Check out these new books on the young adult bookshelf:
Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman
Crown of Horns by Jeff Smith
High School Debut Vol. 1 by Kazune Kawahara
Influence by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Me, the Missing, and the Dead by Jenny Valentine
Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt de la Pena
Naruto Vol. 33 by Masashi Kishimoto
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Tsubasa Vol. 20 by CLAMP
This week's book pick is What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell.
It's the end of summer in 1947, and World War II is over. Evie's stepfather Joe is finally home and everything seems to be going fine, until Peter Coleridge appears. Peter served with Joe in the war, and for some reason Joe doesn't want him around. Evie, however, is in love with Peter, and believes he feels the same for her. But the more Evie gets to know Peter, the more entangled she becomes in what happened during the war, and in the story Joe does not want Peter to tell.
The Michael L. Printz Award was announced by the American Library Association (ALA) today. The winner is Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta, and the honor books are:
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, the Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
The winner of the new William C. Morris YA Debut Award is A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce.
Come to Young Adult Movie Night this Monday! We'll be watching Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 and eating lots of cheesy popcorn!
Check out these new books on the young adult bookshelf:
Absolute Brightness by James Lecesne
A Curse Dark As Gold by Elizabeth Bunce
Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Late Night at the Library!
Young adults ages 12-16 are invited for an evening of Wii, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Internet, snacks, and giveaways. This Friday, January 23rd, 6:30-9 pm. See ya there!
This week's book pick is Graceling by Kristin Cashore.
Katsa lives in a world where there are those who have Graces (excessive abilities) and those who do not. Instead of being a benefit, however, Katsa's Grace feels more like a curse. Katsa possesses the ability to kill, and her uncle King Randa of the Middluns has utilized her Grace for his own ends for longer than Katsa cares to remember. Katsa sees no way of breaking free, but then she meets Po, a man who possesses his own unusual Grace. Soon a series of events causes the world as Katsa knew it to transform completely.
Come to AniManga Club this Monday, January 19th at 4pm! We'll be watching Naruto: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow and eating lots of Pocky!
This week's book pick is Wicked by Sara Shepard.
Four ex-friends thought they were free of trouble not that their mysterious stalker "A" is gone. Now Hanna can concentrate on ruling Rosewood Day, Emily can figure out her love life, Spencer can discover what's really going on in her family, and Aria can deal with her father's new (and pregnant) replacement for Aria's mother. But life for these four is never that simple, and when their friend Ali's suspected killer is released from jail, that fact is made abundantly clear.