5 Young Adult Authors @RHS Monday, February 11th

Young Adult Author Panel

 Monday, February 11^th five highly acclaimed young adult authors will be visiting Radnor High School for a very special event! You are invited to bring your class to the Black Box during 7^th period for a discussion and Q & A. Book signing will continue into 8^th period.

 

Below is a list of the visiting authors as well as their websites.  Please take a moment to read about them and their books.

 

April Lindner- http://www.aprillindner.com/

Jonathan Maberry- http://www.jonathanmaberry.com/

Tiffany Schmidt- http://www.tiffanyschmidt.com/

Victoria Schwab- http://www.victoriaschwab.com/

K. M. Walton - http://www.kmwalton.com/

 

If you are interested in having a book signed by any of the authors these books will be available at a 20% discount the day of the visit. 

See Mrs. Wetzel for more details. Hope to see you there!

Planned in conjunction with: Children’s Book World

17 Haverford Station Road Haverford, PA 19041 www.childrensbookworld.net

American Library Association announces 2013 youth media award winners | American Libraries Magazine

American Library Association announces 2013 youth media award winners | American Libraries Magazine

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)

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?

Video Tutorial

Quick Start Guide

List of Content by Publisher

 

Search "Safari Montage" to download the free app for your device.

See Mrs. Wetzel for more information.

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:

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.