Alex plummets to earth in the beginning of this teenager gone spy novel. Just back from outer space, Alex works with the Australian Secret Service on a dangerous mission in Southeast Asia, involving drugs, weapons, and gangs.
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Snakehead by Anthony Horwitz
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
One mistake. One bad night.
Head Case by Sarah Aronson
"Two people are dead. I have to spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the neck down."
Right from the beginning we know that Frank is paying for his choices. Is this justice? Frank Marder struggles to deal with the aftermath of an accident he had while driving drunk that killed two people, including his girlfriend, and left him paralyzed from the neck down.
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"Two people are dead. I have to spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the neck down."
Right from the beginning we know that Frank is paying for his choices. Is this justice? Frank Marder struggles to deal with the aftermath of an accident he had while driving drunk that killed two people, including his girlfriend, and left him paralyzed from the neck down.
Find this book: Young Adult ARO
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Thursday, November 1, 2007
Aaaaand They're Off!
NaNoWriMo starts today for budding writers (or professionals) who want to try to write a 50,000 word novella in just 30 days!
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, which is the month of November every year. You don't have to worry about the quality of your work-as the introductory email says, that's for December!
For those of us who want to try to keep a steady pace, that means you need to do 1,666.66 words a day! (It sure sounds hard, but 200 words only takes just under 20 minutes!)
So what are you waiting for? You are already 1,666.66 words behind, but I'm sure you can make them up somehow.....good luck!
Heather
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, which is the month of November every year. You don't have to worry about the quality of your work-as the introductory email says, that's for December!
For those of us who want to try to keep a steady pace, that means you need to do 1,666.66 words a day! (It sure sounds hard, but 200 words only takes just under 20 minutes!)
So what are you waiting for? You are already 1,666.66 words behind, but I'm sure you can make them up somehow.....good luck!
Heather
Monday, October 22, 2007
All Kinds of Creepy!
Tis the season for creepy, spine-tingling stories. Check out the display in the teen section
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- Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Shattered Mirror. Young Adult ATW
- Cary, Kate. Bloodline: A Novel. Young Adult CAR
- Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight. Young Adult MEY
- Nance, Andrew. Daemon Hall. Young Adult NAN
- Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak : The Saga of Darren Shan, Book One. Young Adult SHA
- Wooding, Chris. The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray. Young Adult WOO
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
I would definitely recommend this book...
The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a book that will still be around when Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is completely forgotten. While the book is found in the Young Adult section at the Bartlett Public Library, it is a great read for all ages. It’s one of those stories with two levels to it. I first found this wonderful tale in 5th grade, and enjoyed the plot of a “perfect world” which turned out not to be that perfect. When I reread it in my freshman year in high school, I could see the subtle hints of what could be described as Communism, with everyone pretty much the same, differences frowned upon. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who would inquire about it.
This book starts out with the main character, an “Eleven” (that is, a kid in his eleventh year in life) named Jonas. In his world, people don’t choose their own spouses, jobs nor have their own children. When you turn Twelve, you are assigned your job, and as you mature, you are allowed to apply for a spouse.
Jonas, like all of the other Elevens in his group, is excited for his Assignment, which is given to all children at the end of their 11th year of life. He is given a special job, one that is not given to a person every year—he is to become the new “Receiver of Memory”. What a Receiver is, and what Jonas learns about his comfortable world, you will have to read the book yourself to find out!
Heather
This book starts out with the main character, an “Eleven” (that is, a kid in his eleventh year in life) named Jonas. In his world, people don’t choose their own spouses, jobs nor have their own children. When you turn Twelve, you are assigned your job, and as you mature, you are allowed to apply for a spouse.
Jonas, like all of the other Elevens in his group, is excited for his Assignment, which is given to all children at the end of their 11th year of life. He is given a special job, one that is not given to a person every year—he is to become the new “Receiver of Memory”. What a Receiver is, and what Jonas learns about his comfortable world, you will have to read the book yourself to find out!
Heather
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Creepy Classics - Tues. Oct. 30th 7:00 p.m.
Creepy Classics
for Teens and Adults
with Storyteller Grant Fitch
Tuesday, October 30 at 7:00 p.m.
WARNING:
These stories are not for the fainthearted!
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
Based on the Grimm fairy tale of Rapunzel, Lady Saren is restrained in a tower for seven years because she refused to marry a man she despises. Dashti, her maid, and the Lady Saren, her mistress, prepare for a very long and dark imprisonment. Dashti struggles to keep them fed and comfortable as food supplies dwindle. Two of Lady Saren's suitors—one welcome, and the other decidedly less so—bring hope as well as the possiblity of great danger. Dashti makes the desperate choices of a girl whose life is worth more than she knows. Book of a Thousand Days is a unique retelling filled with adventure and romance, drama and disguise.
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