tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12688260115490809172012-01-27T22:45:51.158-05:00GCPL Teen TalkThe more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go. Dr. SeussGCPLTechnoreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-19687972929500032932011-11-07T16:35:00.000-05:002011-11-07T16:35:40.107-05:00New Teen Books for November, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HfVTFY_91vU/TrgQPVU3KlI/AAAAAAAAAZg/yYJnz8OTFPc/s1600/tankborn.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HfVTFY_91vU/TrgQPVU3KlI/AAAAAAAAAZg/yYJnz8OTFPc/s320/tankborn.jpeg" width="211" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tankborn</b></span> by <a href="http://www.karensandler.net/">Karen Sandler</a><br />Teen Science Fiction<br /><br />Best friends Kayla and Mishalla know they will be separated when the time comes for their Assignments. they are Genetically Engineered Non-humans: gestated in a tank, sequestered in slums, and sent to work as slaves as soon as they reach age fifteen. But when Kayla is Assigned to care for Zul Manel, the patriarch of a trueborn family, she forms an unexpected friendship with Zul's great-grandson. Meanwhile, the children that Mishalla is Assigned to care for are being stolen in the middle of the night, and she begins to suspect that something horrible is happening to them.<br /><br />Kayla and Mishalla reunite to hatch a plan to save the children who are disappearing. Both girls must put their lives and hearts at risk to crack open a sinister conspiracy, one that may reveal secrets no one is ready to face.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=hq&npp=25&index=.TW&term=tankborn">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xopzVcRsqOs/TrgQPgu8v-I/AAAAAAAAAZo/kEiji5Ksmbo/s1600/undermesquite.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xopzVcRsqOs/TrgQPgu8v-I/AAAAAAAAAZo/kEiji5Ksmbo/s320/undermesquite.jpeg" width="216" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Under the Mesquite</b></span> by <a href="http://guadalupegarciamccall.com/">Guadalupe Garcia McCall</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />Lupita, a budding actor and poet in a close-knit Mexican American immigrant family, comes of age as she struggles with adult responsibilities during her mother's battle with cancer. Lupita must take on more responsibility for her house and seven younger siblings, and deal with the pressures of high school, while finding refuge in acting and writing poetry.<br /><br />This Young Adult novel-in-verse includes a glossary of Spanish terms.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1C206898Q9708.130245&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=1&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=under+the+mesquite&x=0&y=0&aspect=subtab34">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-akqvP2gO1nk/TrgQP0SFTFI/AAAAAAAAAZs/nPoBSbxngHs/s1600/apothecary.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-akqvP2gO1nk/TrgQP0SFTFI/AAAAAAAAAZs/nPoBSbxngHs/s320/apothecary.jpeg" width="211" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Apothecary</b></span> by <a href="http://www.mailemeloy.com/">Maile Meloy</a><br />Teen Historical Adventure<br /><br />It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows - a fascinating boy who's not afraid to stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy. When Benjamin's father is kidnapped, Janie and Benjamin must uncover the secrets of the apothecary's sacred book, the Pharmacopoeia, in order to find him, all while keeping it out of the hands of their enemies - Russian spies in possession of nuclear weapons.<br /><br />Discovering and testing potions they never believed could exist, Janie and Benjamin embark on a dangerous race to save the apothecary and prevent impending disaster.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1C206898Q9708.130245&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21755673%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=3&source=%7E%21horizon&term=The+apothecary+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HxscanEC4eE/TrgQQGsXfKI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/SGGSabzBHJo/s1600/everybodyants.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HxscanEC4eE/TrgQQGsXfKI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/SGGSabzBHJo/s320/everybodyants.jpeg" width="220" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Everybody Sees the Ants</b></span> by <a href="http://www.as-king.com/">A.S. King</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />Lucky Linderman didn't ask for his life. He didn't ask his grandfather not to come home from the Vietnam War. He didn't ask for a fther who never got over it. He didn't ask for a mother who keeps pretending their dysfunctional family is fine. And he didn't ask to be the target of Nader McMillan's relentless bullying, which has finally gone too far.<br /><br />But Lucky has a secret. In his dreams, Lucky escapes to the prison his grandfather couldn't escape, where Lucky can be a real man, an adventurer, and a hero. But how long can Lucky keep hiding in his dreams before reality forces its way inside?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1C206898Q9708.130245&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21755316%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=5&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Everybody+sees+the+ants+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kw8MTBJSokE/TrgQQKgNxYI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/Zzucm27HZHU/s1600/flyaway.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kw8MTBJSokE/TrgQQKgNxYI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/Zzucm27HZHU/s320/flyaway.jpeg" width="211" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flyaway</b></span> by <a href="http://www.lucychristopher.com/">Lucy Christopher</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />In a heartbeat, in a wingbeat, it happens. Isla's father falls. They're racing across the fields, following the swans flying to winter at the lake like they do every year, when something goes wrong. And before she can even catch her breath, they're in the back of an ambulance, she's holding his hand.<br /><br />As Isla struggles with her father's frailty and the new feelings she has for Harry, a boy she meets at the hospital, she's determined to help the only way she knows how. Outside the hospital windows, Isla watches a lone whooper swan struggling to fly. If only she could save the lost bird, would that somehow heal her dad, and cure Harry, and make everything good again?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1C206898Q9708.130245&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21756617%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=7&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Flyaway+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WSuPR7DeNpQ/TrgQQW7Mf4I/AAAAAAAAAaE/j_vBI08t0D8/s1600/icefall.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WSuPR7DeNpQ/TrgQQW7Mf4I/AAAAAAAAAaE/j_vBI08t0D8/s320/icefall.jpeg" width="210" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Icefall</b></span> by <a href="http://matthewjkirby.com/kirbside/">Matthew J. Kirby</a><br />Teen Fantasy/Adventure<br /><br />Trapped in a hidden fortress tucked between towering mountains and a frozen sea, Solveig, along with her brother the crown prince, their older sister, and an army of restless warriors, anxiously awaits news of her father's victory at battle. But as winter stretches on, and the unending ice refuses to break, terrible acts of treachery soon make it clear that a traitor lurks in their midst. A malevolent air begins to seep through the fortress walls, and a smothering claustrophobia slowly turns these prisoners of winter against one another.<br /><br />Can Solveig and her siblings survive the long winter months and expose the traitor before he succeeds in destroying a kingdom?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1C206898Q9708.130245&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21756666%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=9&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Icefall+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1T32WTH8ut0/TrgQQvH4oZI/AAAAAAAAAaM/v3zkmyN4ZrU/s1600/lostsongs.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1T32WTH8ut0/TrgQQvH4oZI/AAAAAAAAAaM/v3zkmyN4ZrU/s320/lostsongs.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Lost Songs</b></span> by <a href="http://www.carolinebcooneybooks.com/">Caroline B. Cooney</a><br />Teen Southern Fiction<br /><br />The day Lutie Painter takes the city bus north instead of the school bus west, cutting class for the first time ever, her aunt and uncle have no idea what she is up to. That same morning, Lutie's pastor, Miss Veola, whispers as always, "This is the day that the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it." A block from Miss Veola and up a hill in Chalk, Train Greene, burning with anger, has a decision to make, and he's running out of time. A few miles away, among finer houses, Kelvin Hartley yawns and gets ready for another day at school, where he is a friend to all and makes an effort at nothing. And Doria Bell, who recently moved to the South from Connecticut, walks to the bus stop, hoping the high school kids who live nearby will say hello.<br /><br />All of these lives intertwine and--in surprising ways--become connected to Lutie's ancestors, who are buried in the cemetery in Chalk.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1C206898Q9708.130245&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21760800%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=11&source=%7E%21horizon&term=The+lost+songs+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kt6sH4ueRbk/TrgQQ9S_WUI/AAAAAAAAAaU/O2WUcl_yKtc/s1600/palacedamned.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kt6sH4ueRbk/TrgQQ9S_WUI/AAAAAAAAAaU/O2WUcl_yKtc/s320/palacedamned.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Palace of the Damned</b></span> by <a href="http://www.darrenshan.com/">Darren Shan</a><br /><i>Saga of Larten Crepsley</i> series<br />Teen Horror<br /><br />After failing his mentor and killing the entire crew of a ship in a bout of revenge for the death of his assistant, Larten in bereft with guilt. He no longer has the drive to live the vampiric life, and hides out in Paris, masquerading as a human. There, he finds some happiness, even falling in love with a girl. But the darkness inside him is too great for humanity, and he is forced to make a choice: hide in the shadows of the human world, or take his place among the vampire clan and protect those weaker than himself. But enemies are waiting, traps are laid, and Larten's path is bound to be strewn with bodies.<br /><br />This is his story.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1C206898Q9708.130245&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21756441%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=13&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Palace+of+the+damned+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-1968797292950003293?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-59827624767992600692011-10-04T17:26:00.001-04:002011-10-04T17:26:14.119-04:00New Teen Titles for October, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dm4GNgK9LM4/TonuLBoti-I/AAAAAAAAAYo/Z9H-4zrG5NE/s1600/After+Obsession+by+Carrie+Jones+and+Steven+E+Wedel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dm4GNgK9LM4/TonuLBoti-I/AAAAAAAAAYo/Z9H-4zrG5NE/s320/After+Obsession+by+Carrie+Jones+and+Steven+E+Wedel.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b>After Obsession</b></span> by <a href="http://www.carriejonesbooks.com/">Carrie Jones</a> & <a href="http://www.stevenewedel.com/">Steven E. Wedel</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Teen Horror</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Aimee and Alan have secrets. Both teens have unusual pasts and abilities they prefer to keep hidden. But when they meet each other, in a cold Maine town, they can't stop their secrets from spilling out. Strange things have been happening lately, and they both feel that something--or someone--is haunting them. They're wrong. Despite their unusual history and powers, it's neither Aimee nor Alan who is truly haunted. It's Alan's cousin Courtney who, in a desperate plea to find her missing father, has invited a demon into her life--and her body. Only together can Aimee and Alan exorcise the ghost. And they have to move quickly, before it devours not just Courtney but everything around her.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13HT75949779G.274340&profile=hq&source=%7E%21horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001%7E%21734203%7E%210&ri=1&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=after+obsession&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=1">Request it!</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dJ90ci4N_5o/TonuLvx5p7I/AAAAAAAAAYs/XidU3HIeri8/s1600/as+i+wake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dJ90ci4N_5o/TonuLvx5p7I/AAAAAAAAAYs/XidU3HIeri8/s320/as+i+wake.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">As I Wake</span></b> by <a href="http://elizabethwrites.com/">Elizabeth Scott</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Teen Suspense</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ava is welcomed home from the hospital by a doting mother, lively friends, and a crush finally beginning to show interest. There's only one problem: Ava can't remember any of them - and can't shake the feeling that she's not who they say she is.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ava Struggles to break through her amnesiac haze as she goes through the motions of high-school life, but the memories that surface take place in a very different world, where Ava and familiar-faced friends are under constant scrutiny and no one can be trusted.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13HT75949779G.274340&profile=hq&source=%7E%21horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001%7E%21734594%7E%210&ri=3&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=as+i+wake&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=3">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K0Uesf5bleE/TonuL68DnrI/AAAAAAAAAYw/tGreAGluVLA/s1600/ashes-by-ilsa-j-bick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K0Uesf5bleE/TonuL68DnrI/AAAAAAAAAYw/tGreAGluVLA/s320/ashes-by-ilsa-j-bick.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ashes</b></span> by <a href="http://www.ilsajbick.com/">Ilsa J. Bick</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Teen Science Fiction</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions. Alex hiked into the woods to say good-bye to her dead parents and her personal demons. Now desperate to find out what happened after the pulse crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom--a young soldier--and Ellie, and girl whose grandfather was killed by the EMP.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For this improvised family and the others who are spared, it's now a question of who can be trusted... and who is no longer human.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13HT75949779G.274340&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21751819%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=6&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Ashes+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p7UxQsyYHmk/TonuL6MFZDI/AAAAAAAAAY0/X7Sz596Yi3A/s1600/blood-wounds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p7UxQsyYHmk/TonuL6MFZDI/AAAAAAAAAY0/X7Sz596Yi3A/s320/blood-wounds.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blood Wounds</b></span> by <a href="http://susanbethpfeffer.blogspot.com/">Susan Beth Pfeffer</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Teen Psychological Fiction</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Willa is lucky: she has a loving blended family that gets along. Not all families are so fortunate. But when a bloody crime takes place hundreds of miles away, it has an explosive effect on Willa's peaceful life. The estranged father she hardly remembers has murdered his new wife and children, and is headed east toward Willa and her mother. Under police protection, Willa discovers that her mother has harbored secrets that are threatening to boil over. Has everything Willa believed about herself been a lie? But as Willa sets out to untangle the mysteries of her past, she also keeps her own secret--one that has the potential to tear apart all she holds dear.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13HT75949779G.274340&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21752272%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=8&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Blood+wounds+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PaH7Skt2G3w/TonuME1fwbI/AAAAAAAAAY4/-4jcwY9N-kE/s1600/drink+slay+love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PaH7Skt2G3w/TonuME1fwbI/AAAAAAAAAY4/-4jcwY9N-kE/s320/drink+slay+love.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Drink, Slay, Love</b></span> by <a href="http://www.sarahbethdurst.com/">Sarah Beth Durst</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Teen Paranormal Fantasy</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Pearl is your typical sixteen-year-old vampire--until the night a unicorn stabs her through the heart with his horn. Oops. Now she's experiencing a number of alarming symptoms: noticing her own reflection, feeling sympathy for a human victim, and being able to withstand the sun. Pearl's immunity to sunlight thrills her family, who enroll her in high school so she can lure home tasty friends. Pearl quickly discovers that high school is very similar to vampire culture with its rigid rules, clear social hierarchy, and a might-makes-right attitude. But having a conscience makes it hard to cope with an evil plot the Vampire King has in store for the local humans. Will Pearl overcome her bloodsucking instincts in favor of her newly acquired conscience?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13HT75949779G.274340&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21752904%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=10&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Drink%2C+slay%2C+love+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gvsUcsLAtxY/TonuMivSujI/AAAAAAAAAY8/ff47YW6RQSE/s1600/dust-decay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gvsUcsLAtxY/TonuMivSujI/AAAAAAAAAY8/ff47YW6RQSE/s320/dust-decay.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dust & Decay</b></span> by <a href="http://jonathanmaberry.com/">Jonathan Maberry</a><br />(sequel to <b>Rot & Ruin</b>)<br />Teen Adventure<br /><br />In post-apocalyptic America, 15-year-old Benny Imura and his friends set out into the great Rot & Ruin, after months of rigorous training with Benny's zombie-hunter brother Tom, hoping to find a better future.<br /><br />But before they even leave there is a shocking zombie attack in town, and as soon as they step into the Rot & Ruin they are pursued by the living dead, wild animals, and insane murderers, and face the horrors of Gameland--where teenagers are forced to fight for their lives in the zombie pits. Worst of all... could the evil Charlie Pink-eye still be alive?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13HT75949779G.274340&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21750797%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=12&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Dust+and+decay&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0igDWsRouDg/TonuM9JBh9I/AAAAAAAAAZA/Y6Hz0hKITh0/s1600/ghost+hunt+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0igDWsRouDg/TonuM9JBh9I/AAAAAAAAAZA/Y6Hz0hKITh0/s320/ghost+hunt+2.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ghost Hunt 2: More Chilling Tales of the Unknown</b></span> by <a href="http://jasonhawes.com/">Jason Hawes</a><br />Teen Horror<br /><br />Is Alcatraz prison really haunted by ghostly inmates--or is something in the air causing hallucinations? Can the ocean be haunted? Are glowing red eyes in the woods just an animal--or something more sinister?<br /><br />Unlock these mysteries and many more in this chilling collection of terrifying tales based on real cases from The Atlantic Paranormal Society.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13HT75949779G.274340&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21753681%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=14&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Ghost+hunt+2+%3A+more+chilling+tales+of+the+unknown+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6EdygEQasHU/TonuNDmfynI/AAAAAAAAAZE/lY4Xr5KNLRU/s1600/witches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6EdygEQasHU/TonuNDmfynI/AAAAAAAAAZE/lY4Xr5KNLRU/s320/witches.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem</b></span> by <a href="http://www.rosalynschanzer.com/">Rosalyn Schanzer</a><br />Teen Nonfiction<br /><br />In the little colonial town of Salem Village, Massachusetts, two girls began to twitch, mumble, and contort their bodies into strange shapes. The doctor tried every remedy, but nothing cured the young Puritans. He grimly announced the dire diagnosis: the girls were bewitched! And then accusations began!<br /><br />The riveting, true story of the victims, accused witches, crooked officials, and mass hysteria that turned a mysterious illness affecting two children into a witch hunt that took over a dozen people's lives and ruined hundreds more unfolds in chilling detail.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13HT75949779G.274340&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21753188%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=16&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Witches%21+%3A+the+absolutely+true+tale+of+disaster+in+Salem+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-5982762476799260069?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-33383450493947803252011-08-31T14:11:00.000-04:002011-08-31T14:11:23.809-04:00New Teen Books for September 2011<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O649LooE0TQ/Tl5sOWZ6U8I/AAAAAAAAAYc/k3tZ-pYrqvs/s1600/undrownedchild.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O649LooE0TQ/Tl5sOWZ6U8I/AAAAAAAAAYc/k3tZ-pYrqvs/s320/undrownedchild.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Undrowned Child</span></b> by <a href="http://www.michellelovric.com/">Michelle Lovric</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Teen Historical Fantasy</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Teodora has always longed to visit Venice, and at last she has her chance. But strange and sinister things are afoot in the beautiful floating city. Teo is quickly subsumed into a secret world in which salty-tongued mermaids run subversive printing presses, ghosts good and bad patrol the streets, statues speak, rats read, and librarians fluidly turn into cats. And where a book, "The Key to the Secret City," leads Teo straight into the heart of the danger that threatens to the destroy the very city to which she feels she belongs. An ancient proverb seems to unite Teo with a Venetian boy, Renzo, and with the Traitor who has returned from the dark past to wreak revenge... But who is the Undrowned Child destined to save Venice?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13J4810663S54.10374&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=2&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=undrowned+child&x=0&y=0&aspect=subtab34">Request it!</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zw1dxayvU9M/Tl5sQ_3KrrI/AAAAAAAAAYg/rw8da64jlxQ/s1600/youvegottalent.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zw1dxayvU9M/Tl5sQ_3KrrI/AAAAAAAAAYg/rw8da64jlxQ/s320/youvegottalent.jpeg" width="275" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">You've Got Talent</span></b> by Andrea Mills</div><div style="text-align: left;">Teen Nonfiction</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wanna dance? Wanna sing? You've Got Talent features everything you need to know about the world of entertainment, past and present. Readers can relive the greatest and most memorable performances, from the earliest shows to the most expensive disasters! They'll get a sneak peek behind the scenes to look at the stage and equipment, and to meet the people who make everything happen, from top-billing stars to scriptwriters and set designers.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13J4810663S54.10374&profile=hq&source=%7E%21horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001%7E%21733802%7E%210&ri=1&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=you%27ve+got+talent&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=1">Request it!</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3hmisqU7xao/Tl5sRPjlX4I/AAAAAAAAAYk/a9_vKwatla4/s1600/witchlanders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3hmisqU7xao/Tl5sRPjlX4I/AAAAAAAAAYk/a9_vKwatla4/s320/witchlanders.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Witchlanders</span></b> by <a href="http://lenacoakley.com/">Lena Coakley</a><br />Teen Fantasy<br /><br />High in their mountain covens, redwitches pray to the Goddess, protecting the Witchlands by throwing the bones and foretelling the future. It's all a fake. At least that's what Ryder thinks. He doubts the witches really deserve their tithes--one quarter of all the crops his village can produce. And even if they can predict the future, what danger is there to foretell, now that his people's old enemy, the Baen, has been defeated?<br /><br />But when a terrifying new magic threatens both his village and the coven, Ryder must confront the beautiful and silent witch who holds all the secrets. Everything he's ever believed about witches, the Baen, magic and about himself will change.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13J4810663S54.10374&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=3&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=witchlanders&x=0&y=0&aspect=subtab34">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dsQusWHn1vw/Tl5rYjTXtQI/AAAAAAAAAYI/oodcmO7crfc/s1600/envy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647069052306699522" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dsQusWHn1vw/Tl5rYjTXtQI/AAAAAAAAAYI/oodcmO7crfc/s320/envy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 212px;" /></a><b><span style="font-size: large;">Envy</span></b> by <a href="http://www.greggolsen.com/">Gregg Olsen</a><br />Empty Coffin series<br />Teen Mystery<br /><br />Crime lives--and dies--in the deceptively picture-perfect town of Port Gamble (aka "Empty Coffin"), Washington. Evil lurks and strange things happen--and 15-year-olds Hayley and Taylor Ryan secretly use their wits and their telepathic "twin-sense" to uncover the truth about the towns victims and culprits. "Envy," the series debut, involves the mysterious death of the twins' old friend, Katelyn. Was it murder? Suicide? An accident? Hayley and Taylor are determined to find out--and as they investigate, they stumble upon a dark truth that is far more disturbing than they could have ever imagined. Based on the shocking true crime about cyber-bullying, "Envy" will take you to the edge--and push you right over.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13J4810663S54.10374&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21751306%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=5&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Envy+%3A+an+empty+coffin+novel+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wUxxtZmyODw/Tl5rZKwShMI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/Spx91GurpEc/s1600/prisonercell25.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647069062896977090" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wUxxtZmyODw/Tl5rZKwShMI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/Spx91GurpEc/s320/prisonercell25.jpg" style="float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 211px;" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25</span></b> by <a href="http://www.richardpaulevans.com/">Richard Paul Evans</a><br />Teen Science Fiction Suspence<br /><br />To everyone at Meridian High School, Michael Vey is an ordinary fourteen-year-old. In fact, the only thing that seems to set him apart is the fact that he has Tourette's syndrome. But Michael is anything but ordinary. Michael has special powers. Electric Powers.<br /><br />Michael thinks he's unique until he discovers that a cheerleader named Taylor also has special powers. With the help of Michael's friend Ostin, the three of them set out to discover how Michael and Taylor ended up this way, but their investigation brings them to the attention of a powerful group who wants to control the electric children - and through them the world. Michael will have to rely on his wits, powers, and friends if he's to survive.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13J4810663S54.10374&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21751229%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=7&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Michael+Vey+%3A+the+prisoner+of+cell+25+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7VXEc-nyN5A/Tl5rYOKLsDI/AAAAAAAAAYA/j8TWR7dQNSQ/s1600/Dark-Souls.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647069046631018546" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7VXEc-nyN5A/Tl5rYOKLsDI/AAAAAAAAAYA/j8TWR7dQNSQ/s320/Dark-Souls.jpg" style="float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 212px;" /></a><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dark Souls</span></b> by <a href="http://trendybutcasual.typepad.com/">Paula Morris</a><br />Teen Horror<br /><br />Miranda Tennant arrives in New York, the most haunted city in the world, with a terrible, tragic secret. She is eager to lose herself amid the quaint cobblestones, hoping she wont' run into the countless ghosts who supposedly roam the city...<br /><br />Then she meets Nick, and intense, dark-eyed boy who knows all of York's hidden places and histories. Miranda wonders if Nick is falling for her, but she is distracted by another boy--one even more handsome and mysterious than Nick. He lives in the house across from Miranda and seems desperate to send her some sort of message. Could this boy be one of New York's haunted souls?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13J4810663S54.10374&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21744671%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=9&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Dark+souls+%3A+a+novel+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eylWzCpwD8k/Tl5rX6Vs_xI/AAAAAAAAAX4/OIzugNXZ6f8/s1600/cleomoon.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647069041310629650" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eylWzCpwD8k/Tl5rX6Vs_xI/AAAAAAAAAX4/OIzugNXZ6f8/s320/cleomoon.jpg" style="float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 211px;" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cleopatra's Moon</b></span> by <a href="http://historywithatwist.blogspot.com/">Vicky Alvear Shecter</a><br />Teen Historical Fiction<br /><br />Selene has grown up in a palace on the Nile with her parents, Cleopatra & Mark Antony--the most brilliant, powerful rulers on earth. But the jealous Roman Emperor Octavianus wants Egypt for himself, and when war finally comes, Selene faces the loss of all she's ever loved. Forced to build a new life in Octavianus' household in Rome, she finds herself torn between two young men and two possible destinies--until she reaches out to claim her won.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13J4810663S54.10374&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21744630%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=11&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Cleopatra%27s+moon+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C-jp5k_fMwY/Tl5rZWympMI/AAAAAAAAAYY/_JWJ3nuttGM/s1600/The%2BProject.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647069066127910082" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C-jp5k_fMwY/Tl5rZWympMI/AAAAAAAAAYY/_JWJ3nuttGM/s320/The%2BProject.jpg" style="float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 212px;" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Project</b></span> by <a href="http://www.brianfalkner.com/">Brian Falkner</a><br />Teen Science Fiction Adventure<br /><br />It begins with a book, the most boring book in the world, a books so boring no one could ever read it--the perfect place to hid a dangerous secret.