Patricia McCormick was great!

On Monday night six CHS students joined me at Wenatchee High School to watch the movie SOLD and to hear the book's author, Patricia McCormick. Mrs. Gemeinhart and her daughter, Mrs. Kert and her daughter, and Mr. Taylor and his wife also sat with us. All the CHS students enjoyed hearing her talk about the research she did and her writing process. The movie was totally sobering, but did a great job of gently portraying the story. We viewed the 55 minute PG "school" version, but you can view the 90 minute version for free on Hoopla with a public library card. You just need to create an account using your library card number. I would encourage you to read the book SOLD if you haven't and consider reading other books by this great author, Patricia McCormick.

I met Marissa Meyer!

I attended the School Library Summit at the Washington Library Association in Tacoma this past weekend with my friend Mrs. Skaar who is the librarian at Eastmont High School. Friday night we got to go to the "Mad Hatter's Feast", the banquet inspired by Marissa Meyer's book: Heartless. We enjoyed meeting Marissa Meyer (who is from Tacoma) and I got to purchase her new book for our library. I hope you get to read her books from the series, the Lunar Chronicles, or her new book,  Renegades. 

This is what Amazon says about this first book in an exciting new series:

"From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer, comes a high-stakes world of adventure, passion, danger, and betrayal.
Secret Identities.
Extraordinary Powers.
She wants vengeance. He wants justice.
The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies―humans with extraordinary abilities―who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone...except the villains they once overthrew.  Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice―and in Nova. But Nova's allegiance is to the villains who have the power to end them both."

 It's always a thrill to meet an author and Marissa Meyer did not disappoint me.