2008-2009 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominees
Mrs. Lemieux rates this book an excellent read!!!
War dogs used in Vietnam were unsung heroes. Faced with intense training combined with dreadful working conditions and constant danger, they had few rewards and were often left behind to survive on their own. This incredible book, although fictional, is based on real accounts provided through interviews of Vietnam War dog handlers.
Below are links to more information on War Dogs
War Dog Association
Vietnam Dog Handler Association
POSTED BY Anne C. Lemieux AT 3/24/2008 9:07 PM
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And the winner is..................................
Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
South Carolina Junior Book Award Winner 2007-2008
What if the gods of Olympus were alive in the 21st Century? What if they still fell in love with mortals and had children who might become great heroes -- like Theseus, Jason and Hercules?
What if you were one of those children?
Such is the discovery that launches twelve-year-old Percy Jackson on the most dangerous quest of his life. With the help of a satyr and a daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction -Zeus' Master bolt. Along the way, he must face a host of mythological enemies determined to stop him. Most of all, he must come to terms with a father he has never known, and an Oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend.
POSTED BY Anne C. Lemieux AT 3/24/2008 3:20 PM
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"The Watson's go to Birmingham--1963" By Christopher Paul Curtis
The LEMS Breakfast Club was treated to a ride in the "Cash Cab" (Discovery Channel Game Show) around the Lugoff-Elgin Middle School Library. Our "Cabbie" was Mrs. Julie Stockman, the students were put out on the street if they got 3 strikes, fortunately for them they did a great job of using their "Moblie Shout Out" and the "Sidewalk Shout Outs". Thank you to Tim Rauseo, Judy Martin, Trudy Hall and Susan Brimmer for being on the other end of the phone for help.
Oh yes, I almost forgot the book we discussed was "The Watson's go to Birmingham--1963" by Christopher Paul Curtis
POSTED BY Anne C. Lemieux AT 3/10/2008 9:48 AM
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Breakfast Club
I have to say that I really enjoyed the breakfast club this past week. Mrs. Barbara Partin was the host, the book we discussed we "Dork in Disguise" by Carol Gorman. We had a panel of "Expert Dorks" that included Dr. Frank Morgan, Mr. Dan Matthews, Helen Partin and Sylvia Blackwell they all proved to be quiet knowledgable in dorkdom (is that a word). Each was deserving of being crowned "King of the Dorks" however Dr. Frank Morgan came out on top.
The next "LEMS Breakfast Club" will meet on January 25th @ 7:45 am in the Media Center.
"How Angel Peterson Got His Name" by Gary Paulsen is the selection for this meeting.
POSTED BY Anne C. Lemieux AT 12/18/2007 5:25 PM
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Breakfast Club
Friday December 14th the "LEMS Breakfast Club" will meet again, the book we will be discussing is "Dork in Disguise" by Carol Gorman. To date we have 30 students signed up to come. Mrs. Barbara Partin is the host and has a few special guests scheduled to attend. I will post a picture and let everyone know how it goes. I am so proud of how the breakfast club
has grown and look forward to the next 3 we have scheduled this year.
POSTED BY Anne C. Lemieux AT 12/07/2007 6:32 PM
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BOOKFAIR A SUCCESS!!!
Thanks to everyone who shopped at the bookfair, we sold 25% more than we did at last year's bookfair.
Tis the season we have now begun our fundraiser for the Walter M. Crowe Animal Shelter, "Claus for Paws". We have an assortment of ornaments the can be peronalized, receive a free gift bag with purchase. Also available is an assortment of holiday treats.
NOTHING OVER $2.50
POSTED BY Anne C. Lemieux AT 12/02/2007 7:30 PM
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EXTRA EXTRA New Breakfast Club Selection Announced
On December 14th the "Breakfast Club" will be discussing "Dork in Disguise" by Carol Gorman
Stop be the Media Center to sign up.
POSTED BY Anne C. Lemieux AT 11/12/2007 9:43 AM
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Book Fair and Family Night
We are having a Scholastic Bookfair Nov 13th to 19th. Lots of books to choose from you can even do some holiday shopping. Bargain book available for 1 and 2 dollars.
We will hold Family Night in conjunction with PTO Turkey Supper, also a display of student projects will be available for viewing. Have a little dinner, do some shopping and admire our fabulous student work.
POSTED BY Anne C. Lemieux AT 11/07/2007 10:07 AM
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New Reading Counts Tests
We have just recieved 180 Reading Counts tests, click on the link to view. New tests include "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", 'Sea of Monsters" , "Titan's Curse" and many more. For a complete list check out the Quizlist Interactive Link.
POSTED BY Anne C. Lemieux AT 10/31/2007 7:09 AM
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Breakfast Club
The Breakfast club got off to a good start, twenty-one students participated in the first of six clubs planned this school year. The book discussed was "A Long way from Chicago" By Richard Peck. The leader for this discussion was Mrs. Debbie Buffington. Mrs. Buffington invited Grandma Dowdel the books main character to join the discussion.
The next discussion will be on November 12th and we will be discussing "The Bully" by Paul Langan. Stop by the LMC to sign up.
