Teens
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MAKE WAVES @ YOUR LIBRARY
MAKE WAVES @ YOUR LIBRARY is the teen theme for this summer. You have until tomorrow, Friday, August 27 at 5:00 p.m. to record your reading for awards and prizes (see table).
| If you read... | Then you receive... |
| 2 Hours | a program participation certificate. |
| 10 Hours | a sticker will be added to your certificate, your name will be added to our 'Wall of Fame' (@ your library and on the web site). And, you may find a prize ticket in your program folder. |
| 25 Hours | A certificate will be sent to your school in the fall and your name will be added to the Level II 'Wall of Fame' (@ your library and on the web site). You may find another prize ticket in your folder. |
updated: 8/26/2010
Email: rfowler@petoskeylibrary.org
Phone: 231-758-3123
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TEENS TOP TEN
The 2010 Teens' Top Ten nominations are available for your summer reading! This way, you may read at least some of the books so that you may vote intelligently in August and September at www.ala.org/teenstoptenThe winners will be announced during Teen Read Week in October.
All of the nominees are listed below. Titles that Petoskey District Library owns appear in this color and have the call numbers at the end of the description.
Abbott, Ellen Jensen. Watersmeet. Marshall Cavendish. 2009. (9780761455363). Abisina is born into a colony of religious fanatics, where she is persecuted for her appearance, kept alive only because her mother is the healer. But when a new leader arrives, he rids the colony of the outcasts. Abisina escapes and is rescued by some dwarves, who help her journey to Watersmeet to find her father. YA/FIC/ABB
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls. Penguin/Viking Books. 2009. (9780670011100). Lia sees her eating disorder as a way to avoid so much: her stepmother’s pressure to be a role model for her new stepsister, her parents’ divorce, her mother constantly hounding over her daughter’s eating habits whenever she finds the time in the rest of her life. But most importantly, she sees it as a means to escape the death of her best friend, the one she ignored the day she died from the same disease Lia is fighting herself. YA/FIC/AND
Brown, Jennifer. Hate List. Hachette/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2009. (9780316041447). Valerie and her boyfriend Nick are constantly picked on by other kids at Garvin High. They write a Hate List, and Nick participates in a Columbine type killing. Valerie survives and has to live with the consequences.
Carter, Ally. Heist Society. Disney/Hyperion. 2010. (9781423116394).
Katarina is trying to get out of the family thievery business. When her father is suspected of stealing a priceless art collection from an Italian mobster, she has to steal them back to save his life—and she has no idea where they are.
Cashore, Kristin. Fire. Penguin/Dial. 2009. (9780803734616). Fire is a monster, quite literally. She is extraordinarily beautiful and can control the minds of humans. Soon she gets sucked into the kingdom’s political turmoil and encounters everything from cold princes to brightly colored bunny rabbits. YA/FIC/CAS
Clare, Cassandra. City of Glass. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry. 2009. (978-1416914303). Clary must dig deep within herself to complete the journey into the unfamiliar in the name of
family and love. Clary goes to the City of Glass to try to save her mother — even though it may mean her own death. YA/FIC/CLA
Clayton, Emma. The Roar. Scholastic/Chicken House. 2009. (9780439925938). Mika's world appears to be based purely on mystery and lies, though he seems to be the only one who senses it. After his sister vanishes and a new government program that targets children rises, Mika decides that the only hope of finding his sister may be in beating the government at their own game.
Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. Scholastic/ Scholastic Press. 2009. (9780439023498). In the sequel to The Hunger Games, Katniss is faced with the challenges of being a victor of the Games, from keeping up the image of a romantic relationship with Peeta to trying to prevent any rioting in the other districts. But when the Capitol announces a twist that will affect Katniss forever, will she be able to survive re-entering the world of the Games? YA/FIC/COL
Dessen, Sarah. Along for the Ride. Penguin/Viking. 2009. (9780670011940). College-bound Auden lets academics drive her entire life until she moves to a beach town for the summer to live with her father, stepmother, and newborn half-sister. Slowly she learns to break out of her shell as she makes friends with the locals and falls for a trick bike rider. YA/FIC/DES
Fisher, Catherine. Incarceron. Penguin /Dial. 2010. (9780803733961).
