Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Model United Nations Discussion

For sharing info on research and procedures

http://nccscougar.org/HS.cfm?subpage=1414995 is the website for all the Model UN official documents.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Star Wars Tales From The Mos Eisley Cantina Edited By Kevin J. Anderson

Sixteen stories from the most infamous cantina in the universe. By some of today's leading writers of science fiction.

Ina a far corner of the universe , on the small desert planet of Tatooine, there is a dark, nic-i-tain-filled cantina where you can down your favorite intoxicant while listening to the best jazz riffs in the universe. But beware your fellow denizens of this pangalactic watering hole, for they are cutthroats and cutpurses, assassins and troopers, humans and aliens,gangsters and thieves.                                                                                                                                  

Friday, January 13, 2017

Dark Goddess by Sarwat Chadda

  Still reeling from the death of her best friend, Kay, Billi is thrust into action when the Templars are called to investigate werewolf activity.  And these werewolves are like nothing Billi has ever seen.
  They call themselves the Polenitsy-Man-Killers.  These ancient warrior women of Eastern Europe were supposedly wiped out centuries ago.  But now they've come out of hiding and are on the hunt for a Spring Child-an oracle powerful enough to start a Fimbulwinter that will wipe out humankind for good.
  To reclaim the Spring Child and save the world, Billi needs to earn the trust of Ivan Romanov, a young Russian soldier who is suspicious of people in general, and of Billi in particular.
  Folklore and myth become darkly real in this stunning adventure, a story of the world running out of time.  And of Billi SanGreal, the only one who can save it.

I Was Here by Gayle Forman

When her best friend, Meg, drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandablt shocked and devestated.  She and Meg shared everything-so how was there no warning?  But when Cody travels to Meg's college town to pack up the belongings left behind, she discovers that there's a lot Meg never told her.  About her roomates, the sort of people Cody never would have met in her dead-end town in Washington.  About Ben McCallister, the boy with a guitar and a sneer, and some secretes of his own.  And about an encrypted computer file that Cody can't open-until she does, and suddenly everything Cody thought she knew about her best friend's death gets thrown into question.

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

A small piece of parchment with an age-old code leads Professor Hardwigg, his nephew Harry, and their Icelandic guide Hands on a never-to-be-forgotten journey down to the center of the earth. Following the trail of a man who had been dead for centuries-but who claimed to have reached the center of the earth and returned- they encounter rock tunnels, underground seas, wild weather, prehistoric animals, giant cavemen, and a might volcano...all combining to try to prevent them from completing their JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.