FHS Library Quarterly

“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”

― Christopher Paolini, Eragon / Eldest / Brisingr / Inheritance

Keep on coming in! We love having you here.

This summer, thanks to a grant from the FHS Foundation, the FHS Library was able to create new collections of books in Haitian Creole and in French, to better serve our growing populations of students who speak those languages.

Come check out some of the enticing fiction and non-fiction books we have on display for Native American Heritage month!

Ms. Maher is our newest addition to the Library, working with classes and individual students who are visiting the Library for research, book checkout and any other needs. You can find her at the desk or the Library classrooms in the afternoon, while Ms. Courchesne is elsewhere in the building teaching AP Research.

PLEASE don't forget to return your library books!

Our next book discussion will be on November 20 at 2:20pm in the library.

We'll be discussing, James, a brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, told from Jim's point of view.

Email Alison Courchesne to be included in the Google Calendar event for updates.

This book is a compilation of letters between playwright Sarah Ruhl and her student, poet Max Ritvo. Sarah and Max met in a Playwriting workshop that Sarah taught at Yale. After the course ended, they stayed in touch as both artistic collaborators and as friends. Max's life was cut short when he died of cancer in 2016, so Ruhl published this posthumous book in honor of his brief life and brilliant work. Sarah and Max's letters ponder big questions about life, art, and mortality, and their book celebrates the enduring, powerful friendships that can form between teachers and students.

After several attempts to read Frank Herbert's Dune, I finally gave up and watched the blockbuster movies that came out in 2021 and 2024. I fell in love with these worlds and characters and once again picked up a copy of Dune by Herbert, published in 1965. Nope. Didn't work. Couldn't get into it. Then, to my surprise and delight I discovered that this series has been turned into a graphic novel! I devoured Book 1 by Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert's oldest son. The language, the illustrations and the complexity of these worlds came alive on the pages. I highly recommend this series to anyone who loves the movies and wants to take a deep dive back into this sci-fi series.

Not your typical Dennis Lehane novel. I would describe this a hearty and deep tale. Set in Boston shortly after World War 1, and as always, Lehane has a knack for intertwining the landscape of Boston in the plot. (Babe Ruth even makes a cameo.) At a time of political unrest, two families find themselves caught in battles between the rich and the poor, the revolters and revolutionaries, immigrants and unwelcoming "natives" hell-bent on exerting power. The Coughlin family is white, Irish Catholic and led by a well respected policeman. Luther Laurence comes from a lower class Black family focused on getting a chance to make it big as a baseball player. The social, political and racial disparities are so encrypted in the culture that "any given day" proves both heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.

Seidule, a historian and Son of Virginia, comes to terms with the myths surrounding Lee, the much erroneously hallowed hero of the South.

Visit soraapp.com/welcome on your browser or download the "Sora, by OverDrive" app onto your phone/device: Sora on the App Store or Sora on Google Play

(Search for "MLS Commonwealth eBooks" and then use the pulldown menu to choose "Framingham Public Schools" and log in using your school email/password.)

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