In a distant future, all the world's criminals are dumped in a vast, living prison called Incarceron, with live forests and mechanical animals, climate-controlled weather, and everlasting dark walls that stretch to nowhere. Seventeen-year-old Finn believes he should not be there and must rely on help from the outside to escape. YA/FIC/FIS
Fitzpatrick, Becca. hush, hush. Simon & Schuster. 2009. (9781416989417). Nora ends up sitting next to Patch in biology. Patch is a scary guy, a fallen angel, and he is shrouded in mystery. But he has a knack for getting under Nora’s skin. Many people seem to be out to get her and she is slowly starting to realize she is falling for Patch, even if he is trying to kill her.
Forman, Gayle. If I Stay. Penguin/Dutton. 2009. (9780525421030)
After a drive with her family, Mia wakes up to find the car in pieces and the bodies of her family by the side of the road. She is in a coma, but she can see everything happening around her, almost as if she was a ghost. With her family gone, Mia has to decide if she should stay among the living or if she should pass on. YA/FIC/FOR
Garcia, Kami and Margaret Stohl. Beautiful Creatures. Hachette/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2009. (9780316042673) Lena isn't like the other girls in Gatlin, South Carolina. She's as different from them as a person can get. She is a Caster. Ethan wants to be different. He hates life in Gatlin. So when he runs into Lena, almost literally, something just clicks. Can an ancient curse, a shut-in uncle, and certain
doom keep them apart? YA/FIC/GAR
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd. Edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci. Hachette/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2009. (9780316008099). Anyone who has ever been labeled or proclaimed themselves to be "geeks" will fall to the floor laughing and fall in love with the many different short stories and illustrations by some of the top young adult authors. YA/FIC/BLA
Golding, Julia. Dragonfly. Marshall Cavendish. 2009. (978-0761455820). A princess from a country formed on rules is being forced to marry a prince from a different country who just likes to live life. They dislike each other on sight— and then they are kidnapped. Can they travel back home, through enemy territory, without strangling each other?
Jinks, Catherine. The Reformed Vampire Support Group. Harcourt/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2009. (9780152066093).
Grumpy vampire Nina is in a support group so that she doesn't prey on humans. But things start to look grimmer than ever when one of the vampires in the support group shows up dead. Will Nina be able to get to the bottom of this crime before another vampire is attacked?
Lieb, Josh. I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President. Penguin/Razorbill. 2009. (9781595142405). A young boy (who happens to be an evil genius) wants to be student body president to attract his father/arch-nemesis’ attention. After using his almost unlimited resources, he thinks he has the election in the bag, when suddenly everything goes wrong that no amount of money can fix.
Ockler, Sarah. Twenty Boy Summer. Hachette/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2009. (978-0316051583). Anna joins her best friend Frankie’s family for a beach vacation in California. Frankie and Anna
make a bet to attract 20 boys in 20 days. Anna struggles with a painful secret and falls in love with Sam — and isn’t sure she can finish their bet.
Patterson, James. Witch and Wizard. Hachette/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2009. (9780316036245). Siblings Whit and Wisty are suddenly pronounced a witch and a wizard by their oppressive government. They are sent to prison, where they learn to use their powers with hopes to escape.
Peters, Julie Anne. By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead. Disney/Hyperion. 2010. (9781423116189). Daelyn Rice is determined to succeed in killing herself this time. Using a website for “completers,” she reveals a history of bullying and torment that started in kindergarten. One day, though, a boy sits with her as she is waiting to be picked up from school. While she makes it known that she wants to be alone, he won't give up on her.
