This is the archive for 23 September 2009
Echo by Francesca Lia Block
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060281278
ISBN-13: 978-0060281274,
Courier Staff Writer
Francesca Lia Blocks’ compelling novel,
Echo, takes place in LA and is a story about a young girl with many insecurities who is looking to find what makes her special. This young girl is named Echo.
Echo wants nothing more than to be like her mother, who she considers angel-like, and her father’s attention. When her father is diagnosed with cancer her parents come closer together, and somehow leave her out. As Echo’s parents deal with the cancer, Echo goes off to find change and happiness.
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Our Welcome Back Dance is this Friday from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. in the Pavilion. Presale tickets are being sold in Colt Court during lunch for $10, or $8 w/ASB sticker. Buy your tickets now so you don’t have to wait to buy one at the door. You must have your ID card to purchase tickets and get into the dance.
Join Cross Country! Learn about your mind, body and soul!
Do you want to join the Wrestling Team? Then come to the mandatory meeting next Thursday after school in the Mat Room next to the Weight Room. Important paperwork will be given out.
Posted by courier at 12:34 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor
The James Logan girls’ volleyball team was defeated by Irvington on Tuesday by a score of 3 games to 1. Two points only decided each game and it was a great match. The first game was won by Irvington 25-23 and it was a very even game. The second game was a very winnable game for both teams but Logan had some defensive miscommunications and Irvington won the game 25-23.
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Blue Moon: The Immortals
by Alyson Noel
Format: Kindle Edition
Print Length: 304 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1 edition (July 7, 2009)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
Language: English
ASIN: B002MRRTZII unlock my car door and toss my bag on the floor, starting to slide onto my seat as I say to Damen, "Miles has rehearsal and I'm heading straight home. Want to follow?' I turn, surprised to find him standing before me, swaying ever so slightly from side to side with a strained look on his face. "You okay?' I lift my hand to his cheek, feeling for heat or clamminess, some sign of unease, even though I really don't expect to find any. And when Damen shakes his head and looks at me, for a split second all the color drains right away. But then it's over as soon as I blink. "Sorry, I just---my head feels a bit strange,' he says, pinching the bridge of his nose and closing his eyes. "But I thought you never get sick, that we don't get sick?' I say, unable to hide my alarm as I reach for my backpack.
Blue Moon is author Alyson Noel’s sequel to
Evermore, her first novel. As good as
Evermore is, this one is even better.
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The dust storm has led to
eerie red skies across Sydney.
wilf2/flickr/wikinews image.
A huge cloud of red dust driven by gale-force winds is choking Australia's biggest city, Sydney. Residents have described scenes from a Hollywood disaster movie after waking to an eerie dawn.
The suffocating haze has shrouded some of Sydney's most recognizable landmarks.
The Sydney Harbor Bridge and the Opera House were almost lost in a monstrous cloud of dust that has been whipped up by thunderstorms in drought-hit areas of the New South Wales outback.
Posted by courier at 09:37 AM. Filed under: News
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Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Dial; First Edition edition
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0803730020
ISBN-13: 978-0803730021
“True love. Do you even believe in it? I don’t. It’s a trap.”
Nancy Werlin's novel,
Impossible, inspired by the ballad "Scarborough Fair," features suspense, fantasy, and romance in the telling of its intense and original story.
All the generations of Scarborough women, about which the story centers, are cursed. They all are doomed to have children at 17, go crazy, and leave their children to fend for themselves. Lucy, however, is lucky to have a miracle happen. Her best friend, Zach, sticks with her throughout her entire pregnancy. They do research on the song, and figure out that there is a meaning behind the lyrics. The three tasks are required to be completed in order to break the curse. Lucy only has 9 months to complete these impossible tasks and save her daughter.
Posted by courier at 09:26 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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Th1rteen R3asons Why
by Jay Asher
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Razorbill; 1st edition
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1595141715
ISBN-13: 978-1595141712
"A shoebox-sized package is propped against the front door at an angle: Inside the
shoebox is a rolled-up tube of bubble-wrap. I unroll that and discover seven loose
audio tapes... The last tape has a thirteen on one side, but nothing on the back."
- - Th1rteen R3asons Why By Jay Asher
Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher is a thoughtful and complicated re-telling of a girl, a boy, and seven cassette tapes, which contain thirteen stories about thirteen people who influenced her. This novel is a dark look on high school as a whole: its social cliques, struggles for popularity, romance awkwardness, and much more. It's a story on how each of us influences others' lives in such a way that it may seem impossible. This book is full of twists and turns and keeps the reader addicted until the last page is finished. It shows that anyone can be a victim to high school drama, and that all of us weave a complicated web that can sometimes change our lives indefinitely.
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