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Day 165 English Discussions

English students discuss the final novel of the year in small groups. Photo by Maddie Binning.

The art of tyranny

The musings of dictators reveal manipulative minds, disjointed insanity Hitler. Mussolini. Stalin. Mao. Saddam. Men with one name often described with one adjective: evil. But there's another descriptor in common: writer. Over and over something grabs hold of...

Day 68 Book Fair

A sarcophagus is placed in the commons to advertise for the annual book fair. Photo by Maddie Binning.

When the game goes too far

When what you thought was real life turns out to be virtual, but your virtual death turns out to be real? The world that James Dashner paints in his thrilling and adventurous new book, The Eye of Minds, seems at first to be any video gamers heaven. The characters in...
The art of tyranny

The art of tyranny

The musings of dictators reveal manipulative minds, disjointed insanity Hitler. Mussolini. Stalin. Mao. Saddam. Men...

Reading for the Future

This story was named a National Winner in the Feature category of the 2007 American Society of Newspaper Editors, Quill and Scroll International Writing & Photo Contest.