Next Wednesday in the NNEC Library there will be a Christmas craft session during lunch hour.  We will be making Christmas cards incorporating recycled books.  Our session will be limited to 10 students so please stop by the library and sign up so you don't miss out! 

The results are in and the winner is.....

One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus!! Thank you to all students who read and participated in this year's Teen Reader's Choice Award.

This year's TRCA has come to a close. As we eagerly await the results of the top title for 2019 please remember to return any library books you have to the NNEC library.  All books are due in as of Friday May 31st.  Any books that are lost will require a replacement cost.  The library would rather have the books back then your money so check your lockers, classroom, cars and your house for that library book you signed out!

Don't forget voting starts May 6th for the Teen Reader's Choice Award! Stop by the library and fill out a ballot for your favorite top ten title or visit the TRCA Blog to cast your vote online.  Read one, read some or read them all and have your say in the 2019 TRCA!

10 Books: 1 Winner : 5 months!  The Teen Reader's Choice Award continues throughout the month of April.  Be sure to pick up one or more of the TRCA top 10 titles this month so you can cast your vote in May for your favorite TRCA title.

The last featured top ten title is Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson and illustrated by Emily Carroll.  Based on the well known novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson this graphic novel narrative version will not disappoint faithful readers.

“After accidentally busting an end-of-summer party due to an unnamed incident, Melinda Sordino is ostracized by her peers because she will not say why she called the police. Based off of an award winning novel by Laurie Halse Anderson.”

Check it out in the NNEC library today!

TRCA Featured title!

This week Teen Reader's Choice Award feature title is The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.

A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her own relationship to the world. The Poet X is the debut novel of renowned slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo.  - National Book Foundation

Check out this title and the other top 10 TRCA books at the NNEC library today. 

Week 8 - TRCA top 10!

5 months: 10 Books: 1 Winner  Week #8 of the TRCA is upon us!   Five students go to detention. Only four leave alive. Everyone is a suspect. Everyone has something to hide.  Everyone has secrets - how far would you go to protect them?  Check out this week’s Teen Reader’s Choice Award feature title One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus – you won’t be disappointed. Read one, read some or read them all and have your say in this year’s TRCA!

TRCA 2019 5 months 10 Books 1 Winner

Don't forget the TRCA continues until the first week of June this year.  The featured book for the week of March 11th is Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds.

“Will leaves his apartment with his brother’s gun tucked in his waistband. As he travels down on the elevator, the door opens on certain floors, and Will is confronted with a different figure from his past, each a victim of gun violence.”  Will he choose violence or peace?

This book has received the following accolades:

• A Newbery Honor Book
• A Coretta Scott King Honor Book
• A Printz Honor Book
• A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner for Young Adult Literature
• Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
• Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award
• An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fiction
• Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner
• An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2017
• A Vulture Best YA Book of 2017
• A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of 2017

Check out this book and the rest of the Top 10 at your CCRCE library today!

Share your thoughts with the CCRCE community by using the hashtag #TRCA2019 and make sure you VOTE for your favourite books on the Teen Reader's Choice Award blog!

Check it out - This week's featured TRCA top 10 title is The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antoino Iturbe. How can you keep the magic of reading alive in a world full of death?

Based on the the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. Read one. Read some. Read them all and have your say in this year's  TRCA!  #TRCA2019  5 months: 10 Books: 1 Winner

Now that exams are done and second semester is well underway stop by the library and have a look at the Teen Reader's Choice Award Top 10 titles! We are up to week 5 and the featured title is Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner. What if you could spend one last day with someone you lost? Check out this title and more on the TRCA blog! Read one, read some, read them all and have your say in this year's TRCA! #TRCA2019  5 Months: 10 Books: 1 Winner

The 2019 TRCA top ten titles have been released!

The top ten nominees are:

• The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater
• City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson
• Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
• Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
• Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner
• The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
• Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
• One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
• Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson;  illus. by Emily Carroll

Check out the TRCA blog for more information about the top ten titles and their authors.  Each week a different top 10 title will be highlighted on the CCRCE library services page and the blog.  New this year - each top ten title has their own bookmark! Stop by the library to collect one for this week's feather title The 57 Bus: A  True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater.  Read one, read some, read them all and have your say in this year's TRCA vote.  5months: 10 Books: 1 Winner  #5:10:1  #TRCA2019

Students are reminded to return any outstanding library books before first semester classes’ end. Then you can pick up a great read from one of our new books in the NNEC library before exams begin!  Realistic fiction, mystery, historical and sports fiction, graphic novels, non-fiction, and an anthology of stories, poems and art representing native women are just some of what you will find!  Hope to see you soon and happy reading from the NNEC library.

Brave by Svetlana Chmakova

"In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different - math is hard, getting along with friends is hard...Even finding a partner for the class project is a big problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure's on even more once the school newspaper's dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw Jensen into the whirlwind f school news, social experiment projects, and behind-the-scenes club drama. Jensen's always played the middle school game one level at a time, but suddenly, someone's cranked up the difficulty setting. Will those daring daydreams of his finally work in his favor, or will he have to find real solutions to his real life problems?" -- Provided by publisher.  (Worldcat.org)

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Justyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can't escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates.  Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out.  Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up—way up, sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly. Shots are fired. Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs. In the media fallout, it's Justyce who is under attack. - Amazon.ca

#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale

Whether looking back to a troubled past or welcoming a hopeful future, the powerful voices of Indigenous women across North America resound in this book. In the same style as the best-selling Dreaming in Indian, #Not Your Princess presents an eclectic collection of poems, essays, interviews, and art that combine to express the experience of being a Native woman. Stories of abuse, humiliation, and stereotyping are countered by the voices of passionate women making themselves heard and demanding change. Sometimes angry, often reflective, but always strong, the women in this book will give teen readers insight into the lives of women who, for so long, have been virtually invisible.  - Amazon.ca

Blue Water Hues by Vicki Delaney

Paramedic Ashley Grant is settling into her new life in the Caribbean, although sometimes she still feels like a fish out of water. The ambulance is called to a fire at a prestigious resort, and Ashley recognizes the victim as a hotel chef and the cousin of her friend Darlene. When a second death occurs, the police are quick to close the case. But Darlene isn't satisfied, and she drags the unwitting Ashley into the investigation. Does this idyllic beach resort have a dark side? - Amazon.ca

Blue Water Hues is the second book in the Ashley Grant Mystery series.

What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper

After losing her family and everything she knew in the Nazi concentration camps, Gerta is finally liberated, only to find herself completely alone. Without her papa, her music, or even her true identity, she must move past the task of surviving and on to living her life. In the displaced persons camp where she is staying, Gerta meets Lev, a fellow teen survivor who she just might be falling for, despite her feelings for someone else. With a newfound Jewish identity she never knew she had, and a return to the life of music she thought she lost forever, Gerta must choose how to build a new future. - Amazon.ca