Pierce, Tamora. Bloodhound. Random House. 2009. (9780375814693).
Beka has grown and needs to take on new assignments. When her old partner gets hurt, she is sent out on a new type of mission. Finding love and a culprit can be complicated in a big city—but nothing is too hard for the Terrier!
St. Crow, Lili. Strange Angels. Penguin/Razorbill. 2009. ( 9781595142511). Dru’s family kills mythical creatures. After a catastrophe befalls her parents, she wants revenge.To find out what happened to her family, she’ll need to learn to trust others.
Stiefvater, Maggie. Shiver. Scholastic . 2009. (9780545123273). Ever since being saved by a wolf as a child, Grace has been fascinated with the wolves around her Minnesota home. But the wolves are becoming restless and need Grace's help to save them. One of the wolves takes human form and falls in love with Grace — but as the weather grows
colder, he’ll turn back into a wolf, likely forever. Soon, he must make a life or death decision to stay with the one he loves. YA/FIC/STI
Tanigawa, Nagaru. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Hachette/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2009. (9780316039017). Haruhi Suzumia is a high-school student who is bored by normal humans. She wants something supernatural to happen, so she starts a club with a boy named Kyon. Little does she know that
everyone that signs up from her club is either a Time Traveler, Alien, or Esper.
Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan. Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse. 2009. (9781416971733). The prince of Austria-Hungary is on the run, his parents murdered. Deryn Sharp is a girl who pretends to be a boy to live out her dream. One chooses to go on an adventure; the other is forced into it. The pair are on opposite sides but must work together to escape from German troops. YA/FIC/WES
Yep, Laurence. City of Fire. Tor/Starscape. 2009. (9780765319241).
Twelve-year-old Scirye vows to avenge her sister’s death and reclaim a stolen treasure for her people by taking on the villainous dragon Badik and the strange Dr. Roland. She and her companions travel to a Hawaiian island created by magic, where a goddess helps them in their quest to stop Dr. Roland from achieving a great power. J/FIC/YEP
Teen 'Wall of Fame'
Level 1: 10 Hours
Taylor Brown, Monica Schoenith, Bryan Hagar, Katrina Karsten
Level 2: 25 Hours
Taylor Brown Monica Schoenith, Bryan Hagar, Katrina Karsten
Thumbs Up! Book Award 2010
TEENS (12-18) VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE!
Read all the books from the list below(or as many as you want) and select the ONE that you think is best. After you make your choice, return your ballot to:
- Your school or public librarian
- Email to: pathemingray@yahoo.com
- Fold the paper ballot, available in the Teen Room and mail using $.44 postage
The library owns those titles in orange
Watersmeet by Ellen Jensen Abbott
Absina has fled her village of Vranille and her life of prejudice and violence, along with a dwarf named Haret, to seek out the father she’s never known in a place called Watersmeet. Along the way she meets amazing fantastical creatures and embarks on an epic journey where she learns about friendship and the power of forgiveness. YA/FIC/ABB
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Lia feels extreme guilt over her estranged best friend's death. On the night of her death, Cassie called Lia 33 times and she never answered. Now Lia deals with her friend's death from bulimia as she also struggles from her own eating disorder. YA/FIC/AND
Fat Cat by Robin Brande
Cat is smart, sassy, and funny, but thin she's not. Her class science project requires that she lives, and eats, like the hominids, our earliest ancestors. Can Cat survive 207 days without junk food and modern electronics?
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Valerie Leftman was a normal teenager, until her boyfriend decided to bring a gun to school and shoot their classmates and teachers based on a "Hate List" that she helped him create. Valerie, her family, and her classmates try to come to grips with the aftermath and decide if she is a hero or contributor to the shooting.
Swim The Fly by Don Calame
Fifteen-year-old Matt Gratton has two goals this summer. The first is a vow he made with his friends: they must see a real, live naked girl by the end of the summer. The second is to swim the 100 yard butterfly to impress a girl on his swim team. A series of hilarious mishaps along the way to accomplishing these goals make this side-splitting story irresistible.
