Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Tolt Booktalks Redux

Since I can't seem to get the Carnation Library's Blog to take my update (or at least, take it in any practical way that makes the post visible) here's the information on my kcls27things homework blog:

I've been booktalking at Tolt Middle School and thought you all might like to have a handy (annotated) list of the titles. Please note that the titles are also links to the KCLS catalog.

Mythbusters: Don’t Try This At Home* (507.8) *Unless we tell you how to. Which we will.

I Wanna Re-Do My Room (745.5) Everything you need to know to make your room fabulously yours.

The Acme Catalog (818.602) From portable holes to personal rocket-launchers (Warning: most products won’t work on roadrunners).

Bodies from the Ashes (937.7) Strange and pitifully preserved from the volcanic eruption (A.D. 79) at Pompeii.

How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot: An old self-help book turns Steph from outcast to queen bee.

Samurai Shortstop by Alan Gratz: Baseball or tradition? in early 1900s Japan, Toyo’s father’s life hangs on the answer...

The Coming of Dragons by A. J. Lake: When the dragon Torment returns, it’s up to a king’s son and sailor-girl with strange gifts to save their kingdom.

True Talents by David Lubar: Psychic powers are way cool, until you’re kidnapped by ruthless men who want to experiment with you...

Kiki Strike by Kirsten Miller: Four renegade girl-scouts led by the mysterious Kiki Strike take on the Shadow City beneath New York..

A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Moss: What if you saw numbers and sounds as colors—?

Polly & the Pirates (Graphic Novel) by Ted Naifah: Kidnapped by Pirates to become their Queen...

Vampire High by Douglas Rees: He’s the token “normal” in a school for vampires....

Her Majesty’s Dog (Graphic Novel) by Mick Takeuchi: She’s a powerful, lovely psychic. He’s her handsome guardian spirit. Together they fight the vengeful dead in Tokyo’s elite high school.

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