EDHS & White Pine Book Club

Check it out! The OLA has created a site where you can share your ideas with students from around the province.  And, there are contests that you can enter including: Forest Video Challenge Deadline Jan  15/15 Why is the Forest of Reading Important to you, video Deadline Mar 15/15 Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover Deadline Mar 15/15 Readers Book Review Challenge Deadline Apr   1/15 For details,  click here

Here are some things that we could discuss at our meeting: 1. In what ways does the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 change America? What lasting inventions and ideas did it introduce into American culture? What important figures were critically influenced by the Fair? 2. At the end of the book, Larson suggests that, "exactly what motivated Holmes may never be known" (395). What possible motives are exposed in the story? Why is it important to try to understand the motives a person like Holmes? 3. In what ways is The Devil in the White City like a novel? 4. What is the essential difference between men like Daniel Burnham and Henry H. Holmes? Are they alike in any way?

Just a reminder that we will be meeting at lunch in the Library Seminar Room to discuss The Devil in the White City. Bring your lunch. Dessert and drinks will be provided. See you in the Library!

Based on your feedback, here is an historical fiction, The Devil in the White Cit y, and a mystery/thriller, Bones Never Lie , by Kathy Reichs, on whose series the TV show Bones is based. Let me know by Friday, September 26th which one you'd prefer. To vote, see Mr. Feick for a ballot.  See you in the Library! Erik Larson... intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction. Image and text from  http://ugdsb.lib.overdrive.com/0CFD6710-371F-41E9-8C2F-2DDF7C7AD192/10/45/en/ContentDetails.htm?id=CF5326E9-9287-472D-93F2-66587F07BFA7#descExpand Temperance "Tempe" Brennan faces down the demons of her past in the seventeenth thriller in Kathy Reichs's phenomenally successful Bones series. Unexpectedly called ...

Click the cover to see a book trailer Currently reading The Skin Map, by Stephen Lawhead. Books should be available for pickup by November 27, 2013. See Mr. Feick for your copy.

Ivanhoe is the October/November read. The first chapter is difficult to get through--it's a history lesson. But the story begins in Chapter 2 and Mr. Mackinnon says it's great! If you haven't picked up your book yet, you'll need to see Mr. Feick next week. Next meeting: Friday, November 22.

Through UG2GO we have access to thousands of free, classic e-books. All you have to do is:     -go to the Library Home Page,     -click on UG2GO,     -open the big blue "Read" tab,     -select "Overdrive e books and audio books". You will need to log in with your user id (same one you use for school computers and UGCloud).     -Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "Project Gutenberg". Here you will find links that sort the collection by genre or you can search for a specific title. The cool thing is, we can all have our own copy. Circulation of  e-books available through libraries are, like paper books, limited to the number of copies purchased by the library. Check it out! See you in the library, October 4.