Weekend Reads

Happy Friday! Weekend reading is all about fun, engrossing stories and characters. All titles are available in the Avonworth Resource Center (unless someone else got to them first!) This weekend, think about reading:

Somebody on This Bus is Going to be Famous by J.E. Cheaney

There are a lot of characters in this book, which can make it a little confusing, but their personalities and ambitions are what drives the mystery indicated in the title. One of these nine students will become famous, and each character has a whole host of reasons why they could be "the one". 

You can find it in the fiction section under F CHE.

Outpost by Christopher Hill

The jacket describes Outpost as "an inside-the-room memoir from one of our most distinguished ambassadors who - in a career of service to the country - was sent to some of them most dangerous outposts of American diplomacy" Ambassador Hill's career took him to the Yugoslavia as it was breaking up, Bosnia and Kosovo during their wartime, Macedonia, Poland, South Korea and finally Iraq. He also joined our students last month for a video conference.

Find it in the Biography section under B HILL

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Set in the English countryside in the late 1990's, Kazuo Ishiguro's novel is narrated by Kathy H., a 31-year-old woman who is an alumna of Hailsham. She tells readers the story of her childhood at Hailsham, and even though Kathy is placid and accepting, readers come to understand that something about Hailsham isn't quite right. It's the mystery of "what is really going on here??" that makes this read so compelling.
Find it in the Fiction section under F ISH