Ari Zito, Upper School English
Favorite adult book recommendation — Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Don’t be turned off by its length or standing as a “classic.” One of Dickens’s last novels, (more…)
Ari Zito – Upper School English
Matt Robertson – Batten Library Media Specialist
Matt Robertson, Batten Library Media Specialist
Favorite adult book recommendation — Super Sad True Love Story by C.S. LewiGary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart’s novel imagines an alternative world where personal electronic devices consume your attention, a devastating (more…)
Graham Hudgins – Director of Guidance and Counseling and Upper School Psychology
Graham Hudgins, Director of Guidance and Counseling and Upper School Psychology
Favorite adult book recommendation — The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
I love English history and I love adventure and excitement. This book has (more…)
Elbert Watson – Dance Master
Elbert Watson, Dance Master
Favorite adult book recommendation — Ordering Your Private World by Gordon MacDonald
This book was essential in me rearranging the trajectory of my professional life. (more…)
Jeff Martin – Assistant Headmaster for Business and Auxiliary Operations
Jeff Martin, Assistant Headmaster for Business and Auxiliary Operations
Favorite adult book recommendation — Warlord by Carlo d’Este
This is a fantastic biography of Winston Churchill that focuses on his life during wartime, from (more…)
Lynn Paul – Batten Library Director
Lynn Paul, Batten Library Director
Favorite adult book recommendation — Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
On its face, Bel Canto is an account of a hostage situation executed by a (more…)
Carlynn Monteaux – Teacher, Second Grade Girls
Carlynn Monteaux, Second Grade Girls
Favorite adult book recommendation — Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
I found this book to be captivating. It is rich in theology and was written by a brilliant man and (more…)
Gillian Moore – Teacher, Sixth Grade English and Science
Gillian Moore, Sixth Grade English and Science
Favorite adult book recommendation — A Heart So White by Javier Marias
This story is somewhat of an “anti-detective” novel, following Juan, a translator working for the Spanish government, who hears something in a
Toy Savage – Teacher, Middle School History
Toy Savage, Middle School History
Favorite adult book recommendation — All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
The classic 20th-century political novel, very dense in places but (more…)
Amber Jenkins – Teacher, Upper School English
Amber Jenkins, Upper School English
Favorite adult book recommendation — The World of Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980–1990 by Charles Wright
I was introduced to the work of Charles Wright (who would later become the 50th Poet Laureate of the United States) in a poetry seminar during