POSTED BY Anne C. Lemieux AT 10/30/2007 7:58 PM
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The end of the year in the Library Media Center
The end of the year is upon us, the last day for book checkout is May 4th and the final due date is May 18th. Students may come by the LMC to clear their account and receive a treat, between May 7th and May 18th. To clear all books must be returned and all fines must be paid.
Remember to do you summer reading the list is on the front page of our website. The students who ordered books will be receiving their books during the first week in May.
Good Luck to all the 8th grade students as they move on up to the high school. Remember to visit the library often. Mrs. McNair and Mrs. Faulkenberry are a very good resource for you during your years at LEHS. I personally will miss each and everyone of you.
I am looking forward to summer and to a new school year. Plans are in the works for a Breakfast Book Club so keep you eyes open for information.
Mrs. Lemieux
POSTED BY Anne C. Lemieux AT 4/25/2007 9:11 PM
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2007-2008 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominees
Students must read at least 3 of the nominees in order to vote next January
Bound by Donna Napoli
In a novel based on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child's feet so that she alone might marry well.
Chicken Boy by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Since the death of his mother, Tobin's family and school life have been in disarray, but after he starts raising chickens with his seventh-grade classmate, Henry, everything starts to fall into place.
The Cloud Chamber by Joyce Maynard
In 1966, when his father's attempted suicide causes the ostracism of the family in their small Montana community, fourteen-year-old Nate copes with his sadness and anger by trying to win the school science fair.
 Cryptid Hunters by Roland Smith
Twins, Grace and Marty, along with a mysterious uncle, are dropped into the middle of the Congolese jungle in search of their missing photojournalist parents.
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester
Presents an historical fiction written in first-person format that follows Emma, the slave of Pierce Butler, through a series of events in her life as her master hosts the largest slave auction in American history in Savannah, Georgia in 1859 in order to pay off his mounting gambling debts.
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury
This novel is about a teen, from Honolulu, who lies about his age to enlist in the U.S Army during World War II. But Eddie Okubo, 16, is Japanese American, and the racism he encounters in the military is as terrifying to him as the fire of the enemy.
Hitch by Jeanette Ingold
To help his family during the Depression and avoid becoming a drunk like his father, Moss Trawnley joins the Civilian Conservation Corps, helps build a new camp near Monroe, Montana, and leads the other men in making the camp a success.
In Darkness, Death by Dorothy Hoobler
This is the third installment in the authors'series of intriguing mysteries set in eighteenth-century Japan, beginning with The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn. In this book, 14-year-old Seikei and his adopted father and mentor, Judge Ooka, set out to discover who murdered a powerful warlord. Signs point to a ninja, a hired assassin. But who procured the services of the ninja? Judge Ooka orders Seikei to travel to a northern town with the seemingly inept Tatsuno, who turns out to be a ninja himself.
Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game
The Liberation of Gabriel King by K.L. Going
Gabriel, a white boy who is being bullied, and Frita, an African-American girl facing prejudice, decide to overcome their many fears together as they enter fifth grade in Georgia in 1976.
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
The Revealers by Doug Wilhelm
Tired of being bullied and picked on, three seventh-grade outcasts join forces and, using scientific methods and the power of the Internet, begin to create a new atmosphere at Parkland Middle School
The Safe-Keeper’s Secret by Sharon Shinn
. When she grows up, Fiona plans to be her village's Safe-Keeper, just like her mother, Damiana, who listens to, but cannot repeat, her neighbors'most troubling stories. Fiona's own family has plenty of secrets: Fiona doesn't know her father's identity, and on the night of her birth, the king's messenger left a mysterious baby with Damiana, asking her to keep and protect the child. .
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
The Secret of Castle Cant by K.P. Bath
Travel in the eccentric, isolated Barony of Cant is exclusively by "foot or hoof or sail"; fashions from 150 years ago are "considered daringly modern"; and chewing gum, a luxury derisively termed "the cud"by enemies of the nobility, threatens to foment a civil war. Humble maidservant Lucy Wickwright agrees to spy for the anti-gum contingent, hoping to protect her mistress (the baronial heiress) from revolutionaries who wish her ill. Instead, Lucy exposes a secret that abruptly alters her relationship to Pauline von Cant, putting both in grave danger.
Shakespeare’s Secret by Elise Broach
. As usual, sixth-grader Hero's Shakespearean name prompts teasing in her new school, and her loving parents are clueless about her difficulties. Then intriguing, elderly neighbor Mrs. Roth tells her about the enormous diamond rumored to be hidden in Hero's new house. Helped by Mrs. Roth and cute eighth-grader Danny, Hero launches into a stealthy search that unearths links between the diamond's original owner and Edward de Vere, a nobleman believed by some to be the original author of Shakespeare's plays.
Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks & Me by Lisa Papademetriou
Allie Kimball discovers that middle school is a very different place than fifth grade and struggles to learn ways to fit in.
Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton
Bethany Hamilton shares the story of her lifelong love of surfing, and tells how she was able to recover and return to competition with the help of her family, friends, and faith, after losing her arm in a shark attack at the age of thirteen.
POSTED BY Anne C. Lemieux AT 3/21/2007 12:16 PM
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2006-2007 South Carolina Junior Book Award Winner is
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
POSTED BY Anne C. Lemieux AT 3/21/2007 11:48 AM
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