Vikings Talk – The Night Wanderer

The new lodger in her father’s bed and breakfast has sixteen-year-old Tiffany Hunter wondering what kind of sinister happenings are going on in the woods around Otter Lake.

Join us this Wednesday at lunch when we discuss the book, The Night Wanderer by Drew Hayden Taylor. Bring your lunch and meet us in the magazine section. Everyone is welcome!

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Vikings Talk – Blink and Caution

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Blink, hoping to steal some breakfast, is forced to go on the run after stumbling upon the fake kidnapping of a CEO and recovering the man’s cell phone, and he meets up with Caution, a girl trying to ditch her drug-dealing boyfriend, who identifies Blink as a mark until he tugs at her heart strings.

Join us in the library on Wed., Jan. 29th at lunch when Vikings Talk Blink & Caution.

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Life Online: How do you Compare?

Want to know how Canadian youth use online tools? Check out this infographic that charts over 5,000 students from grade 4-11 across Canada. How do you compare?

Infographic from Media Smarts: Canada’s Centre for Digital and Media Literacy

Young Canadiana Life Online

Want to learn more? Check out the SlideShare or the Full Report.

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Vikings Talk – Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larssen

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Thirteen year old Henry’s life kind of sucks. Something horrible has happened and now he and his father have to move to Vancouver. He’s fat, he’s dorky, and he has to see a therapist. Life seems to be as bleak as it can get but soon things change for Henry without him having to change.

Join Vikings Talk at lunch in the library on Wednesday, January 15th when we discuss the book, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen. Bring your lunch and meet us in the magazine section. No spoilers and everyone is welcome!

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December 16th is the day to renew your books!

Don’t get a lump of coal for X-mas this year. Return or renew your library books! Monday, December 16th is the day to return or renew all library resources for the winter break.

FYI the library will close right after school on Friday, December 20th so be sure to borrow resources for the break before then.

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Vikings Talk – I, Witness

If you witness a violent crime and know who did it – would you tell? When does the fear of being labelled a rat overtake your instincts to do what’s right?

Boone witnesses such a crime and is on the fence of whether to tell or ignore what’s going on around him in the graphic novel, I, Witness by Norah McClintock.

Join Vikings Talk on Wednesday, December 4th at lunch when we discuss this book and it’s ideas. We meet in the magazine section and don’t forget to bring your lunch. Everyone is welcome!

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