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Fire tells the tale of the Dells, a land full of monsters that look like various animal species. Fire is the last remaining human monster and while this brings her many unusual talents, she also gets drawn into the conflict in her world.
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies by Mick Cochrane
“You don’t throw a butterfly, you release it”. Molly is a pitcher who can throw the difficult knuckle ball pitch. Who would guess you can learn life’s lessons while being a part of the team?
The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford
Christopher gets the perfect summer job working at the morgue, but what happens when he learns of a murder cover-up? He teams up with eccentric newspaper reporter, Tina, to solve this dangerous mystery, no matter what the cost.
If I Stay: a Novel by Gayle Forman
Mia, a talented cellist, lies in a coma after a terrible car crash destroyed her family. As friends and family visit her in the hospital, she remembers moments of her life, both profound and mundane. As her spirit relives the past, she must ask herself if she has the strength to stay and face the future.
The Brooklyn Nine: a Novel in Nine Innings by Alan Gratz
In nine innings, this novel tells the stories of nine successive Schneider kids and their connection to Brooklyn and the national pastime of baseball.
Project Sweet Life by Brent Hartinger
Three teenage boys just want to live the sweet life during the summer, so they work very hard trying to avoid taking paying jobs. The results are hilarious as they deceive their parents with their crazy schemes.
The Dust of 100 Dogs by A. S. King
Three hundred years ago, Emer Morrisey was one of the most feared pirates of the salty seas. Ruthless in her plundering, ship after ship fell before Emer and her crew. Ultimately, the tides turned, and in her dying moments, Emer heard herself cursed to live the lives of one hundred dogs. Now, the curse expired, memories of both her pirating and dog days intact, Emer has returned as Saffron Adams, American teen. She’s got one thing on her mind: booty, yarrr! Pirate treasure!
Liar by Justine Larbalestier
17-year-old Micah is a compulsive liar, and everyone knows it. When a popular boy is found murdered, her secret relationship with him is exposed. The police consider her a suspect. She knows she has to tell the truth. But can she?
The Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd
The efforts to stop global warming have failed. In a drastic move to make a difference, Great Britain begins carbon rationing. Everything has a carbon price, including making breakfast in the morning, taking a nice hot shower, working out at the gym or jamming with your band mates. Exceed your rations and it’s all shut off. In addition to all this, Laura is dealing with the normal craziness of teen life; from family crisis to having a crush on the boy next door. FA/FIC/LLO
Shine, Coconut Moon by Neesha Meminger
Seventeen-year-old Samar Ahluwahlia opens the door one day to find her Uncle Sandeep, whom she hasn't seen since her mother's divorce. Her efforts to reunite her family are complicated by the prejudice and tension created by people still shaken by the September 11th attacks.
Love You, Hate You, Miss You by Elizabeth Scott
Amy left the party drunk. Amy survived the crash. Her best friend, Julia, did not. Sober and weighted with guilt, Amy feels the eyes and hears the hushed whispers of gossip from her classmates. Feeling alone and ostracized, she begins writing letters to Julia. As the correspondence continues, the recollections of the past become clearer and Amy learns how to live again.
Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-year-old GI by Ryan Smithson.
When high school student Ryan Smithson first entered his American History class on the day of the 9/11 attacks, his teacher told the class “you guys are living history”. That day changed his life forever. With a deep desire to “do something” he joined the Army Reserves and within 2 years was deployed to Iraq as an Army engineer. The reader marches right along side Smithson as he retells his experiences in boot camp training, facing combat, and finally his return home to the States.
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear. This is part of the autism-like impairment no doctor has been able to identify. During the summer before his senior year, Marcelo's father wants him to work in the mailroom at his law office and experience "the real world". If he succeeds, Marcelo can choose to spend his senior year at his comfortable special school or at the local high school.
