Monthly Archives: June 2009

And You Were Wondering Where I Got It From

photo: Nathan Olsen Next to me in this picture is my Dad, Gordon Ghareeb, noted Maritime Historian and co-author of From Hollywood to Honolulu: The  Story of the Los Angeles Steamship Company. We attended a wonderful lecture given by him and co-author Martin Cox detailing this fascinating chapter in nautical history (with all the juicy bits [...]

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Our “Big Readers” Made The News!

The Extreme Read Challenge made the Long Beach Press Telegram’s ”Reader Page!” This article  and picture was submitted by our PTA president, Jeri Lynn Cullison (who has also been a great supporter of this event for all three years). It reads: The Marshall Academy of Scholars Librarian, Ameelia Ghareeb is surrounded by participating students at the [...]

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Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

Finally there’s an undead teen story for the those of us who can’t take anymore Twilight. Seriously, folks, Generation Dead  is some of the most remarkable science fiction I’ve read in a a good long while. The set-up is simple and timeless, but at the same time strangely amusing and ridiculous. For some unknown medical reason, teens [...]

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