The James Logan Courier

By Abhishek Saluja, Courier Book Reviewer

Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Language: English
ISBN-10: 014044906X
ISBN-13: 978-0140449068


First published in 1873, Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne, is a timeless story fo a journey which a punctual Englishman, Phineas Fogg, and his talkative French servant, Passepartout, are challenged to take when, on October 2, 1872, Fogg gets into an argument with his friends at the Reform Club over the possiblility of completing a journey around the world in eighty days.

Foggs's friends disagree with his claim that such a feat can be accomplished, and wager twenty thousand pounds that Fogg will be unable to complete the journey in such a short time. After all, in 1872, the main form of intercontinental travel was relatively slow moving ships. Airplanes and the like were yet to be invented.

LUNCH: Baked Chicken Wedges with Steamed Rice

ACTIVITIES:
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT is Tonight! Bring your parents! BBQ @ 5:30 in Colt Court $5. Schedules & maps pick up in Colt Court @5:50. Class visits start @ 6:10.

Open Field for girls soccer Tuesdays & Thursdays after school on the Big Green South Fields.

ADMINISTRATION:
So as not to disturb classes in session during lunch, beginning today, students will not be allowed in the hallways after the first 10 minutes of lunch. Students who need access to classrooms during lunch must have a hall pass.

Note: Each week during the school year, The Courier spotlights books newly arrived, or expected to arrive, in the James Logan Media Center.

Water for Elephants: A Novel, by Sara Gruen
Paperback: 350 pages
Publisher: Algonquin Books (April 9, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1565125606
ISBN-13: 978-1565125605


From Saragruen.com:
As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Aug. 25, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2007 by Reed Elsevier, USA)
MASS MARKET
1. Echo Park. Michael Connelly. Grand Central, $7.99
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 5
2. Almost Dead. Lisa Jackson. Zebra, $7.99
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 4
3. The Bourne Ultimatum. Robert Ludlum. Bantam, $7.99
Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 9
4. Under Orders. Dick Francis. Berkley, $9.99
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 3
5. Crisis. Robin Cook. Berkley, $9.99
Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 3
6. Ricochet. Sandra Brown. Pocket, $9.99
Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 5
7. The Ruins. Scott Smith. Vintage, $7.99
Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 4
8. The Afghan. Frederick Forsyth. Signet, $9.99
Last Week: 12; Weeks on List: 3
9. Break No Bones. Kathy Reichs. Pocket, $9.99
Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1
10. To Scotland, with Love. Karen Hawkins. Pocket, $6.99
Last Week: –; Weeks on List: 1

By Vicente Marcelo, Courier Staff Writer

In their first game of the season, the Lady Colts volleyball team handled the Moreau Catholic squad in their own gym Tuesday night.

The Lady Colts beat Moreau three games to none, but the scores were close, 25-21,25-21 and 25-23.

"We worked hard and played as a team," said Christmie Jonson, a senior, after the game.

The Lady Colts will try to go 2-0 on the new season when they face off against Amador Valley next Tuesday.