Every week in the NOCCA Senator John Breaux Library, we post a new question to the Library’s white board. Students are asked to express their opinion and to explain their statements. We hope the white board provides an opportunity for students to discuss issues relevant to them and their school and to respond to one [...]

We want your book reviews!
What have you read recently, and what did you think about it? Tell us, and your review may end up in the front window of the NOCCA Library!
Here’s what to do:

Find a book to read or think about once you’ve read this year.
Check out these review tips.
Submit your review here in [...]

Last week, our students chose one banned book to add the the Library collection. The vote was close, but the winner is Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison.
In 2009, this book was relegated to the limited access area of the Maplewood Middle School Library in Menasha, WI, after a parent raised concerns. While [...]

Louisiana Teen Readers’ Choice begins today at NOCCA|Riverfront and is an opportunity for high school students across the state and at NOCCA to honor a single book. Students who read two books (of ten) will vote for their favorite in January, and the winner is announced Spring 2012.
The ten books are:

Laurie Halse Anderson. Wintergirls
Brian Boyle. [...]