Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Teen Summer Reading Program & Special Events

So, it's summer again. School is out, it's a million and a half degrees outside, and the library is the raddest place to hang out.

Wait, what?

Yeah, that's right. I said the library is where the party is at this summer. Just like every summer. We've got a bevy (yes, a bevy) of super sweet events happening at every single library in the county.

Like video games? We got that. Are you an artist? We got that, too. Just want something to do this summer that doesn't involve sitting on the couch flipping through reruns of bad tv you didn't want to watch the first time it came on? We got you covered.

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Yeah, we want you to read, but so does everybody else. We're the only ones who will give you free stuff for doing it, though. Call it a bribe (because that's totally what it is) but at least we're honest about it.

Monday, June 7, 2010

New Teen Books For Summer!

The Complete History of Why I Hate Her by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
(Kingdom Keepers series)
Teen Fiction

Nola befriends Carly, but Carly turns out to be much more complicated than the standard summer buddy--her borderline personality can turn on Nola in a flash. As the girls' instant friendship unhinges by subtle, increasingly powerful turns, the commonplace becomes dramatic--and the outcome unforgettable.

Request it!






Premiere by Melody Carlson
(On the Runway series)
Teen Inspirational Fiction

A recipe for success or a design for disaster? Although they're sisters, Paige and Erin Forrester are like oil and water, night and day, denim and silk. Paige is an outgoing fashionista who loves to be the center of attention, while Erin is more comfortable sporting vintage garb and recording the action around her. When a near disaster turns into the opportunity of a lifetime, these two very-different sisters are given the chance to star in their own fashion-TV show. A guest spot on a hot teen-reality series and their first big red-carpet assignment give this unlikely partnership plenty of room for success--and even more for failure.

Request it!



Kiss of Life by Daniel Waters
(Generation Dead series)
Teen Horror Fiction

Phoebe Kendall is just your typical goth girl with a crush. He's strong and silent and dead. When Phoebe falls for Tommy Williams, the leader of the dead kids, no one can believe it; not her best friend, Margi, and especially not her neighbor, Adam, the star of the football team. Adam has feelings for Phoebe that run much deeper than just friendship; he would do anything for her. But what if protecting Tommy is the one thing that would make her happy?

Request it!





It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han
Teen Fiction
Can summer truly be summer without Cousins Beach? It used to be that Belly counted the days until summer, until she was back at Cousins Beach with Conrad and Jeremiah. But not this year. Not after Susannah got sick again and Conrad stopped caring. Everything that was right and good has fallen apart, leaving Belly wishing summer would never come.

But when Jeremiah calls saying Conrad has disappeared, Belly knows what she must do to make things right again. And it can only happen back at the beach house, the three of them together, the way things used to be. If this summer really and truly is the last summer, it should end the way its started--at Cousins Beach.


Infinity: Chronicles of Nick by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Teen Fantasy
The first Dark-Hunter teen novel. When 14-year-old Nick Gautier is almost killed by his best friends, he's saved by a mysterious warrior and is sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters, immortal vampire slayers...
Nick quickly learns that the human world is only a veil for a much larger and more dangerous one: a world where the captian of the football team is a werewolf and the girl he has a crush on goes at out night to stake the undead. But before he can even learn the rules of this new world, his fellow students are turning into flesh eating zombies. And he's next on the menu.

Hunting the Dragon by Peter Dixon
Teen Fiction
Billy Crawford is working in Fiji as a surfing guide. But when he gets fired for leading his guests into some dangerous surf, he decides that it's time to get a real job. He comes across a tuna clipper called "Lucky Dragon" whose crew is short a boatman. What Billy doesn't know is that the clipper finds tuna by following dolphins.

Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol by Jim Krieg
Teen Humor
Twelve-year-old Griff Carver might be the new kid on Rampart Junior High Patrol squad, but he's no rookie. And he'll do whatever it takes to clean up the mean hallways of his middle school--even if it lands him in hot water.
But when Griff links cool kid Marcus "The Smile" Volger to a counterfeit hall pass ring, can he and his friends close the case? Or will Griff let down the force--and lose his badge--for good?