DMS School Library September 2012 Newsletter

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Discovery Middle School Library
October 2012

Wow! It was a busy month. So far, I think genre-fying the library works! I'm collecting data as we go, but the library feels busier than ever!

In August we checked out 851 items and in September we checked out 1,081! We had quite a few new items come in for September so our holds were through the roof with 75 holds placed!  Can we keep the pace?

These are the Top Twenty titles checked out last month, though the report is a little wonky right now.

1. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
2. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
3. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (book club)
4. Enclave by Ann Aguirre
5. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
6. Divergent by Veronica Roth
7. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
8. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
9. The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan
10. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
11. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol (book club)
12. The Death Cure by James Dashner
13. Sidekicks by Jack Ferraiolo
14. Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien
15. The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney 
16. I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
17. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
18. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
19. Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
20. Gimme a Cal by Sarah Mylnowski

Top Search

These were the top 10 items students searched for last month:

• hunger games
• divergent
• dork diaries
• legend
• the hunger games
• warriors
• shatter me
• enclave
• big nate
• kill order

Book Clubs

Holy Moly! 30 students (20g, 10b) completed both steps to be in the 7th grade book club!! We also had 10 (10g) for 6th grade book club and 12 (12g) for 8th grade book club. 

6th graders read Sidekicks by Dan Santat 

and 

8th graders read Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol.  

Next up for each group:

6th grade - Emerald Atlas by John Stephens

and

8th grade - two books

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

These two books deal with similar subject matter so we will read both and compare. Speak is also on my Printz Challenge. 

7th graders are still in a flux as I try to decide how to make this work. I've recruited two teachers to help me out and we divided the group into 3 smaller groups.  One group is reading The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, one will read Grave Mercy by RL LaFevers and one will read Hero by Mike Lupica. As soon as books arrive, we will start our club!