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Virtual Bookstore - August 2012

Featured Book:

College Atlas and Planner, Wintergreen Orchard House (updated June 2012)

Students, parents, teachers and guidance counselors will find this spiral-bound atlas to be a valuable resource for researching and comparing potential college choices and for planning campus visits. This book includes admission and contact information for every four-year accredited college or university in the United States, categorized according to size, public/private status and religious/ethnic/gender affiliations.

Virtual Bookstore - April 2012

Featured Book:

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

With all the hype surrounding the movie over the last couple months, you have probably heard about The Hunger Games. But did you know the blockbuster is based on the first novel in a young adult science fiction trilogy? Discover the inspiration behind the movie by reading The Hunger Games, which chronicles the struggle of 16-year-old Katniss as she prepares for the battle of her life in a post-apocalyptic world. Get a head start on what is sure to be a movie trilogy as well by reading the other books in the series, Catching Fire and Mockingjay.

 

Virtual Bookstore - August 2011

Featured Book:

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

This bestselling debut novel from Kathryn Stockett explores the tumultuous racial climate of the South in the early 1960s through the eyes of three women who come together to expose what life is like for African-American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi. The stories of Aibileen (a gentle middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her entire life raising white children), Minny (a young African-American maid who struggles with her desire to fight back against discrimination) and Skeeter (a recent college graduate who doesn’t follow the path expected of most young Southern white girls) offer readers a humorous yet touching new perspective on the civil rights movement.

The Help has also been made into a major motion picture, in theaters now.

 

 

Prep for the SATs and College Applications

Check out this recent blog entry from educational consultant Lynn Radlauer Lubell for the top books and guides to help students prep for standardized tests, scholarship applications and college admissions applications.