Parrsboro Elementary Library reorganization images

I have put together a slide show of before and after shots of the PRES library and the murals that are in the process of being created on the library walls by the very talented PRES staff member Caitilin Pelletier. Enjoy!

Book review: Monster

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Steve Harmon is sixteen and on trial for murder. Problem is, he didn't actually kill anyone but instead was accused of being the look-out for a drugstore robbery that went horribly wrong. Was he, or was it just a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time? That is what the jury is trying to find out and what Steve's lawyer is determined to prove.

Written in the form of a screenplay for a movie, Monster is Steve's experience in prison as well as in the courtroom. From witnesses on the stand to his parents' visits to him in jail, everything is covered in the movie he's writing, directing and producing. This is an intense and riveting story that I read in one sitting. Highly recommended.

4.5 stars out of 5 for Monster.

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New books for September

Fiction

Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block

A great and terrible beauty and Rebel angels by Libba Bray

Darkest hour (Mediator #4) by Meg Cabot

Deadline and Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher

Ingo by Helen Dunmore

Things left unsaid by Stephanie Hemphill

Magic or madness by Justine Larbalestier

Margaux with an X by Ron Koertge

Girl, 15, charming but insane and Girl, 16, absolute torture by Sue Lamb

Wicked lovely by Melissa Marr

One of those hideous books where the mother dies by Sonya Sones

Under the baseball moon by John H. Ritter

Spud by John van de Ruit

The rules of survival by Nancy Werlin




Nonfiction

Canada in space: the people & stories behind Canada's role in the exploration of space by Chris Gainor

Canadian women adventurers: stories of daring and courage by Tamela Georgi and Lisa Wojna

Disasters of Atlantic Canada: stories of courage & chaos by Vernon Oickle

Greatest goalies of the NHL: stories of legendary players and World's greatest soccer players: today's hottest stars by J. Alexander Poulton

Book review: Wicked Lovely

Wicked lovely by Melissa Marr

Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries.
Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries.
Rule #1: Don't ever attract their attention.

Aislinn has always been able to see faeries and now two particularly frightening ones are following her everywhere she goes. Not only that, but one of them makes himself visible and tries to talk to her. It turns out that he is Keenan, the Summer King, and he's determined to make Aislinn his Queen regardless of how she happens to feel about it. Fighting alone for her future, Aislinn must decide whether or not to tell her best friend about her secret or risk losing him, too.

I really got into this book and read it in a couple of days. There's a lot of tension between characters - Donia and Keenan, Aislinn and Seth, Beira and Keenan - which helped me get to know them and their different moods and dynamics. Despite the fact that there were a lot of characters, Marr somehow made it easy to keep track of everyone and get to know them. In the end, I couldn't put this book down.

4 stars out of 5 for Wicked Lovely.

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