6 Second Summaries

Check out the Underlined YouTube channel "for everything you need to know about the best YA books, the coolest authors, and the latest trends." One of my favorite features is their 6 Second Summaries Video Series. This one below features Nic Stone author of the bestselling novel DEAR MARTIN. Watch as she races against the clock to summarize these popular books in 6 seconds (or less). Can you do this with some of your favorite books?

 

About the Book

This week we are featuring some hidden gems from Follett in an effort to "get students to read what they want - and how they want - to foster a lifelong love of reading." #AllBooksForAllKids

Follett's About the Book allows viewers to hear from authors about their background and inspiration behind some of their popular books. With over 17 videos there is something for everyone!

Author Takeovers

This week we are featuring some hidden gems from Follett in an effort to "get students to read what they want - and how they want - to foster a lifelong love of reading." #AllBooksForAllKids

Follett's Author Takeovers for Students "give students a chance to hear from popular authors about their books and writing process to inspire a generation of future readers and writers." There are currently seven videos in this series and most are approximately 30 minutes long.  

Behind the Book

This week we are featuring some hidden gems from Follett in an effort to "get students to read what they want - and how they want - to foster a lifelong love of reading." #AllBooksForAllKids

Do you love books and want to know more about them from the authors that write them? Follett's Behind the Book gives you that glimpse in short videos ranging in time from 3 minutes to 14 minutes. There are over 52 videos to take a look at. We linked the ones that are specific to young adult authors, but Follett also features elementary and middle-grade authors as well.  

First Chapter Fridays

Check out Follett's First Chapter Fridays! Looking for your next title, but don't know what to read? Over on Follett's First Chapter Fridays you can listen to authors read the first chapter of their books! Running time ranges from 4 minutes to over 30 minutes depending on the book title. All grade levels and interests are presented. Click here for titles specifically for high school students. 

Author Margreit Maitland

Our annual author visit was back in person this year, but we had to move the venue to comfortably fit all our attendees in one place. In the auditorium on Tuesday, February 8th, over 190 students had the pleasure of meeting young adult author (and former Mepham parent - both her son and daughter attended Mepham), Margreit Maitland. She discussed her two novels, Runaway at Sea and Adventurer at Sea. Both were published by Red Penguin Books. She hopes to have the third book in the trilogy completed soon. 

Author Margreit Maitland with our book raffle winners.

About the author:

Writing has always been a dream, floating in the back of Margreit Maitland’s mind for as long as she can remember. A love for literature was instilled in her by her mother and family in general from an early age. While growing up, she read a wide range of books from the classics to something quick and fun and adored getting lost in a story. 

Since the publication of her first two novels, Margreit has launched a Creative Writing Workshop for children aged 10 and up for schools and libraries and is enjoying an opportunity to help students discover their potential and original ideas. 

Margreit Maitland is an enthusiastic supporter of literature, education, science, wildlife, and nature. The source of which lies in being encouraged to muck around in the mud searching for hermit crabs and other tiny or large inhabitants of the natural world. She enjoys living on Long Island, where she is happily surrounded by beaches with her two children and Mr. Frosty the cat. In her spare time, she can be found staying active and outside whenever possible and with her treasured family and friends. In the future, she looks forward to sharing many more stories.