Friday, October 30, 2009

Hot off the Press!!

NEW ARRIVALS

Look for these on the NEW YA SHELF

Devious - an it girl novel by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Goth Girl Rising by Barry Lyga
Hold still by Nina Lacour
The Hollow by Jessica Verday
How to steal a car by Pete Hautman
Once was lost by Sara Zarr
Solace of the road by Sioban Dowd
We were here by Matt De La Pena
Wish you were dead by Todd Strasser

Books to stop you sleeping at night

To get into the Halloween mood, here are some books that will give you a chill.

Interview with a vampire by Anne Rice
Lord Loss by Darren Shan
The Wereling by Stephen Cole
Blood & Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
What happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles
I know what you did last summer by Lois Duncan
Cell by Stephen King (Really anything by him!)
Frankenstein by Mary Shellley
Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe (again - anything by him)

Thursday, October 22, 2009

2009 teens' top 10

More than 11,000 teens voted to make these books the top 10 for 2009. Check the catalog for availability.

1. Paper Towns by John Green
2. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
5. Identical by Ellen Hopkins
6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
7. Wake by Lisa McMann
8. Untamed by P.C. and Kristen Cast
9. The Disreputable History of Frankie Banks by E. Lockhart
10. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Want more? Check out the past winners.

2008 Top 10
2007 Top 10
2006 Top 10

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Going Bovine - Libba Bray Interview

Check out Libba Bray's latest book - Going Bovine (click on title to go to the library's catalog)


Friday, October 9, 2009