Nathan Hale High School Library Blog

Kristin Cashore Visits NHHS Library

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:05:43 +0000

Kristin Cashore, highly acclaimed young adult novelist, spoke to our ninth grade academies yesterday. Ms. Cashore discussed her newly published books, Fire and Graceling. She also shared some insight about her own writing process with examples from her notebooks. Ms. Cashore credits her parents for some of her success because they encouraged her to pursue the things she loved. Writing was clearly on her list.

Banned Book Week September 26 - October 3

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:05:29 +0000

Explore some of the books that have been challenged or banned elsewhere, but are available in the Nathan Hale High School Library!

Classics List-
1. A Room With A View, E.M. Forester
2. The Old Man and the Seat, Ernest Hemingway
3. The World According to Garp, John Irving
4. Beloved, Toni Morrison
5. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. Ulysses, James Joyce
7. Animal Farm, George Orwell
8. The Call of the Wild, Jack London
9. Orlando, Virginia Woolf
10. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Contemporary List -

1. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
2. Gossip Girl, Cecily Von Zeigesar
3. The Color Purple, Alice Walker
4. The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier
5. Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling
6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
7. The Blues Eye, Toni Morrison
8. Athletic Shorts, Chris Crutcher
9. TTYL, Lauren Myracle
10. Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya

Dr. Paul Farmer speaks at University of Washington

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:54:23 +0000

Mountains Beyond Mountains (2004) by Tracey Kidder

Dr. Paul Farmer, subject of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Mountains Beyond Mountains” and co-founder of Partners In Health, will speak about the current climate of global health on Thursday, June 18 from 6–7:30 p.m. in Kane Hall Room 130. The free event, “A Conversation with Dr. Paul Farmer Moderated by Dr. Chris Elias,” is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 5:15 p.m.

See details about this free event.

Join Ellen Hopkins, author of “Crank,” as she reads from her new book, “Identical.”

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:08:34 +0000

Ellen Hopkins, The New York Times bestselling and award winning YA author, has done it again with another breakthrough novel. “Identical” is told from the point of view of 16-year-old identical twin girls .

Thursday, May 14. 7:30 P.M.

Seattle Public Library, Central Branch

Spring Poetry Competition: Poetry Inspired by Art and Literature

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:36:31 +0000

Among poets, there is a great tradition of composing verses based on works of art. During National Poetry Month, we invite Nathan Hale students to set their minds to this challenge, extending the idea to poetry about literature, too. Through May 15th, the Nathan Hale Library will be accepting submissions for our Spring Poetry Competition. The competition will conclude with a poetry slam in the library and the announcement of two prize-winning poems, one chosen by judges and the other selected randomly. The winning poems will be read on the air at C89.5, Nathan Hale’s own radio station.

Instructions and submissions forms are available in the library and also on this website (doc) & (pdf).

Newly-Arrived in the Nathan Hale Library: Spring Reading Suggestions

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:39:53 +0000

The Fortunes of Indigo Skye (2008) by Deb Caletti

Eighteen-year-old Indigo is looking forward to becoming a full-time waitress after high school graduation, but her life is turned upside down by a large check given to her by a customer who appreciates that she cares enough to scold him about smoking.

Paper Towns (2008) by John Green

One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin “Q” Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q’s neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.

Touching Snow (2007) by M. Sindy Felin

Karina’s stepfather is arrested for child abuse but she keeps silent about his actions and even takes the blame for her sister’s injuries. Can she share her secret with anyone?

Unwind (2007) by Neal Shusterman

Three teens embark upon a cross-country journey in order to escape from a society that salvages body parts from children ages thirteen to eighteen.

Skim (2008) Words by Mariko Tamaki ; drawings by Jillian Tamaki.

Wiccan goth teen Kimberly Keiko Cameron sinks into a growing depression after her classmate’s ex-boyfriend kills himself, sparking a school revolution that forces all the students to redefine themselves.