A homeless boy, running from the police with a fifteen-year-old, drug-addicted prostitute, her boyfriend who just killed his own parents, and a baby, gets the chance to make a better life for himself.Book of the Day: 33 snowfish by Adam Rapp
A homeless boy, running from the police with a fifteen-year-old, drug-addicted prostitute, her boyfriend who just killed his own parents, and a baby, gets the chance to make a better life for himself.Book of the Day: The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.
Book of the Day: Dead High Yearbook
Eight intertwining tales about teenagers from the same school who die horrible deaths throughout the school year and come to rest somewhere between life and death.Book of the Day: The Word on the Street
A fresh, urban paraphrase of the Bible for modern times from Rob Lacey.
Book of the Day: Case Closed by Gosho Aoyama
A detective series about a teenage super-sleuth who evades death at the hands of gun smugglers, only to become trapped in the body of a child.
Book of the Day: Banana Sunday by Root Nibot
Kirby Steinberg is having a bit of trouble fitting into her new school. Sure, there's the usual interest/antagonism associated with being from "somewhere else," but this time the new kid also happens to be the guardian for three talking monkeys. Chuck, the professorial orangutan. Knobby the love-stricken spider monkey. Go-Go, the befuddled golden gorilla. These monkeys have learned to speak thanks to the scientific processes of Kirby's father. Or have they? What's their real story? That's what Nickels - Kirby's new best friend and unfortunately dedicated school reporter - would like to discover. Can Kirby find time to develop a relationship with Martin, the dashing nerd? Steer clear of Skye, the high school's # 1 pocket of arrogance? Keep the three simians from causing untold catastrophes? And, above all, will Kirby be able to hide the real origin of these three monkeys from Nickels? Oh, probably not.
Book of the Day: Click Here : (to find out how I survived seventh grade) : a novel by Denise Vega
Seventh-grader Erin Swift writes about her friends and classmates in her private blog, but when it accidentally gets posted on the school Intranet site, she learns some important lessons about friendship.
Book of the Day: Vampire Loves by Joann Sfar
Ferdinand is a vampire who lives in Lithuania, wears three-piece suits and receives regular visits from an adoptive "grandmother" witch who looks after his Siamese cat when he's off on trips to Paris. But none of this is any protection against the more mundane realities of being a newly single guy stuck forever in that period of new adulthood when hormones meet emotions and confusion results.
Bethel-CON Planning Meeting!
Are you interested in Manga? Anime? Want to help us plan the first ever Bethel-CON? Join the Abbies this FRIDAY at 3:30 p.m. at the Library! Comment on here if you can come, send an email to kalchthaleri@einetwork.net (put Bethel-CON in the subject line) or just show up!
Book of the Day: Cromartie High School by Eiji Nonaka
Tokyo's Cromartie High is famed for having the dregs of humanity as its students. Takashi's classmates spend an inordinate amount of time trying to discover which one of them is the strongest, and the teen has to use his wits to avoid being pummeled. One of the funniest stories involves his efforts to change his image using the book Advice for Your High School Debut. Readers see him heeding its wisdom, including bleaching his hair, shaving his eyebrows, and practicing his menacing glare. Only when he gets to the end of the book does he read the most crucial step: to take these steps BEFORE coming to the new school!
Book of the Day: Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories by Shiro Amano
Sora, Donald and Goofy search for their friends Riku and King Mickey, who are trapped inside Kingdom Hearts.The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer
When twelve-year-old Gabe tries to hide his uncle's death from the local authorities, he is not prepared for what happens when this secret is discovered.
Book of the Day: The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.Teen Driving Seminary
Are you reading to hit the open road! Safety first! Join the folks from AllState and bring your folks for information about driver safety and ways to save on car insurance!Tuesday, February 5 at 7:00 p.m.
Book of the Day: The Runaways Vol. 1 Pride & Joy by Brian Vaughan
Just read this last night and I can personally testify that it was excellent! I am not a comic book/graphic novel kinda girl (or so I thought) but I read this in one sitting. Definately worth a look, whether or not you are into graphic novels! See yesterdays post for series details!Bethel-CON Coming Soon!
Hey! Love Anime and Manga? We have starting a club just for you and we'll kick it off with Bethel-CON! Check back here for details. If you want to be involved in planning just send an email to kalchthaleri@einetwork.net and put "anime" in the subject line! Series of the Day: The Runaways
Today I went to a meeting with some really wonderful Teen Librarians from around the area. The gal who heads up the teens at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh did some really cool book talks and one of the series that she spoke about was The Runaways. It is a series of graphic novels from Marvel about a group of teens who discover that their parents are more than just annoying, over-bearing and obnoxious, as they used to think-- they are in fact, evil villians out to destroy the world. I came back to Bethel and started reading the first book in the series and it grabbed me right away! Check it out if you haven't yet!Book of the Day: Inventing Elliot by Graham Gardner
Elliot, a victim of bullying, invents a calmer, cooler self when he changes schools in the middle of freshman year, but soon attracts the wrong kind of attention from the Guardians who "maintain order" at the new school.
