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TL 16.22.indd The Teaching Librarian volume 16, no. 2 33 "Must Have" purchases for your school's curriculum needs brilliant mastermind for nothing, however. He and his friends hatch a plan to pull off something that has never been successfully attempted before - they're going to escape from H.I.V.E.! Kids who love superhero stories will not want to put this down. Th ere's also a sequel, Th e Overlord Protocol. Schooled Gordon Korman reprinted 2008 9781423105169 Sample Curriculum Links: Grade 7 and 8 Health and Physical Education: Healthy Living Intermediate Language Arts: Reading H.I.V.E.: The Higher Institute of Villainous Education Mark Walden 2008 9781416935728 Sample Curriculum Links: Junior-Intermediate Language Arts: Reading Grade 9 English: Reading and Literature Studies Summary: Th e home base of H.I.V.E. ("Th e Higher Institute of Villainous Education") is a deserted volcanic island in the middle of a distant ocean. It's run by a wicked, das tardly organization. Th ink Hogwarts for bad guys. Otto Malpense believes he and his fellow students are being held against their will until they graduate. Otto isn't a Summary: 13-year-old Capricorn (Cap) lives on an alternative farm commune and is being raised by his grandmother, Rain. After an accident hospitalizes Rain, Cap is taken in by a social worker and is sent to middle school. How will Cap deal with the huge changes ahead of him after living in virtual isolation his whole life? Th e story is told from varying characters' points of view, which Korman handles beautifully. A defi nite must- have. The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them Th e Freedom Writers 1999 9780385494229 Sample Curriculum Links: Grade 9 and 10 Individual and Family Living: Self and Others Grade 9 and 10 Individual and Family Living: Personal and Social Responsibilities Summary: Dear Diary, Tomorrow morning, my journey as an English teacher offi cially begins… When fi rst-year teacher, Erin Gruwell, found that most of her students in a high school in Long Beach, California had never heard of the Holocaust, she was shocked. She used fi rst- hand accounts of people like Anne Frank and Zlata Filopivc (who told of her life in war-torn Sarajevo) to teach her students not only English, but tolerance as well. Inspired, the students began to chronicle their own lives, showing the violence, homelessness, and racism that made up their reality. Calling themselves "Freedom Writers," the students shared their stories in this book. ❚ WHAT'S NEW AT The OLAStore★ Building Info Smarts Carol Koechlin and Sandi Zwaan ★ Pembroke Publishers ★ 9781551382265 ★ 2008 ★ $12.95 This innovative fl ip book shows students how to identify their learning style as they build important information literacy skills. The book explores strategies learners need to be successful when working with digital media, as well as global and more traditional literacies. New Learning Commons: Where Learners Win! Reinventing School Libraries and Computer Labs David V. Loertscher, Carol Koechlin and Sandi Zwaan ★ LMC Source ★ 9781933170404 ★ 2008 ★ $33.60 Rethink everything about the function and role of school libraries and computer labs. The Open Commons is not only a fl exible access space; it is a fl exible physical and virtual space where teaching and learning is demonstrated for all to see. Redefi ning Literacy 2.0 David Warlock ★ Linworth Publishing ★ 9781586833332 ★ 2008 ★ $41.94 This seminal work on what literacy truly means in the 21st Century is fi lled with big, meaningful ideas. The purpose of this book is not to replace the three Rs, but to expand them to a model for literacy that applies to classrooms which are shape-shifting under the pressures of converging conditions. This is a must-read for all educators!