The World Ends In April

Juvenile fiction 

     "That's the only new post.  I go back and read what I already know.  The world is ending in the spring when 2010PL7 crashes into our planet."

     Elle, narrator of Stacy McAnulty's The World Ends In April, is no stranger to survivalist thinking.  Her grandfather is always preparing for TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it). He's constantly engaging her and her brothers in worst case scenario drills and stockpiling emergency supplies.

     His mindset takes on a new urgency for Elle when she reads a post written by a Harvard astrophysicist.  A huge meteor is on a collision course with the Earth.  There will be devastating consequences even for the parts of the globe that don't sustain a direct hit.

     The World Ends In April combines an engaging plot with information on how readers can tell the difference between legitimate and not so legitimate websites.

On a purrrsonal note, all of us connected with Black Bear Exchange have something special to be thankful for this year.  Thirteen years ago Lisa set up the first BBE in what formerly was an ice cream stand on campus.  It was nowhere big enough.  Eventually we were able to move to a dorm basement.  Room to spread out but dark and gloomy AF.  A few years ago we moved again to a student apartment in a village of them.  Plenty of light and a fairly comfortable space.  But even better days are ahead.  In the Great Before the University Credit Union had a really big building on Rangely Road on the edge of campus.  The pandemic caused a reconfiguration which ended up with them not needing it.  It's now going to be the new Black Bear Exchange home.  It's a great building with room to expand programs.  Lisa and I and the gang are over the moon.  (Jules)

I guess Jules has to go back to school.  Well she'll come home to me at night. (Tobago)

A great big shout out goes out to the one and only Lisa Morin.

Tobago and Jules Hathaway 

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