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Hot Wells Library Updates

November 2021

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Highlights

NOVEMBER READING CHALLENGE

I must ask you to be a part of the November reading challenge!

Enter by checking out books from the library. Qualify for a small prize by filling out your reading log and returning all books.


DONORS CHOOSE

A grant proposal to increase our Spanish book selection has been submitted to the SAISD Foundation through Donors Choose. Please support the library efforts to increase the collection so that all readers can access authentic Spanish stories as well as translations of popular series for middle school students.


Use the LIFTOFF promo code at check out to double your donation up to $50.00.


Donate here!


90 SECOND NEWBERY FILM FESTIVAL

Enter the 90 second Newbery Film Festival. Read one of Newbery Medal Award Winners since 1922. Yes, the award is almost 100-years-old. Then make a short movie that tells the entire story. Max film length is 90 seconds.


What will NOT qualify are trailers, video book reports, or summaries of the stories. TO QUALIFY, write a script and act out the story.


Come by the library for help submitting the video.


SURVEY

Please fill out this survey.

Book Suggestion/Sugerencia de libros


Top 3 Library Patrons from OCTOBER

1. Joaquin Bonilla

2. Leyla Duncan

3. June Garcia


Celebrations

Native American Heritage Month

Veterans Day

National Novel Writing Month

Thanksgiving

Bloxels Bloxels

Coming soon! Bloxels Gaming Design

Game building for everyone. Bloxels is a simple yet powerful way for anyone to create characters, art, stories, and games to share with the world. What will you build? Get ready to find out!

Fall Reads

Access our digital library resources available on SAISD Classlink. Here you will find Destiny Discover, Sora, the San Antonio Public Library, and Bibliotech.


Here are some stories that will help you get into the fall holiday spirit.

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A good Kind of Trouble

Shay is a teenager who follows the rules. She finds herself at a crossroads when she begins to take a stand for what she believes in, but finds that not all her friends are backing her.


She must decide if the trouble she gets into is worth it.


Available on Sora.

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Best Nerds Forever

Finn McAlister becomes a ghost after a bicycle accident. Another spirit, Isabela Rojas, guides him. He learns to prank the living, but he will be stuck on earth unless he can find out who killed him.


Available at the Hot Wells Library

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

This historical fiction novel is set in the early 1800s off the coast of California on the island of San Nicolas.


Karana learns to live on her own for 18 years. She overcomes her fear of the wild dogs and wilderness and transforms into a courageous self-sufficient young lady.


Available on Sora

Sora

Open a world of reading. Try Sora, the new reading app for students, by OverDrive.

launch soraapp.com

November Virtual Library -- Click Here November Virtual Library -- Click Here

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Contact the Library

Email: lmoreno3@saisd.net
Website: https://schools.saisd.net/page/044.homepage
Location: 400 Hot Wells Boulevard, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: (210) 438 - 6585

Past Issues

August 2021

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