Lois Ruby is the author of Shanghai Shadows, a book that all eighth grade students read during the summer.  Lois Ruby will be visiting Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School on Thursday, October 23, 2008.  She will be in the third floor project room all day.  Lois states that the book is "the gripping story of Ilse and Erich, an Austrian brother and sister duo who survive World War II in Shanghai, China. Life is incredibly different for them way on the other side of the world, but not awful. Then the U.S. comes into the War, and conditions worsen with a blockade that prevents necessities like food, medicine, and beloved American movies from coming into China. But Ilse and Erich do not give in to the bone-chilling cold and blistering heat of Shanghai, nor to the hardships and starvation of a city under Japanese occupation. Instead, they plunge into the underground spy network and are soon steeped in intrigue and danger around every bend. And then a strange and shocking development in their family changes everything. Everything!"  Parents are welcome to attend.  The program is sponsored by the MVMMS PTO Enrichment Committee.

         Posted by Principal Brow - 10/18/08