97 things to do before you finish high school

97 things to do before you finish high school - Steven Jenkins and Erika Stalder

Discover new places, new people, new hobbies, and open your eyes to the world. Learn about the stuff they don't teach you in high school like how to host a film festival, plan your first road trip, make a podcast, spend a day in silence, or shut down a house party before the police do. Interest, amuse and educate youself--because your life doesn't stop at 3 PM each day, it just gets started.

Keeper of the Grail

Keeper of the Grail - Michael P. Spradlin

In 1191, fifteen-year-old Tristan, a youth of unknown origin raised in an English abbey, becomes a Templar Knight's squire during the Third Crusade and soon finds himself on a mission to bring the Holy Grail to safety.

Happy New Year- the best books of 2008

2008 is just hours from being over, and it’s been a great year in the book world. To celebrate, we have a “Best Books of 2008” display in Yscapes. Teens can come in and vote for the best books they read this year, and we post their choices on the display. Here are some of the books that have been picked so far, in no particular order. (Click on the links to get more information on the titles from our online card catalog.)

The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
Stop! In the Name of Pants by Louise Rennison
The Final Warning by James Patterson
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock
Ana’s Story by Jenna Bush
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelley
My Bonny Light Horseman by L.A. Meyer

There’s still time to come in and add your own choices and see what other teens have been reading, so come check it out.

Happy New year, and we’ll see you in 2009!

The redheaded princess

The redheaded princess : a novel - Ann Rinaldi

In 1542, nine-year-old Lady Elizabeth lives on an estate near London, striving to get back into the good graces of her father, King Henry VIII, and as the years pass she faces his death and those of other close relatives until she finds herself next in line to ascend the throne of England in 1558.

Waves

Waves - Sharon Dogar

Hal feels eerily connected to his comatose older sister as she hovers between life and death in a hospital. Hal believes his sister is trying to communicate with him as he tries to solve the mystery of her accident