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New Books in 2016

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(click on the title to see a full description, well written reviews, and recommendations from Goodreads, a community of authors and book lovers!) Fiction My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Mass Glitter by Aprilynne Pike Nerve by Jeanne Ryan The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead  The First Time She Drowned by Kerry Kletter All We Have Left by Wendy Mills Non-Fiction   Being Jazz by Jazz Jennings The Real Girl's Kitchen by Hayllie Duff Vietnam: A History of the War by Russell Freedman Lost in The Pacific 1942 by Tod Olson

Upcoming 2015 YA Movies to be Excited About!

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Jupiter Ascending Insurgent Cinderella Taken 3 Some previous trailer posts: http://damlfft.blogspot.com/2014/12/new-movies-at-theater-in-decmber.html http://damlfft.blogspot.com/2014/11/check-out-new-insurgent-trailer.html http://damlfft.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-dvds-released-in-march.html Comic Con 2014  Recap: http://damlfft.blogspot.com/2014/07/san-diego-comic-con-2014.html

AP English "Great Scenes"- The Best of Existentialist Dramatic Literature

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The latest struggles of your local AP English students culminated this week in the final performances of the "Great Scenes" - some of the world's most renowned existentialist plays, edited down to 20 minutes, written, directed and acted by the students themselves. Here are some of these plays which we found to be the most successful, engaging or intriguing. FIRST: A definition of the word "existentialism"  Brought to you by dictionary.com "Existentialism- noun , Philosophy 1. A philosophical attitude ... that stresses the individual's unique position as a self-determining agent responsible for the authenticity of his or her choices. "     No Exit By Jean-Paul Sartre This play focuses on three sinners who have died and gone to the afterlife. There, they discover that what they expected- fire, torture chambers, brimstone, is nowhere to be found. Instead, they are confined together in a room. It soon beco