<br /><br />When best friends Luke and Tommy volunteer to help move books from their library's basement to higher ground during a quick rising food, they discover the only surviving copy of the most boring book in the world: "Leonardo's River," lost for over 100 years. The book is connected to Leonardo da Vinci and is worth millions, so they return that night to steal it. Unfortunately, they're not the only ones with that plan...<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13J4810663S54.10374&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21749595%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=13&source=%7E%21horizon&term=The+project+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-3338345049394780325?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-88278140421408292082011-08-02T16:09:00.009-04:002011-08-04T12:58:50.197-04:00New Teen Books for August, 2011<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EefsPCdB8LM/Tjhbm6Xej3I/AAAAAAAAAXw/Ldt3ccfL_iw/s1600/the_final_hour.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636355657715060594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 209px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EefsPCdB8LM/Tjhbm6Xej3I/AAAAAAAAAXw/Ldt3ccfL_iw/s320/the_final_hour.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Final Hour</span></strong></em> by <a href="http://www.andrewklavan.com/">Andrew Klavan</a><br />Homelanders series<br />Teen Adventure<br /><br />"You're not alone. You're never alone." Charlie West has held on to that belief, but now he's starting to wonder. He went to bed one night an ordinary high-school kid. When he woke up, he was wanted for murder and hunted by a ruthless band of terrorists. He's been on the run ever since. Now he's stuck in prison, abandoned by his allies, trying desperately to stay a step ahead of vicious prison gangs and brutal guards. And a flash of returning memory tells him another terrorist strike is coming soon. A million people will die unless he does something. But what? He's stuck in a concrete cage with no way out and no one who can help. Charlie ahs never felt so alone--and yet he knows he can't give in or give up... not with the final hour ticking away.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=RU124765F6793.69910&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!728251~!0&ri=1&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=the+final+hour&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=1#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jxn2F93ONoc/TjhbmpionMI/AAAAAAAAAXo/DcLEep0iMVA/s1600/Supernaturally.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636355653198453954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 218px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jxn2F93ONoc/TjhbmpionMI/AAAAAAAAAXo/DcLEep0iMVA/s320/Supernaturally.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Supernaturally</span></em></strong> by <a href="http://kierstenwhite.com/">Kiersten White</a><br />Paranormalcy series<br />Teen Fantasy<br /><br />Evie finally has the normal life she's always longed for. But she's shocked to discover that being ordinary can be... kind of boring. Just when Evie starts to long for her days at the International Paranormal Containment Agency, she's given a chance to work for them again. But as one disastrous mission leads to another, Evie starts to wonder if she made the right choice. And when Evie's faerie ex-boyfriend Reth appears with devastating revelations about her past, she discovers that there's a battle brewing between the faerie courts that could throw the whole supernatural world into chaos. The prize in question? Evie herself.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=RU124765F6793.69910&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!732024~!0&ri=3&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=supernaturally&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=3#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P_JX2BkqW-Y/TjhbmeHTrmI/AAAAAAAAAXg/5ETbMoTA7jU/s1600/LunchBox.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636355650131045986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P_JX2BkqW-Y/TjhbmeHTrmI/AAAAAAAAAXg/5ETbMoTA7jU/s320/LunchBox.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Lunch-Box Dream</span></em></strong> by <a href="http://www.tonyabbottbooks.com/">Tony Abbott</a><br />Teen Historical Fiction<br /><br />Bobby and his family are visiting Civil War battlefields on the eve of the war's centenary, while inside their car, quiet battles rage. When an accident cuts their trip short, they return home on a bus and witness an incident that threatens to deny a black family seats. What they don't know is the reason for the family's desperation to be on that bus: a few towns away, their child is missing.<br /><br /><em>Lunch-Box Dream</em> presents Jim Crow, racism, and segregation from multiple perspectives. In this story of witnessing without understanding, a naively prejudiced boy, in brief flashes of insight, starts to identify and question his assumptions about race.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=RU124765F6793.69910&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=4&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=lunch+box+dream&aspect=subtab34#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NFt8FAyfNIE/TjhbcSdh8yI/AAAAAAAAAXY/jWnyQTHUIe0/s1600/girl_is_murder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636355475204338466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NFt8FAyfNIE/TjhbcSdh8yI/AAAAAAAAAXY/jWnyQTHUIe0/s320/girl_is_murder.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Girl is Murder</span></strong></em> by <a href="http://www.kathrynmillerhaines.com/">Kathryn Miller Haines</a><br />Teen Mystery<br /><br />Iris Anderson is only 15, but she's quickly mastering the art of deception. It's the fall of 1942 and Iris's world is rapidly changing. Her Pop is back from the war with a missing leg, limiting his ability to do the physically grueling part of his detective work. Iris is dying to help, especially when she discovers that one of Pop's cases involves a boy at her school. Now, instead of sitting at home watching Deanna Durbin movies, Iris is sneaking out of the house, double crossing her friends, and dancing at the Savoy till all hours of the night. There's certainly never a dull moment in the private eye business.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=RU124765F6793.69910&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!728258~!0&ri=6&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=the+girl+is+murder&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=6#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M7eseTtqADI/TjhbcHu_eeI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/A8CUOVCHy5Y/s1600/cool%2Btech.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636355472324786658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M7eseTtqADI/TjhbcHu_eeI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/A8CUOVCHy5Y/s320/cool%2Btech.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Cool Tech: Gadgets, Games, Robots, and the Digital World</span></strong></em> by <a href="http://www.clivegifford.co.uk/">Clive Gifford</a><br />Teen Nonfiction<br /><br />Cool Tech is a thrilling journey through the physical side of the virtual world. Marvel at the technology taht keeps you connected, from the ships installing lines deep in the ocean, the robots locating wire breaks, the satellites beaming signals across the earth, the teams retrieving and splicing lines together, to the servers directing and feeding internet traffic around the world. Plus, take a look back at the history of the internet, exploring people and inventions that led to its creation and tour a virtual museum to see how the technology has progressed over the years changing the lives of ordinary people everywhere.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=RU124765F6793.69910&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!729976~!0&ri=8&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=cool+tech+robots+games&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=8#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jw7ULoHVk6Y/TjhbbxgTWvI/AAAAAAAAAXI/-x43xL4yFYw/s1600/americapedia.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636355466357594866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 272px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jw7ULoHVk6Y/TjhbbxgTWvI/AAAAAAAAAXI/-x43xL4yFYw/s320/americapedia.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Americapedia: Taking the Dumb out of Freedom</span></strong></em> by <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/22853/Jodi_Lynn_Anderson/index.aspx">Jodi Lynn Anderson</a><br />Teen Nonfiction<br /><br />Aimed at teens who want to know more about the day-t0-day workings of the U.S. government, this unique blend of humor and information is a cross between a textbook and a satire.<br /><br />A crash course for understanding critical events in America and the world, it touches upon a variety of topics--historical and current--and explains how they unfolded and why they are important in the political and governmental arenas. Funny and intelligent writing, very reminiscent of the Daily Show, provides insight into the American electoral system, the world economy, the role religion plays in world conflicts, and America's place in the world. The final chapter provides information about how to get involved.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=RU124765F6793.69910&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=9&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=americapedia&aspect=subtab34#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tQp9sznI6KY/TjhbbSDJcbI/AAAAAAAAAXA/whfsr2W5ezI/s1600/alexvanhelsing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636355457913811378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tQp9sznI6KY/TjhbbSDJcbI/AAAAAAAAAXA/whfsr2W5ezI/s320/alexvanhelsing.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Alex Van Helsing: Voice of the Undead</span></strong></em> by <a href="http://jasonhenderson.com/">Jason Henderson</a><br />Alex Van Helsing series<br />Teen Supernatural Adventure<br /><br />Fourteen-year-old Alex has no idea that he's descended from the world's most famous vampire hunter, but that changes fast when he arrives at Glenarvon Academy and confronts two vampires in his first three days. Hidden deep underground lies an ancient university for vampires called the Scholomance. When two of Alex's friends are kidnapped by the deadly vampire clan lord Icemaker, it's up to Alex to infiltrate the Scholomance and get them back--alive. Assisted by the Polidorium, a top-secret vampire-hunting organization with buried ties to the Van Helsings, Alex dodges zombies, bullets, and lots--and lots--of fangs on his way to thwarting Icemaker's plans and fulfilling his family destiny.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=RU124765F6793.69910&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!729636~!0&ri=11&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=alex+van+helsing&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=11#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PNJsECTgL7s/TjhbbDajkzI/AAAAAAAAAW4/Q5SW1Amu2mM/s1600/addieinside.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636355453985461042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 228px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PNJsECTgL7s/TjhbbDajkzI/AAAAAAAAAW4/Q5SW1Amu2mM/s320/addieinside.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Addie on the Inside</span></strong></em> by James Howe<br />Teen Fiction (Novels in Verse)<br /><br />Addie Carle, the only girl int he group of friends known as The Gang of Five, is outspoken, opinionated, and sometimes... just a bit obnoxious. But as seventh grade progresses, Addie's not so sure anymore about who she is. It seems her tough exterior is just a little too tough and that doesn't help her deal with the turmoil she feels on the inside as she faces the pains of growing up.<br /><br />Told in elegant, accessible verse, <em>Addie on the Inside</em> gives readers a look at a strong, smart, and sensitive girl struggling with the box society wants to put her in. Addie confronts experiences many readers will relate to: the loss of a beloved pet, first heartbreak, teasing... but also, friendship, love, and a growing confidence in one's self.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=RU124765F6793.69910&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=12&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=addie+on+the+inside&aspect=subtab34#focus">Request it!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-8827814042140829208?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-66535629225009937842011-07-05T12:03:00.011-04:002011-07-05T12:56:24.049-04:00New Teen Books for July, 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q-5JGy2y95s/ThM3l1bvAuI/AAAAAAAAAWo/_ZbvW8qOhfc/s1600/What%2BWould%2Bmy%2BCell%2BPhone%2BDo.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q-5JGy2y95s/ThM3l1bvAuI/AAAAAAAAAWo/_ZbvW8qOhfc/s320/What%2BWould%2Bmy%2BCell%2BPhone%2BDo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625901482653975266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What Would My Cell Phone Do?</span></span> by <a href="http://www.micolostow.com/">Micol Ostow</a><br />Teen Romance<br /><br />When Aggie Eckhart's family moves from Miami, Florida to Denville, Alaska, because of her father's job, Aggie feels like a fish out of water. Not only is frozen Denville a far cry from sunny Miami, but she's got no friends, her mother is driving her crazy, and she loses her cell phone within the first month - cutting off her lifeline to civilization. But when an online search for her phone (using the fancy-schmancy built-in GPS tracker) reveals that the cell is enjoying life up north much more than Aggie is, she adopts a whole new outlook. No more woe-is-me, now it's all WWMCPD (What Would My Cell Phone Do)? And before Aggie knows it, things are looking a whole lot brighter!<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=hq&npp=25&index=.TW&term=what%20would%20my%20cell%20phone">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QL79sZc8bCw/ThM3lKFOOcI/AAAAAAAAAWg/u1ofDXtlQm4/s1600/Starcrossed.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QL79sZc8bCw/ThM3lKFOOcI/AAAAAAAAAWg/u1ofDXtlQm4/s320/Starcrossed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625901471016827330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Starcrossed</span></span> by <a href="http://www.josephineangelini.com/">Josephine Angelini</a><br />Teen Romantic Fantasy<br /><br />Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is -- and it's getting harder. At school she's haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood... and when Helen first crosses paths with Lucas Delos, she has no way of knowing they're destined to play leading roles in a tragedy the Fates insist on repeating throughout history.<br /><br />As Helen unlocks the secrets of her ancestry, she realizes that some myths are more than just legend. But even demigod powers might not be enough to defy the forces that are drawing both her and Lucas together -- and trying to tear them apart.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130J8L44Y3655.275271&profile=hq&source=%7E%21horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001%7E%21726695%7E%210&ri=2&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=starcrossed&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=2">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5uxNY23xFXg/ThM3mWpsmBI/AAAAAAAAAWw/1coKir3QvjI/s1600/wikkeling.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5uxNY23xFXg/ThM3mWpsmBI/AAAAAAAAAWw/1coKir3QvjI/s320/wikkeling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625901491570907154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Wikkeling</span></span> by <a href="http://www.stevenarntson.info/">Steven Arntson</a><br />Teen Fantasy<br /><br />In the enormous city of the Addition, all children are SAFE, SECURE, and SUPERVISED, and are watched by cameras even while they sleep. Henrietta is unlikeable at her competitive school until she meets Gary and Rose. They all share something in common: headaches with an unknown cause. Then, late one night, Henrietta makes a startling discovery when she finds a wounded cat in the attic above her bedroom. Soon after, a series of strange occurrences follow, including the appearance of a threatening creature with long, waxy fingers, who calls itself the Wikkeling. With the help of an ancient Bestiary, will Henrietta and her friends solve these mysteries before the Wikkeling finally catches them?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130J8L44Y3655.275271&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=3&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=wikkeling&x=0&y=0&aspect=subtab34">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mgUXcobs0-0/ThM3T3UxgrI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/3NSNohlh_JU/s1600/Hourglass.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mgUXcobs0-0/ThM3T3UxgrI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/3NSNohlh_JU/s320/Hourglass.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625901173924004530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hourglass</span></span> by <a href="http://myramcentire.blogspot.com/">Myra McEntire</a><br />Teen Science Fiction<br /><br />For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn't there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents' death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She's tried everything, but the visions keep coming back.<br /><br />So even when her well-meaning brother brings in a consultant from a secretive organization called the Hourglass, Emerson's willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only changer her future, it may change her past.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130J8L44Y3655.275271&profile=hq&source=%7E%21horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001%7E%21723234%7E%210&ri=5&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=hourglass&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=5">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dHrmtACDr5c/ThM3TDzYfqI/AAAAAAAAAWI/i6niqbwt2IM/s1600/Hereafter.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dHrmtACDr5c/ThM3TDzYfqI/AAAAAAAAAWI/i6niqbwt2IM/s320/Hereafter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625901160093744802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hereafter</span></span> by <a href="http://www.tarahudson.com/">Tara Hudson</a><br />Teen Paranormal Romance<br /><br />Drifting in the dark waters of a mysterious river, the only thing Amelia knows for sure is that she's dead. But her nightmarish existence changes when she tries to rescue a boy, Joshua, from drowning in her river and, in an unforgettable moment of connection, she helps him survive.<br /><br />While they struggle to keep their bond hidden from the living world, a frightening spirit named Eli is doing everything in his power to destroy their newfound happiness and drag Amelia back into the ghost world... forever.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130J8L44Y3655.275271&profile=hq&source=%7E%21horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001%7E%21726687%7E%210&ri=7&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=hereafter&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=7">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S-MC460riVw/ThM3SpwciGI/AAAAAAAAAWA/mVe51pydN44/s1600/FORGOTTEN_Cover-Final.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S-MC460riVw/ThM3SpwciGI/AAAAAAAAAWA/mVe51pydN44/s320/FORGOTTEN_Cover-Final.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625901153102104674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Forgotten</span></span> by <a href="http://www.catpatrick.com/">Cat Patrick</a><br />Teen Mystery<br /><br />Each night at precisely 4:33 am, while sixteen-year-old London Lane is asleep, her memory of that day is erased. In the morning, all she can "remember" are events from her future. London is used to relying on reminder notes and a trusted friend to get through the day, but things get complicated when a new boy at school enters the picture. Luke Henry is not someone you'd easily forget, yet try as she might, London can't find him in her memories of things to come. When London starts experiencing disturbing flashbacks, or flash-"forwards," as the case may be, she realizes it's time to learn about the past she keeps forgetting... before it destroys her future.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130J8L44Y3655.275271&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21731307%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=10&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Forgotten+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CmuOAJdDYWM/ThM3SOJYZtI/AAAAAAAAAV4/_caEXqMoQo0/s1600/absolute.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CmuOAJdDYWM/ThM3SOJYZtI/AAAAAAAAAV4/_caEXqMoQo0/s320/absolute.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625901145690498770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Absolute Value of Mike</span></span> by <a href="http://www.kathyerskine.com/Kathryn_Erskine/Home.html">Kathryn Erskine</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />Mike tries so hard to please his father, but the only language his dad seems to speak is calculus. And for a boy with a math learning disability, nothing could be more difficult. When his dad sends him to live with distant relatives in rural Pennsylvania for the summer to work on an engineering project, Mike figures this is his big chance to buckle down and prove himself. But when he gets there, nothing is what he thought it would be. The project has nothing at all to do with engineering, and he finds himself working alongside his wacky eighty-something-year-old aunt, a homeless man, and a punk rock girl as part of a town-wide project to adopt a boy from Romania. Mike may not learn anything about engineering, but what he does learn is far more valuable.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130J8L44Y3655.275271&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21733046%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=12&source=%7E%21horizon&term=The+absolute+value+of+Mike+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hgy33iuOLsM/ThM3WbKuBFI/AAAAAAAAAWY/tHokWsdDEhY/s1600/rubysslippers.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hgy33iuOLsM/ThM3WbKuBFI/AAAAAAAAAWY/tHokWsdDEhY/s320/rubysslippers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625901217905247314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ruby's Slippers</span></span> by <a href="http://triciarayburn.blogspot.com/">Tricia Rayburn</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />Up until this point, Ruby Lee's slippers have been a pair of red Converse sneakers. Raised in rural Kansas, she's never downloaded an iTune, heard of Facebook, or seen a video on YouTube.<br /><br />But everything changes dramatically when her mother uproots the family and moves them to Florida to care for Ruby's grandmother.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130J8L44Y3655.275271&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007%7E%21732983%7E%213100001%7E%213100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=14&source=%7E%21horizon&term=Ruby%27s+slippers+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-6653562922500993784?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-37423911358732902622011-06-02T12:00:00.014-04:002011-06-02T13:37:26.738-04:00New Teen Titles for June, 2011<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-puoxt0xm15I/Teez5fFp1QI/AAAAAAAAAVs/hIeLwGiurF4/s1600/tighter-by-adele-griffin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613653260719740162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-puoxt0xm15I/Teez5fFp1QI/AAAAAAAAAVs/hIeLwGiurF4/s320/tighter-by-adele-griffin.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Tighter</strong></span> by <a href="http://adelegriffin.com/">Adele Griffin</a><br />Teen Supernatural Mystery<br /><br />When 17-year-old Jamie arrives on the idyllic New England island of Little Bly to work as a summer au pair, she is stunned to learn of the horror that precedes her. Seeking the truth surrounding a young couple's tragic deaths, Jamie discovers that she herself looks shockingly like the dead girl--and that she has a disturbing ability to sense the two ghosts. Why is Jamie's connection to the couple so intense? What really happened last summer at Little Bly? As the secrets of the house wrap tighter and tighter around her, Jamie must navigate the increasingly blurred divide between the worlds of the living and the dead.<br /><br />Based on Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw."<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1307E3C9J5855.56333&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!724753~!0&ri=1&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=tighter&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=1#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W1IdSXTxKcI/Teez5RNcF0I/AAAAAAAAAVk/5yCGKixmlM8/s1600/the-pull-of-gravity-by-gae-polisner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613653256994297666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W1IdSXTxKcI/Teez5RNcF0I/AAAAAAAAAVk/5yCGKixmlM8/s320/the-pull-of-gravity-by-gae-polisner.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Pull of Gravity</span></strong> by <a href="http://gaepolisner.com/">Gae Polisner</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />While Nick Gardner's family is falling apart, his best friend, Scooter, is dying from a freak disease. The Scoot's final wish is that Nick and their quirky classmate, Jaycee Amato, deliver a prized first-edition copy of "Of Mice and Men" to the Scoot's father. There's just one problem: the Scoot's father walked out years ago and hasn't been heard from since. So, guided by Steinbeck's life lessons, and with only the vaguest of plans, Nick and Jaycee set off to find him.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1307E3C9J5855.56333&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=2&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=the+pull+of+gravity&aspect=subtab34#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K0FLv0ixJtw/Teez5HEq2AI/AAAAAAAAAVc/_BSCc5C2kjo/s1600/summerbefore.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613653254273161218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K0FLv0ixJtw/Teez5HEq2AI/AAAAAAAAAVc/_BSCc5C2kjo/s320/summerbefore.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Summer Before Boys</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.norabaskin.com/">Nora Raleigh Baskin</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />Julia and Eliza are best friends, spending the summer together. Julia's mother is serving in the National Guard and Julia spends all of her time trying not to think about what could happen. So the girls lose themselves in their summer, hanging out at the resort where Eliza's father works. But when they meet a new boy, neither one of them is prepared for what it does to their friendship.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1307E3C9J5855.56333&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!724368~!0&ri=4&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=the+summer+before+boys&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=4#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6iolFcCVIzg/Teezy4aP8CI/AAAAAAAAAVU/Yylkp8TBA-Y/s1600/mylifethetheatre.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613653147257925666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6iolFcCVIzg/Teezy4aP8CI/AAAAAAAAAVU/Yylkp8TBA-Y/s320/mylifethetheatre.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies</span></strong> by <a href="http://allenzadoff.com/">Allen Zadoff</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />High school sophomore Adam Zeigler, who lost his father to a sudden accident two years ago, thinks the best way to live life is behind the spotlight. As a member of the theater crew, he believes he's achieved it all when he wins the coveted job of spotlight operator. But that was before a young actress, Summer, appeared in his view. Instantly smitten, Adam is determined to win her over. But to do so, he'll have to defy his best friend and break the golden rule of his school: techies and actors don't mix.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1307E3C9J5855.56333&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!723239~!0&ri=6&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=my+life+the+theater&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=6#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-20yT61xeW9Y/TeezyucUOSI/AAAAAAAAAVM/HzjbJO6jDhs/s1600/Juniper-Berry.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613653144582240546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-20yT61xeW9Y/TeezyucUOSI/AAAAAAAAAVM/HzjbJO6jDhs/s320/Juniper-Berry.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Juniper Berry</span></strong> by M.P. Kozlowski<br />Teen Horror<br /><br />Juniper Berry's parents are the most beloved actor and actress in the world--but Juniper can't help but feel they haven't been quite right lately. And she and her friend Giles are determined to find out why.<br /><br />On a cold and rainy night, Juniper follows her parents as they sneak out of the house and enter the woods. What she discovers is an underworld filled with contradictions: one that is terrifying and enticing, lorded over by a creature both sinister and seductive, who can sell you all the world's secrets bound in a balloon. For the first time, Juniper and Giles have a choice to make. And it will be up to them to confront their own fears in order to save the ones who couldn't.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1307E3C9J5855.56333&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=7&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=juniper+berry&aspect=subtab34#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QfYtKxzLDak/TeezyZCywFI/AAAAAAAAAVE/zG3RCdOK82k/s1600/infrontofgod.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613653138838044754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 210px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QfYtKxzLDak/TeezyZCywFI/AAAAAAAAAVE/zG3RCdOK82k/s320/infrontofgod.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">In Front of God and Everybody</span></strong> by <a href="http://kdmccrite.com/">K.D. McCrite</a><br /><em>Confessions of April Grace</em> series<br />Teen Inspirational Fiction<br /><br />If God wanted April Grace to be kind to her neighbors, He should have made them nicer!<br /><br />In the summer of 1986, eleven-year-old April Grace, who lives on a rural Arkansas farm with her family, across a field from her grandmother, has her sense of Christian charity tested when a snooty couple from San Francisco moves into a dilapidated house down the road and her grandmother takes up with a loud, obnoxious, and suspicious-acting Texan.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1307E3C9J5855.56333&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!727263~!0&ri=9&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=in+front+of+god&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=9#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bo5UTeeYnhs/TeezyDIqWYI/AAAAAAAAAU8/Jxmv2sMeczw/s1600/Flawless_by_Lara_Chapman.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613653132957079938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bo5UTeeYnhs/TeezyDIqWYI/AAAAAAAAAU8/Jxmv2sMeczw/s320/Flawless_by_Lara_Chapman.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Flawless</span></strong> by <a href="http://larachapman.com/">Lara Chapman</a><br />Teen Romance<br /><br />Sarah Burke is just about perfect. She's got killer blue eyes, gorgeous blond hair, and impeccable grades. There's just one tiny--all right, enourmous--flaw: her nose.<br /><br />On the first day of senior year, Rock Conway walks into her journalism class and, well, rocks her world. Problem is, her best friend, Kristen, falls for him too. So when Kristen begs Sarah to help her nab Rock, Sarah does the only thing a best friend can do--she agrees. For someone so smart, what was she thinking?