February 2013 discussion: Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Pure by Julianna Baggott

Check out the Lost Archives of Pure page (U.K.) for maps, signs, and audio recordings.









Book Trailer

City of Bones

Author Cassandra Clare's website.

The Mortal Instruments series








FAQ's about the City of Bones movie

Movie Trailer sneak preview (Movie to be release August 23, 2013)

Behind the book Ashfall

Wondering about the Yellowstone supervolcano? Find out more at this site: U.S. Geological Survey: University of Utah.

This image, from the USGS site, shows the path of the ashfall from eruptions millions of years ago. It allows you to see how Alex's home in Iowa was affected.


The USGS also has some great videos to explain the Yellowstone supervolcano:








Check out these articles for interviews with the author and extra info.

Mike Mullin, Author

Science of Ashfall Author Spotlight: Guest Post with Mike Mullin

Researching Supervolcanoes with Mike Mullin

What You Need to Survive a Supervolcano

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Our next book club discussion is Monday, May 2 @ lunch. Stop by the RHS library to pick up your free copy of the book now & get reading!!

The Brothers Torres

Our next book club discussion is Monday, March 28 @ lunch. Stop by the RHS library to pick up your free copy of the book now & get reading!!

Book Club begins!!

Sign up for "Dope Sick" on February 14 @ 3:05pm in the Roosevelt Library. See Ms. French for more info.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

2011 Great Stories CLUB books

Visit Jennifer Brown's website.







Visit Walter Dean Myers' website.






Visit Coert Voorhees' website.

Welcome to FCI Ashland

Find out a bit about the prison where author Jack Gantos served his time. FCI Ashland

Marijuana use. How does it really affect you?

Image from the National Institute on Drug Abuse publication: "Drugs: Shatter the Myths"

Books that filled the hole for Gantos

•Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

•Peter Pan by James M. Barrie

•Artificial Paradises by Charles Baudelaire

•An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

•This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski

•The Delicate Prey by Paul Bowles

•On the Yard by Malcolm Braly

•Naked Lunch by William S.Burroughs

•Papillon by Henri Charrière

•Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

•The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

•Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

•The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

•The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

•The Thief’s Journal by Jean Genet

•The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

•The Odyssey by Homer

•On the Road by Jack Kerouac

•One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

•Martin Eden by Jack London

•Billy Budd by Herman Melville

•Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James N. Hall

•The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

•Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

•Seven Long Times by Piri Thomas

•The Car Thief by Theodore Weesner

•The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

•A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

•Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe

•Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

Boating & Sailing Lingo

Boating Basics Glossary of Terms

Boating Basics Online

Jib-part of a sail
Port-left side
Starboard-right side
Bow-front
Stern-back
Fore-toward the bow (front)
Aft-toward the stern (back)
Buoy-An anchored float used for marking a position on the water or a hazard
Hatch-An opening in a boat's deck fitted with a watertight cover
Screw-A boat's propeller.
Cleat-A fitting to which lines are made fast (tied).
Stanchion-upright or vertical
Gaff-part of the sailing rig
Boom-pole at the bottom of the sail
Dinghy-A small open boat
Mast-tall vertical pole to which the sails are attached
Galley-kitchen
Bowspirt-pole extending off the front of the boat for the sail.
Porthole-window
Rudder-A vertical plate or board for steering a boat
Trawler-type of boat
Sextant-navigational tool, like a compass, used to measure direction using the sky & stars.
Keel-centerline of the boat (underneath) running from front to back

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