Our Battle of the Books BOOKS are here!

The books on this year's Battle of the Books list have arrived and they are awesome reads! Many of our Maverick readers already have their favorites.

Check out the list of books below. And remember, The Battle of the Books Reading Club meets every Friday at 8:15 am in the library. Don't be left out!

Title	Author
Don’t Turn Around	Michelle Gagnon
The Eye of the Storm	Kate Messner
The False Prince	Jennifer Nielsen
The Final Four	Paul Volponi
Guitar Notes	Mary Amato
Insignia	S.J. Kincaid
The Last Dragonslayer	Jasper Fforde
One for the Murphy’s	Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The Raft	S.A. Bodeen
See You at Harry’s	Jo Knowles

Summer Reading is here!

Summer time is here! It is time to read what YOU want to read. 

Whether you read at home or on the go- make it fun! Pick out books purely for pleasure reading. 

Check out our summer reading website.

Use this website to connect with eBooks, Audiobooks, fun games and events around town!

Congratulations to our campus Battle of the Books Winners!

The following students will be representing our campus in this year’s Mansfield ISD Battle of the Books Competition on April 29 at TA Howard MS.

Please congratulate them and wish them luck on the District wide middle school competition.

8^th Graders:

Casey 

7^th Graders:

Khalid 

Helen

Rachel 

Carter

Noah 

Welcome P.J. Hoover!

http://www.pjhoover.com/

Our visiting author, P.J. Hoover will meet with all 7th grade students. She will discuss her writing process, Greek mythology and the hero's journey in literature.

Join us for our Fall Book Fair!

Save the date! The Fall Book Fair is coming, November 15-22.

The theme this year is “Reading Oasis: A Cool Place to Discover Hot Books!”

Teachers are welcome to dress up like an Egyptian on Friday November 15 and Monday November 18.

We will be having a teacher preview, please stop by for snacks & door prizes.

Jobe's Top Ten

Thank you everyone for voting for your favorite books during Teen Read Week. The official book titles of the 2013 Jobe’s Top Ten are:

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

2. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

3. The Giver by Lois Lowry

4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

5. The Hobbit by J.R. Tolkien

6. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

7. Bone by Jeff smith

8. Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Parker Rhodes

9. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

10. Heroes of the Olympus by Rick Riordan

Congrats to the authors and thanks to all the students who voted! Don’t forget to stop by the library to check out these awesome reads!

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Celebrate Teen Read Week! October 13-19

Jobe MS students celebrated Teen Read Week by participating in literacy lessons on their right to read at their library.

Students also enjoyed listening to book talks on new books available in the library.

For more information on the Declaration for the Right to Libraries.