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January 30, 2007
Teen Love Stories for All Readers
Valentine's Day is coming up, and that means a barrage of hearts and flowers and mushy cards. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Valentine's Day (too much pressure!), but I still like reading a good love story. Check out our list of love stories for teens if you also can't resist a good romance. We've got traditional boy-meets-girl stories, stories of female spies in love, some very good looking vampires, and even a girl bargaining with Death himself.
Posted by joan at 10:29 AM
January 26, 2007
Cookie Taste Off
Cookie Monster makes another appearance on our blog in order to remind you of our upcoming Cookie Taste Off. Make your voice heard by voting on your favorite chocolate chip cookies.
Thursday, February 8th from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Grades 6 to 12.
Call us at 655-1234 x117 to register.
Posted by joan at 12:28 PM
January 23, 2007
Printz Award Winner: American Born Chinese
The graphic novel American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang, is the winner of the 2007 Printz Award.
The Printz Award for excellence in young adult (otherwise known as teen) literature is decided by a committee of librarians who are part of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).
The four honor books are:
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; v. 1: The Pox Party by M. T. Anderson
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (which was chosen as a winner by the teens in our very own Predicting the Printz book group)
Get more info on the winning books here.
Posted by joan at 04:22 PM
January 04, 2007
Our Printz Award Predictions
Our Predicting the Printz book group has decided which teen books we think will win the 2007 Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. Our amazing and talented members read and talked about 16 books in our quest to find the very best ones of the year. Find out how we did after the award winners are announced on January 22nd by going to this website.
Our predictions:
Winner
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
Honor Books
Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos
Born to Rock by Gordon Korman
Rash by Peter Hautman
The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
Now that you know our choices, give us your comments. What do you think the best teen books were this year?
Posted by joan at 10:26 AM