrilled with her new life until she discovers the catch: the
mermaids feel an uncontrollable desire to drown seafarers, using their enchanted
voices to lure ships into the rocks. Luce possesses an extraordinary singing
talent, which makes her important to the tribe—she may even have a shot at
becoming their queen. However her struggle to retain her humanity puts her at
odds with her new friends. Will Luce be pressured into committing mass murder?
The first book in a trilogy, Lost Voices is a captivating and
wildly original tale about finding a voice, the healing power of friendship, and
the strength it takes to forgive.
Ripple by: Mandy Hubbard
Lexi is cursed with a dark secret. Each day she goes to school like a
normal teenager, and each night she must swim, or the pain will be unbearable.
She is a siren - a deadly mermaid destined to lure men to their watery deaths.
After a terrible tragedy, Lexi shut herself off from the world, vowing to
protect the ones she loves. But she soon finds herself caught between a new boy
at school who may have the power to melt her icy exterior, and a handsome water
spirit who says he can break Lexi's curse if she gives up everything else. Lexi
is faced with the hardest decision she's ever had to make: the life she's always
longed for - or the love she can't live without?
Galen, a Syrena prince, searches land for a girl he’s heard can communicate
with fish. It’s while Emma is on vacation at the beach that she meets Galen.
Although their connection is immediate and powerful, Galen’s not fully convinced
that Emma’s the one he’s been looking for. That is, until a deadly encounter
with a shark proves that Emma and her Gift may be the only thing that can save
his kingdom. He needs her help—no matter what the
risk.
Calder White lives in the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior, the only brother
in a family of murderous mermaids. To survive, Calder and his sisters prey on
humans and absorb their positive energy. Usually, they select their victims at
random, but this time around, the underwater clan chooses its target for a
reason: revenge. They want to kill Jason Hancock, the man they blame for their
mother's death.
It's going to take a concerted effort to lure the
aquaphobic Hancock onto the water. Calder's job is to gain Hancock's trust by
getting close to his family. Relying on his irresistible good looks and charm,
Calder sets out to seduce Hancock's daughter Lily. Easy enough, but Calder
screws everything up by falling in love--just as Lily starts to suspect there's
more to the monster-in-the-lake legends than she ever imagined, and just as the
mermaids threaten to take matters into their own hands, forcing Calder to choose
between them and the girl he loves.One thing's for sure: whatever Calder
decides, the outcome won't be pretty.
The Brides of Rollrock Island by: Margo Lanagan
On remote Rollrock Island, men go to sea to make their
livings—and to catch their wives.
The witch Misskaella knows the way of
drawing a girl from the heart of a seal, of luring the beauty out of the beast.
And for a price a man may buy himself a lovely sea-wife. He may have and hold
and keep her. And he will tell himself that he is her master. But from his first
look into those wide, questioning, liquid eyes, he will be just as transformed
as she. He will be equally ensnared. And the witch will have her true
payment.
Margo Lanagan weaves an extraordinary tale of desire, despair,
and transformation. With devastatingly beautiful prose, she reveals characters
capable of unspeakable cruelty, but also unspoken love.
A mysterious stranger holds the key to Miranda’s fate in
this contemporary retelling of “The Little Mermaid.”
Ever since the death of her parents, Miranda has lived on Whym Island, taking
comfort in the local folklore, which claims a mysterious sea witch controls the
fate of all on the island and in its surrounding waters. Sometimes it’s just
easier to believe things are out of your control.
But then a terrible boating accident takes the lives of several of her
friends, and Miranda is rescued by a mysterious boy who haunts her dreams.
Consumed by guilt from the accident, she finds refuge in late-night swims—and
meets Christian, a boy who seems eerily familiar, but who is full of mystery: He
won’t tell her where he is from, or why they can only meet at the beach. But
Miranda falls for him anyway…and discovers that Christian’s secrets, though
meant to protect her, may bring her nothing but harm.
Seductive and compelling, Wrecked brings a contemporary, paranormal
twist to a classic enchanting tale.
Fathomless by: Jackson Pearce
Celia Reynolds is the youngest in a set of triplets and the one with the
least valuable power. Anne can see the future, and Jane can see the present, but
all Celia can see is the past. And the past seems so insignificant -- until
Celia meets Lo.
