Looking for some resources to help with your homework? Don’t have time to go to the library? The library has new eBooks that are great for using for your homework, and you don’t have to check them out – you just use them online. Find them in this blog, under Library Collection, Gale eBooks. Take a look!!
Just for FUN!! Stop by the library and pick up a printed origami bookmark that you fold yourself. Watch the video to learn how to fold them. 
This week’s featured book is The Inheritance Games, by Jennifer Barnes. Listen to the first chapter here. You can check the book out at the Skyview Library, or find it on Sora.
Genre: Mystery
About the Book: Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why — or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man’s touch — and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.
Come to the library to check out a book from the holiday reads collection, or browse the collection here. Don’t forget that you can place a book on hold and get the book delivered to your classroom. Here’s how.
You can now check out magazines through Sora!! You can check them out and they don’t count toward your total allowed checkouts. Go to Sora and login with your normal student ID number and password. There are several titles, but here are a few:
The Inheritance Games, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Listen to the first chapter here. You can also watch the book trailer here.
Genre: Mysteries
About the Book: Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why — or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man’s touch — and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.
With Thanksgiving coming soon, I have gathered a collection of books that will inspire
gratitude and thankfulness. Browse the collection here and come to the library to check them out!
Not feeling particularly thankful? Watch this short video about gratitude (you may have to login with your KPBSD ID & password).
Every Friday I will try to post the first chapter of a featured book. This week’s book is Found, by Joseph Bruchac. You will find it in the Skyview Library. Listen to the first chapter here. Check it out! For more titles, click on the First Chapter Fridays link on the right side of the blog page.
Genre: Survival; Thriller and Suspense
About the Book: Nick, a teenage Native American survival expert, needs to avoid being found by the outlaws in relentless pursuit of him. Can he stay safe until the odds are in his favor?
Find everything you need here to learn about the Battle Books! Visit the library soon to get your copy.
Before you visit the library, check out this short presentation. It will help you understand how the Skyview library works!