Lynbrook HS Library

Congratulations to the first in-person LHS Haiku Contest winners, Ethan, Ankita and Kevin 🎉 Thank you to all our poets! Our staff judges remarked that the quality has improved, and we were hard-pressed to decide on the favorites. Poems have unique flavors, and our discerning judges loved them all! Finally, thank you to Poetry and Students for Literature Clubs for hosting the workshops. May this year usher in many more community writing events to come.

Happy Holidays from the LHS Library!🕊️

Drop in to the LHS library this week to check out a book before the December break and spend your holidays curled up with a great read.

It's Media Literacy Week! Celebrate in the Quad on Wednesday at Lunch!

Review by Catherine While at a Halloween party, a thirteen year old girl brags about having witnessed a murder, but because of her reputation as an attention-seeking liar, she is ridiculed. By the end of the party, she is found dead, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. When Hercule Poirot is brought in to investigate the murder, he must find out if the girl was telling the truth or not and digs deeper into the secrets of the town....

Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie Review by Catherine While at a Halloween party, a thirteen year old girl brags about having witnessed a murder, but because of her reputation as an attention-seeking liar, she is ridiculed. By the …

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown The Boys in the Boat is a narrative nonfiction about the 1936 Olympics U.S 8-oared rowing team. Though the book introduces all the crew members and coaches, it mainly follows Joe Rantz and his struggles and to belong, first in his family and then in the University of Washington rowing team. Guided by their coach Al Ulbrickson and boat builder George Pocock, the team learns to row as one and sets their sights on competing in the 1936 Olympics in N**i Germany....

Catherine Reviews The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown The Boys in the Boat is a narrative nonfiction about the 1936 Olympics U.S 8-oared rowing team. Though the book introduces all the crew members and coache…

Review by Catherine While traveling on the Blue Train, the daughter of a millionaire is murdered and her legendary jewels vanish. Her failed marriage left bitterness and also opportunity, giving motives for her murder. The great detective Hercule Poirot soon finds himself entangled in the case. In the beginning, I found it hard to get into the book, and the conversations in the later parts seemed more random....

The Mystery of the Blue Train – Agatha Christie Review by Catherine While traveling on the Blue Train, the daughter of a millionaire is murdered and her legendary jewels vanish. Her failed marriage left bitterness and also opportunity, giving mo…

Berliners by Vesper Stamper follows two brothers and how they navigate living in a divided city. Living in the Soviet Sector of Berlin in the 1960s, twins Peter and Rudi are different in every way. While Rudi is an aspiring photographer he can't seem to compare to the charismatic Peter, who seems to get everything he wants. As the rift between East and West widens and the Berlin Wall comes up the brothers must deal with their dark family history and their differing ideologies....

Catherine’s Review of Berliners by Vesper Stamper Berliners by Vesper Stamper follows two brothers and how they navigate living in a divided city. Living in the Soviet Sector of Berlin in the 1960s, twins Peter and Rudi are different in every way.…