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
This eclectic book is composed of 15 short tales, each enhanced by a variety of drawings. All of the stories are composed of symbolic elements of realism and fantasy. They tackle topics involving suburban life leaving the reader in thought and sometimes puzzlement.
The Monstrumologist: William James Henry by Rick Yancey
An orphaned boy working as an apprentice to a mysterious man whose life’s work is studying monsters gets caught up in the hunt for Anthropophagi, a large and terrifying species.
The Thumbs Up! Award was established in 1986 to recognize the excellence in, and to celebrate the uniqueness of, Young Adult Literature. A committee, consisting of Young Adult and Teen Librarians, meets several times during the year to determine the winner. Winners are selected from books published in the U.S. during the previous year.
Beginning in 2001, the Thumbs Up! Committee has included a teen vote. Teens that are 12 to 18 years old are asked to help select the
2010 Thumbs Up! winner. The list of titles has been narrowed to twenty.
Michigan Library Association
www.mla.lib.mi.us
(517) 394-2774
THE 2010 MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD
And the WINNERS are....
On Monday, January 18th, the Young
Adults Services Association (YALSA) of the American Library Association
announced the winners of their media and book awards. Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults winner and honor books are listed below.
For more information go to Yalsa's Printz Award pages. Titles colored green are titles that we own and are available or will be soon. The rest are on order and will be available as we get them.
Going Bovine by Libba Bray published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House
Cameron, a sixteen-year-old slacker, sets off on a madcap road trip along with a punk angel, a dwarf sidekick, a yard gnome and a mad scientist to save the world and perhaps his own life. YA/FIC/Bra
Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman, published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. Once Charles Darwin sets his rational mind to marry the religious Emma Wedgeworth, they both must take a leap of faith in order to build a life together. YA/921/DARWIN
The Monstrumologist, by Rick Yancey, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. Will Henry, orphan and assistant to a monstrumologist, races against time to save his town (and himself) from the anthropophagi, a pod of monstrous creatures who prey on humans. YA/FIC/YAN & YA/CD BKS/YAN
Punkzilla, by Adam Rapp, published by Candlewick Press.
Fourteen-year-old runaway Jamie, homeless and strung out, embarks on a harrowing journey to reach his dying brother. YA/FIC/RAP
Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973, by John Barnes, published by Viking Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Young Reader’s Group. Karl Shoemaker wants to begin his senior year with a new identity separate from his counseling group, his alcoholic mother and the legacy of his dead father. YA/FIC/BAR
updated 6/16/2010
WE NOW HAVE TEEN eAUDIOBOOKS!
That's right! we have a bunch of titles you to listen to (or read along with if you have a copy of the book!). You may find out all about it here: Petoskey District Library eAudiobooks
"FRESHBRAIN" Technology for YOU!
- CHECK OUT Freshbrain! FreshBrain is an open and free web site, freshbrain.org, that provides teens with the opportunity to explore, engage, and create through activities and projects. FreshBrain takes advantage of the latest technologies, such as web conferencing and social networking, to provide a very progressive environment where teens can complete activities and work together on projects. This experience is enhanced with Advisors, available to support and mentor teens who are working on projects, with the intention of increasing the likelihood of success. In addition, FreshBrain provides teens with tools and training in the latest technologies to complete these projects.
FreshBrain is a public charity - a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit. - It'sa place for TEENS to play with technology, especially software. GO! NOW! Freshbrain . If you like doing this sort of thing, we could arrange for YOU to "trick out" our Teen pages here, or our MySpace or FaceBook. Maybe you could work on the socialnetwork project above, or make a YouTube movie of "Mr. Ron" singing a preschool song, doing a finger play or telling a story for our Early Childhood pages. ENHANCE yout "techno resume!' The sky is the limit. Contact Ron if you would like to pursue any of those ideas.
Email: rfowler@petoskeylibrary.org
WebSite: www.freshbrain.org
WEB SITES FOR TEENS!
