Castilleja School Library

9th Grade World of Islam Response

03 December 2013

Today you spent some time doing research for your World of Islam paper. Sometimes the information you need is not encapsulated in a single source, and it is necessary to draw conclusions. What conclusions were you able to draw by looking at multiple sources? In the comments below, share one or more conclusions you were […]

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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month!

20 November 2013

November is Native American Heritage Month! The Bureau of Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior describes the month a as a time to recognize and celebrate the important contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the United States, as well as the “achievements, sacrifices, and cultural and historical […]

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Check Out 7th Grader Sophia Nesamoney’s Book!

11 November 2013

Don’t be fooled by the peaceful opening pages of The Other Side of Carroll, which introduce us to a happy family and a pair of twins who “always found ways to make trouble, but not too much trouble. Nothing that apple pie and stories by the fire couldn’t fix.” By the end of the book’s […]

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Ender’s Game! The Book vs. The Movie

05 November 2013

Are you already a fan of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game? Or are you just curious what the fuss is all about? Your classmates have the scoop! Read on for some gushing about the book, recommendations for similar science fiction reads, and perspectives on the movie adaptation. Is the movie worth it? Fia J. ’18 […]

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National Novel Writing Month

30 October 2013

Are you an aspiring novelist? Do you like a challenge? Maybe you should take on the popular behemoth that is National Novel Writing Month, known more commonly as NaNoWriMo. People sign up worldwide to take on the task of completing a 50,000-word novel in one month (that’s 1,667 words a day, if you’re doing the […]

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Spoooooooky!

22 October 2013

Looking to get into the Halloween spirit? What are you afraid of? Do you have haphephobia? Doraphobia? Triskaidekaphobia? Learn some of the weirdest names for phobias here. Come into the library, where we have tons of scary (and also not-so-scary) and spooky books and movies on display for you to check out. Just browse the […]

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