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Chistopher Andreozzi Memorial Tournament Trophy on Display
The Chistopher Andreozzi Memorial Tournament Trophy was won in 2008 by the Barrington 7 and 8 year old Little Leaguers. It is currently on display in the glass case on the second floor of the library.
I just read The Secret Scripture and loved it. A very powerful and moving book that stays with you. Apparently other people, including the judges for Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize think so too. The Secret Scripture was among 6 books recently nominated for the Booker Prize. Read more in the following link:
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Event Notebook
September 2008
Living History
It’s a cliché, of course, that the past can be brought back and made current—but sometimes even clichés are true.
This September, Captain Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)—a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War—will give a first-hand account of his experience as a fighter pilot in Korea.
Director’s notebook August 2008
One of my favorite types of novels is the kind that tells a story from multiple viewpoints. This might be through letters, diaries, or narratives from different characters. The Victorian novelist Wilkie Collins was especially adept at this type of novel: his novels The Woman In White and The Moonstone are classics of the multiple viewpoint novel.
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One gem a day, five days a week.
It’s Saturday night. I hear lawn sprinklers and voices outside my window, and the air smells like the sea. More important, I just discovered Very Short List, “a free, daily email that points to excellent new (and sometimes vintage) entertainment and media that haven’t been hyped to within an inch of their lives.”
Is it real?
Indeed it is.
Y.A. is A.O.K., O.K.?
There’s an unfortunate, condescending, knee-jerk reaction to young adult literature out there in the world. People with this attitude believe books written for teen readers lack style and sophistication.
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