Posted by Sam (YA Librarian)
because I just learned that there is a final book in the Janie Johnson series (aka The Face on the Milk Carton series (that's what I call it, anyways))! If you haven't read this series yet, I highly recommend that you do. It has a little bit of everything - mystery, romance, and drama. Fine, it's not everything, but it sure is something! Join me in my excitement for this LAST EVER JANIE JOHNSON BOOK by checking out the first four today.
Posted by Sam (YA Librarian)
Anyone else excited to play this at Pixel Club on Friday?
Posted by Sam (YA Librarian)
This is the complete list of titles for the 10 to 1 Book Club.
Ask the Passengers - A.S. King
Astrid Jones copes with her small town’s gossip and narrow-mindedness by staring at the sky and imagining that she’s sending love to the passengers in the airplanes flying high over her backyard. But little does she know just how much sending her love--and asking the right questions--will affect the passengers’ lives, and her own, for the better.
Bitterblue - Kristin Cashore
Eighteen-year-old Bitterblue, queen of Monsea, realizes her heavy responsibility and the futility of relying on advisors who surround her with lies as she tries to help her people to heal from the thirty-five-year spell cast by her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities.
Chopsticks - Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral
Told entirely with images, this is the story of Glory, a piano prodigy. Brilliant and lonely, Glory falls in love with Frank, who moves in next door, and is soon unable to play anything but the song "Chopsticks."
Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
Drowned Cities - Paolo Bacigalupi
In a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, orphans Mahlia and Mouse barely escape the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities, but their fragile safety is soon threatened and Mahlia will have to risk everything if she is to save Mouse, as he once saved her.
Every Day - David Levithan
Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different person's life, learning over the years to never get too attached, until he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon.
The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has brought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist maned Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
Graffiti Moon - Cath Crowley
Told in alternating voices, an all-night adventure featuring Lucy, who is determined to find an elusive graffiti artist named Shadow, and Ed, the last person Lucy wants to spend time with, except for the fact that he may know how to find Shadow.
Keeping the Castle - Patrice Kindl
In order to support her family and maintain their ancient castle in Lesser Hoo, seventeen-year-old Althea bears the burden of finding a wealthy suitor who can remedy their financial problems.
Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater
Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger, and when she meets Gansey, one of the Raven Boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own--and that together their talents are a dangerous mix.
Posted by Sam (YA Librarian)
10 to 1 (October-January) is not your average book club! It's for teens who use the Brookfield, La Grange, Thomas Ford, La Grange Park and LT libraries, and want to meet new people and have a unique experience. Join anytime between now and January and see what it's all about!
The next meeting is Wednesday, November 7 at 4:30pm. All teens are welcome!
Posted by Gesiel (Teen Advisory Board Member)
Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns
My goal of reading 100 books in 2012 is slightly off track. I'm currently at 59 books, which is more than I read in 2011, but not enough for me to w00t about. 41 books in 3 months? I'm thinking that I will have to read a bunch of manga and graphic novels to complete this goal. Since that's something I've wanted to do anyways, I'm looking forward to this challenge.
You can see what I've been reading over at goodreads.
What have you been reading this year?
Posted by Sam (YA Librarian)
I'm really excited about having a desk in the YA area!
Posted by Shalyn (Teen Advisory Board Member)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
I bet many of you have seen the movie of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. But I am not sure if any of you have read the book the movie was based off of, by J.K. Rowling. The movie did leave out a lot of important details from the book that you should know about.
In the beginning of the book, the men and women who work for Lord Voldemort meet together to make a plan to kill Harry Potter. In the beginning of the movie, it shows Hermione Granger erasing her parent’s memories and Ron Weasley is helping his mother with dinner. The movie didn’t explain at all the departing of the Dursley’s and the wizards coming to pick them up. Also, in the end of the movie, the sentence right before Voldemort and Harry have their famous battle, Harry says: "Let's end this the way we started it...together" and they jump off of what was the top tower of Hogwarts. If you don't read the book, you won't understand the movie much. The book has many more important details that the movie left out that you should know about.
I hope that this inspires all you readers out there to pick up a Harry Potter book! It is truely an amazing book series and I would love to see more people join the Potter-head family :) Enjoy your summer!!
Posted by Gesiel (Teen Adviorsy Board Member)
Bakuman - Tsugumi Ohba
YA/GN/BAK
Posted by Gesiel (Teen Advisory Board Member)
Final Fantasy XIII(13)
