NCHS Library Services

 Welcome to the NCHS Library page. Students in grades 9-12 use the Nolan Catholic High School Library, which is home to more than 23,000 books, current periodicals, videos, DVDs, CDs, and various specialized electronic databases. Our library encourages lifelong learning while teaching informational literacy, as well as preparing students for the global community.

The Library is open to students and faculty every weekday from 7:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. during regular school days. The library staff is available throughout the day to assist students with their research needs.

Please refer to the school calendar for early dismissal dates and times as the library will follow these scheduled dismissals. Contact  the library at pdewinter@nolancatholichs.org or call, 817-395-0302 with any questions.

BOOK CLUB and KINDLE NEWS!

 There are seven Amazon Kindle e-readers available to our Nolan Catholic students. These can be checked out for a period of three weeks. 

Book Club will meet February 15 and our book selection is Taken by Edward Bloor.

Booklist (September 1, 2007 (Vol. 104, No. 1))

Grades 5-8. Bloor sets his latest novel in Florida, 2035, in a world sharply divided by wealth and race. Kidnapping has become a “major growth industry,” and everyone knows the rules: pay up within 24 hours, and the child is returned. Thirteen-year-old Charity’s rich family lives in the Highlands, a tightly secured gated community; they have a butler who doubles as a heavily armed security guard. Even so, Charity is “taken.” But for some reason, the payoff goes tragically wrong, and Charity is forced to step outside the rule book and fight for her life. Although many of the secondary characters are flat, Charity is an appealing observer who looks beyond class and begins to think for herself. Her calm recounting of the kidnapping scenario increases the tension, while interspersed flashbacks provide believable details of her disturbing world. This page-turner will grab readers at the outset, and its unexpected twist at the close will send them back through events to look for embedded clues. Pair this with Caroline Cooney’s Code Orange (2005).