Wednesday, October 15, 2008

TEEN READ WEEK IS HERE!

Teen Read Week 2008 is here, and it's time to celebrate Books with Bite!!! Here are some of the the fun activities we'll be doing:

BITE INTO BOOKS
Guess how many pieces of candy corn are in the jar and win the candy and a book! Get your guesses in by SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18.

BOOKFLICKS TEEN BOOK CLUB

A book club just for teens in grades 7-12. Once a month, we*ll get together to discuss a great YA book, then watch a movie based on the book! We'll bring the snacks!THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 @ 5:30

PIZZA TASTING CONTEST

Come taste pizza from three local restaurants and see if you can guess where each pizza came from. The winner gets a gift certificate for* what else* a pizza.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 @ 4:30

WHAT BOOKS DO YOU BITE INTO?

Submit a book review and get entered into a contest to win a *Twilight* movie poster. Turn your entries by THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Dingo

Dingo - Charles de Lint

Seventeen-year-old Miguel Schreiber and a long-term enemy are drawn into a strange dream world when they fall in love with shapeshifting sisters from Australia--twins hiding from a cursed ancestor who can only be freed with the girls' cooperation.



Saturday, September 27, 2008

Cindy Ella

Cindy Ella - by Robin Palmer

Sophomore iconoclast Cindy Gold publishes an anti-prom letter in her high school newspaper, but when she develops a crush on her SAT tutor, on top of the ones she already has on popular senior Adam Silver as well as a boy she has been exchanging instant messages with, she begins to doubt her own convictions.


Friday, September 26, 2008

Hurricane : a novel - Terry Trueman

Hurricane : a novel - Terry Trueman

A fictional account of one of the worst storms to hit the Caribbean--Hurricane Mitch in 1998--told from the perspective of a thirteen-year-old boy living in a small village in Honduras.


Thursday, September 25, 2008

The Glass Word

The glass word - Kai Meyer

While Merle, Junipa, and the great flying stone lion accompany an Egyptian high priest to the fortress of the powerful sphinx, Serafin and Eft voyage deep beneath the ocean to ask the help of a sea witch in freeing Venice from the Pharoah and his mummy warriors.