Friday, February 1, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Radnor HS February Book Discussion
February 27th. Black Box. All lunches. All are welcome!
The Other Wes Moore
Two kids with the same name lived in the same decaying city. One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation.
In December 2000, the Baltimore Sun ran a small piece about Wes Moore, a local student who had just received a Rhodes Scholarship. The same paper also ran a series of articles about four young men who had allegedly killed a police officer in a spectacularly botched armed robbery. The police were still hunting for two of the suspects who had gone on the lam, a pair of brothers. One was named Wes Moore.
Wes just couldn’t shake off the unsettling coincidence, or the inkling that the two shared much more than space in the same newspaper. After following the story of the robbery, the manhunt, and the trial to its conclusion, he wrote a letter to the other Wes, now a convicted murderer serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. His letter tentatively asked the questions that had been haunting him: Who are you? How did this happen?
That letter led to a correspondence and relationship that have lasted for several years. Over dozens of letters and prison visits, Wes discovered that the other Wes had had a life not unlike his own: Both had grown up in similar neighborhoods and had had difficult childhoods, both were fatherless; they’d hung out on similar corners with similar crews, and both had run into trouble with the police. At each stage of their young lives they had come across similar moments of decision, yet their choices would lead them to astonishingly different destinies.
Told in alternating dramatic narratives that take readers from heart-wrenching losses to moments of surprising redemption, The Other Wes Moore tells the story of a generation of boys trying to find their way in a hostile world. (Summary from Goodreads)
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Videos
Students now have access to
Safari Montage: Online Video Streaming!
Click this link: https://safari.bucksiu.org/SAFARI/montage/login/login.php
Username/Password: Use your RHS NETWORK LOGIN.
You will have to select Radnor School District from the dropdown list.Select the letter “ R", then select “Radnor High School."
Need help?
Search "Safari Montage" to download the free app for your device.
See Mrs. Wetzel for more information.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Reading Buddies @RML
Radnor Memorial Library/ RHS Library Reading Buddies Program
Are you looking for a volunteer opportuniy? Do you enjoy reading? Do you want to work with young children (K-3) to help increase their literacy? Do you have one afternoon a week to volunteer?
Reading Buddies is a free reading program that pairs teen volunteers with K-3rd grade readers. Each pair will meet once a week to read together.
Print the application from the RHS library's website. See Mrs. Wetzel or Dr. Swinehart for more information.
The William C. Morris YA Debut Award
Have you ever checked out YALSA's online blog, The Hub? This recent post discusses the William C. Morris Award honoring a debut novel by a first-time author for teens. It gives a wonderful summary of the book, Seraphina. You can check this book out from the RHS Library today! Curious about the other 2013 finalists? Here they are, taken from the Young Adult Library Services Association's website:
Monday, December 10, 2012
What Comes After The Fault in Our Stars?
Did you love The Fault in Our Stars?
Check out this link to The Hub blog to see what to read next!
Here's a quick preview:
Stop by the RHS library to make your next book selection for Winter Break.
Check out this link to The Hub blog to see what to read next!
Here's a quick preview:
Stop by the RHS library to make your next book selection for Winter Break.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
RHS January Book Discussion
All are welcome. Bring your lunch to the Black Box on January 23rd to discuss The Scorpio Races by Magge Stiefvater! Winner of many awards:
It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die.
At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them.
Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn’t given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition — the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen. (Goodreads)
Audiobook available through Radnor Memorial Library's website: http://digitallibrary.delcolibraries.org/60CE42CF-ED1D-4A3B-BD37-286815E2F9FE/10/451/en/SearchResults.htm?SearchID=6660237s
All are welcome. Bring your lunch to the Black Box on January 23rd to discuss The Scorpio Races by Magge Stiefvater! Winner of many awards:
It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die.
At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them.
Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn’t given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition — the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen. (Goodreads)
Audiobook available through Radnor Memorial Library's website: http://digitallibrary.delcolibraries.org/60CE42CF-ED1D-4A3B-BD37-286815E2F9FE/10/451/en/SearchResults.htm?SearchID=6660237s
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