Lo doesn't know who she is. Or who she was. Once a human, she is
now almost entirely a creature of the sea -- a nymph, an ocean girl, a mermaid
-- all terms too pretty for the soulless monster she knows she's becoming. Lo
clings to shreds of her former self, fighting to remember her past, even as
she's tempted to embrace her dark immortality.
When a handsome boy named
Jude falls off a pier and into the ocean, Celia and Lo work together to rescue
him from the waves. The two form a friendship, but soon they find themselves
competing for Jude's affection. Lo wants more than that, though. According to
the ocean girls, there's only one way for Lo to earn back her humanity. She must
persuade a mortal to love her . . . and steal his soul.
"Will
you ever tell me how you got that scar?" he asked. I covered it with my
hand. Why did he think of that? "Not if I can help it," I told him.
"But it's old. From a whole different life."
Anyone
who knows me, knows how much I love retellings of the classics, fairy-tales,
legends and mythology. Every time a new one is released I do a happy dance, and
twirl and spin!! I LOVE THEM!!!
Synopsis:
SCARLET is a retelling of the Robin Hood legend. Most of Nottinghamshire knows Will Scarlet: a quick and clever thief that sticks to the shadows and protects the band without question, but even those that know Scarlet’s really a girl don’t know the secrets of her past, like how she got the scar on her cheek. Guy of Gisbourne may be the one person who does: and he was just hired to bring Robin Hood and his gang to the gallows.
Posing as one of Robin Hood's thieves to avoid
the wrath of the evil Thief Taker Lord Gisbourne, Scarlet has kept her female
identity secret from all of Nottinghamshire. Only Robin and his band know the
truth. As Gisbourne closes in, helping the people of Nottingham could cost
Scarlet her life, but her fierce loyalty to Robin-whose quick smiles have the
rare power to unsettle her-keeps Scarlet going and makes this fight worth dying
for.
So Who
Was Robin Hood?
From the first time men spoke of him, Robin
Hood was believed to have been a real person. Through the centuries there has
been much speculation as to who he was, however his identity remains unknown.
No one could provide authentic records of his activities, but five of the
oldest surviving poems or ballads as they are now called, tell us much of what
is known about the legend of this English outlaw.No one really has been
able to prove that he did or did not exist.
Robin is famous for his gallantry, robbing
the rich to feed the poor and fighting against injustice and tyranny. Anyone
who knows of Robin has also heard the stories of his outlaw band. The names of
Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marion, Allan a Dale, Will Scarlet, Much the
Miller and the evil Sheriff of Nottingham are as much a part of the legend as
Robin Hood himself.
The stories of Robin portray him as a fearless outlaw leading his band of
"merry men" (and women) against the tyranny of Prince John, The
Sheriff of Nottingham and Sir Guy of Gisbourne. A brilliant archer, Robin lived
a life of adventure - poaching the King's deer from the outlaws' retreat in
Sherwood Forest.
Stories about the adventures of Robin have been told and retold for over six
hundred years. In Robin's time, few people could read or write and consequently
little was written down about the exploits of our hero. Instead, people learnt
about Robin and his band through the ballad and song of wandering minstrels who
weaved a patchwork of fact and fiction into the contemporary culture of the
time.
I really did enjoy this book. I love The Hood and his band of Merry Men and I loved the twist in this book. By making
Will Scarlet into a she, A.C. Gaughen gives a whole new life to the legend. She
gives us a heroine that is not a damsel in distress. She is a survivor, a girl
who stands up for what she wants and isn’t afraid to fight for what is right.
She has a heart of gold and is loyal and fierce. She takes the reins of these
merry men and leads them just as well as any man could! GIRL POWER! Scarlet is
a character we can all relate to. Scar works hard to make the people around her
comfortable and safe. She works to make those who are less fortunate, happy.
I love how Scarlet can hold her own. She can
punch out the biggest of men, out run them too and she is skilled with a knife.
Think Katniss Everdeen with a blade! Yup she is that good! (She leaves the bow
to The Hood)
There is a love triangle but Scarlet isn’t
all swoony over Rob so it isn’t really mushy. But it is sweet. Move over Maid
Marion there is a new girl in town!
I’ll
keep your heart, Scar,” he whispered. “If you keep mine.”-Robin
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