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Welcome to the Riverwood Middle School Media Center Webpage!

 

Sarah Lee and Danny Hinnant, Media Coordinators

 

Thanks to students and parents

for a successful Spring book fair!

BOB Team 2012-2013

Congratulations to the 2012-2013 Battle of the Books team for a job well done! They placed 4th among 12 schools in the county competition which took place at Selma Elementary School on February 28th.

Look in our Useful Links or Reading List for the Battle of the Books reading list for this year's competition.  Follow this link for the new list for the 2013-2014 competition:  http://www.ncslma.org/uploa ds/8/4/7/0/8470189/bob_list_2013-14_revised.pdf  Begin reading now!

Check out our digital books!!!! wbb33565.follettshelf.com

Students use the same user name & password that you use to sign into a library computer.

The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices From the Titanic by Allan Wolf of Ashville NC has won the North Carolina Young Adult Book Awards!  Here is a list of all of the nominees:

Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgo 

Bluefish by Pat Schmatz

The Candymakers by Wendy Mass 

Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact by A.J. Hartley 

Legend by Marie Lu

The Loser List by H.N. Kowitt

Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

The Unwanteds by Lisa McCann

The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices From the Titanic by Allan Wolf   

This is a great time to enjoy some good books.  Go to Reading Lists to find some suggestions, including the Battle of the Books reading list.

OUR RIVERWOOD MEDIA CENTER CATALOG IS ONLINE!  Students using the Internet at home can access this catalog to see if our media center has print materials that will help them with reports or projects. Bookmark this site:  http://media.johnston.k12.nc.us/common/welcome.jsp?site=122

ALA BOOK WINNERS

Newbery Medal:  The One and Only Ivan 
by Katherine Applegate

Coretta Scott King Award: Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America
by Andrea Davis Pickney

Pura Belpre Award: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
written by Benjamin Alire Saenz

For more ALA winners, visit: http://www.ala.org