The BW Community of Readers Starts a New School Year

Football Players Visit with Author Geoff Herbach

Members of the varsity football team concluded their “One Book, One Team” summer reading event with a Skype visit with author Geoff Herbach. 

Over the past month, team members, their coaches, library staff members, and English teachers read Herbach’s book Stupid Fast.  This novel tells the story of high school student Felton Reinstein, who finds solace from family troubles when he joins the football team.

After practice and breakfast on Wednesday, July 16, members of the BW footballl team had the opportunity to visit with author Geoff Herbach via Skype.  Several players (and some of the coaches) even had the chance to ask the author questions about his book.

Thanks to Mrs. Mary Barteau (BW library director), Mr. Cameron Pettus (head football coach), the football coaching staff, the English department, and the young men of the BW football team for creating this unique experience!

“One Book, One Team” Program Returns for Summer of 2014

New Suggestions for Summer Reading

Looking for some good books this summer? Check out the 2014-2015 Abraham Lincoln and Read for a Lifetime books. Then sign up to participate in the Abe Lincoln and RFL programs in the BW Library when school starts in August.

2014-2015 ABRAHAM LINCOLN BOOKS

The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Ask the Passengers by A.S. King

The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

DJ Rising by Love Maia

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden

Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern

The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Sheperd

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Swim the Fly by Don Calame

The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

The Selection by Kiera Cass

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Winger by Andrew Smith

2014-2015 READ FOR A LIFETIME BOOKS

The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand by Gregory Galloway

102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

Chasing Shadows by Swati Avasthi

The Children’s Blizzard by David Laskin

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

The Giver by Lois Lowry

He Said, She Said, by Kwame Alexander

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Midwinter Blood by Marcus Sedgwick

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

Monument 14 by Emma Laybourne

Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy

World War Z by Max Brooks

Freshmen Name Favorite Books

At the close of the 2013-2014 school year, members of the class of 2017 (the freshman class) selected their favorite books.  These are some of their top selections for pleasure reading:

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Amber House by Kelly Moore

Ashfall by Mike Mullin

Ball Don’t Lie by Matt de la Pena

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Boy 21 by Matthew Quick

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles

A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer

The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Deadline by Chris Crutcher

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Dope Sick by Walter Dean Myers

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Everlost by Neal Shusterman

Every Day by David Levithan

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey

Firelight by Sophie Jordan

The First Part Last by Angela Johnson

Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John

Football Genius by Tim Green

Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper

From Baghdad with Love by Jay Kopelman

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Gym Candy by Carl Deuker

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

The Immortals by Alyson Noel

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Lockdown: Escape from Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Matched by Ally Condie

Maximum Ride by James Patterson

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Mexican White Boy by Matt de la Pena

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Paper Towns by John Green

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Slave by Mende Nazer

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach

Summer Ball by Mike Lupica

Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers

Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper

The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

The Truth about Forever by Sarah Dessen

Tyrell by Coe Booth

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

BW Junior Earns Harvard Prize Book

Junior Carissa Bell was awarded the 2013-2014 Harvard Prize Book for Belleville West.  The Harvard Prize Book program was established by Harvard alumni in 1910.  The Prize Book is awarded to an outstanding student in the junior class who displays excellence in scholarship and high character, combined with achievement in other fields.