Teenfire is an online reading community just for teens sponsored by Sourcebooks. Teens can log on and interact with each other, as well as with published authors and YA editors. By registering on the site, teens can create their own pages and customize them with photos, text, videos, and apps. The site is a real bonanza for contest and swag lovers too.
AT Nerdfighters.ning.com we’re about bringing nerdfighters
together to increase awesome and decreasing world suck. Teen author John Green ("An Abundance of Katherines," "Looking for Alaska," and "Paper Towns") and his brother Hank (Technological Genius) have created a "made of awesome" site for you.
Generation
We - the Millennials - has arrived. you are emerging as a powerful
political and social force. Your huge numbers and progressive
attitudes are already changing America. And the world. You were born between 1978 and 2000 and you are 95 million strong! Find out what you're up to.
inkpop is an online community that connects rising stars in teen lit with talent-spotting readers and publishing professionals. Their social networking forum spotlights aspiring authors and the readers who provide the positive springboard for feedback. inkpop members play a critical role in deciding who will land a publishing contract with HarperCollins. Whose work will you help rise to the top?
Comics and Manga
Marvel Comics has put a huge number of comics on its site. Most are available by paid subscription only, but more than 100 are available for free—from classics like first issue of The Amazing Spider-Man to recent releases like Dark Tower.
Brigid Alverson blogs at MangaBlog and Good Comics for Kids.
Get Graphic Comix and graphic novels.
Naruto fans! Naruto Shippuden will be available for download just days after its release in Japan from the official Naruto Web site. A new English-subtitled episode will be added every Thursday.
For anime and drama try Crunchyroll.
Kiki Magazine The web site says: "Kiki is a magazine for girls who love life, appreciate creativity, and
recognize good ideas. A Kiki reader thinks for herself, has her own
look, and is on her way to being a confident, strong, and smart young
woman. She's a girl with style and substance!" The magazine is getting good reviews elsewhere as well.
PulseIt This site is aimed at 14- to 18-year-olds and will let teens do things they can do on such places as Facebook—like create personal profiles and befriend other members—as well as read and react to S&S titles. You can "read amazing teen books for free online, and have your voice heard as a
reviewer, trend-spotter, and all-around expert. So if you want early
access to great books, join this community of fellow readers and become
part of the "it" thing!"
Spark is a"mostly for girls" online book club.
Shmoop, is an educational website for high school and college students that covers literature, US history, and poetry. Don’t let their playful name throw you off; our content is painstakingly researched and our writers are primarily Ph.D. and Masters students at Stanford and Berkeley. A real homework helper! It’s totally free and doesn’t require a login!
Planet Connect, a component of Classroom Earth, is an online social network where high school students can learn about current environmental issues, funding opportunities, green colleges and environmental careers. Students can also share and exchange ideas about how they are playing a critical role in solving today’s environmental issues.
Girl Zone is a hip and healthy website which provides girls with a chance to voice their opinions. While most traditional media for teen girls only offer up features on beauty, boys and fashion, Girl Zone offers content related to all aspects of a girl’s life. Girl Zone re-launched in April 2009 with a fresh, fun website with new features such “Mind-Spirit-Me” and “Girls Get Green” as well as a collection of seven regularly updated blogs.
Ypulse is whole site is all about marketing to you. This page is about books. A list of nice links here. Worth a look.
The Harlequin™ Teen Panel is an online reader panel for teens between the ages of 13 and 17.
Harper Teen is Harper/Collins publisher's teen site. While they want you to buy their books, there are some neat things to do and contests to enter.
Don' Buy It! is a Consumer/advertising education site for YOU.
My YearBook is a social networking site created by teens!
Teen Scene is an online teen magazine, founded by a teen.
For you Wordsmiths...the headquarters for Poetry Slam.
If you're a fan of the Maximum Ride series, then you want to go to The Official James Patterson site. Max Ride & other characters blog here. If you're a fan, go here!
