Simply Divine by Jacquelin Thomas 2006, Pocket Books Main Character: Divine Matthews-Harrison Divine is a middle-schooler embroiled in the life of her pop-star mother. She knows all about her father’s addictions and infedelities. She’s been trained on how to appear for the press when in public. She lives on the surface. Suddenly, her world crumbles… Read More BOOK REVIEW: Simply Divine
Found on the LM_NET listserv this weekend: Nicholas Kristof, a columnist with the New York Times is seeking to raise wareness about conditions in Africa. Last year he took a university tudent with him to observe and report what is happening. Last year’s student visited the Central African Republic and Cameroon. This year he is… Read More Wanna go to Africa?
From my YALSA listserv, I’ve received a link to the America Reads Spanish e-newsletter #9 with the REFORMA logo. You are encouraged to contribute to the “The Essential Guide to Spanish Reading” – by recommending your patrons’ favorite books in Spanish as well as yours.
I had to mediate what was about to boil into a fight today in my media center. Two young ladies, who seemed to think they were ‘friends’, were about to go at it over gossip one was spreading about the other. We were in the dean’s office and one of the girls just wanted to… Read More The Fight: Real Life
The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust funds Legacy Scholars, a scholarship program supporting incoming college freshmen who have been reaised in the child welfare system, college-age youth and adults with disabilities and returning students older than 25 who have dependants. The scholarship pays full in-state tuition at IUPUI or IVY Tech, books, school fees and… Read More Scholarship Opportunity
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