Merry Christmas From TAB!

At the November TAB Meeting the board members decorated the Christmas tree in the YA area. Come check it out their colorful decorations!

Next TAB Meeting is December 28, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.

New Titles @ the Library

Wait for Me
By An Na
What defines success? For one immigrant Korean mother, it is nothing less than a Harvard education. Seventeen-year-old Mina has created a high-school life filled with the illusion of straight A's and a topnotch college preparatory program in order to meet the overwhelming demands and expectations of her controlling Uhmma. Aided by former boyfriend and fellow Korean Jonathan, Mina adds some cheating to her life of lying. Her younger, hearing-impaired sister Suna, viewed as "damaged" by Uhmma, and the forbidden love and realistic advice of new, Mexican boyfriend Ysrael, ultimately force a sense of accountability in Mina. In an open-ended and arresting conclusion, she begins to face the truth within herself. Once again Na has created a compelling drama riveted with emotional anguish. She draws her characters completely from within their souls, expressing the dreaded fear and doubt of protagonist Mina, which is brought on by the harshness and overbearing parental presumptions of Uhmma, and complicated by the loving responsibility for neglected and virtually abandoned sister, Suna. For Mina, success will depend on how she confronts her own desires, voices them to her rigid, insufferable mother and begins to live an honest life for herself. Gripping and engrossing.


The Winter Road
By Terry Hokenson
Willa Raedl, 17, feels totally alone since her older brother died. Her mother, a nurse, spends most of her time traveling from village to village, and her father is a wilderness guide. Ignored by both parents, but especially her dad, the teen thinks that she must measure up to her brother. Learning to fly Uncle Jordy's Cessna 185 gives her a sense of purpose and belonging. When she goes to visit her uncle and finds him drunk, she decides to fly solo from Sioux Lookout to Peawanuck, near Hudson Bay, where her mother is expecting to be picked up. This hasty decision has far-reaching consequences. When Willa flies into a storm and crash-lands, she begins an 18-day struggle to survive. Even though this is essentially a gripping survival story, it is also a well-written, thoughtful book about a girl's desperate efforts to gain her father's approval.

Dreamhunter: Book One of the Dreamhunter Duet
By Elizabeth Knox
Laura comes from a world similar to our own except for one difference: it is next to the Place, an unfathomable land that fosters dreams of every kind and is inaccessible to all but a select few, the Dreamhunters. These are individuals with special gifts: the ability to catch larger-than-life dreams and relay them to audiences in the magnificent dream palace, the Rainbow Opera. People travel from all around to experience the benefits of the hunters' unique visions. Now fifteen-year-old Laura and her cousin Rose, daughters of Dreamhunters, are eligible to test themselves at the Place and find out whether they qualify for the passage. But nothing can prepare them for what they are about to discover. For within the Place lies a horrific secret kept hidden by corrupt members of the government. And when Laura's father, the man who discovered the Place, disappears, she realizes that this secret has the power to destroy everyone she loves . . . In the midst of a fascinating landscape, Laura's dreamy childhood is ending and a nightmare beginning. This rich novel, filled with beauty, danger, politics, and intrigue, comes to a powerful crescendo, leaving readers clamoring for Book Two.

TAB Meeting

Next TAB Meeting is November 30 at 6:00 p.m. Come join other teens at the Library to discuss issues that effect the Young Adult department. Food is always included!!!

Notes from last TAB 10/26/06:
In the last TAB meeting the new young adult area was the topic. The TAB members agreed that the biggest issues in the room is the wall color (or a lack there of) and the need for a comfortable place to sit. They would like the room to have a place where they can sit and chat with friends as well as a place to study and read. A snack bar would be a dream come true the TAB members decided and look forward to having computers that are gaming accessible but also usable for school research. The night was finished off by eating ice cream sundaes and refueling our brains :)