Book of the Day: This is What I Did by Ann Dee Ellis
Bullied because of an incident in his past, eighth-grader Logan is unhappy at his new school and has difficulty relating to others until he meets a quirky girl and a counselor who believe in him.
The Ultimate Teen Book Guide edited by Daniel Hahn & Leonie Flynn
Stuck for something to read? Whether you're searching for a book to blow your mind and change your life, or just a light read for the beach, "The Ultimate Teen Book Guide "is the perfect place to start.And the winner is...
The White Darkness : a novel by Geraldine McCaughreanYesterday, the Young Adult Services Association of the American Library Association gave the Michael L. Printz Award award to The White Darkness by McCaughrean. According to the Library Association, this award is giving each year a book that "exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature".
It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association.What do YOU think?
Have you read The White Darkness? We'd love to know! It is the story of Fourteen-year-old Symone, who is completely obsessed with exploring the Antarctic. Her father died there, and since the his death, she has read every book and watched every movie she can find about it. She is particularly enamored with Capt. Lawrence "Titus" Oates, one of the explorers lost in the doomed Scott expedition. Titus is her companion and confidante, an imaginary friend who fills in for her grieving family and distant friends.
Let us know what you think!
Take the poll! Haven't read it? Reserve it today at the Library!
Zigzag by Ellen Wittlinger
A high-school junior makes a trip with her aunt and two cousins, discovering places she did not know existed and strengths she did not know she had.
Podcast Solutions : the complete guide to audio and video podcasting by Michael W. Geoghegan and Dan Klass
Interested in making your own podcast? Check it out!
Duct Tape Cell Phone Cases and CSI: Next Week!
Don't forget!
Make a duct tape cell phone case, next Wednesday, January 16 from 6:00 - 7:00 PM
CSI Mystery Night is next Saturday, January 19 from 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Book of the Day: Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo
In 1916, mass hysteria grips the Jersey coast when a shark terrorizes the shoreline in this account of one of the first documented shark attacks.
Book of the Day: Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
A heart-wrenching account of the nine high school students who integrated Little Rock High School.
Book of the Day: Getting Away with Murder: the Emmett Till case by Chris Crowe
The Emmett Till case was not the sole cause of the civil rights movement, but it was the final indignity that caused the flood of outrage to overflow the dam of racial injustice." Mainstream history has all but forgotten about this 14-year-old African American from Chicago who was murdered by two white men in Mississippi for making "ugly remarks" to one of their wives. The men were acquitted, and several months later, they were interviewed by Look magazine and publicly confessed to the crime. The event galvanized black Americans, and even many of the whites who had supported the defendants were appalled at their national confession. Four months after Till was killed, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, and the wheels of the civil rights movement were set in motion. Crowe's research is extensive and his writing is well suited to his audience. The black-and-white photographs add tension and realism to the story. The picture of the boy in his casket originally published in The Chicago Defender is a graphic, powerful testament to the brutality of the crime.
Book of the Day: Season of Life: a football star, a boy, a journey to manhood by Jeffrey Marx
When Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter Marx was a kid in the 1970s, he was a ballboy for the Baltimore Colts. One of the team captains was Joe Ehrmann, a larger-than-life party guy and star defensive lineman. After the death of his younger brother, Ehrmann changed his life, working in Baltimore's inner city and eventually becoming an ordained minister. Prompted by an article about the demolition of the Colt's legendary Memorial Stadium, Marx reconnected with Ehrmann and became fascinated both with his ministry and his work as a volunteer football coach at a Baltimore private school. This account of Ehrmann's career--and his effect on Marx's life--is inspirational without being preachy. Most amazing are the stories of the team Ehrmann coaches--a football team on which life lessons are more important than tackling fundamentals.Book of the Day: A Hole in the World by Sid Nite
Fifteen-year-old Paul Shackleford experiences an eye-opening and transformative summer living and working on the central Virginia farm belonging to a distant relative, where everyone seems to be haunted by the death of a much-loved and admired farmhand the year before.
Book of the Day: Blind Sighted by Peter Moore
Kirk, a creative misfit who is in trouble at high school because he is bored with his classes, learns to deal with his alcoholic mother, new friends, and life with the help of a blind young woman who hires him to read to her.Book of the Day: All You Need is Love by Emily Franklin
Having returned from a study-abroad program in London to be with her aunt who has breast cancer, seventeen-year-old Love struggles to decide what to do next with her life while also experiencing some tensions with her father.
Book of the Day: Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.
Book of the Day: Faith Wish by James Bennett
Upset with the course her life has taken, pretty and popular senior Anne-Marie is drawn to the leader of a cult-like Christian group, becomes pregnant, and runs away to figure out what the Lord wants her to do with her life.Book of the Day: Beauty Shop for Rent by Laura Bowers
Raised by a great-grandmother and a bunch of beauty shop buddies, fourteen-year-old Abbey resolves to overcome her unhappy childhood and disillusionment with the mother who deserted her.
Book of the Day: Not Like You by Deborah Davis
When she and her mother move once again in order to make a new start, fifteen-year-old Kayla is hopeful that her mother will be able to stop drinking and begin a better life, as she has been promising for years.