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Follow the journey of Matt Cruise from his start as a cabin boy in Airborn to his experience as an astralnaut in Starclimber. In Airborn Matt discovers a damaged hot air balloon whose dying pilot tell a story of beautiful creatures that no one has ever seen before. A year later Matt meets Kate and is thrown into an adventure involving pirates, a crashing airship and a mysterious island; Can he overcome all of them and get into the airship academy? In Skybreaker Matt Cruise is a student in training when his ship is caught in a storm and thrown high into the air. The lost ship Hyperion is spotted, rumored to have untold riches, and even as he fights thrown the altitude sickness to land the ship, Matt remembers where it is. Now everyone is trying to get the coordinates from him. Can Matt and Kate survive all of these people and get to the Hyperion before anyone else? In Starclimber Matt is now a pilot working on the Celestial tower, which will be used to reach the stars, but there are some people who would do anything to stop humans from reaching the heavens. Will Matt become one of the first humans to venture into space? And if he is chosen will he be able to return to Earth?
Read an excerpt from Airborn
Read an excerpt from Skybreaker
Read an excerpt from Starclimber
”I was born in Port Alberni, a mill town on Vancouver Island, British Columbia but spent the bulk of my childhood in Victoria, B.C. and on the opposite coast, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At around twelve I decided I wanted to be a writer. I started out writing sci-fi epics then went on to swords and sorcery tales and then, during the summer holiday when I was fourteen, started on a humorous story about a boy addicted to video games. It turned out to be quite a long story, really a short novel, and I rewrote it the next summer. We had a family friend who knew Roald Dahl – one of my favourite authors – and this friend offered to show Dahl my story. I was paralysed with excitement. I never heard back from Roald Dahl directly, but he read my story, and liked it enough to pass on to his own literary agent. I got a letter from them, saying they wanted to take me on, and try to sell my story. And they did.Taken from author website
It’s Christian Book Fair time!
When? May 8-10 at 8:15am – 3pm
Where? MEI Elementary Multi-purpose Room
… Come support MEI Elementary and share our love of Christian literature!
Book 3 of the Swipe series is now available at the MEI Secondary library!
In the future, the world is united under the power of a charismatic leader, and everyone gets “The Mark” at age thirteen. The Mark lets citizens shop, go to school, and even get medical care — without it, you’re on your own. Few refuse to get the Mark. But those who have refused are fighting back.
Logan Langly is the unlikely leader of the Markless revolution. He started out to find his sister Lily, who disappeared during her Marking pledge, but now he’s fighting for much more. With the threat of a chemically manufactured plague that will potentially kill millions and a drought that is nearing critical mass, someone has to step in.
But when Lily appears with a special mission for Logan, it’s difficult to know if he can trust her. And with the weather becoming more and more unstable, a storm is coming that will put everything Logan and the Markless have worked for at risk… (Back cover)
Evan Angler is safe, for now. He lives without the Mark, evading DOME and writing in the shadows of Beacon. But if anyone asks, you know nothing about him. Don’t make eye contact if you see him. Don’t call his name out loud. He’s in enough trouble already. And so are you, if you listen to his books. (Author website)
MEI Secondary library is happy host a 2nd UFV Practicum Student from the Library & Information Technology program this spring; I am sure he will be warmly welcomed into the MEI Community during his time here.
Dustin Christensen will be in the Secondary Library April 29-May 10 – stop by and say hello when you get a chance!
“The Chance is a heartwarming story about childhood friends, broken lives, and a long ago promise that just might offer the hope of love for today. In The Chance, Karen delves deeply into a theme that resonates with us all: It’s never too late for those willing to take a chance.
Years ago, the day before Ellie moved from Georgia to California, she and her best friend Nolan sat beneath the Spanish moss of an ancient oak tree where they wrote letters to each other, and sealed them in a rusty old metal box. The plan was to return eleven years later and read them. But now, as that date arrives, much has changed. Ellie, bereft of the faith she grew up with, is a single mom living in a tired apartment trying to make ends meet. Sometimes she watches television to catch a glimpse of her old friend —Nolan, now an NBA star, whose terrible personal tragedies fueled his faith and athletic drive in equal measure. But Nolan also suffers from a transcendent loneliness that nothing has ever eased.
In their separate lives, as Ellie and Nolan move toward the possibility of a reunion at the oak tree, Kingsbury weaves a tale of heart-wrenching loss, the power of faith, and the wounds that only love can heal.” — Author’s website
Come check out THE CHANCE at MEI Secondary Library!
Book 2 of The Wives of the Patriarchs series by Jill Eileen Smith is now available at MEI Secondary Library.
Each book in this trilogy focuses on one or more of Israel’s four matriarchs.
“Can love heal the rift between two souls?
When her beloved father dies and she is left in the care of her conniving brother Laban, Rebekah knows her life has changed forever. Though she should be married by now, it’s clear that Laban is dragging his feet, waiting for a higher bride-price to line his pockets. But then Rebekah is given a chance to leave her home to marry Isaac, a cousin she has never even seen, and her hope for the future is restored. Little does she know what a wondrous and heart-wrenching journey she is beginning.
As Rebekah experiences the joy of young love and the bitterness of misunderstanding and betrayal, her resolve is tested. When the rift between Isaac and her grows so wide it is surely too great to be mended, can she trust the God of Isaac’s father Abraham to bridge the gap?” – Back Cover
You may also like Jill Eileen Smith’s trilogy: The Wives of King David.
Book 2 in the Ancient Earth Trilogy is now available.
Come check out Ross Lawhead’s A Hero’s Throne and follow Daniel and Freya
as they hurry to save the hidden land of Nidergeard from dark forces.
The final book, The Fearful Gates, will be released next year.
click HERE to visit the author’s blog about this book.
Ross is the son of Stephen R. Lawhead, author of the Pendragon Cycle.
MEI Secondary library is happy to once again host a UFV Practicum Student from the Library & Information Technology program this spring; I am sure she will be warmly welcomed into the MEI Community during her time here.
Sarah Patrick will be in the Secondary Library every Wednesday and Thursday for the month of April – stop by and say hello when you get a chance!
Do you need a break?
Tuesday & Wednesday, March 5-6,
all library fines are 50% off
. . . if you owe $2, you only pay $1.
**does not include fines for missing books**
$$$ WILL BE DONATED TO
MEI MISSIONS 2013 TEAMS
Are you looking for an opportunity to complete your required service hours from within MEI?
MEI Secondary Library is always happy to have helpers! There are a lot of different ways to get involved. Stop by and talk to Ms. Penner if helping out at the library sounds like a good fit for you.
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