New Arrival: Angel

Have you been reading the best-selling Maximum Ride series? If so, we've got the latest book, Angel by James Patterson.

Here's what Destiny says about Angel:

"Heartbroken after her best friend and soul mate, Fang, leaves her flock, Maximum Ride begins to believe the evil scientists trying to convince her she needs to save the world, and that Dylan, the newest member of her flock, is her perfect mate."

Pick it up today!

Dogs Jumping Rope!

Who knew?

Library Tip of the Week

Did you know you can put your own books on hold? You can!

Here's how:

1) Go to Smith's Destiny library page.
2) In the upper right hand corner, click "Login."
3) Enter your student id number (sxxxxxx) and password.
4) If you logged in correctly, your name should display in the upper right hand corner.
5) Now, do a search of the book you want to put on hold.
6) When you find the book, click on its title to bring up its detailed information.
7) Off on the right side, you should see a red symbol that says "Hold It."
8) Click on that symbol.
9) You're done! When the book comes in, Mr. Thomson will check it out to you.

Keep in mind that when you put a book on hold, you are put in a queue. There could be one or five or twenty people in front of you that get to check the book out before you do. Also, holds expire after a few weeks. So if you put a book on hold and you don't get the book in a month or so, put in another hold.

BoTW: Heist Society

Heist Society by Ally Carter reminds me of the movie Ocean's 11. Both involve a main character with a burglar background who has to assemble a team of fellow thieves and orchestrate a complex heist.

In the case of Heist Society, Katarina "Kat" Bishop recruits her friend Hale and cousin Gabrielle to match wits with an international criminal Arturo Taccone. Taccone thinks that Kat's dad, an infamous cat-burglar, broke into his high-tech fortress and stole his collection of priceless art. Kat's father denies that he is behind the heist, but Taccone doesn't believe him and threatens to kill him if the art isn't promptly returned.

Up to now, Kat has tried to leave her cat-burglar career behind her. She's a natural thief,a chip off her father's block, but she longs to live a normal, law-abiding life. However, Kat can't just stand aside when someone threatens her father. She takes it upon herself to investigate the heist, discover who actually pulled it off, and exonerate her father.

Does Kat succeed? Read Heist Society, a 2011 Lonestar book and find out!

New Arrival! Cloaked

Did you read Beastly by Alex Flinn? Or maybe you saw the movie this past spring? If so, you might want to read its sequel, Cloaked.

Destiny summarizes Cloaked as, "Seventeen-year-old Johnny is approached at his family's struggling shoe repair shop in a Miami, Florida, hotel by Alorian Princess Victoriana, who asks him to find her brother who was turned into a frog."

Swing by the library and checked out Cloaked today!

Repost of Baby Monkey!

Did you miss the Baby Monkey Riding Backwards on a Pig YouTube video? Or do you need to see it again? And again? And again?

Well here it is! Enjoy!

The Library Is Open for Business!

We had 6th grade classes visit the library all last week. They were treated to a special viewing of the YouTube sensation Baby Monkey Riding Backwards on a Pig and a review of how to check a book out from the library. They also got to check out books!

A reminder, everyone can check out up to two books for two weeks and one magazine for three days. Only one of those books can be a manga or graphic novel. There's lots of opportunities to visit the library, but make sure you come with a pass during a class or advisory.

We'll see you in the library!