New Moon Premiere Party

Come party in the library to celebrate the realease of the film New Moon!

When: Friday, November 20th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Where: In the Melissa High School Library Media Center
What: Food, music, games, prizes, dancing, and general craziness

Let me know if you plan to attend

The Maze Runner

If I had to predict which of our books will be the "next big thing', this one would be it. If you like dystopian future books like The Hunger Games, Unwind, or the Uglies series, you're gonna love The Maze Runner.

The book's action explodes from the start with main character Thomas trapped in some sort of elevator, unable to remember much beyond his own name. When the doors clank open, he is faced with a staring mob of boys standing in an enormous courtyard, surrounded by high stone walls.

Welcome to the Glade.

Thomas learns that all the boys arrived in this strange place the same way and that a new boy comes out of the elevator every 30 days. All of the boys have had their minds wiped. The Glade is the safe center of a dangerous maze whose walls reform each day. If Thomas can unlock the riddle of the maze, perhaps he can unlock the secrets he knows are buried inside his mind. That is, if he lives long enough. Each night, horrible machine-monsters creatures called grievers come a-calling.

It's kind of Lord of the Flies meets Hunger Games, part mystery, part thriller, part survival story. You keep turning the pages because you need to know what the heck is happening to these kids and why!

Favorite Fictional Characters Who Died

This discussion was suggested to me by awesome library aide Kelly Evans. Beware of spoilers! So... here is my RIP list. feel free to add your own. P.S.- I don't count vampires cuz they are undead not dead! Ditto for characters in an afterlife like Liz in Elsewhere.







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Albus Dumbledore from HP
Sirius Black from HP
Fred Weasley from HP
Hedwig from HP
Remus and Tonks Lupin from HP
(Lots of dying in the last Harry Potter!)
Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings
Dallas Winston from The Outsiders
Johnny Cade from The Outsiders
The Tarleton Twins in Gone With the Wind
Alaska Young in Looking for Alaska
Will Keller from The Luxe
Mr. Crepsley in Cirque du Freak
Brom in Eragon
Coyotito in The Pearl
Buster Kilrain in Killer Angels
Ruth Jamison from Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Toomer from The Great Santini
Rue from The Hunger Games
and.....even though I didn't like him......Roland from Unwind

Post your own characters. Hey...maybe we could have a "Day of the Dead Character" funeral?!

Teen Read Week Read-In, Ice Cream Party, Award Winners

Wow, it's been quite a week here in the LMC. First of all, congrats to the prize winners.And, click here to see pictures from the Read-In (pajama party!), the book fair, and the Ice Cream blast. Finally, look on the top left of the blog to see the books we chose for the first annual Talon Awards . Big, big thanks to Mrs. Reyes for all her contributions to the ice cream party. She donated paper goods and toppings and got ice cream donated by Blue Bell. You rock!






Prize Drawing Winners (book fair gift certificates):
Sky Terry
Mariah Craig
Brittany Teifert
Heather Benton
Steven Flowers
Danielle Bradford
Lacey Gidney

Character Costume Contest (as voted on by the MHS staff)
Honorable Mention: McKenzie Birkhead as Vivian from Blood and Chocolate
Second Place: Caitlyn Fahey as Harry Potter
First place: Kelly Evans as Ryuk from Death Note

Poster Contest (as voted on by the MHS staff)
Honorable Mention: Heather Benton, 1984
Second place: Juan Espinosa, Cirque du Freak
First Place: Kelly Evans, Host Club

Teen Read Week Poster Contest

We had some awesome entries. MHS has a talented group or artist-readers! TRW queen Kelly Evans had the winning entry (left). Click here to see the others.

Book Commercial Videos Are Up!

One of our Teen Read Week activities was videotaping students who wanted to promote a favorite book or series. With the help of Mrs. Smith, editor extraordinaire, we created these cool vids.

I'm not even done editing and uploading yet!  Check back for more videos later.

Teen Read Week Happenings

Teen read week is in full swing here at MHS. The book fair opened Monday. Today was "Come dressed as a character from a book" day. Check out the pictures here.

Tomorrow is the judging of the poster contest. Thursday is the return of the Great Read-In! Bring your pajamas, your pillow, and something juicy to read as MHS settles in for a nice chunk of uninterrupted pleasure reading time.

Friday is the ice cream party for those who blogged about books and/or filmed book commercials. I'll take extra hot fudge, please.