A.D.S.S. LIBRARY

"The Anchor of our School"

HOURS OF OPERATION

Monday-Thursday 8:10-4:30
Friday 8:10- 2:30

The library is also open every day
at lunch!

This month Biographies are featured in the library.

Read about Bruce Lee, Tony Hawke or Metallica.

OR

Real stories about peole like Bethany Hamilton who got her arm bitten of by a shark, Zlata Filipovic a child growing up in war torn Sarajevo, Steven Callahan a real castaway or read Eagle Blue about an Alaskan Basketball team.

MANGA, MANGA,MANGA!!!!!!

Are you a fan of these popular Japanese graphic novels? Well the library has recently worked on building our collection. Some of the popular series that we carry are:

Fruits Basket, Confidential Confessions and Bleach

WHAT’S NEW : A Load of New Books!

March by Gary Soto-- What did Mr. March do in the civil war while the Little Women were at home?

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld-- More and more people are being infected with an insidious parasite. The infected call themselves PEEPs everyone else calls them Vampires. Another great novel by the author of Uglies, Pretties and Specials.

The Pact by Jodie Picoulet-- Two families, best friends. What do they do when their teenage children form a suicide pact and only one survives?

The Forensic Mission by E..K. Hein-- A great mystery with a CSI twist. You get to search for clues along side the novel's CSIs. After carefully examinig the evidence who do you think is guilty?

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer-- Star crossed lovers with a twist. Bella is in love with Edward and he wants her too but is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him. Edward is a vampire and at any moment his passion could lead to Bella's death but she just can't stay away.

Also check out:

The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson -- What if Marie had left behind a diary outlining her magnificent life and the days leading up to her dimise. Well this is as close as it gets.

Silverfin by Charlie Higson. -- "Before the name became a legend, before the boy became the man, meet Bond, James Bond"

Tag Team by Paul Kropp -- Jes though making the wrestling team would solve all his problems but could it really?

Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson -- Tragedy forces Lisa a teenager growing up in the Haisla community near Kitimat to reflect on her life when her handsome seventeen-year-old brother, Jimmy, mysteriously vanishes at sea.

These books and so many more are on display now in the library.

A Note for Teachers: As a teacher-only resource, we now have Shakespeare's Globe. This is an interactive pop-up book, which provides a view into the Globe Theatre of Shakespeare's time. Check it out!
LINKS: From here to there...

Library catalogue- Want to know if we have a book? Search our collection here.

SIRS and Info Trac- Two great databases of magazine and newspaper articles- plus thousands of maps, pictures and audio video files.

Vancouver Island Regional Library
If you have a VIRL library card, this site has tonnes of databases with access to all sorts of information from poetry to automotive schematics.

ADSS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY- What you can and cannot do in our computer lab.

ADSS SELF DIRECTED STUDY POLICY- What does it mean when someone says they have a self directed study or SDS?

PORTFOLIOS –What have I done in the library that covers my portfolio requirements?