http://www.countylibrary.org/tul.htm                The Tullis Tattler takes a long time to download, but tells “what’s up.”                     

Capricorn Anderson only knows one person . . . her name is Rain.  Together they have lived in a hippie commune for all of his 13 years. An emergency leads “Cap” into modern civilization where cell phones, lockers, and iPods are foreign to him.  He is forced to go to the local junior high where [...]

Members of the Mysterious Benedict Society are gifted in different ways, and must work together to unhinge the secrets and challenges that they are faced with.  They are just kids, but are expected to save the world with their wits.  Their spy mission is not only challenging, but dangerous.  The reader is able to play along, using [...]

I am currently reading THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY by Trenton Lee Stewart.  It is a Lone Star book, but it is really long. . . I’ll let you know.

Since I challenge students to read books from the Texas Lone Star Reading List  http://www.txla.org/groups/yart/lone0809a.doc  I also read them.  From last year’s list I read 18/20. This year I hope to read them all.  So I have already started!  Oh, and by the way, all of the Lone Star books can be found in our [...]

It took me 4 1/2 hours to read a diary of a girl written in almost 3 years.  I don’t even know her name. The author is “Anonymous.”  The girl begins her diary when she is 15 years old. She is innocent at that time. Boredom takes over, and she is invited to “hang out” with [...]

This is the first post to the Keefer Crossing Middle School Book Blog.  I am Mrs. Martin the Librarian.  This is my first experience with blogging. Many web 2.0 sites are blocked in our school district, so I don’t have a lot of opportunity to participate, but here goes!  The idea of this blog is [...]