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re: Summer Adventures: How to Build a House by Dana Reinhardt

kiya@evpl — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:06:10 GMT

Just read A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life, and really liked it. Check it out!

re: New Moon?!? I think I prefer the Old Moon...

fallen-angel — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:17:18 GMT

I agree the first movie was a sleeper but New Moon was so much better the action and you gotta love the wolves.... hopefully Eclipse is even better..... cant wait to see Dakota Fanning come back as jayne and the Vultori are without a doubt the baddest vampires....all in all amazing

It's a Disaster!

Teens Blog — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:09:17 GMT

Susan Beth Pfeffer wasn't getting any writing done. The author of many books for children and teens

re: The Maze Runner

gawell@evpl — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:47:30 GMT

Who built the Maze and for what purpose?

The oldest known mazes are thought to come from the island Crete. So, one could say that Maze builders are Cretans. The original purpose of the maze was to be a prison for Minotaur and as the legend goes, locals were placed inside the maze to feed the half-man half-bull.

How do you solve the seemingly unsolvable and, if you do, what then?

The word clue is said to have derived from the word thread, which was used to help solve the riddle of the maze, which in effect served like a map, or kinda like Hansel and Gretel's bread crumbs.

re: Fall YA reads

Shh_ImReading@evpl — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:58:29 GMT

I really loved Once Was Lost. I think it's my favorite of the books Sara Zarr has written so far.

re: One Book Leads to Another

TeenLibrarian@evpl — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:01:29 GMT

Excellent post!

I've read Off-color and Caucasia two great titles. I also recommend The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man.

Off-color by Janet McDonald

Fifteen-year-old Cameron living with her single mother in Brooklyn finds her search for identity further challenged when she discovers that she is the product of a biracial relationship. Off-color is a quick read with a interesting twist, one that forces Cameron to adapt to her new situation.

Caucasia by Danzy Senna

Two sisters, the daughters of a racially-mixed marriage, become separated when their parents' marriage fails and attempt to find each other despite the racial tensions of the 1970s. One sister goes with her African-American father. The other sister passes for a Jewish girl while on the run with her paranoid mother.

The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man by James Weldon Johnson

A man whose light skin enables him to "pass" for white describes his journey through the strata of black society at the turn of the century.

Try out these titles also.

re: Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr

Shh_ImReading@evpl — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:58:14 GMT

I liked Story of a Girl and loved Sweethearts. I read both of them quickly. In fact, I sat down with Sweethearts last night thinking I'd just read a few more pages before bed and ended up reading to the end because I just couldn't stop! I'm looking forward to starting Sara Zarr's newest, Once Was Lost, this afternoon.

re: Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr

KickinLibrarian@evpl — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:37:44 GMT

I am just finishing up Sweethearts right now. I really like it!

re: Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr

kiya@evpl — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:20:36 GMT

I really liked this book. Her second book, Sweethearts, is also a keeper!

re: Record an audio book for LibriVox

lisac46222 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:44:42 GMT

Excellent project!!

Thanks for all of the great ideas you have for teen programs!

re: The Hunger Games

batojjei — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:58:30 GMT

I'm looking this book up now... (I ended up here while trying to complete the "bonus challenge" for the adult summer reading program

re: The Hunger Games

lilseed — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:56:49 GMT

This has been on my reading list for some time, just hasn't been available during my visits to the library. I will have to make more of an effort to pick it up - sounds really good!

re: The Hunger Games

UndergroundLibrarian@evpl — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:02:30 GMT

I agree that it's a page turner. Have you read Stephanie Meyer's comment on Suzanne Collins' homepage? Stephanie Meyer said she was so into Hunger Games that she had to take it to dinner with her and hide it under the edge of the table, because she couldn't stop reading it. I didn't go that far, but it is really fascinating.