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Hunger Games Book 3 Cover Revealed

Since the September release of Catching Fire, the second in Suzanne Collins' best-selling Hunger Games trilogy for teens, Internet speculation has focused on the title of the third book. The most common guess: The Victors. Not even close. Today, Scholastic reveals the title and cover of the last book in the series set in a dictatorship where teens are forced to fight to the death on TV. It's Mockingjay, out Aug. 24. In the series, mockingjays are offspring of mockingbirds and jabberjays, a government-bred mutant designed to spy on rebels. Mockingjays become symbols of resistance. Collins is finishing her screenplay of The Hunger Games, the first book. (Information taken from USA Today/ Books). To read more, click the following link - Publisher Weekly.

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February is here!!!

February is here! The shortest month of the year, maybe, but February is filled with a lot of entertainment. We express our love with chocolates and hearts in February. We ask a furry rodent to tell us whether there is more cold weather on the way in February. Mardi Gras dances upon the scene in February and Vancouver, Canada will host the 2010 Winter Olympics. Your library has gone "red" for the month of February! A display has been created displaying books with red covers. Interested in learning more about the Winter Olympics? Check out the Winter Olympics display. Come in and pick out a book from these displays or any other book that interest you. Enjoy the month with some chocolates and a good book!

Quileute Indians - "TWILIGHT" Controversy

To millions of “Twilight” fans, the Quileute are Indians whose (fictional) ancient treaty transforms young males of the tribe into vampire-fighting wolves. To the nearly 700 remaining Quileute Indians, “Twilight” is the reason they are suddenly drawing extraordinary attention from the outside — while they themselves remain largely excluded from the vampire series’ vast commercial empire. To read more, click on the following link.......The New York Times