"Yes, Libby, you have done a fine job. Better than I ever imagined a girl your age--"
I groaned when he said "girl."
"Okay," he corrected himself, "better than I ever imagined a person your age."
I was pleased with his admission. He hadn't thought I could raise steers, and I had proven to him that I could.
"But, Libby, the toughest part is yet to come."
I knew what he meant.
"You've already been through it once. You know what it feels like to let go. That's why I made you go out this morning and halter up Piggy."
I felt guilty, remembering that I had thought he was being mean. He was just making me face what would happen at the end of every steer project. They all end with goodbye.
(The Beef Princess of Practical County, pg. 123)
Libby Ryan, "the beef princess" is finally old enough to raise two steers and show them at the county fair. Against her father's better judgment, Libby names her animals and becomes attached to them. A harsh reality sets in as the county fair draws nearer and Libby realizes that her steers will be sold to the higher bidders. Can Libby handle the heartache?
The Beef Princess of Practical County is on AR.
For information about cattle raising: http://www.explorebeef.org/raisingbeef.aspx.
8,528,831 killed.
21,189,154 wounded.
www.pbs.org
The war that will end all wars.
The Great War.
Almost 100 years after the end of World War 1, the stories and lessons learned still haunt citizens of today's world. World War 1 (often referred to as WWI) was the first modern war. The availability of new technologies allowed slaughter on a massive scale...numbers of wounded and dead soaring into the millions. In Paul Dowswell's True Stories of the First World War some of these horrifying tales come to life.
This book is sure to interest history buffs, as well as those readers just looking to learn a little more about "the war that will end all wars".
True Stories of World War 1 is on AR.
If you want to learn more about the author, Paul Dowswell, click on this link: http://www.pauldowswell.co.uk/index.htm.
"Listen and learn, dude." said Boges, reading from his notebook yet again. "According to the dictionary, a riddle is 'a question or a statement requiring thought to answer or understand; something perplexing, something that requires solving; an enigma."
"A what?"
"Yeah, I had to look that one up too. An enigma is something secret or hidden," said Boges.
"We already knew that!" I said in frustration. "Take a look at them. They are all enigmas!"
(February, pg. 123)
Welcome to Conspiracy 365...the survival tale of teenager Callum Ormond. Callum (Cal, for short) has been warned that he must keep himself hidden for 365 days. In this 13 book series (January-December and Revenge), Cal must beat the odds to keep himself alive through near-drownings, kidnappings, animal attacks, and much more. Will Cal be able to solve why he's being hunted? Will things ever return back to normal? Only one way to find out. Pick up a copy of Conspiracy 365 at your Rugby High School library!
This series is on AR.
