Told in a series of letters, Punkzilla follows the exploits of fourteen-year-old Jamie, who is taking buses and hitchhiking from Portland, Oregon to Memphis, Tennessee to visit his terminally ill brother. Along the way he meets a series of bizarre characters, some of whom want to help him and some who would rather take advantage of Jamie’s youth and vulnerability out on the road. He even ends up taking a trip to Santa’s Village in nearby East Dundee with a troubled woman. Jamie also recounts the unpleasant experiences he was subjected to at a military academy and how he went AWOL from there. This edgy novel is not for the faint of heart but is sure to keep adventurous readers turning pages.
John
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Looking for a good mystery? Peeled!
Hildy is looking for a chance to prove herself and finds her opportunity as a reporter for the high school newspaper. She is drawn to the town’s biggest story surrounding the haunting of the old Ludlow house. The mystery unfolds as Hildy takes a deeper look into eerie happenings and ghostly sightings to find the truth.
Bauer, Joan. Peeled. Gr. 6-10 Young Adult BAU
Bauer, Joan. Peeled. Gr. 6-10 Young Adult BAU
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Ghost of Spirit Bear
After a year in exile on an Alaskan island as punishment for severely beating a fellow student, Cole Matthews returns to school in Minneapolis having made peace with himself and his victim--but he finds that surviving the violence and hatred of high school is even harder than surviving in the wilderness.
Mikaelsen, Ben. Ghost of Spirit Bear. Gr. 5-8 Young Adult MIK
Mikaelsen, Ben. Ghost of Spirit Bear. Gr. 5-8 Young Adult MIK
Monday, June 8, 2009
The Hand You're Dealt by Paul Volponi
When Huck Porter's dad suddenly dies, it feels like nothing will ever make sense again. Huck's "best friend" thinks that Huck should just get over it, the girl he likes won't give him the time of day, and his mom now works all hours at a roadside diner to make ends meet. The only thing that still makes sense for Huck is the game his dad taught him, the game they spent hours playing together: Texas hold'em.
Worse than all of that, though, is Huck's math teacher, Mr. Abbott -- a hungry card shark with an ego to match his appetite. He now wears the local poker tournament's first prize, a silver watch that Huck's dad wore proudly for three years. So Huck hatches a plan to knock Abbott off his throne and win back the watch. Only, bluffing his way into the tournament will mean lying to everyone Huck knows. But as Huck gets deeper in the tournament and starts to lose himself in the cards, he begins to wonder who he'll be when the last hand is played.
Volponi, Paul. The Hand You’re Dealt. Gr. 7-up Young Adult VOL
Worse than all of that, though, is Huck's math teacher, Mr. Abbott -- a hungry card shark with an ego to match his appetite. He now wears the local poker tournament's first prize, a silver watch that Huck's dad wore proudly for three years. So Huck hatches a plan to knock Abbott off his throne and win back the watch. Only, bluffing his way into the tournament will mean lying to everyone Huck knows. But as Huck gets deeper in the tournament and starts to lose himself in the cards, he begins to wonder who he'll be when the last hand is played.
Volponi, Paul. The Hand You’re Dealt. Gr. 7-up Young Adult VOL
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Join Now!
Teen Summer Reading Club
Bartlett Public Library District
☺To join Read on the Wild Side! reading program, read a book and then register at the Reference Desk starting June 8 through Aug. 1, 2009.
☺You will receive a prize after reading five, ten, fifteen, and twenty books.
☺Enter the weekly drawings for more prizes.
☺For every five books read, you will also receive a coupon for the final prize drawing.
☺First prize will be a $75 gift certificate to a shopping mall.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Fantasy
If you had the power to kill with your bare hands, what would you do with it?
Graceling takes readers inside the world of Katsa, a warrior-girl in her late teens with one blue eye and one green eye. This gives her haunting beauty, but also marks her as a Graceling. Gracelings are beings with special talents—swimming, storytelling, dancing. Katsa's Grace is considered more useful: her ability to fight (and kill, if she wanted to) is unequaled in the seven kingdoms. Forced to act as a henchman for a manipulative king, Katsa looks for the moral courage to stand up to evil rulers and fight for what is right.
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling. Gr 7-up Young Adult CAS
Graceling takes readers inside the world of Katsa, a warrior-girl in her late teens with one blue eye and one green eye. This gives her haunting beauty, but also marks her as a Graceling. Gracelings are beings with special talents—swimming, storytelling, dancing. Katsa's Grace is considered more useful: her ability to fight (and kill, if she wanted to) is unequaled in the seven kingdoms. Forced to act as a henchman for a manipulative king, Katsa looks for the moral courage to stand up to evil rulers and fight for what is right.
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling. Gr 7-up Young Adult CAS
Love a Mystery?
Bauer, Joan. Peeled. Gr. 6-10 Young Adult BAU
Hildy is looking for a chance to prove herself and finds her opportunity as a reporter for the high school newspaper. She is drawn to the town’s biggest story surrounding the haunting of the old Ludlow house. The mystery unfolds as Hildy takes a deeper look into eerie happenings and ghostly sightings to find the truth.
Hildy is looking for a chance to prove herself and finds her opportunity as a reporter for the high school newspaper. She is drawn to the town’s biggest story surrounding the haunting of the old Ludlow house. The mystery unfolds as Hildy takes a deeper look into eerie happenings and ghostly sightings to find the truth.
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