Vicky

Bio

Hi, everybody!  My name is Vicky, and this is my third year on the Teen Advisory Board!  I attend Lexington High School and am in the 10th grade.  I love to read and listen to music.  My favorite book series is Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling.  I enjoy shopping, going to the movies and hanging out with my friends.  The Mansfield/Richland County Public Library is one of my favorite places to go!

Book Review

Legend by Marie Lu

Day is a criminal, constantly on the run from the Republic.  June is the Republic’s latest and greatest prodigy.  When June’s older brother, the only family she has, is murdered, June vows to do anything and everything within her power to avenge his death.  Day’s family is infected with the plague, only not a normal strain, a new and more dangerous strain than ever before.  How far will either of them go to protect their family and themselves?  Find out in Legend by Marie Lu. 

Random Facts

~The least successful Harry Potter movie made $90 million more than the most successful Twilight movie.

~The dot over the letter “i” has a name.  It is called a title.

~Cucumbers aren't vegetables; they're fruits.

~Half the peanuts grown in America are used for peanut butter.

~Houdini trained his dog to escape from a pair of miniature handcuffs.

~In 1897, Bayer began selling heroin as a treatment for a variety of respiratory ailments.

~In Monopoly, the character that's behind bars is named Jake the Jailbird.

~January is National Soup Month.

~The sentence, "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog," uses every letter of the alphabet.

~The letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that doesn't have 1 syllable; it has three.

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