Students who have read three or more books from this year's Maine Student Book Award list are invited to vote for their favorite book by Thursday, March 28th.
Stop by the FMS Library to check out a book from the 2018/2019 Maine Student Book Award list. Students who read 3 or more books from the current list are eligible to vote in March.
The Scholastic Book Fair will be set up in the FMS Library next week. Students will visit the book fair with their ELA classes.
Students may also shop before school, after school and during WIN (with permission from WIN teacher). Proceeds from the book fair will fund library programs and will be used to purchase new books for the FMS Library.
Author, Dan Gemeinhart, will visit students at Falmouth Middle School during an assembly on Wednesday, Sept. 26th. Special thanks to the FMS PTO for helping to sponsor Dan's visit.
Dan is from Washington state and is the author of Scar Island (a Maine Student Book Award nominee), The Honest Truth,Good Dog, and Some Kind of Courage.
As the school year draws to a close, it's the perfect time to reflect on the year. Here are the 25 most circulated books from the FMS Library during the 2018-2019 school year.
1) Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
2) Smile by Raina Telgemeier
3) George by Alex Gino
4) The Maze Runner by James Dashner
5) The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
6) Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
7) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
8) Divergent by Veronica Roth
9) Refugee by Alan Gratz
10) Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova
11) Cinder by Marissa Meyer
12) Booked by Kwame Alexander
13) Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
14) Fuzzy by Tom Angleberger
15) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
16) Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
17) The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
18) The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
19) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
20) Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
21) A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen
22) All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson
23) Big Nate: Welcome to My World by Lincoln Peirce
24) Click Here to Start by Dennis Markell
25) All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Sixth and seventh grade students had the opportunity to hear author, Jennifer Nielsen speak at FMS on May 10th. Jennifer spoke about how she was inspired to write the historical fiction novel, A Night Divided. Students and staff were intrigued by Jennifer's storytelling based on research she had conducted about the Berlin Wall and the Cold War.
Thank you Jennifer for your wonderful visit to Falmouth. You have inspired many readers and writers!