<br /><br />A hip retelling of "Cyrano de Bergerac."<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1307E3C9J5855.56333&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!723238~!0&ri=11&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=flawless&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=11#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h_BmA336cX4/TeezxyqZdaI/AAAAAAAAAU0/RHIgpbx0BBg/s1600/bizarre%2Bfood%2Bworld.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613653128535176610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h_BmA336cX4/TeezxyqZdaI/AAAAAAAAAU0/RHIgpbx0BBg/s320/bizarre%2Bfood%2Bworld.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World of Food: Brains, Bugs, and Blood Sausage</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.andrewzimmern.com/">Andrew Zimmern</a><br />Teen Nonfiction<br /><br />Readers are invited to eat their way around the world with Travel Channel's Zimmern as he tastes the grossest, most unique food, including raw camel kidneys and giant flying ants.<br /><br />Come along on Andrew's amazing adventures and learn fun facts about the animals he encounters, the people he meets, and the places he explores. You'll also find cool recipes to try at home.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1307E3C9J5855.56333&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!726540~!0&ri=13&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=andrew+zimmern" ri="13#focus" aspect="subtab34&menu=" index="'.TW&uindex=">Request it!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-3742391135873290262?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-6298428161148585682011-04-27T15:40:00.012-04:002011-05-02T15:57:31.831-04:00New Teen Books for May, 2011<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zq8k1L5tWuQ/TbhxkR0JgHI/AAAAAAAAAUs/rOMVSjXnGFs/s1600/theyearwewerefamous.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600351004706570354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zq8k1L5tWuQ/TbhxkR0JgHI/AAAAAAAAAUs/rOMVSjXnGFs/s320/theyearwewerefamous.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Year We Were Famous</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.caroleestbydagg.com/">Carole Estby Dagg</a><br />Teen Historical Fiction<br /><br />With their family home facing foreclosure, seventeen year-old Clara Estby and her mother, Helga, need to raise a lot of money fast--no easy feat for two women in 1896. Helga wants to tackle the problem with her usual loud and flashy style, while Clara favors a less showy approach. Together they come up with a plan to walk the 4,600 miles from Mica Creek, Washington, to New York City--and if they can do it in only seven months, a publisher has agreed to give them $10,000.<br /><br />Based on the true story of the author's great-aunt and great-grandmother, this is a fast paced historical adventure that sets the dram of "Around the World in Eighty Days" against an American backdrop during the time of the suffragist movement, the 1896 presidential campaign, and the changing perception of "a woman's place" in society.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=hq&npp=25&index=.TW&term=the%20year%20we%20were%20famous#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y8zqNrsT8DE/TbhxkFThBfI/AAAAAAAAAUk/1SNtmn_gWF4/s1600/time%2Bof%2Btrial.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600351001348474354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y8zqNrsT8DE/TbhxkFThBfI/AAAAAAAAAUk/1SNtmn_gWF4/s320/time%2Bof%2Btrial.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Time of Trial</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.michaelpryor.com.au/">Michael Pryor</a><br />The Laws of Magic Series<br />Teen Fantasy Adventure<br /><br />After narrowly escaping the worst fate inmaginable, Aubrey realizes there's only one thing left to do--he must confront his nemesis, on his own evil ground. It may look like a simple wire device, but the Beccaria Cage could be the cure for Aubrey's condition: a way to reunite his body and soul. But can Aubrey solve it's mysteries while Dr. Tremaine's warmongering machinations gather pace?<br /><br />Aubrey, George, and Caroline accompany Lady Rose and Prince Albert to Holmland--into the heart of hostile territory--only to find the city of Fisherberg infested with ghosts, brigands, and shadowy figures with agendas of their own. While trying to prevent a war, could Aubrey Fitzwilliam inadvertently trigger one?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1O0W36L455116.851997&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!724369~!1&ri=2&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=time+of+trial&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=2#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a8z9ZZQVh0w/TbhxkCUeS-I/AAAAAAAAAUc/NQBuGUQd38I/s1600/The_TIme-Traveling_Fashionista.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600351000547183586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 216px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a8z9ZZQVh0w/TbhxkCUeS-I/AAAAAAAAAUc/NQBuGUQd38I/s320/The_TIme-Traveling_Fashionista.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Time-Traveling Fashionista</span></strong> by <a href="http://timetravelingfashionista.com/">Bianca Turetsky</a><br />Teen Historical Fiction<br /><br />Louis Lambert has always dreamed of movie starlets and exquisite gowns and longs for the day when she can fill the closet of her normal suburban home with stylish treasures. But when she receives a mysterious invitation to a vintage fashion sale in the mall, her once painfully average life is magically transformed into a time-travel adventure... as she finds herself in 1912 aboard the "Titanic" as the gown's original owner, silent film star Alice Baxter!<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1O0W36L455116.851997&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=3&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=time+traveling+fashionista&aspect=subtab34#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G2S0qrUq1Os/TbhxbBsL5JI/AAAAAAAAAUU/Qfhwqw9BJ9A/s1600/Savannah_Grey_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600350845759382674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 227px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G2S0qrUq1Os/TbhxbBsL5JI/AAAAAAAAAUU/Qfhwqw9BJ9A/s320/Savannah_Grey_2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Savannah Grey</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.cliffmcnish.com/">Cliff McNish</a><br />Teen Fantasy/Horror Fiction<br /><br />Fifteen-year-old Savannah Grey has never felt she's belonged. She keeps her distance, so she's surprised by her attraction to the new boy Reece. Then strange things begin to happen: nature, it seems, is exerting an overpowering force on the world. Birds behave strangely; gusts of wind blow leaves so fiercely they seem to lure people away. And Savannah learns she has supernatural powers. Nature has a purpose for Savannah and her friends. They are on course to meet the vile and evil Orcrassa, who wants to destroy the world by corrupting nature and it wants Savannah Grey to help realize its savage intent.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1O0W36L455116.851997&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=4&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=savannah+grey&aspect=subtab34#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w7z6jWLw7xI/Tbhxa39atAI/AAAAAAAAAUM/ax4TMBN3qMU/s1600/loserlist.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600350843147301890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 218px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w7z6jWLw7xI/Tbhxa39atAI/AAAAAAAAAUM/ax4TMBN3qMU/s320/loserlist.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Loser List</span></strong> by Holly Kowitt<br />Teen Humor Fiction<br /><br />When Danny Shine finds out he's on the infamous Loser List in the girls' bathroom, his mission to erase it lands him in detention. After the school's bullies discover he can draw, Danny enjoys a new bad boy status--until he's drawn into a crime.<br /><br />Turns out the bullies took a comic book from Danny's favorite store. Can he steal it back before they get caught--and break off with the bullies before he gets in too deep?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1O0W36L455116.851997&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=5&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=loser+list&aspect=subtab34#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--NtjCHE9fI4/TbhxasBdOvI/AAAAAAAAAUE/9tco8RBmtuU/s1600/Kingdom-Keepers-Power-Play.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600350839943019250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--NtjCHE9fI4/TbhxasBdOvI/AAAAAAAAAUE/9tco8RBmtuU/s320/Kingdom-Keepers-Power-Play.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Power Play</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.ridleypearson.com/">Ridley Pearson</a><br />Kingdom Keepers series<br />Teen Fantasy/Suspense Fiction<br /><br />For the five teens who modeled as Disney Hologram Imaging hosts, life beginning to settle down when an intriguing video arrives to Philby's computer at school. It's a call for action: the Overtakers, a group of Disney villains, seem to be plotting to attempt a rescue of two of their leaders, both of whom the Disney Imagineers have hidden away somewhere following a violent encounter in Epcot. And one of their own, Charlene, is acting strange of late. Has she tired of her role as a Kingdom Keeper or is there something more sinister at play?<br /><br />Has the "impossible" occurred? Have the Overtakers created their own holograms? Have they found a way to "jump" from the Virtual Maintenance Network onto the Internet, and if so, what does that mean for the safety of the parks, and the spread and reach of the Overtakers? Are they recruiting an army from "outside" the parks?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1O0W36L455116.851997&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!722120~!4&ri=7&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=power+play&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=7#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HP2CeCb23EA/TbhxaWa64nI/AAAAAAAAAT8/gznJ2BgThH8/s1600/entwined.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600350834144240242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HP2CeCb23EA/TbhxaWa64nI/AAAAAAAAAT8/gznJ2BgThH8/s320/entwined.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Entwined</span></strong> by <a href="http://story-monster.blogspot.com/">Heather Dixon</a><br />Teen Fantasy<br /><br />Azalea is trapped.<br /><br />The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation.<br /><br />Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest. But there is a cost. The Keeper likes to "keep" things.<br /><br />Azalea may not realize how tangled she is in his web until it is too late.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1O0W36L455116.851997&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!721034~!3&ri=9&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=entwined&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=9#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vjzMFRLnXQU/TbhxaLX61HI/AAAAAAAAAT0/2fBqlWDyLQA/s1600/accidentalgenius.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600350831178863730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vjzMFRLnXQU/TbhxaLX61HI/AAAAAAAAAT0/2fBqlWDyLQA/s320/accidentalgenius.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Accidental Genius of Weasel High</span></strong> by Rick Detorie<br />Teen Humor Fiction<br /><br />Larkin Pace desperately wants a new camcorder. How else is he going to become the next great filmmaker? But his dad won't give him any money, his sister is determined to make his life miserable, and his nemesis Dalton Cooke is trying to steal his girlfriend. Now this height-challenged aspiring director must chronicle his wacky life for a freshman English assignment.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1O0W36L455116.851997&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!724717~!0&ri=11&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=accidental+genius&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=11#focus">Request it!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-629842816114858568?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-41440969727767312322011-04-04T10:00:00.000-04:002011-04-04T09:52:53.006-04:00Teen Tech Week Wrap UpThanks to the lovely teens of Gwinnett County, our Teen Tech Week this year was a smash. 230 of you guys came out for programs like Kinect gaming, word cloud art, and techno crafting. Check out this awesome video that our Norcross teens and staff created using animoto.com: <br /><p align="center"><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-fc345ff4959c1d92" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v21.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dfc345ff4959c1d92%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331145828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D236C6A30292DA0C564127AEB146A21808EC8E4DF.32E2B439F33AB353018EA59E67A1339B0A658C0D%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dfc345ff4959c1d92%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DOXWh-oh8qQBRjaulWjkTqtZEjN8&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v21.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dfc345ff4959c1d92%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331145828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D236C6A30292DA0C564127AEB146A21808EC8E4DF.32E2B439F33AB353018EA59E67A1339B0A658C0D%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dfc345ff4959c1d92%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DOXWh-oh8qQBRjaulWjkTqtZEjN8&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></p>Oh, and wondering who won our Tweeting Contest? Well, that honor (and a new Zen MP3 player!) went to Lawrence, who tweeted "I think the coolest piece of technology is the Xbox 360 Kinect." We really couldn't agree more--we love doing teen programs with our Kinect. Congrats to Lawrence! So what's next? Well, we have a brand new and very exciting program coming up April 16th at the Aurora Theatre in downtown Lawrenceville--the Teen Summit. It's a totally free day of hands-on workshops about all the important issues YOU want to explore. You'll learn some relaxing yoga moves, get help budgeting all your moolah, develop self-defense skills, get tips on going green, and lots more. Check out <a href="http://www.gwinnettpl.org/teensummit">www.gwinnettpl.org/teensummit</a> for all the info and definitely plan to be there! <a href="http://www.gwinnettpl.org/teensummit"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586530839820511522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 196px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-95ntL97F5Dc/TYdYMzpEKSI/AAAAAAAAADI/zVqrzhbWGlA/s320/Teen-Summit-Logo_Final.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-4144096972776731232?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carolenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-25337275847366047322011-03-29T13:42:00.019-04:002011-03-29T16:23:05.079-04:00New Teen Books for April, 2011<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yuwr3sXbTW8/TZIeBPDHJcI/AAAAAAAAATs/pIYwdNY4e-I/s1600/Those_That_Wake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589563094088492482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yuwr3sXbTW8/TZIeBPDHJcI/AAAAAAAAATs/pIYwdNY4e-I/s320/Those_That_Wake.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Those That Wake</span></strong> by Jesse Karp<br />Teen Science Fiction<br /><br />New York City's spirit has been crushed. People walk the streets with their heads down, withdrawing from one another and into the cold comfort of technology. Teenagers Mal and Laura have grown up in this reality. They've never met. Seemingly, they never will.<br /><br />But on the same day Mal learns his brother has disappeared, Laura discovers her parents have forgotten her. Both begin a search for their families that leads them to the same truth: someone or something has wiped the teens from the memories of every person they have ever known. Thrown together, Mal and Laura must find common ground as they attempt to reclaim their pasts.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130142908U11A.197031&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!721932~!0&ri=1&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=those+that+wake&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=1#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eCjHE8qJ0AU/TZIeA1KiY0I/AAAAAAAAATk/oUG1QUZjJdE/s1600/steel-carrie-vaughn.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589563087140315970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eCjHE8qJ0AU/TZIeA1KiY0I/AAAAAAAAATk/oUG1QUZjJdE/s320/steel-carrie-vaughn.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Steel</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.carrievaughn.com/">Carrie Vaughn</a><br />Teen Fantasy<br /><br />Sixteen-year-old Jill has fought in dozens of fencing tournaments, but she has never held a sharpened blade. When she finds a corroded sword piece on a Caribbean beach, she is instantly intrigued and pockets it as her own personal treasure.<br /><br />The broken tip holds secrets, though, and it transports Jill through time to the deck of a pirate ship. Stranded in the past and surrounded by strangers, she is forced to sign on as crew. But a pirate's life is bloody and brief, and as Jill learns about the dark magic that brought her here, she forms a desperate scheme to get home--one that risks everything in a duel to the death with a villainaous pirate captain.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130142908U11A.197031&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!715135~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!horizon&term=Steel+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kE4C8nSLyEA/TZIeA-sDTQI/AAAAAAAAATc/GzhB415twn4/s1600/seangriswoldhead.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589563089696804098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kE4C8nSLyEA/TZIeA-sDTQI/AAAAAAAAATc/GzhB415twn4/s320/seangriswoldhead.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Sean Griswold's Head</span></strong> by <a href="http://lindseyleavitt.com/">Lindsey Leavitt</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />According to her guidance counselor, fifteen-year-old Payton Gritas needs a focus object--an item to concentrate her emotions on. It's supposed to be something inanimate, but Payton decides to use the thing she stares at during class: Sean Griswold's head. They've been linked since the third grade (Griswold-Gritas--it's an alphabetical order thing), but she's never really known him.<br /><br />The focus object is intended to help Payton deal with her father's newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis. And it's working. With the help of her boy-crazy best friend Jac, Payton starts stalking--er, focusing on--Sean Griswold... all of him! He's cute, he shares her Seinfeld obsession (nobody else gets it!) and he may have a secret or two of his own.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130142908U11A.197031&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!712590~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&term=Sean+Griswold%27s+head+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wWhtdrPJhZg/TZId3BeEoOI/AAAAAAAAATU/XHRoGAKEqgE/s1600/recyclo-gami.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589562918644785378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wWhtdrPJhZg/TZId3BeEoOI/AAAAAAAAATU/XHRoGAKEqgE/s320/recyclo-gami.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Recyclo-Gami: 40 Crafts to Make Your Friends Green With Envy!</span></strong> by Laurie Goldrich Wolf<br />Teen Nonfiction/Crafts<br /><br />What can you make out of your old bits of paper, left over pieces of yarn, or not-so-brand-new cartons and containers? Craft your own purse out of playing cards, whip up a scrapbook made of cereal boxes, or a dollhouse from an empty juice carton!<br /><br />All crafts are made out of materials that many of us find just lying around the house or sitting on the curb waiting to be tossed in a landfill. Overpriced decor, fashion, and gifts are out, and recyclable crafts are in!<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130142908U11A.197031&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!716316~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=7&source=~!horizon&term=Recyclo-gami+%3A+40+crafts+to+make+your+friends+green+with+envy%21+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_26pgwIX4vU/TZId3G_56AI/AAAAAAAAATM/hmwYZViIm7U/s1600/Miles_from_Ordinary.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589562920128866306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_26pgwIX4vU/TZId3G_56AI/AAAAAAAAATM/hmwYZViIm7U/s320/Miles_from_Ordinary.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Miles From Ordinary</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.carollynchwilliams.com/">Carol Lynch Williams</a><br />Teen Suspense<br /><br />Thirteen-year-old Lacey wakes to a beautiful summer morning excited to begin her new job at the library, just as her mother is supposed to start work at the grocery store. Lacey hopes that her mother's ghosts have finally been laid to rest; after all, she seems so much better these days, and they really do need the money. But as the hours tick by and memories come flooding back, a day full of hope spins terrifyingly out of control...<br /><br />A gripping story of a girl who loves her mother, but must face the truth of what life with that mother means for both of them.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130142908U11A.197031&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!715437~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=10&source=~!horizon&term=Miles+from+ordinary+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VVIqLv2pIsk/TZId2nOzFXI/AAAAAAAAATE/tfZYelL0UZo/s1600/liar%2Bsociety.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589562911601399154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VVIqLv2pIsk/TZId2nOzFXI/AAAAAAAAATE/tfZYelL0UZo/s320/liar%2Bsociety.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Liar Society</span></strong> by <a href="http://lisa-laura.blogspot.com/">Lisa & Laura Roecker</a><br />Teen Mystery<br /><br />Since when do the dead send email? Kate Lowry's best friend Grace died a year ago. So when she gets an email from her, Kate's more than a little confused. Now Kate has no choice but to prove once and for all that Grace's death was more than just a tragic accident.<br /><br />She teams up with a couple of knights-in-(not-so)-shining armor--the dangerously hot bady boy Liam, and her lovestruck neighbor, Seth. But at their elite private school, there are secrets so big people will do anything to protect them--even if it means getting rid of anyone trying to solve a murder...<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130142908U11A.197031&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!716317~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=12&source=~!horizon&term=The+Liar+Society+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U-GZJ-3noIY/TZId2Zgv7YI/AAAAAAAAAS8/UXzYtqkx2ZM/s1600/human__4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589562907918593410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U-GZJ-3noIY/TZId2Zgv7YI/AAAAAAAAAS8/UXzYtqkx2ZM/s320/human__4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Human.4</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.mikealancaster.com/">Mike A. Lancaster</a><br />Teen Science Fiction<br /><br />Humanity, like computers, can be upgraded. And old versions disappear... At some unspecified point in the future, when technology is as advanced as possible and we are a race of super beings, some old audio tapes are discovered. On the tapes is the story of fourteen-year-old Kyle Straker.<br /><br />Hypnotized, Kyle missed the upgrade of humanity to 1.0. He isn't compatible with our new technology. And through the recording, he narrates what the upgrades really mean. And it's absolutely terrifying.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130142908U11A.197031&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!713294~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=14&source=~!horizon&term=Human.4+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FuFsyDhbMaA/TZId2P-AAxI/AAAAAAAAAS0/UdfAWcRIdBc/s1600/Chime.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589562905356927762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FuFsyDhbMaA/TZId2P-AAxI/AAAAAAAAAS0/UdfAWcRIdBc/s320/Chime.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Chime</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.frannybillingsley.com/">Franny Billingsley</a><br />Teen Fantasy<br /><br />Before Briony's stepmother died, she made sure Briony blamed herself for all the family's hardships. Now Briony has worn her guilt for so long it's become a second skin. She often escapes to the swamp, where she tells stories to the Old Ones, the spirits who haunt the marshes. But only witches can see the Old Ones, and in her village, witches are sentenced to death. Briony, lives in fear her secret will be found out, even as she believes she deserves the worst kind of punishment.<br /><br />Then Eldric comes along with his golden lion eyes and mane of tawny hair. He's as natural as the sun, and treats her as if she's extraordinary. And everything starts to change. As many secrets as Briony has been holding, there are secrets even she doesn't know.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130142908U11A.197031&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!715495~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=16&source=~!horizon&term=Chime+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-2533727584736604732?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-32256153262053047712011-03-08T08:59:00.003-05:002011-03-08T09:10:11.974-05:00Teen Tech Week Tweet Contest!<p align="left">Soooo....It's Teen Tech Week. What do YOU think is the most awesome piece of technology? Do you love anything that starts with an <em>i</em>? Totally into the controller-free Kinect? Are you reading your books on a screen? Tell us what's the best. Keep it short and sweet and you'll be entered to win a brand new Zen MP3 player.</p><div align="left"><a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dE9FNXltbEhyT2NWal9LVDI4d3dXVkE6MQ">Click</a> here to enter and good luck!</div><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-07UX93-PnSE/TXY4dqwf9II/AAAAAAAAADA/ZrxUbFmcWEs/s1600/mixandmash.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581710870517380226" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 220px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-07UX93-PnSE/TXY4dqwf9II/AAAAAAAAADA/ZrxUbFmcWEs/s320/mixandmash.gif" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-3225615326205304771?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carolenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-23051049846231052072011-03-01T13:12:00.014-05:002011-03-15T14:07:19.353-04:00New Teen Books for March, 2011<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Nbzb_kExLQ/TW05zwql5AI/AAAAAAAAASs/y90n8iW-51w/s1600/PickupGame.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579179074781570050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Nbzb_kExLQ/TW05zwql5AI/AAAAAAAAASs/y90n8iW-51w/s320/PickupGame.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court</span></strong> by Various Authors<br />Teen Sports Fiction/Short Stories<br /><br />A series of short stories by such authors as Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Joseph Bruchac, interspersed with pems and photographs, provides different perspectives on a game of streetball played one steamy July day at the West 4th Street court in New York City known as The Cage.<br /><br />These stories offer blistering moves and dialogue, complex and rewarding characters, and off-the-court background, contextualizing the game and making it clear just how vital it is to those who play.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130021K6H64E7.191733&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!706251~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!horizon&term=Pick-up+game+%3A+a+full+day+of+full+court+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RMU0UhKbgws/TW05zzrMBoI/AAAAAAAAASk/i_Le25dTglY/s1600/fauxmance.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579179075589375618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RMU0UhKbgws/TW05zzrMBoI/AAAAAAAAASk/i_Le25dTglY/s320/fauxmance.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.emilyfranklin.com/">Emily Franklin</a><br />Teen Romantic Fiction<br /><br />Fans of romance don't need to look any further than the fauxmance brewing between teen idols Charlie Tracker and Fielding Withers--known on their hit TV show as Jenna and Jonah, next-door neighbors flush with the excitement of first love. But it's their off-screen relationship that has helped cement their fame, as passionate fans follow their every PDA. They grace the covers of magazines week after week. Their fan club has chapters all over the country. The only problem is their off-screen romance is one big publicity stunt, and Charlie and Fielding can't stand to be in the same room. Still it's a great gig, so even when the cameras stop rolling, the show must go on, and on, and on... Until the pesky paparazzi blow their cover, and Charlie and Fielding must disappear to weather the media storm. It's not unitl they're far off the grid of the Hollywood circuit that they realize that there's more to each of them than shiny hair and a winning smile.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130021K6H64E7.191733&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!704717~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=4&source=~!horizon&term=Jenna+%26+Jonah%27s+fauxmance+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-53hADW-V2wM/TW05zoenoYI/AAAAAAAAASc/-XZ1sjtTihQ/s1600/Delirium.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579179072583868802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-53hADW-V2wM/TW05zoenoYI/AAAAAAAAASc/-XZ1sjtTihQ/s320/Delirium.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Delirium</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.laurenoliverbooks.com/">Lauren Oliver</a><br />Teen Science Fiction<br /><br />"Ninety-five days, and then I'll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with. It's hard to be patient. It's hard not to be afraid while I'm still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don't."<br /><br />Lena Haloway has always accepted the government's decree that love is a disease that must be eradicated--but then she meets Alex.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130021K6H64E7.191733&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!705899~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=6&source=~!horizon&term=Delirium+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QestDYgsVNI/TW05pCfEKfI/AAAAAAAAASU/ZnwPbecPu-I/s1600/death%2Bcloud.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579178890586499570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QestDYgsVNI/TW05pCfEKfI/AAAAAAAAASU/ZnwPbecPu-I/s320/death%2Bcloud.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Death Cloud</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.youngsherlock.com/">Andrew Lane</a><br />Young Sherlock Holmes series<br />Teen Mystery<br /><br />It is the summer of 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. On break from boarding school, he is staying with eccentric strangers--his uncle and aunt--in their vast house in Hampshire. When two local people die from symptoms that resemble the plague, Holmes begins to investigate what really killed them, helped by his new tutor, an American named Amvus Crowe. So begins Sherlock's true education in detection, as he discovers the dastardly crimes of a brilliantly sinster villain of exquisitely malign intent.<br /><br />In the first teen series endorsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Literary Estate, the legend of Sherlock Holmes is born as a teenage Sherlock probes his first murder mystery.