RHS Library November 2015 Newsletter

1. Upcoming Events
Rockwall High School
Library Newsletter
Rockwall Reads. What are you reading?
Database Spotlight:
Gale Health & Wellness
Resource Center
Rockwall High School Library’s
important sites and social media
Billiards & Chess
Club
Book Fair
Scholastic Book Fair
1st
Floor Hallway
Nov 2-6, 2015
8-4 pm
Book Club
Will meet
Thursday, Nov 12
and Thursday, Nov
19 8:05 am to 8:35
am in Library Lab
N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 5
Meets Tuesdays
and Wednesdays
3:45 pm until 4:30
pm
‘Health & Wellness Resource
Center from Gale is a
comprehensive resource for
libraries, schools, and hospitals
that provides integrated access to
medical, statistical, health, and
related information. The Health &
Wellness Resource Center features a
fully updated, intuitive interface—
providing multiple pathways to
key information. Its browser-style
format lets you read the latest
news, review a set of subject areas,
select a particular resource, or
search across the entire database.’
www.gale.com
To use any RHS database, go to
www.mackinvia.com, type in
Rockwall High School, Rockwall,
TX for school, then your student
id for both username and
password. Click
on ‘Databases’ at
left to see the
database list.

2. New Books in the Rockwall High School
Library
A new YA novel from novelist Patrick Ness, author of the award winning A
Monster Calls, The Rest of Us Just Live Here is a bold and irreverent novel
that powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable.
What if you aren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the
zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is,
with the blue lights and the death? What if you're like Mikey? Who just
wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage
to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school?
Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the
world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your
ordinary life.
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
With the help of a fellow artist named Robbie, Sierra discovers
shadowshaping, a thrilling magic that infuses ancestral spirits into
paintings, music, and stories. But someone is killing the shadowshapers
one by one -- and the killer believes Sierra is hiding their greatest secret.
Now she must unravel her family's past, take down the killer in the
present, and save the future of shadowshaping for generations to come.
Full of a joyful, defiant spirit and writing as luscious as a Brooklyn
summer night, Shadowshaper introduces a heroine and magic unlike
anything else in fantasy fiction, and marks the YA
debut of a bold new voice.
Con Academy by Joe Schreiber
Speak by Louisa Hall
It's his senior year and Will Shea has conned his way into one of the country's most
elite prep schools. But he soon runs into Andrea, a fellow con artist. With the school
not big enough for the both of them, they make a bet that whoever can con Brandt
Rush, the richest, most privileged student in the school out of $50K, gets to stay at
the school. Will starts setting up his con (an online poker scam) with his uncle
who's one of the best grifters in the business, but also with the unwanted help of
his father.. The plot thickens as Will starts falling for fellow student Gatsby, and
some of Will's lies start to catch up with him. In this twisty tale of scams, secrets,
lies and deception, it hard to figure out who's conning who!
A thoughtful, poignant novel that explores the creation of Artificial
Intelligence—illuminating the very human need for communication, connection,
and understanding. Each characters is attempting to communicate across
gaps—to estranged spouses, lost friends, future readers, or a computer program
that may or may not understand them. In dazzling and electrifying prose, Louisa
Hall explores how the chasm between computer and human—shrinking rapidly
with today’s technological advances—echoes the gaps that exist between
ordinary people. Though each speaks from a distinct place and moment in time,
all five characters share the need to express themselves while simultaneously
wondering if they will ever be heard, or understood.
All reviews by amazon.com