TeenNet

We just received a giant load of new books. Before they go on the shelf I thought I’d let you know what showed up.

Also; I wanted to take this opportunity to say hello and introduce myself. Some of you may have seen me wandering the second floor with a confused look on my face, or perusing the graphic novels hoping to find some Captain America I haven’t already read. The name’s Jake and I’ll be posting here as regularly as they’ll let me. Feel free to join the conversation and comment down below. If you want to leave a book, movie, or music review, click on the link in the upper left, If you’re looking for something specific not on this front page, check out the links on the right, and if I’m missing something everyone should know about, let me know; I’m willing to admit mistakes.

Books:
The View From the Top - Hillary Frank
One Night That Changes Everything - Lauren Barnhardt
Academy 7 - Anne Osterlund
Every Little Thing in the World - Nina De Gramont
No and Me - Delphine De Vigan
Kissed by an Angel Trilogy - Elizabeth Chandler
Dirt Road Home: A Companion Novel to Alabama Moon - Watt Key
The Cruisers - Walter Dean Myers
Manifest - Artist Arthur
The Fallen 2: Aerie & Reckoning - Thomas E. Sniegoski

Anime:
Toriko: Vol. 1 - Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
Rosario + Vampire: Season II: 2 - Akihisa Ikeda
Inu Yasha: Vol. 51 - Rumiko Takahashi
Moon Boy: Vol. 8 - Lee Young You

Graphic Novels:
Trouble Maker - Janet Evanovich
Brain Camp - Susan Kim
JSA Vs. Kobra - Eric S. Trautmann
X-Men: Pixie Strikes Back - Kathryn Immonen

PS: I know that the dogfail banner picture has nothing to do with the topic at hand, but if you look at the last of the four images and you’re not instantly smiling… Then I have no answer for you but to look at it again.

So Punk Rock by Micol Ostow

The Geek Girl’s Guide to Cheerleading  by Charity Tahmaseb and Darcy Vance

Unclaimed Heart  by Kim Wilkins

Fate by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Star Power by Zoey Dean

Vampirates: Black Heart by Justin Somper

The Robert Pattinson Album by Paul Stenning

Love and Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Death’s Shadow by Darren Shan

Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra by Obert Skye

Infamous: An It Girl Novel by Cecily von Ziegesar

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist is due out in theaters October 3. Did you know that the movie is based on a book with the same title written by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan? Both authors wrote alternating chapters about two high school seniors thrown together for one wild night in Manhattan. Check out this trailer and then check out the book.

Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor

Rock the Waves by Suzanne Harper

The Bone Magician by F.E. Higgins

Skinned by Robin Wasserman

Thursday, August 21
6:00p.m.
Main Library – 2nd Floor Teen Area
Come and play Twilight trivia and discuss Breaking Dawn, the much-anticipated fourth book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.

Ages 12-18.

This week as I checked the New York Times best seller list, I noticed a few teen books with involved subject matters: Tweak by Nic Sheff, Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.

I recently read Impulse by Ellen Hopkins and was a little shocked at first by the book. It addresses suicide, drugs, pregnancy and other teen issues. The more I read I became engrossed with the three main characters and their gradual revelations of underlying problems. By the end of the book, I felt like I knew the characters personally and was both saddened and hopeful for their futures. Don’t be discouraged by the size of the book. It is written in verse and an easy read. You also might try Crank, Burned and Glass also written by Ellen Hopkins.

I am sure a lot of us can relate to one or more of the issues addressed in any of these books either personally or through a friend. Why not give one a try.

If you are a fan of the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer, then mark your calendar for December 12, 2008. Twilight the movie will open in theaters and take a look at this sneak peak.

Do you want even more good news? The fourth book in the series Breaking Dawn will be released on August 2, 2008.

If you haven’t heard of the teen vampire hype yet, check out Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse. See what all the excitement is about.

Payback by Melody Carlson

The Sky Inside by Clare B. Dunkle

The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman

Whirlwind by David Klass

She Said, She Said by Celeste O. Norfleet and Jennifer Norfleet

Finding Hollywood Nobody: Book 2 by Lisa Samson