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130021K6H64E7.191733&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!705437~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=8&source=~!horizon&term=Death+cloud+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2feqJ1PgcL0/TW05o30TRkI/AAAAAAAAASM/lsvTr7wA1Ao/s1600/cryerscross.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579178887722780226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 210px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2feqJ1PgcL0/TW05o30TRkI/AAAAAAAAASM/lsvTr7wA1Ao/s320/cryerscross.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Cryer's Cross</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.lisamcmann.com/">Lisa McMann</a><br />Teen Horror/Mystery<br /><br />Kendall loves her life in small town Cryer's Cross, Montana, but she also longs for something more. But when Cryer's Cross is rocked by unspeakable tragedy, Kendall shoves her dreams aside and focuses on just one goal: help find her missing friends. Even if it means spending time with the one boy she shouldn't get close to... the one boy who makes her question everything she feels for Nico.<br /><br />Determined to help and to stay true to the boy she's always loved, Kendall keeps up the search--and stumbles upon some frightening local history. She knows she can't stop digging, but Kendall is about to find out just how far the townspeople will go to keep their secrets buried...<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130021K6H64E7.191733&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!706538~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=10&source=~!horizon&term=Cryer%27s+Cross+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3S00G8fbAY/TW05o6PmBHI/AAAAAAAAASE/z_hxT9S8YNg/s1600/beatle%2Bgirl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579178888374125682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3S00G8fbAY/TW05o6PmBHI/AAAAAAAAASE/z_hxT9S8YNg/s320/beatle%2Bgirl.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Girl Who Became a Beatle</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.gregtaylorwriter.com/">Greg Taylor</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah! When Regina Bloomsbury's band the Caverns, breaks up, she thinks it's all over. And then she makes a wish--"I wish I could be as famous as the Beatles." The Beatles are her music idols. The next day, she gets up to find that the Caverns are not just as famous as the Beatles, they have replaced them in history! Regina is living like a rock star, and loving it. There are talk shows, music videos, and live concerts with thousands of screaming fans. And Regina is the star of it all. But fame is getting the better of Regina, and she has a decision to make. Does she want to replace the Beatles forever? Here is a rocking novel about the good and the bad of Hollywood, fame, and rock'n roll.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130021K6H64E7.191733&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!708238~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=12&source=~!horizon&term=The+girl+who+became+a+Beatle+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g9MuwcTdQPU/TW05ojVJ6vI/AAAAAAAAAR8/g6pQAe1nTRY/s1600/batboy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579178882223434482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g9MuwcTdQPU/TW05ojVJ6vI/AAAAAAAAAR8/g6pQAe1nTRY/s320/batboy.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Batboy</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.mikelupicabooks.com/">Mike Lupica</a><br />Teen Sports Fiction<br /><br />It is every baseball kid's dream summer job: the batboy for your hometown Major League team. Yet for fourteen year-old brian, the job means more than just the chance to hang around his idols. Baseball was the job his father loved so much, in the end he couldn't leave it. Yet he could leave his family. Now Brian sees the job as the way to win back his father.<br /><br />There is no winning back some people, though. Just ask Hank Bishop--once the most popular player in baseball before he was banished for using steroids. Now he is making his comeback. And an unlikely friendship slowly develops between this man in need of a family and this boy in need of a father.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130021K6H64E7.191733&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!634890~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=14&source=~!horizon&term=The+batboy+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--EFxl-Cvs_I/TW05ol07xII/AAAAAAAAAR0/GuvFDnGjS1Y/s1600/angel.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579178882893595778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 209px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--EFxl-Cvs_I/TW05ol07xII/AAAAAAAAAR0/GuvFDnGjS1Y/s320/angel.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Angel</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jamespatterson.com/">James Patterson</a><br />Maximum Ride series<br />Teen Adventure Fiction<br /><br />In the seventh book in the bestselling series, evil scientists are still trying to convince Max that she needs to save the world, this time by providing the genetic link in speeding up the pace of evolution. Worse, they're trying to convince her that her perfect mate is Dylan, the newest addition to the flock. The problem is that, in spite of herself, Max is starting to believe it.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=130021K6H64E7.191733&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!707704~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=17&source=~!horizon&term=Angel+%3A+a+Maximum+Ride+novel+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-2305104984623105207?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-24333928691215622372011-01-27T13:13:00.012-05:002011-01-27T14:25:21.479-05:00New Teen Romance Titles for February (Just in Time for Valentine's Day...)<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4XLBGrhI/AAAAAAAAARg/a9cdphCAyik/s1600/Vampire_Crush.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566933322640567826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4XLBGrhI/AAAAAAAAARg/a9cdphCAyik/s320/Vampire_Crush.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Vampire Crush</strong></span> by <a href="http://www.amrobinsonbooks.com/">A.M. Robinson</a><br />Teen Romantic Fantasy<br /><br />I swear, my life was always totally normal. Normal house, normal family, normal school. My looks are average, I don't have any superpowers, no one's showing up to tell me I'm a princess--you get the picture. But when my junior year started, something not normal happened. There were new kids at school... new kids with a wardrobe straight out of a 19th-century romance novel, and an inexplicable desire to stay at school until sundown.<br /><br />And on top of that, James Hallowell showed up. James, who stole my sandwiches in fourth grade and teased me mercilessly through middle school. James, who now seems to have the power to make my heart race any time he comes near. But something weird is going on. Because James rarely goes out during the day. And he seems stronger than your typical guy. And he knows the knew kids, all of whom seem to be harboring some kind of deep secret...<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=hq&npp=25&index=.TW&term=vampire%20crush#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG_rTh5JsI/AAAAAAAAARo/LOWD4JLW9KU/s1600/The_Romeo_and_Juliet_Code.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566941365104355010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG_rTh5JsI/AAAAAAAAARo/LOWD4JLW9KU/s320/The_Romeo_and_Juliet_Code.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Romeo and Juliet Code</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.phoebestone.com/">Phoebe Stone</a><br />Teen Mystery/Romance<br /><br />Felicity's glamorous parents have a secret. When they leave her with distant relatives in Maine, Felicity hopes they won't leave her long. Her new Uncle Gideon hides things. Her Aunt Miami is star-crossed. And Derek, a kid her age, refuses to leave his room.<br /><br />But Felicity needs Derek's help. Gidoen is getting coded letters from Felicity's parents, and she's sure they're in trouble. Can Felicity crack the code, heal the family and save her parents, all while surviving her first crush?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1E96GS5463726.224219&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=1&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=romeo+juliet+code&aspect=subtab34#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4W8sWhQI/AAAAAAAAARQ/XnM1Mh6z5Fk/s1600/rhymes%2Bwith%2Bcupid.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566933318795429122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4W8sWhQI/AAAAAAAAARQ/XnM1Mh6z5Fk/s320/rhymes%2Bwith%2Bcupid.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Rhymes With Cupid</span></strong> by <a href="http://annahumphrey.com/">Anna Humphrey</a><br />Teen Romance<br /><br />Elyse works at the mall gift store in February, but her hatred of the day makes life difficult.<br /><br />But then her neighbor Patrick becomes interested in her. Will Elyse pay attention to him since he's cute, sweet and funny?<br /><br />It's going to be a complicated Valentine's Day.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1E96GS5463726.224219&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=2&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=rhymes+with+cupid&aspect=subtab34#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /></p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4RGedhfI/AAAAAAAAARI/aBhx07GrOaM/s1600/promprej.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566933218342307314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4RGedhfI/AAAAAAAAARI/aBhx07GrOaM/s320/promprej.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Prom and Prejudice</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.elizabetheulberg.com/">Elizabeth Eulberg</a><br />Teen Romance<br /><br />After winter break, the girls at the very prestigious Longbourn Academy become obsessed with the prom. Lizzie Bennet, who attends Longbourn on a scholarship, isn't interested in designer dresses and expensive shoes, but her best friend, Jane, might be--especially now that Charles Bingley is back from a semester in London.<br /><br />Lizzie is happy about her friend's burgeoning romance but less than impressed by Charles's friend, Will Darcy, who's snobby and pretentious. Darcy doesn't seem to like Lizzie either, but she assumes it's because her family doesn't have money. Clearly, Will Darcy is a pompous jerk--so why does Lizzie find herself drawn to him anyway?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1E96GS5463726.224219&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=3&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=prom+and+prejudice&aspect=subtab34">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4QX6BmxI/AAAAAAAAARA/vK9tNJWaiKo/s1600/onceinafullmoon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566933205841451794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4QX6BmxI/AAAAAAAAARA/vK9tNJWaiKo/s320/onceinafullmoon.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Once in a Full Moon</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.ellenschreiber.com/home.htm">Ellen Schreiber</a><br />Teen Paranormal Romance<br /><br />Celeste Parker is used to hearing scary stories about werewolves--Legend's Run is famous for them. She's used to everything in the small town until Brandon Maddox moves to Legend's Run and Celeste finds herself immediately drawn to the handsome new student. But when, after an unnerving visit with a psychic, she encounters a pack of wolves and gorgeous, enigmatic Brandon, she must discover whether his transformation is more than legend or just a trick of the shadows in the moonlight.<br /><br />Her best friends may never forgive her if she gives up her perfect boyfriend, Nash, for Brandon, who's from the wrong side of town. But she can't deny her attraction or the strong pull he has on her. Brandon may be Celeste's hero, or he may be the most dangerous creature she could encounter in the woods of Legend's Run.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1E96GS5463726.224219&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!718152~!0&ri=5&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=once+in+a+full+moon&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=5#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4P_kxOQI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/lpORCZHfTjI/s1600/madlove.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566933199309846786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4P_kxOQI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/lpORCZHfTjI/s320/madlove.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Mad Love</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.suzanneselfors.com/index_flash.php">Suzanne Selfors</a><br />Teen Romance<br /><br />When you're the daughter of the bestselling Queen of Romance, life should be pretty good. But 16-year-old Alice Amorous has been living a lie ever since her mother was secretly hospitalized for mental illness. After putting on a brave front for months, time is running out. The next book is overdue, and the Queen can't write it. Alice needs a story for her mother--and she needs one fast.<br /><br />That's when she meets Errol, a strange boy who claims to be Cupid. As Alice begins to hear Errol's voice in her head and see thing she can't explain, she must face the truth--that she's either inherited her mother's madness, or Errol is for real.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1E96GS5463726.224219&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!716489~!2&ri=7&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=mad+love&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=7#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4PKywVYI/AAAAAAAAAQw/hA1nn8bBdM4/s1600/fallinginlovewith.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566933185141429634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4PKywVYI/AAAAAAAAAQw/hA1nn8bBdM4/s320/fallinginlovewith.png" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Falling In Love With English Boys</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.melissajensen.com/">Melissa Jensen</a><br />Teen Romance<br /><br />Sixteen-year-old Catherine Vernon has been stranded in London for the summer with no friends, no ex-boyfriend Adam the Scum (good riddance!), and absolutely nothing to do but blog about her misery to her friends back home. Desperate for something (anything) to do in London while her mother's off researching boring historical things, Cat starts reading the 1815 diary of Katherine Percival her mom gives her--and finds the similarities between their lives to be oddly close. But where Katherine has the whirls of the society, the parties and the gossip over who is engaged to who, Cat's only got some really excellent English chocolate.<br /><br />Then she meets William Percival, the uber-hot descendant of Katherine, and things start looking up...<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1E96GS5463726.224219&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=8&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=falling+in+love+with+english+boys&aspect=subtab34#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4O2xuvYI/AAAAAAAAAQo/2jc1sR2VwLA/s1600/crunchcover.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566933179768421762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TUG4O2xuvYI/AAAAAAAAAQo/2jc1sR2VwLA/s320/crunchcover.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Big Crunch</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.petehautman.com/">Pete Hautman</a><br />Teen Romance<br /><br />Jen and Wes do not "meet cute." They do not fall in love at first sight. They do not swoon with scorching desire. They do not believe that they are instant soul mates destined to be together forever. This is not that kind of love story.<br /><br />Instead, they just hang around in each other's orbits... until eventually they collide. And even after that happens, they're still not sure where it will go. Especially when Jen starts to pity-date one of Wes's friends, and Wes makes some choices that he immediately regrets.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1E96GS5463726.224219&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!717610~!0&ri=10&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=big+crunch&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=10#focus">Request it!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-2433392869121562237?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-42096269307444520222011-01-04T13:11:00.012-05:002011-01-04T16:01:55.338-05:00New Teen Books for January 2011<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNm2Ki4LBI/AAAAAAAAAQg/8Hu3SqolBgQ/s1600/the%2Bgift.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558399445834935314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNm2Ki4LBI/AAAAAAAAAQg/8Hu3SqolBgQ/s320/the%2Bgift.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>The Gift</strong></span> by <a href="http://www.jamespatterson.com/">James Patterson<br /></a><em>Witch and Wizard Series</em><br />Teen Suspense<br /><br />When Whit & Wisty were imprisoned by the wicked forces of the totalitarian regime known as the New Order, they were barely able to escape with their lives. Now part of a hidden community of teens like themselves, Whit and Wisty have established themselves as the leaders of the Resistance, willing to sacrifice anything to save kids kidnapped and brutally imprisoned by the New Order. But the One has other plans in store for them: He needs Wisty, for she is "The One Who Has the Gift." While trying to figure out what that means, Whit and Wisty's suspenseful adventures through Overworld and Shadowland lead to a jaw-dropping climax and conclusion: the highly-anticipated fulfillment of the heart-pounding prologue of book one... "The Execution of the Allgoods."<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B94B746456K0.188626&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!697264~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!horizon&term=The+gift+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNm18no3lI/AAAAAAAAAQY/6DIg1qcYPkk/s1600/SugarandIce.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558399442096807506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNm18no3lI/AAAAAAAAAQY/6DIg1qcYPkk/s320/SugarandIce.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Sugar and Ice</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.katemessner.com/">Kate Messner<br /></a>Teen Fiction<br /><br />For Claire Boucher, life is all about skating on the frozen cow pond and in the annual Maple Show right before the big pancake breakfast on her family's farm. But all that changes when Russian skating coach Andrei Grosheva offers Claire a scholarship to train with the elite in Lake Placid. Tossed into a world of mean girls on ice, where competition is everything, Claire realizes that her sweet dream come true has sharper edges than she could have imagined. Can she find the strength to stand up to the people who want to see her fail and the courage to decide which dream she wants to follow?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B94B746456K0.188626&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!696228~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=4&source=~!horizon&term=Sugar+and+ice+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNm1yEzDaI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/3RfzzY7bYr8/s1600/solitary.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558399439266319778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 210px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNm1yEzDaI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/3RfzzY7bYr8/s320/solitary.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Solitary</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.alexandergordonsmith.com/">Alexander Gordon Smith<br /></a><em>Escape from Furnace Series</em><br />Teen Science Fiction/Horror<br /><br />Alex Sawyer and his mates should have known there was no way out of furnace penitentiary. Their escape attempt only lands them deeper in the guts of this prison for young offenders, and then into solitary confinement. And that's where a whole new struggle begins--a struggle to not let the hellish conditions overwhelm them. Because before another escape attempt is even possible, they must first survive the nightmare that now haunts their endless nights.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B94B746456K0.188626&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!699421~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=6&source=~!horizon&term=Solitary+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNmsG0Z14I/AAAAAAAAAQI/M0uk1pi1QZ0/s1600/sapphique.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558399273036011394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNmsG0Z14I/AAAAAAAAAQI/M0uk1pi1QZ0/s320/sapphique.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Sapphique</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.catherine-fisher.com/">Catherine Fisher</a><br />Teen Fantasy/Dystopias<br /><br />Finn and Claudia were betrothed to one another as children. Now seventeen, they are soon to become king and queen of the Realm. But their kingdom is only a visage; in reality its surface beauty is maintained by the powerful computer Incarceron, where after the devastating destruction of the Years of Rage the Realm's inhabitants only pretend to live "in Era." Finn has escaped Incarceron only to find that he must defend his right to the throne from another challenger. His life and Claudia's hang on Finn convincing the Court that he is the lost prince, even though he has his own doubts about being the true heir.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B94B746456K0.188626&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!700045~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=8&source=~!horizon&term=Sapphique+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNmrQXYC9I/AAAAAAAAAQA/dtbev0whscE/s1600/night%2Bwhispers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558399258418744274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNmrQXYC9I/AAAAAAAAAQA/dtbev0whscE/s320/night%2Bwhispers.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Night Whispers</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.warriorcats.com/">Erin Hunter</a><br /><em>Warriors, Omen of the Stars Series</em><br />Teen Fantasy<br /><br />The deadly battle between ThunderClan and ShadowClan is over, but the aftermath still echoes around all four Clans. As Dovepaw grapples with the knowledge that there are realms--and cats--her senses cannot reach, Jayfeather and Lionblaze are determined to figure out how StarClan could have allowed this fight to happen. Jayfeather soon finds the answer in the darkest of places, and he and Lionblaze prepare to do whatever they can to staunch the flow of evil into ThunderClan. The ties that bind the Clans are slowly breaking in the face of the greatest threat that the warriors--and the warrior code--have ever known.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B94B746456K0.188626&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!694824~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=10&source=~!horizon&term=Night+whispers+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNmrHgHuII/AAAAAAAAAP4/vVskGDM-t7E/s1600/fixing%2Bdelilah.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558399256039504002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNmrHgHuII/AAAAAAAAAP4/vVskGDM-t7E/s320/fixing%2Bdelilah.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Fixing Delilah</span></strong> by <a href="http://sarahockler.com/">Sarah Ockler</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />Things in Delilah Hannaford's life have a tendency to fall apart. She used to be a good student, but she can't seem to keep it together anymore. Her "boyfriend" isn't much of a boyfriend. And her mother refuses to discuss the fight that has divided their family eight years ago. Falling apart, it seems, is a Hannaford tradition.<br /><br />Over a summer of new friendships, unexpected romance, and moments that test the complex bonds between mothers and daughters, Delilah must face her family's painful past. Can even her most shattered relationships be pieced together again?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B94B746456K0.188626&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!694134~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=12&source=~!horizon&term=Fixing+Delilah+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNmqxXORHI/AAAAAAAAAPw/kl3fVsFUBko/s1600/Entice_by_Carrie_Jones.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558399250096604274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNmqxXORHI/AAAAAAAAAPw/kl3fVsFUBko/s320/Entice_by_Carrie_Jones.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Entice</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.carriejonesbooks.com/">Carrie Jones</a><br />Teen Romantic Fantasy<br /><br />Zara and Nick are soul mates, meant to be together forever. But that's not quite how things have worked out. For starters, well, Nick is dead. Supposedly he's been taken to a mythic place for warriors known as Valhalla, so Zara and her friends might be able to get him back. But it's taking time, and meanwhile a group of evil pixies is devastating Bedford, with more teens going missing every day. An all-out war seems imminent, and the good guys need all the warriors they can find. But how to get to Valhalla? And even if Zara and her friends discover the way, there's that other small problem: Zara's been pixie kissed. When she finds Nick, will he even want to go with her? Especially since she hasn't turned into just any pixie... She's Astley's queen.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B94B746456K0.188626&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!697590~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=14&source=~!horizon&term=Entice+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNmqliK_FI/AAAAAAAAAPo/lxdR3JxYOZM/s1600/blood_ninja_II.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558399246921301074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TSNmqliK_FI/AAAAAAAAAPo/lxdR3JxYOZM/s320/blood_ninja_II.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Blood Ninja II: The Revenge of Lord Oda</span></strong> by Nick Lake<br />Teen Horror/Adventure<br /><br />Taro's world was turned upside down when his father was murdered by a ninja, and another ninja who saved Taro's life turned him into a vampire. Thus began the young man's journey through feudal Japan, training to become a ninja and learning about himself.<br /><br />Now that the vile Lord Oda is dead, Taro and his friends are safe in the mountain lair of the ninjas. Or so they think. Soon, Taro, Hana, and Hiro find themselves in a trap as strange new creatures invade their lives and familiar enemies surround them.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B94B746456K0.188626&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!697167~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=16&source=~!horizon&term=Blood+ninja+II+%3A+the+revenge+of+Lord+Oda+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-4209626930744452022?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-1027469213093221762010-11-30T13:59:00.016-05:002010-12-01T13:53:28.696-05:00December DystopiasA recap of recent dystopian novels for Teens...<br /><br /><a href="http://web.ebscohost.com/novelist/detail?vid=1&hid=104&sid=576522f9-41e1-40c4-b4b9-f2d8958597c6%40sessionmgr110&bdata=JnNpdGU9bm92ZWxpc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=noh&UI=419789">Dystopias</a> describe a devastating event or series of events that has forced society to restructure. The governments in these future states have placed strict rules on thought and conduct. The heroes of these books struggle to question the status quo and ultimately, to resist the powers that be.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPVjpm3INsI/AAAAAAAAAPc/qedHZZI6wgU/s1600/birthmarked-61.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545448082634192578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPVjpm3INsI/AAAAAAAAAPc/qedHZZI6wgU/s320/birthmarked-61.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Birthmarked</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.caraghobrien.com/">Caragh M. O'Brien</a><br />March 2010<br /><br />In the Enclave, your scars set you apart, and the newly born will change the future.<br /><br />Sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone and her mother faithfully deliver their quota of three infants every month. But when Gaia's mother is brutally taken away by the very people she serves, Gaia must question whether the Enclave deserves such loyalty.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=hq&npp=25&index=.TW&term=birthmarked#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPVjKMZsccI/AAAAAAAAAPU/wo44-tJa4EE/s1600/matched.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545447542955471298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPVjKMZsccI/AAAAAAAAAPU/wo44-tJa4EE/s320/matched.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Matched</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.allysoncondie.com/">Ally Condie</a><br />November 2010<br /><br />Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate... until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's ever known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1291II91J5306.652&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!711140~!1&ri=2&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=matched&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=2#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPVjGSvalpI/AAAAAAAAAPM/FHuwagpnuT8/s1600/The-Unidentified.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545447475937711762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPVjGSvalpI/AAAAAAAAAPM/FHuwagpnuT8/s320/The-Unidentified.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Unidentified</span></strong> by <a href="http://raemariz.com/">Rae Mariz</a><br />October 2010<br /><br />Sometime in the future, big business controls education. Shopping malls ahve been converted to high-surveillance schools, and students are "players," participating in a combination of learning and entertainment in a multimedia experience called the Game, while sponsors look for new trends and exploitative opportunities. Katey, aka Kid, chafes at the whole process, but plays along to pursue her dream of making music. When a group calling itself the Unidentified pulls off a daring prank challenging people to think for themselves, Kid's attempt at self-expression brings her to the attention of her sponsors, who offer her everything she's wanted. But is it success, or is it selling out? the more she learns about the Unidentified, the less certain she is of her goals and the more determined she is to shake things up.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1291II91J5306.652&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!709261~!0&ri=4&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=unidentified&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=4#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPVjF1Y8oGI/AAAAAAAAAPE/QF6tZ27YVLU/s1600/The-Limit.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545447468058845282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 231px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPVjF1Y8oGI/AAAAAAAAAPE/QF6tZ27YVLU/s320/The-Limit.png" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Limit</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.kristenlandon.com/">Kristen Landon</a><br />September 2010<br /><br />"An eighth grade girl was taken today..."<br /><br />In a world not too far removed from our own, kids are being taken away to special workhosues if their families exceed the monthly debt limit imposed by the government. Thirteen-year-old Matt briefly wonder if he might be next, but quickly dismisses the thought. After all, his parents are financially responsible, unlike the parents of those other kids. As long as his parents remain within their limit, the government will be satisfied and leave them alone. But all it takes is one fatal visit to the store to push Matt's family over their limit--and to change his reality forever.