GET YOUR BOOKS! The holiday break is approaching and if there is one thing I hear every time I come back from a break, "Mr. Bott, I was bored..." to which I always say- PICK UP A BOOK! This isn't just me being a librarian here, but think of me as your brain's personal trainer. The weights are the books I supply and you better get lifting. Look, if you think you're going to sit and read a Regents exam for 3 hours in January after not having read a lick for the past two years, you're crazy!
All books checked out this week will not be due until AFTER THE BREAK- So get in here start exercising...err....READING!
Hi Everyone! I hope everyone is ready for the holiday break....I suppose I should start shopping now.
My book of the week is Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
Troy Billings is seventeen, 296 pounds, friendless, utterly miserable, and about to step off a New York subway platform in front of an oncoming train. Until he meets Curt MacCrae, an emaciated, semi-homeless, high school dropout guitar genius, the stuff of which Lower East Side punk rock legends are made. Never mind that Troy’s dad thinks Curt’s a drug addict and Troy’s brother thinks Troy’s the biggest (literally) loser in Manhattan. Soon, Curt’s recruited Troy as his new drummer—even though Troy can’t play the drums. Together, Curt and Troy will change the world of punk, and Troy’s own life, forever.
Hello everyone- I have been getting questions about the Philosophy Spot. I was out for a while to celebrate the birth of my son Oliver so the Philosophy Spot kind of took a back seat. I'm hoping to start it up again this Friday.
Circulation - We passed 600 books circulated for the school year so far! Awesome job SCLA!
As for the Book of the Week...Have you ever skipped school? Good luck trying that in Education City, the setting of my book of the week: Truancy by Isamu Fukui
In an alternate world, in a nameless totalitarian city, the autocratic Mayor rules the school system with an iron fist, with the help of his Educators. Fighting against the Mayor and his repressive Educators is a group of former students called the Truancy, whose goal is to take down the system by any means possible—at any cost.
Against this backdrop, fifteen-year-old Tack is just trying to survive. His days are filled with sadistic teachers, unrelenting schoolwork, and indifferent parents. Things start to look up when he meets Umasi, a mysterious boy who runs a lemonade stand in an uninhabited district.
Then someone close to Tack gets killed in the crossfire between the Educators and the Truants, and Tack swears vengeance. To achieve his purpose, he abandons his old life and joins the Truancy. There, he confronts Zyid, an enigmatic leader with his own plans for Tack. But Tack soon finds himself torn between his desire for vengeance and his growing sympathy for the Truants….
Isamu Fukui wrote Truancy during the summer of his fifteenth year. The author’s purpose is not just to entertain, but to make a statement about the futility of the endless cycle of violence in the world as well as the state of the educational system. And, as he put it, “I need to be in school myself if I want to write about it.”