For an internet site devoted to the interests of teens, visit the Internet Public Library's Teen Space.
The Week in Rap
http://www.flocabulary.com/ and http://theweekinrap.com/?p=70 election week
Twenty-somethings
Alex Rappaport and Blake Harrison have come up with a great way to get
you interested in current events; their "Week in Rap" sums up the
latest news using video and clever hip-hop lyrics in a way that’s fun
and engaging. It’s a new addition to their Web site, Flocabulary, which
uses hip-hop to foster literacy and promote academic success in the
classroom. Check out their election coverage.
Alex studies music at
Tufts and Blake studied English at UPenn. What made you guys start a
site that uses hip-hop to foster literacy?
Amy Poehler's Smart girls
Amy Poehler, Meredith Walker and Amy Miles celebrate girls who are changing the world by being themselves.
These are pretty neat, even though they're presented by "Barbie"!
TeenVoices.com GET PUBLISHED in Teen Voices
Teen Voices is an intensive journalism and mentoring leadership development program for teen girls in Boston whose mission is to support and educated teen girls to amplify their voices and create social change through media. Through its program, teen girls create an internationally distributed print and online alternative magazine reaching 45,000 readers worldwide and receiving 88,000 annual visitors from 177 countries.
Generation We If
you were born before 2001, your generation has been "assigned" the ter
"millennials" and you are the largest generation in American History
and you have the potential to change the world. So, if you have a mind for social change, then you may want to check out this web site.
Free Book Friday for Teens
They give away free books every Friday. Each week, a new YA author is featured with an exclusive Q&A and a drawing to win free signed copies of his/her book.
All you have to do to enter to win each week is sign up! Winners are chosen at random and posted on the site every Friday morning. Hence the name, "Free Book Friday! Go to Free Book Friday Be sure that you go to the Teen Page!
Flamingnet offers you student reviews and recommendations on past, present, and future preteen, teen, and young adult books.
Sweet Designs Magazine Try this Teen Online magazine.
Guys, Looking for something to read?
Check out Guys Lit Wire It exists solely to bring literary news and reviews to the attention of teenage boys and the people who care about them. They are more than happy to welcome female readers - but their main goal is to bring the attention of good books to guys who might have missed them. The titles will be new or old and on every subject imaginable. They guarantee new posts every Monday through Friday and have a list of twenty-three individual scheduled contributors plus several additional occasional posters all of whom have different literary likes and dislikes. They hope to provide something for everyone and will strive to accomplish that goal.
http://www.readergirlz.com/says that its mission is to promote teen literacy and leadership in girls, readergirlz features a different YA novel and corresponding community service project every month. hat's putting it mildly! If you are a girl and you love reading, this site is for YOU!
Get published in Teen Ink RAW.
RAW is a new site of unedited submissions to Teen Ink. You be the judge by rating articles (up to one vote per article per day) and leaving comments or feedback for the writer. Articles that receive the highest ratings will be prominently displayed on the website. Articles posted on RAW are screened for inappropriate content or language. Submissions are not checked for plagiarism. Every article will be considered by our editors for publication in Teen Ink Magazine. Writers selected for publication in the magazine will be notified by mail.
Teenreads purports: "to bring teens
info and features about their favorite authors, books, series and
characters. We are a part of The Book Report Network, a group of
websites founded in 1996 that share thoughtful book reviews, compelling
features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the
hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more with
readers every week."
For the latest in movies, try Movies.Com or Coming Soon. If knowing the latest about the Harry Potter Movies obsesses you, try the Leaky Cauldron.
