December/January Library Newsletter

2024-2025 Sherrard High School

General Information

Be on the lookout for our Thanksgiving/Gratitude tree starting November 14 in the library, and going through winter break. Stop by and fill out leaves about what you are thankful for!
We will have a day to relax in the library on December 12 during lunch.
Watch for more information in January for a board game day during lunch.
Additional resources can always be found on the Junior High School Library Website!
If you have any questions, please email Ms. Bennin at benninj@sherrard.us

Library Lessons/Activities

English 4 has been working on an I-Search paper.
English 1 has done some format features during library time.
Psychology has done a mental health book project as well.

November 2024 Junior Library Guild Preview Highlights

Better Faster Farther by Maggie Mertens

This nonfiction book discusses how women broke into competitive running, following a lot of resistance. This text also details what we have learned from women running.

Westfallen by Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares

When some present - day teenagers find a crystal radio that connects to teenagers from 1944, it changes the outcome of WWII - can they change it back?

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

Based on the Goose Girl fairytale, this retelling features a girl who is controlled by her sorceress mother, and must fight that control for a chance to do the right thing.

December 2024 Junior Library Guild Preview Highlights

The Story of a Heart by Dr. Rachel Clarke

This is the story of Kiera and Max, and their families, and how the heart that Max got from Kiera helped make a major difference in organ transplants in the United Kingdom.

Tangleroot by Kalela Williams

When Noni and her mother move South, Noni struggles to adjust. When she stumbles across a mystery in her new house, what will she learn about her ancestors?

To the Bone by Alena Bruzas

Set during the brutal Jamestown colony winter of 1609, an indentured servant struggles to survive the conditions in the colony and the abuse of the master of the house.