New Books @ APL for Teens

Check out some of the new books that just came in for teens at the library! All links go to our catalog so you can request the books from home. This week, it looks like lots of girl-friendly titles came in, but I promise to showcase tons of great guy books in the next weeks, too (though make sure to check out that awesome sounding baseball book -- the cover of ours looks cooler than the one pictured below)!

Unfriended by Katie Finn: After months of upheaval, seventeen-year-old Madison MacDonald of Putnam, Connecticut, is glad when summer brings some normalcy, but soon her deepening relationship with Nate is putting a strain on her friendships.

Dreams of Significant Girls by Cristina Garcia: In the 1970s, a teenaged Iranian princess, a German-Canadian girl, and a Cuban-Jewish girl from New York City become friends when they spend three summers at a Swiss boarding school.

The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt: Thirteen-year-old Drew starts the summer of 1986 helping in her mother's cheese shop and dreaming about co-worker Nick, but when her widowed mother begins dating, Drew's father's book of lists, her pet rat, and Emmett, a boy on a quest, help her cope.

Beanball by Gene Fehler: Relates, from diverse points of view, events surrounding the critical injury of popular and talented high school athlete, Luke "Wizard" Wallace, when he is hit in the face by a fastball.

Eye of the Sun by Diane Hofmeyr: When Tuthmosis and Isikara return from Egypt, Tuthmosis's sister-in-law, Nefertiti, is terrified that he has come to usurp his brother's throne, and will stop at nothing to keep the two brothers apart.

Ripple by Mandy Hubbard: Lexi is cursed with a dark secret. Each day she goes to school like a normal teenager, and each night she must swim, or the pain will be unbearable. She is a siren--a deadly mermaid destined to lure men to their watery deaths. After a terrible tragedy, Lexi shut herself off from the world, vowing to protect the ones she loves. But she soon finds herself caught between a new boy at school who may have the power to melt her icy exterior, and a handsome water spirit who says he can break Lexi's curse if she gives up everything else. Lexi is faced with the hardest decision she's ever had to make: the life she's always longed for--or the love she can't live without?

Starstruck by Cyn Balog: Sixteen-year-old Dough is surprised when her long-distance boyfriend returns after four years and still finds her beautiful, despite her seventy-pound weight gain, until Dough learns that he is a member of the Luminati--an ancient cult of astrologers who can manipulate the stars to improve their lives.

Your Favorites!

Ready to see what other teens are reading and watching this summer? Here's another round of responses we've gotten on the backs of our summer reading logs. If you're looking for a good book or a good show to watch, check out one of these!

What are some of your favorite books?
Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Harry Potter
Everlost by Neal Shusterman
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Vladimir Todd series
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Zombies vs. Unicorns (which the person notes they are TEAM ZOMBIE [me too!])
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Lord of the Rings

List Some Books You Read This Summer
Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
Torment by Lauren Kate
Monster High by Lisi Harrison
Liar by Justine Larbalestier
Ask Elizabeth by Elizabeth Berkley
Gone by Michael Grant
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Divide
Cafe Wisconsin
Missing Witness
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
Kiki Strike by Kirstin Miller
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Haunted Wisconsin
Alienology
Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling
Saving Jessica
Saying Goodbye to Christina

What book should be made into a movie?
Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg
Super Mario Advance: Choose Your Own Adventure
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Vlaidimir Todd by Heather Brewer
The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester

When and where do you usually read?
In my room at night or when it's quiet
In my room when I have the time
In my room when I'm bored
In my room whenever I have time
Whenever and where ever
In my bedroom

What's your favorite TV show?
Monk
Big Time
Rush
World's Dumbest ...
Dr. Who
Victories
Degrassi :)

This week @ APL

Join us on Thursday, July 28, starting at 3:00 pm to discuss Nova Ren Suma's new book Imaginary Girls. We'll talk about the book, then we'll chat with the author about it.

Here's what the story's about: Two years after sixteen-year-old Chloe discovered classmate London's dead body floating in a Hudson Valley reservoir, she returns home to be with her devoted older sister Ruby, a town favorite, and finds that London is alive and well, and that Ruby may somehow have brought her back to life and persuaded everyone that nothing is amiss.

There are a few copies left for check out, so stop by the desk upstairs to snag a copy. This is a creepy story, and one that will leave you a bit haunted.

The Hunger Games: The Movie Poster

Check out the official movie poster for The Hunger Games, courtesy of Scholastic's website:

Is that not cool? If you click on the link above, you can even see the animation (and I think there might even be sound to it, too). Only 247 more days to wait. . .

Librarian Favorites: A Booklist

Need a good book or two to get through these last few weeks of summer reading? Try one of your librarian's recent favorite titles. Links take you to our catalog, where you can reserve the book from home.

Recovery Road by Blake Nelson: While she is in a rehabilitation facility for drug and alcohol abuse, seventeen-year-old Maddie meets Stewart, who is also in treatment, and they begin a relationship, which they try to maintain after they both get out.

Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly: When Drea and her mother move in with her grandmother in Bellingham, Washington, the sixteen-year-old finds that she can have real friends, in spite of her Asperger's, and that even when you love someone it doesn't make life perfect.

Scrawl by Mark Shulman: When eighth-grade school bully Tod and his friends get caught committing a crime on school property, his penalty--staying after school and writing in a journal under the eye of the school guidance counsellor--reveals aspects of himself that he prefers to keep hidden.

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa: Meghan Chase has a secret destiny--one she could never have imagined...Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school...or at home. When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change. But she could never have guessed the truth--that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face...and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy hear.

This week for Teens @ Aram Public Library: Death by Chocolate

This week, come out on Thursday from 3 - 4:30 for our Death by Chocolate party. We've got a ton of fun chocolate contests for you to participate in and we'll give all kinds of prizes -- chocolate, of course!

Be prepared to get a little messy and come hungry!

Teen Book Reviews

Ready for more book recommendations from fellow teens? Check out these titles! Remember, you have your book reviews posted here, too, by either filling out a book review form in the teen area and turning it in or by emailing us at aramteens [[[@]]] aramlibrary.org. Just remove the brackets.

Pretty Little Devils by Nancy Holder

It was an awesome book. I loved how it was suspensful and was something that could happen to anyone. Recommended to anyone who likes suspense.-Brianna

Break By Hannah Moskowitz

This book was scary/sad. I kind of disliked this book because of what went on in it. I thought it was scary because this guy tried hurting himself to cover up the pain of his family. 3 stars-Kylie

Before I Fall By Lauren Oliver

This book about a girl who thinks she has it all...boy was she wrong! She has to live the same day over and over again till she gets it right, but will it cost her life? I love this book and recommend it.-Carlie