Month: October 2012

New Technology at Kwantlen Park

Kwantlen Library is the proud owner of some new media ranging from digital cameras to several new Apple products. These items are available to staff and students to use during class time to be used for classwork, homework or special projects. We have…. Ten Canon Powershot A3400 IS Digital Cameras. Students can use these cameras… Read More ›

Just In: Ichiro by Ryan Inzana

Ichiro lives with his mother in New York City. His father is killed during the war in the middle east and Ichiro`s mother decides that they should move to Japan to be closer to her family. Ichiro and his mother stay with his Grandfather Sato. Grandfather Sato teaches Ichiro about a land and culture… Read More ›

Just In: The Diviner by Libba Bray

Naughty John, Naughty John, does his work with his apron on. Cuts your throat and takes your bones. Sells ‘em off for a coupla stones… Our story begins with Evie, who is living in the roaring 1920. She has been banished from her small town Ohio home to live with her uncle in… Read More ›

Just In: Lost Voices by Sarah Porter

This is not your average mermaid story. While these mermaids have shimmering fins and powerful tails, they are cruel, manipulative, and violent. Luce is a fourteen year old girl living in Alaska. She is brutally attacked and is left to die by the water. She falls into the icy waters expecting to die a quick… Read More ›

Just In: The Infects by Sean Beaudoin

Nero lives an unconventional life. He has a fractured family (his delinquent dad called `The Dude` and his socially inept sister) and must work to support them. He works the night shift slaughtering chemically enhanced chickens to help feed his family. An unfortunate mishap lands him with a sentence of three to six months… Read More ›

Just In: This Dark Endeavour by Kenneth Oppel

This Dark Endeavour is a book about Frankenstein, but not like any you`ve ever read before. This is a gothic story about Victor Frankenstein before he created his horrifying Creature. Victor and his twin brother Konrad are sixteen. The are living at 1700`s, a time when science and technology was mysterious and dangerous. Konrad becomes… Read More ›

Just In: Blood Red Road by Moira Young

Blood Red Road is a dystopian fantasy. We follow the story of a teenaged girl named Saba. She is brave, she is tough, she is a cage fighter, she is a survivor. Saba lives in a lawless future world that has been destroyed by a civilisation appropriately called “The Wreckers.“ Her life is desperate and dangerous…. Read More ›