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Good time to catch up on your reading.

[Gwinnett Co. Schools @GwinnettSchools]

We hope our students and school staff have a safe and relaxing Fall Break. We look forward to welcoming students and staff members back to learning when classes resume on Tuesday, October 12.

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I'm happy to report that this has happened again! Some books came in then walked right out. Wimpy Kid brings joy to all.

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Yesterday every copy of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series and Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid book series and the was checked out! Every one of the 34 copies of Jeff Kinney's books off the shelves! Even High School kids love the Diary books!. @wimpykid #Read #NoBookShaming

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Friday 9/17 is Gail Carson Levine's birthday. She wrote Dave at Night: When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys and is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night & is welcomed into the music- & culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance. #Read #HarlemRenaissance

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What I carry by @JenLiaLongo : In her final year in foster care, seventeen-year-old Muir tries to survive her senior year before aging out of the system. @GAPCHBookAward #Read #Surviving #SeniorYear #fostercare #RealisticFiction

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Kahless by @FriedmanMJ :Discovery of an ancient scroll reveals the true story of the original Klingon emperor and results in conflict that only Captain Picard & Lieutenant Worf may be able to resolve. (Great Read! Love this story) #StarTrekDay #STTNG #Picard #Work #Read #Klingon

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Golden Arm by Carl Deuker @carldeuker Lazarus Weathers, a high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks, seeks to protect his half-brother while pitching his way out of poverty, one strike at a time. @GAPCHBookAward #Read #Sports #BaseBall #GAPeachBookAward #Brothers

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Yesterday every copy of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series and Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid book series and the was checked out! Every one of the 34 copies of Jeff Kinney's books off the shelves! Even High School kids love the Diary books!. @wimpykid #Read #NoBookShaming

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Let Me Hear a Rhyme by @WriteinBK Brooklyn, 1998. Biggie Smalls was right: things done changed. But that doesn't mean that Quadir & Jarrell are cool letting Steph's music lie forgotten under his bed after he's murdered. @GAPCHBookAward w/lyrics by Malik "Malik-16" Sharif

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Punching the Air written by @ibizoboi with @dr_yusefsalaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha. Amal Shahid has always been an artist & a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive & unmotivated by a biased system. Until 1 fateful night, his future is upended.

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The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert. The first year they're eligible to vote, Marva and Duke meet at their polling place and, over the course of one crazy day, fall in love. @GAPCHBookAward #Read #vote @brandycolbert #checkitout #MediaCenter #Dacula

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Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego. #YamileSaiedMéndez #Soccer @GAPCHBookAward #Read

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Don't worry about your Dacula HS Media Center books. If they are due next week, I will extend the due date. Keep on reading!!!

[Gwinnett Co. Schools @GwinnettSchools]

March 13 is a student/teacher holiday for Gwinnett County Public Schools. For the week of March 16-20, GCPS will hold Digital Learning Days. Plans for March 23-27 to be announced March 19.

All GCPS events/activities are canceled effective 6 a.m. March 13 until further notice.

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Founding mothers : the women who raised our nation by C. Roberts: Profiles wives, mothers, daughters, sisters & friends of the Founding Fathers, including Martha Washington, Mercy Otis Warren & Eliza Pinckney, describing their roles in the creation of the U.S. #WomensHistoryMonth

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Today is DLD!!! Don't forget to do your DLD work.

[Dacula High School @DaculaHS]

Tomorrow is a Digital Learning Day and Friday is a School Holiday.

Get your work done on Thursday and then enjoy your long weekend!

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

March 10 is celebrated as Harriet Tubman Day. We honor this anti-slavery activist with these two photos from our collections. The first is the earliest known photo of Tubman ca. 1867-69. The second, Tubman in her later years, ca. 1911. #WomensHistoryMonth

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The radium girls: the dark story of America's shining women by Kate Moore: Explores the radium poisoning to young American women during WWI from the paint used on watch dials, & the legal consequences that occurred as a result of these work health hazards. #WomensHistoryMonth

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Because I was a girl: true stories for girls of all ages ed by Melissa de la Cruz: The collection includes writings from an impressive array of girls and women who are trailblazers in their fields. #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenSupportingWomen #Read #women #nonfiction

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Outrageous women of ancient times by Vicki León: Recounts the stories of bold, notorious, or successful women in such early cultures as ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, and China. #WomensHistoryMonth #History #Read #nonfiction #Women #Outrageous

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#WomensHistoryMonth Women on the US Home Front by Cornell: Examines the role of women on the US home front during WWII, focusing on the factory workers, volunteers, & service members who helped the Allies win the war. #nonfiction #Read #womenshistorymonth2020 #Women #WWII

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Brown v. Board of Education by Diane Telgen: Explores how the Brown v. Board of Ed case impacted American culture, government & offers an overview of segregation in America, the origins of Jim Crow laws, & the NAACP. #BlackHistoryMonth #landmarkcase #Read #History #nonfiction