OLP Library

DECEMBER 2015

Newsletter

5 FACTS ABOUT RUTA SEPETYS

1. She was born and raised in Michigan. 2.She was the first author of American young adultliterature to give a presentation for the European

Parliament.3. She is the daughter of a Lithuanian refugee.

4. She was featured in Rolling Stone magazine's "Women inRock" as a woman driven to make a difference.

5. Her newest book Salt to the Sea will be coming out in 2016.

Ruta Sepetys will be joining us via Skype on December 7during co-curricular. Please help us ensure this event is a

success by encouraging your students to attend! Topics ofdiscussion will include her extensive research on WWII

history and life in 1950s New Orleans, the writing process,and learning from the atrocities of genocide.

NEW LIBRARY EQUIPMENT

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Now available for checkout:Headphones

Desktop Microphone For more information stop by the

circulation desk.

tech tool pettingzoo will return in

january!

NEW BOOKS

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FEATURED BOOK

DECEMBER 2015

We are lucky to have had Meg Wolitzer signour copy of Belzhar.

Belzhar is her latest young adult novel and it follows a teenage girl who is sent to a

boarding school for troubled teens after thedeath of her boyfriend.

Check it out today!

Call # FIC Wol

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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE LIBRARY(In pictures)

DECEMBER 2015

FACULTY/STAFFFAVORITES

DAY OF THE DEAD

A big thank you to everyone whoshared their favorite books with us!Your recommendations are now on

display.

We would like to thank Alma Kim'sSpanish class for adding color tothe library with their beautiful Dia

de los Muertos display.