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1291II91J5306.652&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!714079~!1&ri=6&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=the+limit&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=6#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPVjFgQOiAI/AAAAAAAAAO8/3o3CtAfRyos/s1600/the%2Bline.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545447462385125378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPVjFgQOiAI/AAAAAAAAAO8/3o3CtAfRyos/s320/the%2Bline.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Line</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.terihall.com/">Teri Hall</a><br />March 2010<br /><br />An invisible, uncrossable physical barrier encloses the Unified States. The Line is the part of the border that lopped off part of the country, dooming the inhabitants to an unknown fate when the enemy used a banned weapon. It's said that bizarre creatures and superhumans live on the other side, in Away. Nobody except tough old Ms. Moore would ever live next to the Line.<br /><br />Nobody but Rachel and her mother, who went to live there after Rachel's dad died in the last war. It's a safte, quiet life. Until Rachel finds a mysterious recorded message that can only have come from Away. The voice is asking for help.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1291II91J5306.652&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!694285~!5&ri=9&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=" index=".TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=9#focus'">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPVi0RMKbGI/AAAAAAAAAO0/oYmg_Trngf0/s1600/inside%2Bout.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545447166283770978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 218px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPVi0RMKbGI/AAAAAAAAAO0/oYmg_Trngf0/s320/inside%2Bout.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Inside Out</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.mariavsnyder.com/">Maria V. Snyder</a><br />April 2010<br /><br />"Keep Your Head Down. Don't Get Noticed. Or Else. I'm Trella. I'm a scrub. A nobody. One of thousands who work the lower levels, keeping Inside clean for the Uppers. I've got one friend, do my job and try to avoid the Pop Cops. So what if I occasionally use the pipes to sneak around the Upper levels? The only neck at risk is my own... until I accidentally start a rebellion and become the go-to girl to lead a revolution."<br /><br />Trella's life is consumed by her job--testing, cleaning, and making sure the pipes in her world are working. She spends her free time exploring the forbidden Upper Levels, but Trella's solitary, peaceful life is about to be disturbed when a prophet comes and promises a better life for her people.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1291II91J5306.652&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!695179~!19&ri=11&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=inside+out&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=11#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPViz8AO0QI/AAAAAAAAAOs/5fNkwuphEw8/s1600/grace.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545447160596582658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPViz8AO0QI/AAAAAAAAAOs/5fNkwuphEw8/s320/grace.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Grace</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.elizabethwrites.com/">Elizabeth Scott</a><br />September 2010<br /><br />Sixteen-year-old Grace was raised to be an Angel, a herald of death by suicide bomb. But she refuses to die for the cause, and now Grace is on the run, daring to dream of freedom.<br /><br />In search of a border she may never reach, she travels among the malevolent soldiers on a decrepit train crawling through the desert. Accompanied by the mysterious Kerr, Grace struggles to be invisible, but the fear of discovery looms large as she recalls the history and events that discovered her uncertain fate.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1291II91J5306.652&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!680101~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=14&source=~!horizon&term=Grace+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPViumDFlMI/AAAAAAAAAOk/8wtgdxWQzcY/s1600/Delirium.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545447068803634370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TPViumDFlMI/AAAAAAAAAOk/8wtgdxWQzcY/s320/Delirium.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Delirium</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.laurenoliverbooks.com/">Lauren Oliver</a><br />February 2011<br /><br />"Ninety-five days, and then I'll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with. It's hard to be patient. It's hard to not be afraid while I'm still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: it kills you both when you have it and when you don't."<br /><br />Lena Haloway has always accepted the government's decree that love is a disease that must be eradicated--but then she meets Alex.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1291II91J5306.652&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!695977~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=16&source=~!horizon&term=Delirium&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-102746921309322176?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-37067812400454383742010-11-10T13:46:00.010-05:002010-11-16T11:42:30.608-05:00New Teen Titles for November 2010<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqby8Iv4I/AAAAAAAAAOM/1ZDyZDd9-Z0/s1600/witchskitchen.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537996455056818050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqby8Iv4I/AAAAAAAAAOM/1ZDyZDd9-Z0/s320/witchskitchen.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Witches' Kitchen</span></strong> by Allen Williams<br />Teen Fantasy/Horror<br /><br />Deep in the walls of a witch's cottage lays an ancient magical kitchen. Dangling over that kitchen's cauldron, pinched between the fingers of two witches, is a toad. And the toad has no idea how she got there, and no memory of even her name. All she knows is she doesn't think she was always a toad, or that she's ever been here before. Determined to recover her memories she sets out on a journey to the oracle, and along the way picks up a rag-tag team of friends: an iron-handed imp, a carnivrous fairy, and a few friendly locals.<br /><br />But the kitchen won't make it easy. It is pitch black, infinite and impossible to navigate; a living maze. Hiding in the dark corners are beastly, starving things. Worse yet are the witches themselves, who have sent a procession of horrific deadly monsters on her trail. With some courage and wisdom, the toad might just find herself yet--and with that knowledge, the power to defeat the mighty witches.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B899247P04J7.27570&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!710386~!0&ri=1&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=witches" index="'.TW&uindex=" aspect="subtab34&menu=" ri="1#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqbfcrfQI/AAAAAAAAAOE/iC09DFPAEjY/s1600/three-quarters-dead.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537996449824603394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqbfcrfQI/AAAAAAAAAOE/iC09DFPAEjY/s320/three-quarters-dead.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Three Quarters Dead</strong></span> by Richard Peck<br />Teen Horror<br /><br />Kerry is chosen by the coolest clique in school and so she thinks life has finally begun. But then it seems all over when her three friends are killed in a shocking car accident. Or are they? Only weeks after the accident, Kerry receives a text from one of the girls: "We are all 3 here at my aunt's in the city. Take the 3:50 train. B there."<br /><br />Exhilarating, terrifying suspense is crossed with a thought provoking examination of peer pressure in Richard Peck's return to his contemporary teen- and ghost-story roots.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B899247P04J7.27570&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!710382~!1&ri=3&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=three+quarters+dead&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=3#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqbAnm3PI/AAAAAAAAAN8/vdFrEmIuTaA/s1600/The-Unidentified.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537996441548938482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqbAnm3PI/AAAAAAAAAN8/vdFrEmIuTaA/s320/The-Unidentified.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Unidentified</span></strong> by <a href="http://raemariz.com/">Rae Mariz</a><br />Teen Science Fiction/Dystopias<br /><br />Sometime in the future, big business controls education. Shopping malls have been converted to high-surveillance schools, and students are "players," participating in a combination of learning and entertainment in a multimedia experience called The Game, while sponsors look for new trends and exploitative opportunities. Katey, aka Kid, chafes at the whole process, but plays along to pursue her dream of making music. When a group calling itself the Unidentified pulls off a daring prank challenging people to think for themselves, Kid's curiosity leads her further down the path of disobediance and resistance. In an ironic twist, Kid's attempt at self-expression brings her to the attention of sponsors, who offer her everything she's wanted. But is it success, or is it selling out? The more she learns about the Unidentified, the less certain she is of her goals and the more determined she is to shake things up.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B899247P04J7.27570&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!709261~!0&ri=5&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=the+unidentified&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=5#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqTBUwxeI/AAAAAAAAAN0/vfhCXSTz4bA/s1600/revamped-final-356x550.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537996304299378146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqTBUwxeI/AAAAAAAAAN0/vfhCXSTz4bA/s320/revamped-final-356x550.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Revamped</span></strong> by <a href="http://luciennediver.com/">Lucienne Diver</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />The fanged fabulosity of "Vamped" is back in this sequel that finds Gina trying to survis Super Spy Club training.<br /><br />Gina's Rules for Surviving Super Spy Club Training: 1. First, the dirt and sweat are just too horrible to contemplate. 2. Unless you enjoy cold showers, be the first one to the bathroom in the morning. 3. Cargo pants make you look hip-py. 4. Making out on missions, unless it's part of your cover, is totally grounds for extra push-ups. 5. When going goth, you've totally got to strike words like totally, awesome, and phat from your vocabulary. 6. Who's actually running the Super Spy Club, you ask? I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B899247P04J7.27570&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!710374~!0&ri=7&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=revamped&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=7#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqSz9GZQI/AAAAAAAAANs/gYVuxKo6vJA/s1600/fearscape.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537996300710470914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 210px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqSz9GZQI/AAAAAAAAANs/gYVuxKo6vJA/s320/fearscape.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Fearscape</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.thedevouring.com/">Simon Holt</a><br />(Devouring Trilogy)<br />Teen Horror<br /><br />The Vours; evil, demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hours of the Winter Solstice.<br /><br />It's been a year since Reggie first discovered the Vours, and the Winter Solstice is approaching once again. It will be another night of unspeakable horror for those unlucky enough to be taken by the Vours, because this time, she won't be able to stop them. The Vours have imprisoned Regge in a psychiatric hospital, where she is subjected to a daily routine of unfathomably sadistic experiments. Her life is a living Hell, but she won't give up. They attacked her brother. They killed her friend. And Reggie will never stop fighting back.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B899247P04J7.27570&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=8&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=fearscape&aspect=subtab34#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqSEoSvpI/AAAAAAAAANk/NAJjEVeUb1I/s1600/dark%2Bgame.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537996288006733458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqSEoSvpI/AAAAAAAAANk/NAJjEVeUb1I/s320/dark%2Bgame.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Dark Game: True Spy Stories</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.paulbjaneczko.com/">Paul B. Janeczko</a><br />Teen Nonfiction<br /><br />From clothesline codes to surveillance satellites and cyber espionage, Paul B. Janeczko uncovers two centuries' worth of true spy stories in U.S. history.<br /><br />Every since George Washington used them to help topple the British, spies and their networks have helped and hurt America at key moments in history. In this fascinating collection, Paul B. Janeczko probes such stories as that of Elizabeth Van Lew, an aristocrat whose hatred of slavery drove her to be one of the most successful spies in the Civil War; the "Choctaw code talkers," Native Americans who were instrumental in sending secret messages during World War I; the staggering engineering behind a Cold War tunnel into East Berlin to tap Soviet phones (only to be compromised by a Soviet mole); and many more famous and less-known examples. Colorful personalities, daring missions, the feats of the loyal, and damage of traitors are interspersed with a look at the technological advances that continue to change the rules of gathering intelligence.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B899247P04J7.27570&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!710194~!0&ri=11&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=dark+game&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=11#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqR0IYlII/AAAAAAAAANc/mxhbQlCsoE4/s1600/Beautiful_Darkness.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537996283577930882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqR0IYlII/AAAAAAAAANc/mxhbQlCsoE4/s320/Beautiful_Darkness.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Beautiful Darkness</span></strong> by <a href="http://beautifulcreaturesthebook.com/">Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl</a><br />Teen Southern Gothic Fiction<br /><br />Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he meets mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who reveals a secret world that has been hidden in plain sight all along.<br /><br />Together they can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets that test their relationship. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions that only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly criss-crossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B899247P04J7.27570&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!710353~!0&ri=13&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=beautiful+darkness&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=13#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqRiEdUOI/AAAAAAAAANU/ztSdvnQn7ZU/s1600/ascendant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537996278729625826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 217px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TNrqRiEdUOI/AAAAAAAAANU/ztSdvnQn7ZU/s320/ascendant.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Ascendant</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/">Diana Peterfreund</a><br />Teen Fantasy<br /><br />Astrid Llewelyn is now a fully trained unicorn hunter, but she can't solve all her problems with just a bow and arrow. Her boyfriend, Giovanni, has decided to leave Rome, the Cloisters is in dire financial straits, her best friend's powers seem to be mysteriously disintegrating, and Astrid can't help but feel that school, home, and her hopes of becoming a scientist are nothing but impossible dreams.<br /><br />So when she's given the opportunity to leave the Cloisters and put her skills to use as part of a scientific quest to discover the Remedy, Astrid leaps at the chance. Finally, she can have exactly what she wants--or can she? At Gordian headquarters, deep in the French countryside, Astrid begins to question everything she thought she believed: her love for Giovanni, her loyalty to the Cloisters, and --most of all--her duty as a hunter. Should Astrid be saving the world from killer unicorns, or saving the unicorns from the world?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B899247P04J7.27570&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!710067~!0&ri=15&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=ascendant&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=15#focus">Request it!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-3706781240045438374?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-42093431309991885722010-10-29T16:18:00.007-04:002010-11-01T08:44:13.708-04:00Online Book Poll Winner!<p align="center"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12883827KX949.65745&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!678364~!3&ri=1&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=catching+fire&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=1#focus"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533565406250916706" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pvvUdJdb07c/TMssazz522I/AAAAAAAAACw/nydprha-0G8/s320/catching+fire.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br />By popular vote, <em>Catching Fire</em> by Suzanne Collins has been selected as GCPL’s Favorite Teen book of 2009 in the 2010 Teen Read Week Online Poll. Missed it? Check for a copy <a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12883827KX949.65745&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!678364~!3&ri=1&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=catching+fire&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=1#focus">here</a>!<br /><br />Other favorites included <a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12883827KX949.65745&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!698431~!2&ri=3&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=the+red+pyramid&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=3#focus"><em>The Red Pyramid</em> </a>by Rick Riordan,<em> </em><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12883827KX949.65745&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!678354~!1&ri=5&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=diary+of+a+wimpy+kid+dog+days&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=5#focus"><em>Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days</em> </a>by Jeff Kinney, <a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12883827KX949.65745&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!680597~!0&ri=7&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=shiver&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=7#focus"><em>Shiver</em></a> by Maggie Stiefvater and <a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12883827KX949.65745&profile=hq&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!690072~!0&ri=9&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=heist+society&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=9#focus"><em>Heist Society</em> </a>by Ally Carter.<br /><br />For more book recommendations, see our <a href="http://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=hq&menu=tab41&submenu=subtab229&catnum=8&ts=1233239634183#focus" target="_blank">New and Featured Titles Lists</a>!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-4209343130999188572?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carolenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-3025927597014149812010-10-28T15:25:00.001-04:002010-10-28T15:27:11.131-04:00Book Spine Poetry at Dacula<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nXGN-7qzfIQ/TMnOfXM-vZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/qCl04FiyH7Q/s1600/book+spine+poetry.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533180655401090450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nXGN-7qzfIQ/TMnOfXM-vZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/qCl04FiyH7Q/s320/book+spine+poetry.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-302592759701414981?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966658196956917971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-41065657648841536392010-10-22T15:35:00.008-04:002010-10-22T15:46:52.083-04:00Teen Read Week Fashion<div><div><div>Have you ever really wanted a shirt with hedgehogs playing basketball on it but you just couldn't find it at the mall? Well, we're here to help. At our Altered T-Shirt program at Hamilton Mill on Wednesday, our talented teens made some very cool personalized shirts.<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530958170840400946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pvvUdJdb07c/TMHpJvB8hDI/AAAAAAAAACI/wkGhEEylHWk/s320/Teen+t-shirt+6+(3).jpg" border="0" /></div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530958451353994690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pvvUdJdb07c/TMHpaEBmRcI/AAAAAAAAACY/5Wpd57fJ_S0/s320/Teen+t-shirt+9.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530958715177061618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pvvUdJdb07c/TMHppa16zPI/AAAAAAAAACo/OVpRAgISKyU/s320/Teen+t-shirt+10.jpg" border="0" /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-4106565764884153639?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carolenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-65739623022728076022010-10-22T09:28:00.002-04:002010-10-22T09:44:14.818-04:00Author Nikki Grimes on Teen Read Week<p>Check out this video from author <a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=128G7545A768M.85028&profile=hq&uri=link=3100021~!50188~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab26&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Grimes%2C+Nikki&index=PZAUTH#focus">Nikki Grimes</a> talking about the importance of reading:</p><p align="center"></p><br /><p align="center"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9u6uxzkhGmc?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9u6uxzkhGmc?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-6573962302272807602?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carolenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-7789355986404467002010-10-21T11:00:00.001-04:002010-10-21T11:42:33.079-04:00Book Spine Poetry!<div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000000;">Teen Read Week is in full swing! This year we're celebrating <strong>Books with Beat</strong> and what better way to do that than with super awesome Book Spine Poetry? All you gotta do is grab some books and stack them up to create a poem using the titles on the spine. Staff and teens alike have been waxing poetic all week: </span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000000;"><div align="center"><br /></div></span><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000000;">Norcross Branch:<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530519155995503186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pvvUdJdb07c/TMBZ3tSa6lI/AAAAAAAAACA/jicqQbCUzmE/s320/norcross+staff.jpg" border="0" /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000000;">Mountain Park Branch:<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530514904156923410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pvvUdJdb07c/TMBWAN9G5hI/AAAAAAAAABY/g5YfmaRU034/s320/teen+mpk.jpg" border="0" /></span></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000000;">Lawrenceville Branch:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530515224836058978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 146px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pvvUdJdb07c/TMBWS4k-L2I/AAAAAAAAABg/Q7KvbBGwCwo/s320/law.JPG" border="0" /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000000;">Centerville Branch:<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530515546917817282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pvvUdJdb07c/TMBWlobPy8I/AAAAAAAAABo/gUKfoUty1uo/s320/cen.JPG" border="0" /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000000;">Feeling inspired? Head to the library and start stacking! Who knows? Your poem just might make it to this very blog!</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-778935598640446700?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carolenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-10146360990489730232010-09-28T15:11:00.000-04:002010-09-29T15:27:16.533-04:00New Teen Books for October 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKJABho_2FI/AAAAAAAAANM/D4ZmsT6-T5w/s1600/Wondla.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKJABho_2FI/AAAAAAAAANM/D4ZmsT6-T5w/s320/Wondla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522046488064022610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The Search for WondLa</span> by <a href="http://www.diterlizzi.com/">Tony DiTerlizzi</a><br />Teen Science Fiction<br /><br />When a marauder destroys the underground sanctuary that Eva Nine was raised in by the robot Muthr, the twelve-year-old girl is forced to flee above ground. Eva Nine is searching for anyone else like her, for she knows that other humans exist, because of an item she treasures--a scrap of cardboard on which is depicted a young girl, and adult, and a robot, with the strange word, "WondLa."<br /><br />Breathtaking two-color illustrations throughout reveal another dimension of Tony Diterlizzi's vision and, for those readers with a webcam, the book also features Augmented Reality in several places, revealing additional information about Eva Nine's world.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=T2D5788N71931.291497&profile=hq&source=%7E%21horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001%7E%21709870%7E%210&ri=1&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=search+for+wondla&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=1">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKJABfUBC7I/AAAAAAAAANE/MizxJx59SvA/s1600/torment.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKJABfUBC7I/AAAAAAAAANE/MizxJx59SvA/s320/torment.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522046487439150002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Torment</span></span> by <a href="http://laurenkatebooks.net/">Lauren Kate</a><br />Teen Paranormal Romance<br /><br />Hell on earth. That's what it's like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel. It took them an eternity to find one another, but now he has told her he must go away. Just long enough to hunt down the Outcasts--immortals who want to kill Luce. Daniel hides Luce at Shoreline, a school on the rocky California coast with unusually gifted students: Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans.<br /><br />At Shoreline, Luce learns what the Shadows are, and how she can use them as windows to her previous lives. Yet the more Luce learns, the more she suspects that Daniel hasn't told her everything. He's hiding something--something dangerous. What if Daniel's version of the past isn't actually true? What if Luce is really meant to be with someone else?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=T2D5788N71931.291497&profile=hq&source=%7E%21horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001%7E%21712297%7E%210&ri=3&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=torment&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=3">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKJABIGzj8I/AAAAAAAAAM8/XdJ9xgVMOSI/s1600/reckless.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKJABIGzj8I/AAAAAAAAAM8/XdJ9xgVMOSI/s320/reckless.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522046481209724866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reckless</span></span> by <a href="http://www.corneliafunkefans.com/en">Cornelia Funke</a><br />Teen Fantasy<br /><br />For years, Jacob Reckless has been escaping to another world--a world behind the mirror, where witches haunt the forests and fairies and dwarfs roam. His secret seems safe, until one day his younger brother Will follows me to disastrous consequence. The brothers are thrust into a race against time before one of them is lost forever.<br /><br />Inspired by the Brothers Grimm, Funke introduces a lush, enchanting landscape of fairy tales and legends re-imagined as never before. <span style="font-style: italic;">Reckless</span> is a thrilling adventure and a tale of heroism, filled with danger, mystery, and above all, magic.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=T2D5788N71931.291497&profile=hq&source=%7E%21horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001%7E%21706054%7E%2110&ri=5&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=reckless&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=5">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKI_5i6HGQI/AAAAAAAAAM0/LxTbKmUakcQ/s1600/payback.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKI_5i6HGQI/AAAAAAAAAM0/LxTbKmUakcQ/s320/payback.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522046350965283074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Payback Time</span></span> by <a href="http://www.members.authorsguild.net/carldeuker/">Carl Deuker</a><br />Teen Mystery<br /><br />Through the eyes of a distinctly non-athletic protagonist--a fat high school journalist named Mitch--veteran sports novelist Deuker reveals the surprising truth behind a mysterious football player named Angel. When Angel shows up at Lincoln High, he seems to have no past--or at least not one he is willing to discuss. Though Mitch gets a glimpse of Angel's incredible talent off the field, Angel rarely allows himself to shine on the field. Is he an undercover cop, wonders Mitch? Or an inelligible player? In pursuit of a killer story, Mitch decides to find out just who this player is and what he's done. In the end, the truth surprises everyone.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=T2D5788N71931.291497&profile=hq&source=%7E%21horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001%7E%21712287%7E%212&ri=7&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=payback+time&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=7">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKI_5ViSkWI/AAAAAAAAAMs/unaeBEsOlyw/s1600/Half+Brother_US.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKI_5ViSkWI/AAAAAAAAAMs/unaeBEsOlyw/s320/Half+Brother_US.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522046347375710562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Half Brother</span></span> by <a href="http://www.kennethoppel.ca/">Kenneth Oppel</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />In 1973, when a renowned Canadian behavioral psychologist pursues his latest research project--an experiment to determine whether chimpanzees can acquire advanced language skills--he brings home a baby chimp named Zan and asks his thirteen-year-old son to treat Zan like a little brother.<br /><br />It isn't long before Ben is Zan's favorite, and Ben starts to see Zan as more than just an experiment. His father disagrees. Soon Ben is forced to make a critical choice between what he is told to believe and what he knows to be true--between obeying his father or protecting his brother from an unimaginable fate.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=T2D5788N71931.291497&profile=hq&source=%7E%21horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001%7E%21710519%7E%210&ri=9&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=half+brother&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=9">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKI_5NMVTEI/AAAAAAAAAMk/jSZ77SgNdJM/s1600/Grace.