Like scary stories? Check this site out! Monsterlibrarian.com
updated 3/8/2010
TEEN ZINE SCENE
Check out our zine collection in the Teen Room!(See picture)
The collection was made possible through the efforts of Katie Blanchard; she raised the funds by selling fridge magnets that she created (with a match from the Teen book budget), ordered and help to process them (You may even check them out, if you wish!). We have not cataloged them though, so you'll have to browse the collection for your favorites (if there is a substantial interest in the collection, we'll try to get them cataloged). The little shelving units were made from old cigar boxes and clementine crates by the the Teen Advisory Board and attendees at the Teen Library Lock-in during the summer of 2006.
Zines (pronounced like "zeens") are self created publications, or, think "homemade magazines." They can be about any topic. There are zines about anything that you can think of, even zines about other zines! They have been a part of American culture in one form or another since the beginning. Thomas Paine wrote a zine (they called them "pamplets!) called Common Sense in 1776. Discover these fun, quirky little publications in the Teen Room next time you visit. You might even want to publish one yourseld one day!
If you want to learn more check out the links below:
http://www.undergroundpress.org/infoshops-us.html
A list of zine libraries arranged by state, from Zine World: A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press.
Zine Libraries
http://zinebook.com/resource/libes.html
A list of zine libraries from the website for A Book of Zines: Readings From the Fringe.
Zine Links
http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=145&page_id=174
The Salt Lake City Public Library's list of zine links includes many handy websites about zines and for zinesters — scroll down a little and you'll see their list of zine libraries throughout the
updated 10/2/07
Email: rfowler@petoskeylibrary.org
REFERENCE/HOMEWORK INFORMATION
The Library has a Web Guide to help you find information about your community, reference materials to help you with homework, and other internet sites. This can give you a "short cut" to helpful information.
You can also study for ACT and SAT tests online for free by going to www.mel.org
RON'S RECOMMENDED READS
- "Peak" by Roland Smith.
- "Don't Call Me Ishmael" by Michael Gerard Bauer.
- "Beauty Shop for Rent, fully equipped, inquire within." by Laura Bowers.
- "The One Where the Kid Nearly Jumps to his Death and Lands in California" by Mary Hersey.
- "Skullduggery Pleasant" by Derek Landy.
- "Tamar" by Mal Peet.
- "Red Glass" by Laura Resau.
- "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary Schmidt.
- My Mother the Cheerleader" by Robert Sharenow.
- "Zen and the Art of Faking It" by Jordan Sonnenblick.
- "Book of a Thousand Days" by Shannon Hale.
- "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
- "Life as We Knew It" and "the dead and gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- 13 Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
- "Twisted" by Laurie Halse Anderson.
- "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
- "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I; The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
- "Hitler Youth" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- "Boy Proof" by Cecil Castellucci
- "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
- "Copper Sun" by Sharon Draper
- "Inkheart,""Inkspell" and "Inkdeath" by Cornelia Funke
- "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman
- "Graveyard Book" The by Neil Gaiman
- "Hole In My Life" by Jack Gantos
- "Shattering Glass" by Gail Giles
- "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
- "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
- "Paper Towns" by John Green
- "Rash" by Pete Hautman
- "Totally Joe" by James Howe
- "Things Change" by Patrick Jones
- "Heavy Metal and You" by Christopher Krovatin,
- "Sabriel," "Abhorsen" and "Lirael" by Garth Nix
- "Skybreaker" by Kenneth Oppel
- "Magic or Madness" by Justine Larbalestier
- "Day of Tears" by Julius Lester
- "Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie" by David Lubar
- "Inexcusable" by Chris Lynch
- "Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment," "Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever," "Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports," AND "The Final Warning"by James Patterson
- "Here Lies the Librarian"by Richard Peck
- "Criss Cross" by Lynn Rae Perkins
- ALL of the "Cirque Du Freak series by Darren Shan.
- "Peeps" by Scott Westerfield,
- "Uglies," "Pretties" and Specials by Scott Westerfield.
- "The Storm Thief" by Chris Wooding.
Also, check out the Printz Award Winners at Printz Awards Page and the "Thumbs Up" Nominees at Thumbs Up! Page Recommendations updated 3/10/09
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