Most frequently borrowed books

I ran a search in the library catalogue today to find the books that have been borrowed the most often, and which have been borrowed at least once since October. The bold number is how many times each book has been checked out.

1. Saving Grace by Darlene Ryan - 22

2. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer - 21

3. Tie: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and The trouble with Liberty by Kristin Butcher - 18

5. I.D. by Vicki Grant - 16

6. Tie: Cirque du Freak: the saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan, Tithe by Holly Black, No more pranks by Monique Polak, and Home invasion by Monique Polak - 15

10. Exit point by Laura Langston - 14

Not surprisingly, two books in the Twilight series are near the top. What I actually didn't expect is that 6 of the top ten are Orca Soundings books, but given how many are borrowed at any given time I shouldn't have been surprised.

Shelburne students win prestigious video prize

A group of students at Shelburne Regional High School had their video chosen as one of 10 national finalists (and the only finalist from Atlantic Canada) in the Racism. Stop It! National Video Competition.

View the video and read a news article about the group.

GLBTQ books at the library

Over the past year or so, I have been making a point of purchasing more GLBTQ (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning) books for the library. When the 2008 Rainbow List was released last year, I went through the library collection to see what books we had and discovered a grand total of 3. In less than a year, we have 13 more and I will be purchasing a number of other books in the next several weeks to support the brand new Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) at the high school. I'm delighted and honoured to be one of the GSA staff advisors!

To be clear, books that I consider GLBTQ are relevant nonfiction and fiction with either a GLBTQ main character or important secondary character, or about GLBTQ topics.

**Updated yet again in June 2011.

**Updated April 2010 to reflect new purchases.

**Update Feb. 20, 2009: the Student Union here at PRHS made a donation to the library and I have purchased 7 more GLBTQ books. I have updated the list to reflect that.

Fiction

Tithe by Holly Black

Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block

Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks

The Manny files by Christian Burch

The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Naomi and Eli's no-kiss list by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Down to the bone by Mayra L. Dole

King of the screwups by K. L. Going

Soulless by Christopher Golden

Two parties, one tux, and a very short film about the Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman

Eon: Dragoneye reborn by Alison Goodman

The last exit to Normal by Michael Harmon

Totally Joe by James Howe

Another kind of cowboy by Susan Juby

My most excellent year by Steven Kluger

Boy meets boy by David Levithan

Gravity by Leanne Lieberman

Ash by Malinda Lo

Crush by Carrie Mac

Hero by Perry Moore

Luna by Julie Anne Peters

What happened to Lani Garver by Carol Plum-Ucci

Crossover by Jeff Rud

Getting it by Alex Sanchez

So hard to say by Alex Sanchez

Big guy by Robin Stevenson

Inferno by Robin Stevenson

Freak Show by James St. James

Skim by Mariko Tamaki

The boy in the dress by David Walliams

Bad boy by Diana J. Wieler

Hard love by Ellen Wittlinger


Nonfiction

GLBTQ: the survival guide for queer and questioning teens by Kelly Huegel

The full spectrum: a new generation of writing about gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, and other identities edited by David Levithan

What if someone I know is gay?: answers to questions about what it means to be gay and lesbian by Eric Marcus

PRHS Library's GLBTQ book montage

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February school newsletter and calendar

The February Parrsboro Schools Newsletter is viewable online as a PDF file. The calendar of February events is also included.