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKI_5NMVTEI/AAAAAAAAAMk/jSZ77SgNdJM/s320/Grace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522046345136131138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grace</span></span> by <a href="http://www.elizabethwrites.com/">Elizabeth Scott</a><br />Teen Suspense<br /><br />Grace was raised to be an Angel, a herald of death by suicide bomb. But she refuses to die for the cause, and now Grace is on the run, daring to dream of freedom. In search of a border she may never reach, she travels among malevolent soldiers on a decrepit train crawling through the desert. Accompanied by the mysterious Kerr, Grace struggles to be invisible, but the fear of discovery looms large as she recalls the history and events that delivered her uncertain fate.<br /><br />Told in spare, powerful prose by acclaimed author Elizabeth Scott, this tale of a dystopian near future will haunt readers long after they have reached the final paige.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=T2D5788N71931.291497&profile=hq&source=%7E%21horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001%7E%21710362%7E%2122&ri=11&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=grace&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=11">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKI_49fIoDI/AAAAAAAAAMc/Um17lF1Y_sE/s1600/deargeorge.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKI_49fIoDI/AAAAAAAAAMc/Um17lF1Y_sE/s320/deargeorge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522046340920025138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom</span></span> by <a href="http://www.susinnielsen.com/books/news.php">Susin Nielsen</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />Violet's TV-director dad has traded a job in Vancouver for one in Los Angeles, their run-down house for a sleek ranch-style home complete with pool, and, worst of all, Violet's mother for a trophy wife, a blonde actress named Jennica.<br /><br />When her mother takes up with the unfortunately named Dudley Wiener, Violet and her friend Phoebe decide that they need to take control. If Violet's mom can't pick a decent man herself, they will help her snag George Clooney.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=T2D5788N71931.291497&profile=hq&source=%7E%21horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001%7E%21708151%7E%210&ri=13&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=dear+george&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab34&menu=search&ri=13">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKI_4vpZwhI/AAAAAAAAAMU/Wy0bEs1e4JE/s1600/bloodyhorowitz.jpeg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TKI_4vpZwhI/AAAAAAAAAMU/Wy0bEs1e4JE/s320/bloodyhorowitz.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522046337204994578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bloody Horowitz</span></span> by <a href="http://www.anthonyhorowitz.com/">Anthony Horowitz</a><br />Teen Horror/Short Stories<br /><br />What's this? A famous children's author stalked and killed? A prominent publisher murdered by an ego-maniacal author for being asked to make cuts? A reality TV show pitting teens against grown-ups, with only one survivor? From whose twisted mind can such gruesome stories unfold?<br /><br />Ah, yes. Anthony Horowitz.<br /><br />Readers will smile in terrified pleasure as they read these harrowing tales by the international #1 bestselling author of the Alex Rider novels.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=T2D5788N71931.291497&menu=search&aspect=subtab34&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=hq&ri=14&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.TW&term=bloody+horowitz&x=0&y=0&aspect=subtab34">Request it!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-1014636099048973023?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-43745425462327852942010-09-02T12:59:00.000-04:002010-09-02T14:15:04.549-04:00New Teen Titles for September 2010<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TH_YWgqAetI/AAAAAAAAAMM/yqUoRFIusrA/s1600/smokycorridor.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512362350159624914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TH_YWgqAetI/AAAAAAAAAMM/yqUoRFIusrA/s320/smokycorridor.gif" border="0" /></a><strong>The Smoky Corridor</strong> by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.chrisgrabenstein.com">Chris Grabenstein</a><br />(Haunted Places series)<br />Teen Horror<br /><br />Zack is about to start his new school, and his dad, who went there years before, tells Zack the stories of the haunted janitor's closet, the specter of a dead crossing guard, and the Donnelly brothers, who perished in a suspicious fire. Dad doesn't know that Zack has already met the Donnellys' ghosts, who have warned Zack that there is an evil zombie under the school. Zack also learns that while zombies are usually content eating corpses, if they happen to bite someone who isn't dead, that person also becomes a zombie. Before midterms, Zack is dealing with two zombies, while trying to protet a friend whose curiosity has put him on the zombies' menu.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12E3W51N46354.57761&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!673951~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!horizon&term=The+smoky+corridor+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TH_YWFrx1XI/AAAAAAAAAME/5UGH4rvObbU/s1600/rendezvous.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512362342919296370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TH_YWFrx1XI/AAAAAAAAAME/5UGH4rvObbU/s320/rendezvous.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Rendezvous</strong> by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/melodycarlson.com">Melody Carlson</a><br />(On the Runway series)<br />Teen Inspirational<br /><br />Lost in translation? Having learned some hard lessons about the costs of recklessness and fame, sisters Paige and Erin Forrester feel ready to take their fashion-focused TV show on location to Paris. Unfortunately, it doesn't take long for many of their good intentions to get lost in translation. An unplanned week of filming at runway model Eliza Wilton's family estate leads to romance, jealousy, and surprises. With cameras rolling, both girls have to be careful or the future of On the Runway could end up as wobbly as Paige's stiletto heels... Author Carlson once again gives girls a fun story line peppered with Christian themes and real-life concerns.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12E3W51N46354.57761&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!675460~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=4&source=~!horizon&term=Rendezvous+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512362230831905746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TH_YPkID-9I/AAAAAAAAAL0/ZhYA4WvcJGU/s320/guardiangate.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Guardian of the Gate</strong> by <a href="http://michellezink.com/">Michelle Zink</a></div><div>(Prophecy of the Sisters trilogy)</div><div>Teen Fantasy</div><div><br /></div><div>The ultimate battle btween sisters is nearing, and its outcome could have catastrophic consequences. As sixteen year-old Lia Milthorpe searches for a way to end the prophecy, her twin sister Alice hones the skills she'll need to defeat Lia. Alice will stop at nothing to reclaim her sister's role in the prophecy, and that's not the only thing she wants: There's also Lia's boyfriend James.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lia and Alice always knew the prophecy would turn those closest to them against them. But they didn't know what betrayal could leead them to do. In the end, only one sister will be left standing.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12E3W51N46354.57761&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!666485~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=7&source=~!horizon&term=Guardian+of+the+gate+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TH_YPYeXIMI/AAAAAAAAALs/aB_Y3XRv6ts/s1600/bodytower.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512362227704209602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TH_YPYeXIMI/AAAAAAAAALs/aB_Y3XRv6ts/s320/bodytower.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>The Body at the Tower</strong> by <a href="http://yslee.com/">Ying S. Lee</a></div><div>(The Agency series)</div><div>Teen Historical Mystery</div><div><br /></div><div>Mary Quinn is back, now a trusted member of the Agency, the all-female detective unit operating out of Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls. Her new assignment sends her into the grimy underbelly of Victorian London dressed as a poor boy, evoking her own childhood memories of fear, hunger, and constant want. As she insinuates herself into the confidences of several persons of interest, she encounters others in desperate situations and struggles to make a difference without exposing--or losing--her identity. Mary's adventure, which takes place on the building site of the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, offers a fictional window into a fascinating historical time and place.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12E3W51N46354.57761&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!671422~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=9&source=~!horizon&term=The+body+at+the+tower+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TH_YO1VWEDI/AAAAAAAAALk/9NQI6tGM1R8/s1600/atlantiscomplex.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512362218271150130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TH_YO1VWEDI/AAAAAAAAALk/9NQI6tGM1R8/s320/atlantiscomplex.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>The Atlantis Complex</strong> by <a href="http://www.eoincolfer.com/">Eoin Colfer</a></div><div>(Artemis Fowl series)</div><div>Teen Fantasy Adventure</div><div><br /></div><div>Artemis has committed his entire fortune to a project he believes will save the planet and its inhabitants, both human and fairy. Captain Holly Short is unconvinced, and discovers that Artemis is suffering from Atlantis Complex, a psychosis common among guilt-ridden fairies--not humans--and most likely triggered by Artemis' dabbling with fairy magic. Symptoms include obsessive-compulsive behavior, paranoia, multiple personality disorder and, in extreme cases, embarrassing professions of love... Unfortunately, Atlantis Complex has struck at the worst possible time. A deadly foe from Holly's past is intent on destroying the actual city of Atlantis. Can Artemis excape the confines of his mind--and the grips of a giant squid--in time to save the underwater metropolis and its fairy inhabitants?</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12E3W51N46354.57761&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!670769~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=11&source=~!horizon&term=Atlantis+complex&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TH_YOhGNm-I/AAAAAAAAALc/bHtJN_gUucU/s1600/accomplice.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512362212838972386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TH_YOhGNm-I/AAAAAAAAALc/bHtJN_gUucU/s320/accomplice.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Accomplice</strong> by Eireann Corrigan</div><div>Teen Suspense</div><div><br /></div><div>Finn and Chloe have it all figured out. Their school guidance counselor has told everyone that it's not good enough to get good grades or do community service anymore--kids like that are everywhere, and colleges are bored of them. So what do you do? Chloe decides they should get attention another way. She and Finn will stage her own disappearance--and then Finn will be the only one who finds and saves her. What college wouldn't want them after that kind of attention? It seems like a good plan--until things start going very wrong.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12E3W51N46354.57761&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!670789~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=13&source=~!horizon&term=Accomplice+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TH_YOSqqiFI/AAAAAAAAALU/uJxnoDBHqec/s1600/90miles.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512362208965331026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TH_YOSqqiFI/AAAAAAAAALU/uJxnoDBHqec/s320/90miles.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>90 Miles to Havana</strong> by <a href="http://www.enriquefloresgalbis.com/schoolvisits/Home.html">Enrique Flores-Galbis</a></div><div>Teen Fiction</div><div><br /></div><div>When Julian's parents make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away from Cuba to Miami via the Pedro Pan Operation, the boys are thrust into a new world where bullies run rampant and it's not always clear how to best protect themselves.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is a seldom-told refugee story that will move readers with the first-person, present-tense rescue narrative, filled with betrayal, kindness, and waiting for what may never come.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12E3W51N46354.57761&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!671198~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=15&source=~!horizon&term=90+miles+to+Havana+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-4374542546232785294?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-78868518952903929912010-08-24T11:58:00.001-04:002010-08-26T12:28:47.344-04:00New Teen Books for August 2010<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPssjw97zI/AAAAAAAAALE/-6Xd3Cf8P-I/s1600/Wicked_Girls.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509007019463274290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPssjw97zI/AAAAAAAAALE/-6Xd3Cf8P-I/s320/Wicked_Girls.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Wicked Girls</strong> by Stephanie Hemphill</div><div align="center">Teen Historical Fiction</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />What started out as girls' games became a witch hunt. When Ann Putnam Jr.’s father suggests that a spate of illnesses within the village is the result of witchcraft, Ann grasps her opportunity, and puts in motion a chain of events that will change the lives of the people around her forever. With a troubled past, Mercy Lewis, the beautiful servant in Ann's house, seizes her only chance at safety. Margaret Walcott, Ann's cousin, desperately in love and consumed with fiery jealousy, is torn between staying loyal to her friends and pursuing the life she dreams of with her betrothed.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />With new accusations mounting daily against the men and women of the community, the girls will have to decide: Is it too late to tell the truth?<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=128283Q1S33Y8.69672&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!663166~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Wicked+girls+%3A+a+novel+of+the+Salem+witch+trials+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPssXj0VqI/AAAAAAAAAK8/DrPvXBPSdgE/s1600/urchinrage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509007016186893986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPssXj0VqI/AAAAAAAAAK8/DrPvXBPSdgE/s320/urchinrage.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Urchin and the Rage Tide</strong> by <a href="http://margaretmcallister.co.uk/">Margaret McAllister</a></div><div align="center">(Mistmantle Chronicles series)</div><div align="center">Teen Fantasy</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />Under the wise guidance of King Crispin, the animals of Mistmantle have enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity since the violent Raven War. The tranquility is disrupted when a series of tidal waves threaten to destroy the island. The inhabitants must quickly move to higher grounds to avoid the devastation. But Mossberry, an influential squirrel with delusions of grandeur, sees the impending disaster as an opportunity to rise to power...and his reckless decisions will put many citizens in harm's way. In a race against time, Urchin of the Riding Stars, his page Corr, and the Circle of King Crispin's court must stop Mossberry and usher the animals of Mistmantle to safety. And when a beloved citizen is swept away in the rage tide, the ultimate sacrifice must be made. Deeply moving and packed with adventure, this is a fitting end to the beloved Mistmantle Chronicles.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=128283Q1S33Y8.69672&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!666432~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!horizon&term=Urchin+and+the+rage+tide+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPssJKj1HI/AAAAAAAAAK0/36FKz7WEu04/s1600/legacies.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509007012322858098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPssJKj1HI/AAAAAAAAAK0/36FKz7WEu04/s320/legacies.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Legacies</strong> by <a href="http://www.mercedeslackey.com/">Mercedes Lackey</a> & Rosemary Edghill</div><div align="center">(Shadow Grail series)</div><div align="center">Teen Fantasy</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />In the wake of the accident that killed her family, Spirit White is spirited away to Oakhurst Academy, a combination school and orphanage in the middle of Montana. There she learns she is a legacy--not only to the school, which her parents also attended, but to magic. All the students at Oakhurst have magical powers, and although Spirit's hasn't manifested itself yet, the administrators insist she has one.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />But something strange is going on at Oakhurst. Students start disappearing under mysterious circumstances, and the school seems to be trying to cover it up. Spirit and her friends must find out what's happening--before one of them becomes the next victim...<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=128283Q1S33Y8.69672&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!663544~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&term=Legacies+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPsYBaawXI/AAAAAAAAAKs/p_33GyqFUCE/s1600/invisiblecity.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509006666644504946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 210px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPsYBaawXI/AAAAAAAAAKs/p_33GyqFUCE/s320/invisiblecity.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong> Invisible City</strong> by <a href="http://www.mgharris.net/">M.G. Harris</a></div><div align="center">(Joshua Files series)</div><div align="center">Teen Adventure</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />Joshua's life was pretty average until his archaeologist father was reported dead in a plane crash. Josh's dad had been searching for the Mayan Codex, said to contain key information about the 2012 Mayan prophecy foretelling the end of the world. Was the crash simply a tragic accident, or is there more to his father's death than the authorities are willing to tell him? Sucked into a vortex of intrigue, Josh becomes a target for danger as he learns that his father, grandfather, and Josh himself are the key to solving the mystery of the prophecy. Can Josh find the missing codex in time to save mankind?<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=128283Q1S33Y8.69672&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!667142~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=7&source=~!horizon&term=Invisible+city+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPsVEwvLEI/AAAAAAAAAKk/cb4Dob9LB6M/s1600/lattedaze.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509006616003816514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPsVEwvLEI/AAAAAAAAAKk/cb4Dob9LB6M/s320/lattedaze.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong> Latte Daze</strong> by <a href="http://www.erynnmangum.com/ErynnMangum.com/Welcome_to_ErynnMangum.com.html">Erynn Mangum</a></div><div align="center">(Maya Davis series)</div><div align="center">Teen Inspirational Fiction</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />When Maya Davis' ex-boyfriend proposes to her roommate, Jen, their apartment becomes Wedding Central. As if that weren't awful enough, Jen's obnoxious mom moves in to help with the planning! Maya's relationships really start to get crazy when her genius brother and sister-in-law announce their pregnancy, and then to top it off there's Jack--could it be love? Who wouldn't need a coffee break!<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">This fun, lighthearted fiction novel for teens uses strong characters, humor, and quiet faith to promote trust in God.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=128283Q1S33Y8.69672&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!665409~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=9&source=~!horizon&term=Latte+daze+%3A+a+Maya+Davis+novel+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPsUtvoQOI/AAAAAAAAAKc/xmVYTiQgue0/s1600/foolsgirl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509006609825153250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPsUtvoQOI/AAAAAAAAAKc/xmVYTiQgue0/s320/foolsgirl.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong> The Fool's Girl</strong> by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.celiarees.com">Celia Rees</a></div><div align="center">Teen Historical Fiction</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />Young and beautiful Violetta may be of royal blood, but her kingdom is in shambles when she arrives in London on a mysterious mission. Her journey has been long and her adventures many, but it is not until she meets the playwright William Shakespeare that she gets to tell the entire story from beginning to end. Violetta and her comic companion, Feste, have come in search of an ancient holy relic that the evil Malvolio has stolen from their kingdom. But where will their remarkable quest--and their most unusual story--lead? In classic Celia Rees style, it is an engrossing journey, full of political intrigue, danger, and romance.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">This wholly original story is spun from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and includes both folly and suspense that would make the Bard proud.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=128283Q1S33Y8.69672&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!666562~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=11&source=~!horizon&term=The+fool%27s+girl+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509006589630039650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPsTigvRmI/AAAAAAAAAKM/ps4DGxAaSZ4/s320/bruiser.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><strong>Bruiser</strong> by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.storyman.com">Neal Shusterman</a></div><div align="center">Teen Fiction</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Sixteen-year-old twins Tennyson and Brontë Sternberger aren't the closest of siblings, but Tennyson is concerned when his sister starts dating Brewster "Bruiser" Rawlins, an antisocial delinquent from a dubious family. But as the Sternbergers grow closer to Bruiser, they discover his secret: he takes on the pain and injuries of those he cares about, healing them at his own expense, whether he wants to or not. He can even soothe emotional wounds--his mere presence is enough to save the twins' parents' fragmenting marriage--but the cost to Bruiser may be unbearable. Tennyson and Brontë must face the unintended consequences of their actions when disaster strikes and a lifetime of healing others takes its toll on their new friend.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=128283Q1S33Y8.69672&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!663167~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=13&source=~!horizon&term=Bruiser+%2F&index=PALLTI">Request it!</a></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPsT99w07I/AAAAAAAAAKU/fp9b9QzrVmE/s1600/educationofbet.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509006596999533490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPsT99w07I/AAAAAAAAAKU/fp9b9QzrVmE/s320/educationofbet.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>The Education of Bet</strong> by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.laurenbaratzlogsted.com">Lauren Baratz-Logsted</a></div><div align="center">Teen Historical Romance</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">When Will and Bet were four, tragic circumstances brought them to the same house, to be raised by a wealthy gentleman as brother and sister. Now sixteen, they've both enjoyed a privileged upbringing thus far. But not all is well in their household. Because she's a girl, Bet's world is contained within the walls of their grand home, her education limited to the rudiments of reading, writing, arithmetic, and sewing. Will's world is much larger. He is allowed--"forced, "in his case--to go to school. Neither is happy. So Bet comes up with a plan and persuades Will to give it a try: They'll switch places. She'll go to school as Will. Will can live as he chooses. But once Bet gets to school, she soon realizes living as a boy is going to be much more difficult than she imagined.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=128283Q1S33Y8.69672&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!661074~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=15&source=~!horizon&term=The+education+of+Bet+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/THPsTigvRmI/AAAAAAAAAKM/ps4DGxAaSZ4/s1600/bruiser.jpg"></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-7886851895290392991?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-81604987501465450042010-06-08T11:59:00.000-04:002010-06-17T12:19:24.250-04:00Teen Summer Reading Program & Special Events<div align="left">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.<br /><br />Wait, what?<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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 <em>first time</em> it came on? We got you covered.<br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TBpKDlMUPoI/AAAAAAAAAKE/3-3VOfcEceA/s1600/TSRP+Event+Guide+Big.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483776921660833410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TBpKDlMUPoI/AAAAAAAAAKE/3-3VOfcEceA/s320/TSRP+Event+Guide+Big.png" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a> (click picture to embiggen)</p><p align="left">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. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-8160498750146545004?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-7893870312949813762010-06-07T17:16:00.000-04:002010-06-08T11:57:41.839-04:00New Teen Books For Summer!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1j1mVQT_I/AAAAAAAAAI8/4R_XmijPLXc/s1600/the_complete_history.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480146094053674994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 216px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1j1mVQT_I/AAAAAAAAAI8/4R_XmijPLXc/s320/the_complete_history.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>The Complete History of Why I Hate Her</strong> by <a href="http://www.jenniferjacobson.com/">Jennifer Richard Jacobson</a><br />(Kingdom Keepers series)<br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B7K01148A977.213735&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!648956~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=The+complete+history+of+why+I+hate+her+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1j1SgEtVI/AAAAAAAAAI0/-8Gz9nAZI8I/s1600/premiere.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480146088730342738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 219px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1j1SgEtVI/AAAAAAAAAI0/-8Gz9nAZI8I/s320/premiere.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Premiere</strong> by <a href="http://melodycarlson.com/index.shtml">Melody Carlson</a><br />(On the Runway series)<br />Teen Inspirational Fiction<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B7K01148A977.213735&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!655867~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!horizon&term=Premiere+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1jnMc7E0I/AAAAAAAAAIs/068ETmmHmlE/s1600/kiss+of+life.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480145846588347202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1jnMc7E0I/AAAAAAAAAIs/068ETmmHmlE/s320/kiss+of+life.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Kiss of Life</strong> by <a href="http://watersdan.blogspot.com/">Daniel Waters</a><br />(Generation Dead series)<br />Teen Horror Fiction<br /><br />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?<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B7K01148A977.213735&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!579295~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&term=Kiss+of+life+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1jmtePjFI/AAAAAAAAAIk/bFN0O6B1eug/s1600/its+not+summer.jpg"><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480145838272384082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1jmtePjFI/AAAAAAAAAIk/bFN0O6B1eug/s320/its+not+summer.jpg" border="0" /></strong></a><strong> It's Not Summer Without You </strong>by <a href="http://www.dearjennyhan.com/">Jenny Han</a></div><div>Teen Fiction</div><div> </div><div>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.<br /><br />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.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B7K01148A977.213735&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!649112~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=7&source=~!horizon&term=It%27s+not+summer+without+you+%3A+a+summer+novel+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div><br /><div><br /> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1jmWLRNwI/AAAAAAAAAIc/TXy1eB3qVWs/s1600/infinity,chron_of_nick_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480145832018786050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1jmWLRNwI/AAAAAAAAAIc/TXy1eB3qVWs/s320/infinity,chron_of_nick_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Infinity: Chronicles of Nick</strong> by <a href="http://www.sherrilynkenyon.com/">Sherrilyn Kenyon</a></div><div>Teen Fantasy</div><div> </div><div>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...</div><div> </div><div>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.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B7K01148A977.213735&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!655144~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=9&source=~!horizon&term=Infinity+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1jmMEc3PI/AAAAAAAAAIU/r74zqtCQK34/s1600/hunting+the+dragon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480145829305834738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 106px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1jmMEc3PI/AAAAAAAAAIU/r74zqtCQK34/s320/hunting+the+dragon.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Hunting the Dragon</strong> by Peter Dixon</div><div>Teen Fiction</div><div> </div><div>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.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B7K01148A977.213735&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!651306~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=11&source=~!horizon&term=Hunting+the+dragon+%3A+a+novel+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1jl9YlC7I/AAAAAAAAAIM/rA3bsgDsXVk/s1600/griff+carver.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480145825363725234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/TA1jl9YlC7I/AAAAAAAAAIM/rA3bsgDsXVk/s320/griff+carver.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol</strong> by Jim Krieg</div><div>Teen Humor</div><div> </div><div>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.</div><div> </div><div>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?</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B7K01148A977.213735&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!650006~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=13&source=~!horizon&term=Griff+Carver%2C+hallway+patrol+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-789387031294981376?