Steven Nilhas
Principal
is reading:

"the Dan Brown books... all four. Angels and Demons was definitely my favorite. I'm currently re-reading the fifth Harry Potter book and am also reading So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, the fourth novel in Douglas Adams's Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide. Douglas Adams's books are silly and off-the-wall. I'm re-reading the Harry Potter series before I read book six."

"As I sat in the theater this summer watching the previews for the upcoming "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," I decided it was time to re-read The Chronicles of Narnia. I first read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe in 1967 when I was a high school senior. I belonged to a youth group who met weekly for fun but also for book discussions. Lead by an energetic ex-beatnik Episcopal priest (later I found out, he had a degree in mathematics, as well - no wonder he was fascinating!  ), we were on a C. S. Lewis kick, already having read The Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity, and Till We Have Faces.

When my son was 10, I read the entire series of books to him. Although, he was quite capable of reading on his own, this was an evening activity that we both enjoyed. Now he reads to me. I read The Lion…,again, to my daughter when she was 9 (she's now 21).

I began The Magician's Nephew this summer and am now moving once again through the entire series of seven books. They are just as enchanting as they were when I was 17. These are wonderful fantasy stories of mystery and magic where human and non-human characters fight battles, fall in love, make exciting journeys, and their day-to-day conversations are filled with wisdom. Aslan (the Lion) is a powerful and prominent character. I can hardly wait for the new movie release (Dec. 9, I believe)!"

Elizabeth Day
Wrap Program
is reading:

"I re-read Light in August this summer...third time through, and I understand more and more of it each time."

Deena Amont
Art Department
is reading:

"This summer I read "My Life with Corpses" by Kansas author Wylene Dunbar. It was a story about a woman who was raised in a family of (mostly) dead people--literally and figuratively! She spends her life seeing "dead" people moving through the world as if they are alive. Philosophical and weird."

"Scouts Honor" by Bill Shanks. This book is about building a winning baseball organization by surrounding yourself with hard working people who have a passion for baseball!"

"Life of Pi. It is an intriguing account of a shipwreck survival as told by a young Indian boy on his way to America with his family."

"Lately I've read Richard Russo. Empire Falls is great! Nobody's Fool and Strait Man....are the other two that I've read."

"I've been reading Michael Connelly's murder mysteries. They are grim, noire, serial killer mysteries with the lone wolf detective solving the case. Thoroughly enjoyable. I recommend "The Poet" as a good one to start on, but they are all great."

"I studied the book, Photoshop for Dummies. This summer I took a day workshop on Photoshop and found the program to be quite exciting. The book helped to explain some of the procedures."

Lori Flippin
Social Studies Department
is reading:

Life on the Color Line--- a true story of a man who, at the age of 8, is told he is 1/2 African American (he always thought he was 1/2 Italian)....when his parents divorce he is forced to live with his African American grandmother...the story takes place in the 1950s... Gregory Williams looks very Caucasian and suffers immensely at the hands of whites and blacks....

I love true stories...can ya tell????"

"The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Synopsis:
- A brilliant literary novel as well as a breathtaking page-turner, THE HISTORIAN has already created an international frenzy. Set for publication in over 15 languages, this gripping tale is about to take the world by storm.- The most abundantly successful novels in recent years have mixed fact and fantasy, history and present, to pulse-pounding dramatic effect. THE HISTORIAN is sure to lure the same hordes of readers that snapped up the blockbuster hits "The Da Vinci Code, The Rule of Four and even the Harry Potter series.- This engrossing and expensive adventure is the culmination of 10 years of research and a lifetime of imagining--since Elizabeth Kostova's girlhood, when her father entertained her with stories of Dracula, she has envisioned the story that would become THE HISTORIAN and with her academic spirit and extraordinary talent, she's spun an intricate tale of sprawling mystery and suspense.- A blockbuster marketing and advertising plan, including a prepublication bookseller tour, a huge ad campaign and author tour, will make THE HISTORIAN the must-have summer read of 2005.
Granted, this is a vampire story, of which there are surely already too many, but "The Historian" eschews the extravagant gore and even more extravagant pose-striking of the modern vampire novel. It's a multigenerational mystery about the search for the tomb of the Medieval Wallachian (not Transylvanian!) tyrant Vlad Tepes (the real-life Dracula), conducted by a handful of historians who become convinced he is still alive -- or, rather, undead."

Susie Micka
Reading Teacher
is reading:

Now I am working my way through The Best American Poetry 2005 (edited this year by Paul Muldoon) and The Really Short Poems of A. R. Ammons.

"The Gospel According to Larry and its sequel, Vote for Larry by Janet Tashjian

These books are both young adult novels that use fiction to discuss consumerism, politics, youth activism, media control and addiction to the dollar. They are fabulously written, funny, charming, and extraordinarily insightful - a quick and thought-provoking read for young and not-so young adults. :)"