1:Preserving calgarys history and heratige-you need to know your past to have your present.

2:Skilled staff-Askilled staff will help people feel comfortable and provide information.

3:Lifelong learning-people learn all the time so why not learn at an informative place full of books and a skilled staff?

4:Cool programs and events-cool programs and events could get people to read more.

5:A place to hang out-if people hung out at the library they may take out more books.

My fave olympian from the top 12 is Poseidon, god of the seas. He is my fave because I love the ocean and sea creatures, plus I love his name 2! :D

My faveorite opening line is "Call me Ismael." from Moby Dick by Herman Melville because it's so simple imediatly dives into the story.

Do you like distopia? Why or why not?

Yes, distopia, along with science fiction, is my favourite genre of book. I read an article that said teenagers are obsessed with distopia because it proves that adults are messing up the world. That's not why I like it, though. I guess I like to read about how a different kind of society works, and because books set in the future tend to incorporate a lot of science. Altogether, it gives me a lot to think about.

Of all of the dystopic books you have read, which ‘end of the world’ scenario do you think is the most realistic?

I know I've read some realistic distopias, but I can't seem to remember any. the most realistic I can come up with is the Giver. Nothing's too improbable, and the kind of order and ignorance they have seems scarily easy to happen.

Why do you think that people are obsessed with the end of the world?

I think there are 2 reasons: the first being, after the Hunger Games, everyone wants to get more of where it came from. If it weren't for that book's popularity, I would say that with the huge messes the world's in, it gives up a chance to escape and say, "Hey, it could always be worse".

What is your favourite dystopia novel?

I think I'll have to resort to my top 3 again, so in no particular order, here they are:

The Hunger Games- Everyone agrees it's great, although I think I might like it for different reasons;

Across the Universe- Another trilogy. High-tech and very unique, it was even better than I expected. I think the 3rd book is coming soon;

The Chrysalids- I read it in school and loved it- pretty much a classic of distopias.

My top 3 non-fiction books are:

3: Chicken Soup for the Soul

While it's inspiring and great as a quick read, a series of collections of stories means you can't choose a favourite.

2: The 7 Habits of Highly effective Teens

Just wanted to give a shout-out to the ONLY self-help book (that I've read) that's any good.

1: Embracing the Wide Sky

This book was written by autistic savant Daniel Tammet. (An autistic savant is someone with the mental condition called autism and would be considered highly gifted even if they didn't have it.) It could be considered an autoibiography if you wanted to classify it, but it's really not. Baisically, he rambles on about whatever he thinks about different topics, especially autistic savants. It's challenging and makes you think, and you learn a little bit about everything. I highly recomend it.

Choices: girl has incorrect memories. Gets used to switching universes. Universe where didn't cause bro's death? Weird, reread to make sense

I underlined the words fromm the wordle. Here's my poem:

The stories sucked me in:

Gripped me,

Shaking me,

Faultless.

They

are inspecting our assumptions,

conspire on how to attract us,

are psychic to our thoughts,

Promised me everything.

Bound my eyes to them,

Making me gawking, then cringe,

Yelling in a voice I can't ignore.

The world of

Mediwizard,

Buyology,

Gritty-wrapped bugger situated in a triple-gawking amethysts dress.

And Last.

My word is SNEAKED, from harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix. It was used because Mundungus sneaked off when he should have been guarding Harry.