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-31690817286639540742010-03-31T11:16:00.000-04:002010-03-31T12:25:48.264-04:00New Teen Books in March<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7NptJbdv3I/AAAAAAAAAIE/Y4SJNjQ6oto/s1600/Spy-final-cover-hi-res.jpg"><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454819798021947250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7NptJbdv3I/AAAAAAAAAIE/Y4SJNjQ6oto/s200/Spy-final-cover-hi-res.jpg" border="0" /></strong></a><strong> <em>A Spy in the House</em></strong> by <a href="http://yslee.com/">Y.S. Lee</a><br />(The Agency Series)<br />Teen Historical Mystery<br /><br />Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan (and thief) Mary Quinn is surprised to be offered a singular education, instruction in fine manners--and an unusual vocation. Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls is a cover for an all female investigative unit called The Agency, and at seventeen, Mary is about to put her training to the test. Assuming the guise of a lady's companion, she must infiltrate a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships. But the household is full of dangerous deception, and there is no one to trust--or is there?<br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12700X199P3U8.74688&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!636143~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=A+spy+in+the+house+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7NpiMdkiiI/AAAAAAAAAH8/Z_hPctNLYAs/s1600/coollikethat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454819609857526306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7NpiMdkiiI/AAAAAAAAAH8/Z_hPctNLYAs/s200/coollikethat.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><em>Cool Like That</em></strong> by Nikki Carter<br />(So For Real Series)<br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />Now that she's been accepted into a summer enrichment program in New York City, Gia knows she's going to have the flyest summer ever. Especially since her mom and her annoying stepsister won't be around. And best of all? Her best friend, Ricky, is joining her so they're going to spend the entire summer together. Gia hopes Ricky's finally going to make a move on her, but it seems Ricky's bent on playing it safe--too safe, as far as Gia's concerned. So when Rashad, a cutie from the summer program starts to get his flirt on with Gia, she's got a new crush--and Ricky's so not cool with that.<br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12700X199P3U8.74688&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!630870~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!horizon&term=Cool+like+that+%3A+a+so+for+real+novel+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7Nph1kGeEI/AAAAAAAAAH0/BMg1GOyFgdM/s1600/stuck+on+earth.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454819603710900290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 136px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7Nph1kGeEI/AAAAAAAAAH0/BMg1GOyFgdM/s200/stuck+on+earth.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><em>Stuck on Earth</em></strong> by <a href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/david-klass/">David Klass</a><br />(Teen Science Fiction)<br /><br />Ketchvar III travels to EArth to inhabit the body of an average teenager and assess the damage humans have done to their planet. But even his highly advanced alien intelligence can't prepare him for life as an American teen. Ketchvar quickly finds himself wrapped up in the daily drama of teenage life--infuriating family members, raging bullies, and undeniably beautiful next-door neighbors. And the more entangled Ketchvar becomes, the harder it is to answer the question he was sent to Earth to resolve: Should the Sandovinians release the Gagnerian Death Ray and erase the human species for good? Or is it possible that Homo sapiens really are worth saving?<br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12700X199P3U8.74688&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!638121~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&term=Stuck+on+Earth+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7NpWG1K4HI/AAAAAAAAAHs/4sm3TtYlEO8/s1600/happyface1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454819402187464818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7NpWG1K4HI/AAAAAAAAAHs/4sm3TtYlEO8/s200/happyface1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><em>Happyface</em></strong> by <a href="http://www.stephenemond.com/">Stephen Emond</a><br />Teen Humor<br /><br />Enter Happyface's journal and get a peek into the life of a shy, artistic boy who decides to reinvent himself as a happy-go-lucky guy after he moves to a new town. See the world through his hilariously self-deprecating eyes as he learns to shed his comic book loving, computer game playing ways. Join him as he makes new friends, tries to hide from his past, and ultimately learns to face the world with a genuine smile. With a fresh and funny combination of text and fully integrated art, Happyface is an original storytelling experience.<br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12700X199P3U8.74688&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!632290~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=7&source=~!horizon&term=Happyface+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7No5z-6O9I/AAAAAAAAAHU/qF_ibvJg-70/s1600/brightlywoven.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454818916091706322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7No5z-6O9I/AAAAAAAAAHU/qF_ibvJg-70/s200/brightlywoven.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><em>Brightly Woven</em></strong> by <a href="http://bracken.livejournal.com/">Alexandra Bracken</a><br />Teen Fantasy<br /><br />When Wayland North brings rain to a region that's been dry for over ten years, he's promised anything he'd like as a reward. He chooses the village elder's daughter, sixteen-year-old Sydelle Mirabel, who is a skilled weaver and has an unusual knack for repairing his magical cloaks. As Sydelle discovers North's dark secret and the reason for his interest in her and learns to master her own mysterious power, it becomes increasingly clear that the fate of the kingdom rests in her fingertips. She will either be a savior, weaving together the frayed bonds between Saldorra and Auster, or the disastrous force that destroys both kingdoms forever.<br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12700X199P3U8.74688&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!639857~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=9&source=~!horizon&term=Brightly+woven+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7No5GGEmxI/AAAAAAAAAHE/xVjcrWTFtyA/s1600/body-finder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454818903773715218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7No5GGEmxI/AAAAAAAAAHE/xVjcrWTFtyA/s200/body-finder.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><em>The Body Finder</em></strong> by <a href="http://www.kimberlyderting.com/">Kimberly Derting</a></div><div>Teen Mystery</div><div> </div><div>Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is more disturbed by her "power" to sense dead bodies--or at least those that have been murdered. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes the dead leave behind in the world... and the imprints that attach to their killers. Now that a serial killer is terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he's claimed haunt her daily, Violet realizes she might be the only person who can stop him.</div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12700X199P3U8.74688&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!638388~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=11&source=~!horizon&term=The+body+finder+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7No40HW5zI/AAAAAAAAAG8/hNc7hHVuRLU/s1600/flirting-with-disaster-175.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454818898947270450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7No40HW5zI/AAAAAAAAAG8/hNc7hHVuRLU/s200/flirting-with-disaster-175.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><em>Flirting With Disaster</em></strong> by <a href="http://rhondastapleton.com/">Rhonda Stapleton</a></div><div>(Stupid Cupid Series)</div><div>Teen Romance</div><div> </div><div>Felicity is a total romantic. That's why she follows her heart--not the rules--in her job as a cupid. But when Felicity turns her matchmaking magic on her best friend, Andy, it's Andy who breaks their golden rule: friends always come first. Andy is so wrapped up in her new guy that she's ditching everyone else. Meanwhile, Felicity decides to get over her crush on Derek by setting him up with someone else--but in her impulsive haste, she accidentally matches him with the whole school, and now "everyone" is in love with him. The entire student body is headed toward heartbreak, just weeks before prom. Does Felicity have what it takes to make everyone's heart happy--including her own?</div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12700X199P3U8.74688&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!635964~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=13&source=~!horizon&term=Flirting+with+disaster+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7No4lnDO0I/AAAAAAAAAG0/ZV6W2VylrAE/s1600/hex_hall.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454818895053667138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S7No4lnDO0I/AAAAAAAAAG0/ZV6W2VylrAE/s200/hex_hall.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><em>Hex Hall</em></strong> by <a href="http://www.rachel-hawkins.com/">Rachel Hawkins</a></div><div>Teen Fantasy</div><div> </div><div>Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch... and when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for the wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.</div><div> </div><div>By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tagalong ghost, and a new roommate who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire on campus. Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her only friend is the number-one suspect.</div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12700X199P3U8.74688&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!634655~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=15&source=~!horizon&term=Hex+Hall+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-3169081728663954074?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-75043724107159575182010-03-26T17:30:00.000-04:002010-03-27T10:40:47.348-04:00Steampunk Author Emilie Bush Comes To GCPL!!!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S60obHiWi9I/AAAAAAAAAGs/9BTxg6H9tM0/s1600/emiliebush1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453059170160249810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S60obHiWi9I/AAAAAAAAAGs/9BTxg6H9tM0/s200/emiliebush1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />On <strong>Saturday, April 17th at 2pm</strong>, the Norcross Branch will be hosting Atlanta author <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Emilie-P.-Bush/e/B0039EOJRE/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1">Emilie P. Bush</a>. Emilie will be talking about <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/steampunk/">Steampunk</a> Adventure Tales and her debut novel, <em>Chenda and the Airship Brofman</em>. This Steampunk adventure takes our heroine Chenda up in the air, across a desert, under the waves and far from everything she’s ever none. Join us to find out more about Chenda’s adventure.<br /><br />Emilie P. Bush was born and raised in Warren, Ohio, and graduated from Ohio University with a Master of Arts in Communication. After several years in broadcasting, most recently as host of Georgia Public Broadcasting's “Georgia Gazette”, Emilie turned her attention to writing fiction. Chenda and the Airship Brofman is the first novel. Emilie currently lives and writes in Atlanta.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-7504372410715957518?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-69883000882296277312010-03-03T13:30:00.000-05:002010-03-03T17:48:49.740-05:00New Teen Titles from February<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S46q-b2ZtmI/AAAAAAAAAFE/v2m_2dpt7D4/s1600-h/northward.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444476989142054498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 136px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S46q-b2ZtmI/AAAAAAAAAFE/v2m_2dpt7D4/s200/northward.jpg" border="0" /></a>Northward to the Moon by <a href="http://www.pollyhorvath.com/">Polly Horvath</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />Jane and her family have moved to Canada... but not for long. When her stepfather, Ned, is fired from his job as a high school French teacher (seems he doesn't speak French), the family packs up and Jane embarks on a series of new adventures. At first, she imagines her family as a gang of outlaws, riding on horseback in masks, robbing trains, and traveling all the way to Mexico. But the reality is different. Setting off by car, the visit the tribe of Native Americans with whom Ned once lived, head to Las Vegas in search of Ned's magician brother, and wind up spending the summer with his eccentric mother on her ranch out west. As Jane lives through it all--developing a crush on a ranch hand, reevaluating her relationship with Ned, watching hers sister Maya's painful growing up--she sees her world, which used to be so safe and secure, shift in strange and inconvenient ways.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1267X56I58B57.66037&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!630991~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!horizon&term=Northward+to+the+moon+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S46r-9RHQ7I/AAAAAAAAAFM/YtlhptSg9TM/s1600-h/freefall.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444478097624089522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S46r-9RHQ7I/AAAAAAAAAFM/YtlhptSg9TM/s200/freefall.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Freefall by <a href="http://www.tunnelsthebook.com/">Roderick Gordon</a><br />Teen Adventure<br /><br />In the follow-up to "Deeper," Will and Chester are tumbling through the subterranean Pore with the evil Rebecca twins in hot pursuit, both toting phials of the lethal Dominion virus. When, where, will they ever land?! Just when the drop seems infinite, the boys hit bottom, and find themselves in a realm of near-zero gravity atop a giant spongy fungus stuffed with artifacts from some lost golden age. But they are not alone. And above ground, black-clad Styx are sprouting like poison mushrooms, dead-set on spreading their plague!<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1267X56I58B57.66037&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!629322~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&term=Freefall+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S46tsN8pdSI/AAAAAAAAAFU/PeTEJcezzH4/s1600-h/heistsociety.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444479974707393826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 136px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S46tsN8pdSI/AAAAAAAAAFU/PeTEJcezzH4/s200/heistsociety.jpg" border="0" /></a>Heist Society by <a href="http://www.allycarter.com/">Ally Carter</a><br />Teen Adventure<br /><br />When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her to the Louvre... to case it. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own--scamming her way into the best boarding in the country, determined to leave the family business behind. Unfortunately, leaving "the life" for a normal life proves harder than she'd expected.<br /><br />Caught between Interpol and a far more deadly enemy, Kat's dad needs her help. She's got two weeks, a teenage crew, and hopefully just enough talent to pull off the biggest heist in her family's (very crooked) history--and, with any luck, steal her life back along the way.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1267X56I58B57.66037&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!629747~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=7&source=~!horizon&term=Heist+society+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S46uYkDB-qI/AAAAAAAAAFc/JLB-ZAaMsLk/s1600-h/lockdownmyers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444480736553990818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 139px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S46uYkDB-qI/AAAAAAAAAFc/JLB-ZAaMsLk/s200/lockdownmyers.jpg" border="0" /></a>Lockdown by <a href="http://www.walterdeanmyers.net/">Walter Dean Myers</a><br />Teen Fiction<br /><br />"When I first got to Progress, it freaked me out to be locked in a room and unable to get out. But after a while, when you got to thinking about it, you knew nobody could get in, either."<br /><br />It seems as if the only progress that's going on at Progress juvenile facility is moving from juvy to real jail. Reese wants out early, but is he supposed to just sit back and flet his friend Toon get jumped? Then Reese gets a second chance when he's picked for the work program at a senior citizens' home. He doesn't mean to keep messing up, but it's not so easy; at Progress or in life. One of the residents, Mr. Hooft, gives him a particulary hard time. If he can convince Mr. Hooft that he's a decent person, not a criminal, maybe he'll be able to convince himself.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1267X56I58B57.66037&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!628031~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=9&source=~!horizon&term=Lockdown+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S46vnneNC1I/AAAAAAAAAFk/6z8Wc9h5jbo/s1600-h/numbers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444482094682934098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S46vnneNC1I/AAAAAAAAAFk/6z8Wc9h5jbo/s200/numbers.jpg" border="0" /></a>Numbers (Num8ers) by <a href="http://rachelwardbooks.com/">Rachel Ward</a><br />Teen Suspense<br /><br />Ever since she was a child, Jem has kept a secret: Whenever she meets someone new, no matter who, as soon as she looks in their eyes, a number pops into her head. That number is a date: the date they will die. Burdened with such awful awareness, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. The two plan a trip to the city. But while waiting to ride the Eye ferris wheel, Jem is terrifed to see that all the other tourists in line flash the same number. Today's number. Today's date. Terrorists are going to attack London. Jem's world is about to explode!<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1267X56I58B57.66037&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!629177~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=11&source=~!horizon&term=Num8ers+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S4619jmEO-I/AAAAAAAAAFs/jWk97xKJGDA/s1600-h/possessed.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444489068669058018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 131px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S4619jmEO-I/AAAAAAAAAFs/jWk97xKJGDA/s200/possessed.jpg" border="0" /></a>Possessed by <a href="http://www.katecann.com/">Kate Cann</a><br />Teen Horror<br /><br />Rayne can't wait to start her summer job at a remote country mansion, far from the crowded, noisy London she so desperately wants to escape. But the retreat soon turns into a nightmare--the mansion is creepy, the legends of ghosts keep Rayne up at night, and she doesn't feel safe anywhere.<br /><br />Can Rayne figure out why she's so freaked--before she becomes a ghost story herself?<br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1267X56I58B57.66037&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!629328~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=13&source=~!horizon&term=Possessed+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S462ebwcGXI/AAAAAAAAAF0/mvBcB5WZ9Ig/s1600-h/river.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444489633500764530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S462ebwcGXI/AAAAAAAAAF0/mvBcB5WZ9Ig/s200/river.jpg" border="0" /></a>The River by Mary Jane Beaufrand<br />Teen Mystery<br /><br />Veronica Severance feels cut off from the world. Forced to move from the city to rural Oregon with her parents, she is haunted by loneliness and by the chilling sounds of the Santiam, the river that runs through her backyard. Through the fog of isolation, Ronnie finds herself becoming close with Karen, and young girl who she babysits. But when she discovers Karen's body on the banks of the Santiam, the victim of a supposed accident, Ronnie feels compelled to uncover the truth. As she becomes increasingly obsessed with solving Karen's death, Ronnie is led deeper and deeper into the woods surrounding the river and to the dark secret hidden within its midst.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1267X56I58B57.66037&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!627214~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=15&source=~!horizon&term=The+river+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S463LnOAdyI/AAAAAAAAAF8/DCD8K3zhD8c/s1600-h/ashes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444490409671685922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S463LnOAdyI/AAAAAAAAAF8/DCD8K3zhD8c/s200/ashes.jpg" border="0" /></a>Ashes by <a href="http://www.kathrynlasky.com/KK/Home.html">Kathryn Lasky</a><br />Teen Historical<br /><br />Thirteen year-old Gabriella Schramm's favorite pasttime is reading. With Adolf Hitler slowly but unstoppably rising to power, Gaby turns to her books for comfort while the world around her changes dramatically: The streets become filled with soldiers, Gaby's sister's boyfriend raises his arm in a heil Hitler salute, and the Schramm's family friend Albert Einstein flees the country. When Gaby's beloved books come under attack, she fears she may to leave behind the fiction--and the life--she has always cherished.<br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1267X56I58B57.66037&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!626530~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=18&source=~!horizon&term=Ashes+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-6988300088229627731?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-46553288891737850612010-01-16T13:47:00.000-05:002010-01-19T13:07:12.379-05:00New and Notable Books from December 2009<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1ILwu-8NuI/AAAAAAAAAC0/HtCndKczpQU/s1600-h/fallen.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427413432808519394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1ILwu-8NuI/AAAAAAAAAC0/HtCndKczpQU/s200/fallen.jpg" border="0" /></a> Fallen by <a href="http://laurenkatebooks.net/">Lauren Kate</a></div><div> </div><div>Teen Romance (Paranormal)</div><div>Release Date: 12/1/2009</div><div> </div><div>Seventeen year-old Luce is a new student at Sword & Cross, an unwelcoming boarding/reform school in Savannah, Georgia. Luce's boyfriend died under suspicious circumstances, and now she carries the guilt over his death with her as she navigates the unfriendly halls at Sword & Cross, where every student seems to have an unpleasant--even evil--history.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=126VL2371A531.11308&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!616653~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Fallen+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1ILwyxKoaI/AAAAAAAAAC8/3x08hBpjF_s/s1600-h/song.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427413433824485794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1ILwyxKoaI/AAAAAAAAAC8/3x08hBpjF_s/s200/song.jpg" border="0" /></a> Song by <a href="http://www.jasonlethcoe.com/The_Official_Website_of_Jason_Lethcoe/jasonlethcoe.com.html">Jason Lethcoe</a></div><div>(Mysterious Mr. Spines #3)</div><div> </div><div>Teen Fantasy</div><div>Release Date: 12/1/2009</div><div> </div><div>In this action packed conclusion, Edward McLeod is almost at the end of his journey. Now he must take on the Jackal and fight for all of the trapped souls in the Woodbine. But the Jackal and his formidable army will not be so easy to defeat.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=126VL2371A531.11308&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!619434~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!horizon&term=Song+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1ILxSAHiUI/AAAAAAAAADM/pWZArUVf9dM/s1600-h/witchandwizard.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427413442208696642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1ILxSAHiUI/AAAAAAAAADM/pWZArUVf9dM/s200/witchandwizard.jpg" border="0" /></a> Witch & Wizard by <a href="http://www.jamespatterson.com/">James Patterson</a></div><div> </div><div>Teen Suspense</div><div>Release Date: 12/1/2009</div><div> </div><div>Torn from their family and slammed into prison, a brother and sister must rediscover their supernatural powers in order to save themselves, their parents, and the world.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=126VL2371A531.11308&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!617995~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&term=Witch+and+wizard&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1IL4u7I6eI/AAAAAAAAADk/mnEeYfNtY8Y/s1600-h/smartaleckcover.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427413570231527906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1IL4u7I6eI/AAAAAAAAADk/mnEeYfNtY8Y/s200/smartaleckcover.jpg" border="0" /></a> Smart Aleck's Guide to American History by <a href="http://www.adamselzer.com/">Adam Selzer</a></div><div> </div><div>Teen Nonfiction</div><div>Release Date: 12/1/2009</div><div> </div><div>Do you know America? No, I mean, do you REALLY know America?</div><div> </div><div>Well, you REALLY need this book.</div><div> </div><div>Not only will it improve your sorry historical knowledge, it will crack you up, and give you material to throw your teachers off balance for entire class periods. Identify their lies! Point out their half-truths! And possibly, just possibly, gain some extra credit for yourself.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=126VL2371A531.11308&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!619780~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=7&source=~!horizon&term=The+smart+aleck%27s+guide+to+American+history+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1ILxhrtfMI/AAAAAAAAADU/oM-T0TW6bi4/s1600-h/bloodninja.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427413446418070722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1ILxhrtfMI/AAAAAAAAADU/oM-T0TW6bi4/s200/bloodninja.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Blood Ninja by <a href="http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Nick-Lake/62647477">Nick Lake</a></div><div> </div><div>Teen Horror</div><div>Release Date: 12/1/2009</div><div> </div><div>Is Taro, a fisherman's son, destined for greatness? In the course of a day, Taro's entire life changes: His father is murdered before his eyes, and Taro is taken by a mysterious ninja on a perilous journey toward safety. Someone wants Taro dead, but who -- and why? With his best friend, Hiro, and their ninja guide, Shusaku, Taro gets caught in the crossfire of a bitter conflict between rival lords for control of imperial Japan. As Taro trains to become a ninja himself, he's less and less sure that he wants to be one. But when his real identity is revealed, it becomes impossible for Taro to turn his back on his fate.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=126VL2371A531.11308&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!620695~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=9&source=~!horizon&term=Blood+ninja+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1IL4mNZ9TI/AAAAAAAAADs/aV3AneGsVC8/s1600-h/stupid-cupid.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427413567892223282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1IL4mNZ9TI/AAAAAAAAADs/aV3AneGsVC8/s200/stupid-cupid.jpg" border="0" /></a> Stupid Cupid by <a href="http://www.rhondastapleton.com/">Rhonda Stapleton</a></div><div> </div><div>Teen Romance</div><div>Release Date: 12/1/2009</div><div> </div><div>Felicity Walker believes in true love. That's why she applies for a gig at the matchmaking company Cupid's Hollow. But when Felicity gets the job, she learns that she isn't just a matchmaker--she's a cupid!</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=126VL2371A531.11308&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!619292~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=11&source=~!horizon&term=Stupid+Cupid+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1ILxF66alI/AAAAAAAAADE/rUXQBMM4Eho/s1600-h/littlewhitelies.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427413438965639762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1ILxF66alI/AAAAAAAAADE/rUXQBMM4Eho/s200/littlewhitelies.jpg" border="0" /></a> Little White Lies by <a href="http://www.jessicaburkhart.com/">Jessica Burkhart</a></div><div>(Canterwood Crest Series)</div><div> </div><div>Teen Fiction</div><div>Release Date: 12/1/2009</div><div> </div><div>There's a new Queen Bee at Canterwood--and her sting is a thousand times worse than Heather's. Will the trio continue to reign as the Queens of Canterwood? or will Jasmine finally put them out of the royal running?</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=126VL2371A531.11308&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!619245~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=13&source=~!horizon&term=Little+white+lies+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1IL4ansjpI/AAAAAAAAADc/aHNli6oIex8/s1600-h/isodontdospooky.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427413564781268626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/S1IL4ansjpI/AAAAAAAAADc/aHNli6oIex8/s200/isodontdospooky.jpg" border="0" /></a> I So Don't Do Spooky by <a href="http://barriesummy.blogspot.com/">Barrie Summy</a></div><div> </div><div>Teen Mystery</div><div>Release Date: 12/1/2009</div><div> </div><div>Summy follows up "<a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=126VL2371A531.11308&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!525737~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=17&source=~!horizon&term=I+so+don%27t+do+mysteries+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">I So Don't Do Mysteries</a>" with this creepy, freaky mystery. Someone's out to get Sherry's stepmom. Can she save her before it's too late?</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=126VL2371A531.11308&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!617387~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=15&source=~!horizon&term=I+so+don%27t+do+spooky+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!<br /></a></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-4655328889173785061?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-80901919142801024462009-12-23T11:07:00.000-05:002009-12-23T11:37:56.352-05:00Five Forks Superstar Librarian Interviews Jackson Pearce!!!!!1!!1!!<p align="center"><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-88c97b260344249" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v12.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D088c97b260344249%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331145828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D480AB056EF19A032681A6F126FF388EFDF69D6A8.84C34DF7AC6DE8FA4768F155C305521A0FE5DB5F%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D88c97b260344249%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D9NxeQ3PePw9OSgzFKlEMhrQU8Wg&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v12.