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English Festival

2008/09 - English Festival titles will be available before the end of this school. Please see Mrs. Dahl or your English teacher for more details.

2007/08

All you have to do is READ the six novels chosen for this year's festival (see below) and report on them (see your English teacher)!

On the day your school attends, you will participate in two or three fun, educational workshops relating to the novels and enjoy the presentation of our guest author! This year we welcome Pete Hautman.

So . . . .Start . . . . Reading

Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Location: Carthage College

Invisible	By Pete Hautman introduces the very unusual 17-year-old Douglas MacArthur Hanson who admits "I'm not only disturbed, I'm depressed." Follow his thoughts and learn his secrets.
The Lightening Thief	By Riordan tells the tale of Percy Jackson, a half blood, and his quest to return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to Mount Olympus. Meet his friends. . . . .and enemies.
Define Normal	by Julie Anne Peters brings together overachiever Antoni and punker "Jazz" for a peer counseling program at their school. This combination challenges what we think is "normal".
Uglies	The first book of the trilogy by Scott Westerfeld, is a futuristic novel about a world in which every sixteen-year-old has an operation to be supermodel beautiful. This might sound good but some teens disagree and want to change things.
Slam	By Walter Dean Myers is about a high school student who learns about attitude, team work, and friendship while playing on his high school's basketball team.
Code Talker	By Joseph Bruchac is about how the Navajo Marines of World War II helped win the war. Find out the secrets they have kept in this historical fiction novel.