Good Books - April 2007

Are You Ready?

I know, football is a few months away, but there are a couple of really great football books out there to get you through the long, post-draft spring season:

If you are a fan of non-fiction, I highly recommend The Blind Side by Michael Lewis. It describes the way the game changed when Lawrence Taylor broke Joe Thiesman’s leg, and the left (blind) side tackle became one of the most important, if most overlooked, player on the field. It follows the life of Michael Oher, a young, massively underprivledged boy from urban Memphis, who because of his size and speed, becomes an instant national star at left tackle - despite having never played the game before. It is a really thought-provoking book, and highly recommended to high school readers. Other great football books:

• Crackback by John Coy

• Rash by Pete Hautman

• Damage by A.M. Jenkins

• Bleachers by John Grisham

It’s Coming…

The 2007 Summer Reading Game I DARE YOU…begins on Tuesday, June 25th. All Fairfield teens entering grades 6 through 12 are invited to join. There is no sign-ups, and you can read whatever you’d like. You just let us know what you’ve read by filling out a bookmark and putting in our ballot box, posting comments on this blog, or by emailing the Teen Librarian at nscherer@fplct.org.

We will have a weekly prize drawing. Last year, prizes included $25 gift certificates to EB Games, Borders, Starbuck, CVS, and stickerjunkie.com. We hope that this year will be even bigger and better. If you have suggestions on what we should have as prizes this year, please post a comment on the blog.

In addition to our weekly raffles, for every 100 pages you read and report to us, you will receive a raffle ticket for our grand prize drawing in August. Last year’s grand prize was an iPod…any suggestions for this year?

So make sure to start reporting your reading! Books for school Summer Reading count! You don’t have to be in Fairfield this summer to participate! There is no reason not to take you chance to win some really cool prizes!