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D088c97b260344249%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331145828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D480AB056EF19A032681A6F126FF388EFDF69D6A8.84C34DF7AC6DE8FA4768F155C305521A0FE5DB5F%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D88c97b260344249%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D9NxeQ3PePw9OSgzFKlEMhrQU8Wg&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></p><p align="left">Superstar Librarian Anni Thompson, from Five Forks Library, was given the remarkable opportunity to meet a wicked cool local teen author! Can you believe it (I'm still having trouble coming to the realization that it actually happened)? Her name is Jackson Pearce, and she wrote this totally brilliant book called <em><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=E26158F0Q0844.48574&profile=hq&uri=link=3100021~!533918~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab26&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!horizon&term=Pearce%2C+Jackson&index=PZAUTH#focus">As You Wish</a></em>, that is available through the Gwinnett County Public Library (there is a waiting list though. Sorry). Her book is so incredibly awesome you will wish you knew her personally, because not only is she an awesome author, but she is like, so amazingly funny and brilliant in person. For realz. Check her out online, because she's got all these websites and even when you're not reading her book, you can bask in <a href="http://jacksonpearce.com/">the glory that is author exposure</a>.</p><p align="left">Ms. Pearce totally thinks you should read these books (we've gone to the trouble of providing links in our catalog, so there's absolutely no excuse not to request them. You're welcome).</p><p align="left"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=E26158F0Q0844.48574&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!574062~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=4&source=~!horizon&term=Shadowed+summer+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Shadowed Summer</a> by Saundra Mitchell</p><p align="left"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=E26158F0Q0844.48574&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!547403~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=6&source=~!horizon&term=Fade+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Fade</a> and <a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=E26158F0Q0844.48574&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!456267~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=8&source=~!horizon&term=Wake+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Wake</a> by Lisa McMann</p><p align="left"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=E26158F0Q0844.48574&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!612429~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=10&source=~!horizon&term=Beautiful+creatures+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Beautiful Creatures</a> by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-8090191914280102446?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-82699978429586941662009-12-08T11:57:00.000-05:002009-12-08T12:41:10.485-05:00New Teen Books in November<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6GWPcmxmI/AAAAAAAAAB0/oo5R07PexUE/s1600-h/imsosure.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412911518807672418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6GWPcmxmI/AAAAAAAAAB0/oo5R07PexUE/s200/imsosure.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>I'm So Sure</em> by <a href="http://www.jennybjones.com/">Jenny B. Jones</a><br /><div><div><div><div><div>(Charmed Life #2)<br /></div><div></div><div>Teen Inspirational<br />Released: 11/3/2009<br /></div><div>After her stepdad enters a new wrestling reality show, Bella is pulled along for the ride as her life goes on display for all the world to see. While the cameras roll, Bella must solve a prom-queen mystery, deal with her returning ex-boyfriend, and keep her cool as she works alongside newspaper editor Luke Sullivan.</div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12602J3333QW1.12211&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!610584~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=I%27m+so+sure+%3A+a+charmed+life+novel+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a> </div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6HL64G7JI/AAAAAAAAAB8/gNeRHXOlI7E/s1600-h/milliondollarthrow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412912440998816914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6HL64G7JI/AAAAAAAAAB8/gNeRHXOlI7E/s200/milliondollarthrow.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><em>Million-Dollar Throw</em> by <a href="http://www.mikelupicabooks.com/">Mike Lupica</a></div><div></div><div></div><div>Teen Fiction</div><div>Released: 11/3/2009</div><div></div><div></div><div>Nate Brodie is nicknamed Brady, not only for his arm, but also because he's the biggest Tom Brady fan. When he wins the chance to win a million dollars by throwing a pass through a target at a Patriots game, Nate should be excited, but all he feels is pressure to succeed.</div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12602J3333QW1.12211&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!610880~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!horizon&term=Million+dollar+throw+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6H-A9aZUI/AAAAAAAAACE/GlY9AxpMAFg/s1600-h/shadowland.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412913301625136450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6H-A9aZUI/AAAAAAAAACE/GlY9AxpMAFg/s200/shadowland.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>Shadowland</em> by <a href="http://www.alysonnoel.com/">Alyson Noel</a><br />(Immortals #3)<br /><br />Teen Romance<br />Released 11/17/2009<br /><br /></div><div></div><div>Ever and Damen have traveled through countless past lives--and fought off the world's darkest enemies--so they could be together forever. But just when their long-awaited destiny is finally within reach, a powerful curse falls upon Damen... one that could destroy everything. Now a single touch of their hands or a soft brush of their lips could mean sudden death--plunging Damen into the Shadowland. Desperate to break the curse and save Damen, Ever immerses herself in magick--and gets help from an unexpected source... a surfer named Jude.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12602J3333QW1.12211&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!613161~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&term=Shadowland+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6IT6fZ8iI/AAAAAAAAACU/pVEBlcEEhfk/s1600-h/croc-tears.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412913677845787170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6IT6fZ8iI/AAAAAAAAACU/pVEBlcEEhfk/s200/croc-tears.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><em>Crocodile Tears</em> by <a href="http://www.anthonyhorowitz.com/">Anthony Horowitz</a></div><div>(Alex Rider series)</div><div></div><div>Teen Adventure</div><div>Released: 11/17/2009</div><div></div><div>A charity broker/con artist raises a million dollars in donations and invests them in a form of genetically modified corn that has the power to release an airborne strain of a virus so powerful it can knock out an entire country on one windy day. The antidote? Alex Rider.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12602J3333QW1.12211&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!613160~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=7&source=~!horizon&term=Crocodile+tears+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6IU7dsZWI/AAAAAAAAACs/AwOPrWu_49g/s1600-h/princeamongkillers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412913695286912354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6IU7dsZWI/AAAAAAAAACs/AwOPrWu_49g/s200/princeamongkillers.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><em>A Prince Among Killers</em> by <a href="http://www.susanvaught.com/">Susan Vaught</a></div><div>(Oathbreakers #2)</div><div></div><div>Teen Fantasy</div><div>Released: 11/24/2009</div><div></div><div>The second half of the "Oathbreaker" story opens at the assassins' stronghold, Triune, as Aron and his sworn comrades try to find peace in a world on the brink of war. Dari and Stormbreaker grow closer as they search for Dari's missing twin; Nic and his captors find it harder to conceal their secrets; and Aron must decide whether the bond he keeps to his family will prove stronger than the oaths he has sworn to his closest friends.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12602J3333QW1.12211&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!614599~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=9&source=~!horizon&term=A+prince+among+killers+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6IUexe4lI/AAAAAAAAACk/ptKvLGb61LE/s1600-h/invisiblelines.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412913687585284690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6IUexe4lI/AAAAAAAAACk/ptKvLGb61LE/s200/invisiblelines.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><em>Invisible Lines</em> by <a href="http://www.maryamato.com/">Mary Amato</a></div><div></div><div>Teen Fiction</div><div>Released: 11/24/2009</div><div></div><div>From the author of <em>The Word Eater</em> and <em>The Mole-Rat Letters</em> comes a funny and touching novel of how sports, art, and one special teacher can change a boy's life forever.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12602J3333QW1.12211&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!614734~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=11&source=~!horizon&term=Invisible+lines+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6IUAHH0fI/AAAAAAAAACc/GyUWP-vQntQ/s1600-h/fourthapprentice.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412913679354548722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6IUAHH0fI/AAAAAAAAACc/GyUWP-vQntQ/s200/fourthapprentice.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><em>The Fourth Apprentice</em> by <a href="http://www.warriorcats.com/warriorshell.html">Erin Hunter</a></div><div>(Warriors: Omen of the Stars #1)</div><div></div><div>Teen Fantasy</div><div>Released: 11/24/2009</div><div></div><div>Four warrior clans have shared the land around the lake as equals for many moons. But a prophecy foretells that three ThunderClan cats will hold the power of the stars in their paws. Jayfeather and Lionblaze know that they are two of the cats in the prophecy. Now the brothers must wait for a sign from StarClan to discover the identity of the third cat. Meanwhile, Dovekit and Ivykit--kin of the great leader Firestar--are poised to become ThunderClan apprentices. Soon one sister will have an ominous dream--and will begin to realize that she possesses mystical skills unmatched by any other cat.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12602J3333QW1.12211&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!614589~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=13&source=~!horizon&term=The+fourth+apprentice+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6ITlYN15I/AAAAAAAAACM/u8Nj-JwM8aw/s1600-h/beautifulcreatures.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412913672178489234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/Sx6ITlYN15I/AAAAAAAAACM/u8Nj-JwM8aw/s200/beautifulcreatures.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><em>Beautiful Creatures</em> by <a href="http://beautifulcreaturesthebook.com/">Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl</a></div><div></div><div>Teen Southern Fiction</div><div>Released: 11/30/2009</div><div></div><div>Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever--and one secret could change everything.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12602J3333QW1.12211&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!612429~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=15&source=~!horizon&term=Beautiful+creatures+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-8269997842958694166?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-9559327975899908032009-12-01T15:02:00.000-05:002009-12-01T15:02:47.895-05:00What IF?You were stranded on an island. What book would you hope you had brought with you? It would be something you would read over and over again till you were rescued. Why would you have selected this book? What is it about this book that you love it so much you would want to read it over and over again?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-955932797589990803?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07231304050259500382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-1346982221434310182009-11-10T12:35:00.001-05:002009-11-10T12:47:27.148-05:00Teen Read Week Book Poll WinnerRemember that time we asked you vote on your favorite Teen Book for Teen Reed Week? So do we, and <a href="http://www.gwinnettpl.org/ProgramsAndEvents/Teens/TRW09pollresults.html">the results are in</a>!<br /><br />Congrats to the winners, and to all of you who have read and voted for any of the books on the list. You guys rock the most. My personal favorite from the list is <em>The Hunger Games</em>, although <em>The Half Blood Prince</em> is definitely my favorite from the <em>Harry Potter</em> series.<br /><br />What's your favorite?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-134698222143431018?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-87844491293975059692009-11-07T10:43:00.000-05:002009-11-10T12:00:24.679-05:00New Teen Books in October<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWbrSogl7I/AAAAAAAAAAc/GwHvHhalHGs/s1600-h/peterswordmercy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401394496139204530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWbrSogl7I/AAAAAAAAAAc/GwHvHhalHGs/s200/peterswordmercy.jpg" border="0" /></a> Peter and the Sword of Mercy by <a href="http://www.davebarry.com/">Dave Barry</a><br />(<a href="http://www.peterandthestarcatchers.com/">Starcatchers</a> #4)<br /><br />Teen Fantasy<br />Release Date: 10/13/2009<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It's 1901. Molly is now married to George Darling and is raising Wendy, Michael and John. James, one of Peter's original Lost Boys, tells Molly about the Others, creatures that are determined to find a cache of starstuff hidden in an underground vault which only has one key: the Sword of Mercy, a legendary weapon.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=125787162C01M.41278&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!608732~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Peter+and+the+sword+of+mercy+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvmXdAh4inI/AAAAAAAAABk/_M1Bf3nULNw/s1600-h/vanishinggirl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402515752621738610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 136px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvmXdAh4inI/AAAAAAAAABk/_M1Bf3nULNw/s200/vanishinggirl.jpg" border="0" /></a>Vanishing Girl by <a href="http://www.shanepeacock.ca/">Shane Peacock</a><br /><p>(<a href="http://www.theboysherlockholmes.com/">Boy Sherlock Holmes</a> #3)</p><p>Teen Mystery</p><p>Release Date: 10/13/2009</p><p>When a wealthy young girl vanishes as if by magic in Hyde Park, Sherlock is once again driven to prove himself. In a heart-stopping race against time, an innocent boy's survival depends on Sherlock's ability to solve the mysterious puzzle of the Vanishing Girl. As complex as the maze that protects the missing girl's hiding place, this case takes Sherlock racing to the countryside, the coast, and into the lair of a menagerie of exotic, dangerous creatures.</p><p>Haunted by memories of his shattered family, goaded by his enemies, driven to heal the fragile relationship between him and the beautiful Irene Doyle, Sherlock makes an almost fatal mistake. In the end, his brilliant powers of deduction and the steadfast eccentric Sigerson Bell save the day. Soon, very soon, the world will come to know him as the master detective of all time.</p><p><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=125787162C01M.41278&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!608249~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!horizon&term=Vanishing+girl+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></p><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvmWL_K85II/AAAAAAAAABc/9NiFLcuRhcM/s1600-h/saygoodbye.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402514360687715458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvmWL_K85II/AAAAAAAAABc/9NiFLcuRhcM/s200/saygoodbye.jpg" border="0" /></a>How to Say Goodbye in Robot by <a href="http://www.nataliestandiford.com/">Natalie Standiford</a></p><p>Teen Fiction</p><p>Release Date: 10/1/2009</p><p>New to town, Beatrice is expecting her new best friend to be one of the girls she meets on the first day. But instead, the girls conspire to seat her next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet loner who hasn't made a new friend since third grade. Something about him, though, gets to Bea.</p><p><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=125787162C01M.41278&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!606873~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&term=How+to+say+goodbye+in+Robot+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></p><p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWceplg4JI/AAAAAAAAABE/0icmzmIz3iw/s1600-h/malice.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401395378473984146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWceplg4JI/AAAAAAAAABE/0icmzmIz3iw/s200/malice.jpg" border="0" /></a>Malice by <a href="http://www.chriswooding.com/">Chris Wooding</a></p><p>Teen Horror</p><p>Release Date: 10/1/2009</p><p>Three kids become trapped in the world of a deadly comic book, in this middle-grade thriller from the author of "Storm Thief." Includes illustrations.</p><p><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=125787162C01M.41278&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!606846~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=7&source=~!horizon&term=Malice+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></p><p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWcd_rrQCI/AAAAAAAAAAs/p3ZWb3pZ6R4/s1600-h/ice.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401395367225540642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 131px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWcd_rrQCI/AAAAAAAAAAs/p3ZWb3pZ6R4/s200/ice.jpg" border="0" /></a>Ice by <a href="http://www.sarahbethdurst.com/">Sarah Beth Durst</a></p><p>Teen Fantasy</p><p>Release Date: 10/6/2009</p><p>Cassie encounters a Polar Bear King and a love that defies reason, and she learns that perhaps fairy tales aren't make-believe after all.</p><p><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=125787162C01M.41278&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!605145~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=9&source=~!horizon&term=Ice+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></p><p></p><br /><p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWcelSm4OI/AAAAAAAAABM/uvDdyvS7b5c/s1600-h/wewerehere.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401395377320943842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWcelSm4OI/AAAAAAAAABM/uvDdyvS7b5c/s200/wewerehere.jpg" border="0" /></a>We Were Here by <a href="http://www.mattdelapena.com/">Matt de la Pena</a></p><p>Teen Adventure</p><p>Release Date: 10/1/2009</p><p>After "it" happens, Miguel is sent to juvenile hall for a year. The judge had no idea he was doing miguel a favor. Ever since "it" happened, his mother can't even look at him. "Any" home besides his would be a better place to live.</p><p><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=125787162C01M.41278&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!607988~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=11&source=~!horizon&term=We+were+here+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></p><p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWcefVZPWI/AAAAAAAAAA8/pdXIz3i5V0c/s1600-h/lockdown.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401395375722020194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWcefVZPWI/AAAAAAAAAA8/pdXIz3i5V0c/s200/lockdown.jpg" border="0" /></a>Lockdown by <a href="http://www.alexandergordonsmith.com/">Alexander Gordon Smith</a></p><p>(<a href="http://www.escapefromfurnace.com/#/home">Escape from Furnace</a> #1)</p><p>Teen Science Fiction</p><p>Release Date: 10/27/2009</p><p>Furnace Penitentiary: the world's most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth's surface. Convicted of a murder he didn't commit, sentenced to life without parole, Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to a death behind bars.</p><p><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=125787162C01M.41278&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!610190~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=13&source=~!horizon&term=Lockdown+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></p><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWceI-ZsjI/AAAAAAAAAA0/3B2vX6aUkpw/s1600-h/lipstouch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401395369720001074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWceI-ZsjI/AAAAAAAAAA0/3B2vX6aUkpw/s200/lipstouch.jpg" border="0" /></a>Lips Touch: Three Times by <a href="http://www.lainitaylor.com/">Laini Taylor</a></p><p>Teen Romance</p><p>Release Date: 10/1/2009</p><p>From a writer of unparalleled imagination and emotional insight come three stories of supernatural love--tales about the delicousness of wanting and waiting for that moment when lips touch. Includes illustrations.</p><p><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=125787162C01M.41278&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!606731~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=15&source=~!horizon&term=Lips+touch+%3A+three+times+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></p><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWcoM9LojI/AAAAAAAAABU/iBZlyOSkaww/s1600-h/wimpykid.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401395542587318834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VK5nWRu9iGM/SvWcoM9LojI/AAAAAAAAABU/iBZlyOSkaww/s200/wimpykid.jpg" border="0" /></a>Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by <a href="http://www.wimpykid.com/">Jeff Kinney</a></p><p>Teen Humor</p><p>Release Date: 10/1/2009</p><p>Kinney's "New York Times"-bestselling Wimpy Kid series returns with Book 4, which finds the sarcastic and sharp-witted ("Toronto Globe and Mail") Greg on summer vacation with his family.</p><p><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=125787162C01M.41278&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!606686~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=17&source=~!horizon&term=Diary+of+a+wimpy+kid+%3A+dog+days+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-8784449129397505969?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nilesthelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287048903138347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-23004940839673969222009-10-11T10:23:00.000-04:002009-10-15T16:49:15.820-04:00Teen Read WeekOctober 18-24, 2009 is Teen Read Week, <span style="color:black;"><strong><em>Beyond Reality! </em></strong>Check out what Teens are doing at the library during Teen Read Week. Can't go to the Library? Check out how you can participate on-line: On GCPL Teen Talk you can help "Build a Story and participate in "What IF". On the Website you can vote for your Favorite Book. <a href="http://www.gwinnettpl.org/Teens/index.html">http://www.gwinnettpl.org/Teens/index.html</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-2300494083967396922?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07231304050259500382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-58761307854525723192009-10-10T12:18:00.000-04:002009-10-15T16:48:54.301-04:00What if?If you could bring one character from a book into our world, who would it be? and what would they think? (Think of the movie InkHeart.)<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p3LS7yncV-s&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p3LS7yncV-s&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-5876130785452572319?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07231304050259500382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268826011549080917.post-29435633152674362462009-10-07T16:37:00.000-04:002009-10-14T16:38:41.520-04:00New Teen Titles Released in September!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Sszzq9wXn5I/AAAAAAAAACE/qH7tDhOcvGE/s1600-h/invisiblei.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img $r="true" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Sszzq9wXn5I/AAAAAAAAACE/qH7tDhOcvGE/s200/invisiblei.jpg" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Invisible I by Stella Lennon (Amanda Project, #1)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teen Mystery</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Release date: 9/22/2009</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Pretty Little Liars" meets "The 39 Clues" meets "Cathy's Book" in this exciting new series that's a collaborative, interactive adventure for girls that begins in the books and continues online.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1254946SK2U12.54699&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!604555~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Invisible+I+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0IBKI4DI/AAAAAAAAACM/Se4q1eWYt1A/s1600-h/riot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img $r="true" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0IBKI4DI/AAAAAAAAACM/Se4q1eWYt1A/s200/riot.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Riot by Walter Dean Myers</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teen Historical Fiction</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Release date: 9/22/2009</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From a "New York Times"-bestselling author comes an innovative novel about the Civil War draft riots in New York City. Tackling hotbed issues of war, race, justice, and equality, Myers chronicles this forgotten moment in history in the same groundbreaking style of his "Monster."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1254946SK2U12.54699&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!603752~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!horizon&term=Riot+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0LKfi6LI/AAAAAAAAACU/WIvXgvroyFA/s1600-h/bystander.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img $r="true" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0LKfi6LI/AAAAAAAAACU/WIvXgvroyFA/s200/bystander.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bystander by James Prellar</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teen Fiction</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Release date: 9/29/2009</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 7th grade boy must choose between being a witness to bullying, or possibly becoming a victim.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1254946SK2U12.54699&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!605203~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&term=Bystander+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0MbQ287I/AAAAAAAAACc/MFQxMQ5EuC4/s1600-h/catchingfire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img $r="true" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0MbQ287I/AAAAAAAAACc/MFQxMQ5EuC4/s200/catchingfire.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teen Science Fiction</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Release date: 9/1/2009</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with Peeta Mellark. But it had been a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2nd title in the Hunger Games trilogy</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1254946SK2U12.54699&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!598572~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=7&source=~!horizon&term=Catching+fire+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0NyJUAgI/AAAAAAAAACk/hXa5n56joH8/s1600-h/devilskiss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img $r="true" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0NyJUAgI/AAAAAAAAACk/hXa5n56joH8/s200/devilskiss.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teen Horror</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Release Date: 9/1/2009</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bilquis San Greal grows up knowing she will have to make sacrifices to be in the Knights Templar. Her childhood friend Kay uses King Solomon's cursed mirror, drawing the attention of one of the most dangerous of the Templars' enemies. Now Billi will have to make sacrifices greater than she'd ever imagined.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1254946SK2U12.54699&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!602001~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=9&source=~!horizon&term=Devil%27s+kiss+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0TX2cBqI/AAAAAAAAAC0/tIMbRYOk3h0/s1600-h/secretpower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img $r="true" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0TX2cBqI/AAAAAAAAAC0/tIMbRYOk3h0/s200/secretpower.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Secret to Teen Power by Paul Harrington</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teen Nonfiction</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Release Date: 9/15/2009</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Based on the international bestseller "The Secret, The Secret to Teen Power" explains the laws of attraction in relation to teen issues, and tells how teens can transform their own lives and live their dreams by understanding and using the power they have in their hands.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1254946SK2U12.54699&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!601859~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=11&source=~!horizon&term=The+secret+to+teen+power+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0PzX52kI/AAAAAAAAACs/2y-AfTCpJqs/s1600-h/jasperdash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img $r="true" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0PzX52kI/AAAAAAAAACs/2y-AfTCpJqs/s200/jasperdash.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jasper Dash and the Flame Pits of Delaware by M.T Anderson</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teen Humor</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Release Date: 9/15/2009</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plucky and intrepid heroes Jasper Dash, Lily Gefelty, and Katie Mulligan must journey to the unknown lands of Delaware to unravel an awful mystery, in this third installment of M.T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1254946SK2U12.54699&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!600647~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=13&source=~!horizon&term=Jasper+Dash+and+the+flame-pits+of+Delaware+%3A+%5Ba+pals+in+peril+tale%5D+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0mDxbClI/AAAAAAAAAC8/4A_Qn7q2yEY/s1600-h/rapturedeep.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img $r="true" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o2RU7OyAlvM/Ssz0mDxbClI/AAAAAAAAAC8/4A_Qn7q2yEY/s200/rapturedeep.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rapture of the Deep by Louis A. Meyer</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being an account of the further adventures of Jacky Faber, Soldier, Sailor, Mermaid, Spy</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teen Adventure</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Release Date: 9/28/2009</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the very day that Jacky Faber is to wed her true love, she is kidnapped by British Naval Intelligence and forced to embark on yet another daring mission--this time to search for sunken Spanish gold. But when Jacky is involved, things don't always go as planned.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the Bloody Jack Adventures series</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="https://twain.gwinnettpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1254946SK2U12.54699&profile=hq&uri=link=3100007~!603212~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab48&menu=search&ri=15&source=~!horizon&term=Rapture+of+the+deep+%3A+being+an+account+of+the+further+adventures+of+Jacky+Faber%2C+soldier%2C+sailor%2C+mermaid%2C+spy+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">Request it!</a></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1268826011549080917-2943563315267436246?l=gcplteenblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07231304050259500382noreply@blogger.com0