Sports literature discussion at Norway Library

NORWAY — Norway Memorial Library announces "Let’s Talk About It: The American Sporting Experience," beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, with a discussion of "A River Runs Through It" by Norman MacLean and "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner" by Alan Sillitoe.

The reading and discussion series is provided by the Maine Humanities Council in cooperation with Maine State Library. It is open to the public and free of charge.

Subsequent books include "Friday Night Lights" by H.G. Bissinger on Wednesday, July 13, "The Natural" by Bernard Malamud on Wednesday, Aug. 3, and "Winterdance" by Gary Paulsen on Wednesday, Aug. 24. All discussions begin at 7 p.m.

Facilitator of discussions is Dr. Ted Williams. Williams is a native of Portland. He is currently a lecturer at the University of Southern Maine and the University of New England where he teaches literature and cultural studies courses.

To register, stop by the information desk at Norway Memorial Library or call 743-5309, ext. 1. To learn more about the library, visit www.norway.lib.me.us. To learn more about the Maine Humanities Council, visit www.mainehumanities.org.

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Sports literature discussion at Norway Library

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Summer reading lists and school supply lists - City Beat

Each school has released their summer reading and school supply lists.

Here’s a school supply list for Hugh Mercer Elementary School.  

Here’s a school supply list for Lafayette Upper Elementary School.

Here’s a school supply list for each grade at Walker-Grant Middle School.

(These are all taken off the school websites.)

For summer reading, students must read three books, including one from one of the summer reading lists. They should complete book summaries and turn in the form by Sept. 16.

Here’s the list for sixth-graders:

Chasing the Falconers by Gordon Korman

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Granny Torelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech

Hoot by Carl Hiassen

How Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulsen

Jorney to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck

My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen

Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes

The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong

Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time by Lisa Yee

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

Through the Eyes of Friendship by Elizabeth T. Peters

Walking to the Bus Rider Blues by Harriette Robinet

What Would Joey Do by Jack Gantos

Here’s the list for seventh-graders:

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

A Boy No More by Harry Mazer

Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes

Child X by Lee Weatherly

Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan

Flipped by Wendelen Van Draanen

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B.


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