The James Logan Courier

Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books and other material newly arrived, or soon-to-arrive at the James Logan Media Center.

The Boy Book: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them byE. Lockhart
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (September 26, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385732082
ISBN-13: 978-0385732086

From RandomHouse.com:
Here is how things stand at the beginning of newly-licensed driver Ruby Oliver's junior year at Tate Prep:

• Kim: Not speaking. But far away in Tokyo.
• Cricket: Not speaking.
• Nora: Speaking--sort of. Chatted a couple times this summer when they bumped into each other outside of school--once shopping in the U District, and once in the Elliot Bay Bookstore. But she hadn't called Ruby, or anything.

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

The Board of Education on Tuesday night received a report on its Ivy League partnership to improve literacy, Writing Workshop.

A research-based approach to writing instruction being implemented in association with Columbia University, Writing Workshop is a proven means of improving student achievement not only in English/language arts but also by building literacy skills that help in math and science. Built around daily teaching of writing, the program focuses on “authentic” writing and emphasizes the writing process. Published pieces are celebrated, and rubrics are used to promote consistency across grade levels and throughout the District.

By Jessica Rosales, Courier Staff Writer

The second meeting of the new club , the Female Aid Organization (FAO), started by an ambitious freshman, Jivata Raja, is tomorrow.

Raja, inspired by her Ethnic Women’s class led by Megan Safford, founded the club earlier this year. The first meeting was Feb. 8.

Raja originally did not want a club with a female theme, though males are welcome anyway, but there were already clubs such as the Youth Humane Society. Though these clubs offered her membership, Raja wanted a more active position. With support from her friends, who also hold positions in FAO, and Safford acting as supervisor, FAO was created.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 10, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2007 by Reed Elsevier, USA)

TRADE
1. The Measure of a Man. Sidney Poitier. Harper San Francisco, $14.95
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 3
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Kim Edwards. Penguin, $14
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 33
3. The Glass Castle. Jeannette Walls. Scribner, $14
Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 32
4. The Freedom Writers Diary. The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell. Broadway, $13.95
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 6
5. Dreams from My Father. Barack Obama. Three Rivers Press, $13.95
Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 18

ACTIVITY:
Tomorrow is the last day to turn in Powder Puff applications. Pick one up in Room 476.

Calling all potential election candidates! If you want to run for ASB office, come to the candidates’ meeting after school tomorrow in Room 476.

The team of Victoria Humphrey, Thandi Stewart, Jami Hardy, & Jackie Harrison ran the #2 time in the US in the 4 x 400 relay @ the Simplot Games!

By Hassina Obaidy, Courier Staff Writer

Nothing But The Truth by Avi
Hardcover: 192 pages
Paperback: 228 pages
Publisher: Scholastic (September 1, 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0531059596
ISBN-13: 978-0531059593

The genres that I usually read are either romance or mystery, but this documentary novel is quite political and controversial. The author sends a message that everyone has the freedom of speech including students of any age.

Ninth grader Philip Malloy has never been in trouble even though his new homeroom teacher Miss Margaret Narwin dislikes him. During the "respectful, silent attention," Philip hums along with the daily playing national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, which was always igonred by his old homeroom teacher.

Editor's Note: Technical difficulties prevented The Courier from publishing the following article on the proper day, so we've modified it slightly and running it now.

By Ray Dequina, Courier Opinion Editor

Ahh, Valentine's Day. It is on that day that gifts are exchanged, sweet nothings are whispered, and teenagers try desperately to express their love in its most pure form without having to deal with the consequences of a broken prophylactic.

Beautiful, isn't it?

By Dana Llarena, Courier Staff Writer

Count to Ten by Karen Rose
Mass Market Paperback: 576 pages
Publisher: Warner Vision (February 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446616907
ISBN-13: 978-0446616904

“Count to ten, and go to hell!”

Detective Mia Mitchell of the Chicago PD has seriously been having a lousy month. From burying her father, who was also a cop, and revealing hidden secrets from his past, to being ambushed by druggies and even watching her partner get shot while they control the situation. Now, after returning back to work early from her disability leave, she has been assigned to a temporary partner to solve a case that is bringing fear into peoples homes.