The Lincoln Library provides a wide array of services and resources for Lincoln students and faculty, in order to help students in their pursuit of academic excellence and enrich both students and faculty alike through books and literature.

Students have access to over 22,000 books, audiocasettes, and videotapes for checkout at the Library, and have a quiet place to meet and study for projects and assignments, as well as access to computers with Internet access and word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet software.

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Abraham Lincoln High School Library’s mission is to be a diverse resource available to all Lincoln students, providing a wide variety of reference materials, literature, and computer facilities for students to enjoy.

The Lincoln Library strives to:

• develop and maintain a diverse collection of materials in various media to support the curricular and personal needs of students and staff.
• develop users who are information and technology literate, who are independent learners, effective users of information, and who exhibit social responsibility.
• maintain a facility that is conducive to both formal and informal learning.

Per the Lincoln Library's Mission Statement, the Library offers:

• PCs and Macintosh computers for student checkout and use, including during lunch
• Over 22,000 books (print and audio) and videos
• Over 50 magazines and newspaper subscriptions
• Special collections in:
  • Reference
  • College and Career
  • World Languages (books in Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish)
  • ELL (English Language Learners)
  • Graphic Novels
  • Teacher Professional Library
  • Urban Pre-Teachers’ Academy
• Access to online reference databases:
  • Newsbank
  • Facts on File
  • CQ Researcher
  • CQ Supreme Court Collection
  • Infotrac/Galenet Student Resource Center (including Opposing Viewpoints)
• Photocopy machine ($.10 per page) and print capabilities from computers ($.05 per page)
• Video viewing station
• Cassette recorders

Grade 7 Up–It is 1890, and 16-year-old Toyo Shimada is uniquely poised to witness the clash of old and new ways in his native Tokyo. Emperor Meiji has instituted a series of radical reforms; one of them requires that all samurai hang up their swords. In the hypnotic opening scene, Toyo and his father assist as his Uncle Koji commits ritual suicide or seppuku. Toyo's father, Sotaro, is a scholarly samurai whose weapon has always been his ink brush, but he too has decided that he cannot live in this new Japan. He tells Toyo that once he has taught him the ways of bushido, or the warrior's code, he, too, will take his own life. Meanwhile, Toyo begins his studies at an elite high school where the hazing by the senior students makes the first-year students miserable. Eventually, the teen and his friends are able to stand up for themselves, and Toyo wins a place on the school's besuboro or baseball team. His lessons in bushido include meditation, balance, and swordplay, and Toyo finds in baseball a way to make the connection between both modern and ancient, mental and physical. Gratz's concluding notes offer more on the period as well as sources for more information. This well-written tale offers plenty of fascinating detail, a fast-paced story, and a fresh perspective on America's pastime. It should delight baseball fans and win a wide audience.–Marilyn Taniguchi, Beverly Hills Public Library, CA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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