Consigned to a prison-like Youth Training Facility because of her parents' political activities, Marena organizes a resistance movement to combat the restrictive policies of the ruling Zero Tolerance party.Book of the Day: The Silenced by James DeVita
Consigned to a prison-like Youth Training Facility because of her parents' political activities, Marena organizes a resistance movement to combat the restrictive policies of the ruling Zero Tolerance party.Book of the Day: Guyaholic by Carolyn Mackler
V, the queen of the meaningless hookup, has been with Sam for a pretty long time, but when she panics after graduation and messes everything up, it takes a solo driving trip from New York to visit her irresponsible mother in Texas before she learns enough about herself to know what she really wants.Book of the Day: Spells & Sleeping Bags by Sarah Mlynowski
Rachel and her younger sister, both witches, spend the summer at Camp Wood Lake, where Rachel tries to have a normal camp experience while surreptitiously honing her newly discovered talents.
Book of the Day: The Wizard Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
Everyone has a secret to keep: Jason Haley, a fellow student who has been warned to stay away from Seph; the enchanter Linda Downey, who knew his parents; the rogue wizard Leander Hastings; and the warriors Jack Swift and Ellen Stephenson. This wizard war is one that Seph may not have the strength to survive.
Book of the Day: Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman
A love-struck mermaid named Aquamarine supplies adventure and insights to two twelve-year-old girls, life-long friends who are spending their last summer together before one of them moves away.POOL PARTY!
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Book of the Day: Hitler's Canary by Sandi Toksvig
Ten-year-old Bamse and his Jewish friend Anton participate in the Danish Resistance during World War II.Teen Read Week Schedule is HERE!
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Book of the Day: Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev
Based on the true story of a nine-year-old boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto and must survive throughout the war in the Nazi-occupied Polish countryside.
Book of the Day: Poor Little Witch Girl by Marie Desplechin
Eleven-year-old Verbena thinks her hereditary witchcraft is a curse that will keep her from having a normal life and marriage one day, but her mother and grandmother, who help tell the story, are eager to start her training.Book of the Day: Sun, Moon, Stars and Rain by Jan Cheripko
Still grieving over his father's death, nineteen-year-old college dropout Danny Murtaugh turns to a drunk, an eccentric landowner, and a young waitress for answers about his past and direction for his future.Book of the Day: Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Chronicles thirteen months in the life of 13-year-old Jason Taylor --- each chapter mirrors each of the thirteen months during the time in which the novel takes place.
Book of the Day: M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
These tales may chill or amuse, but they always embrace the unexpected.
Book of the Day: Blue is for Nightmares by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Sixteen-year-old hereditary witch Stacey Brown has nightmares of her roommate being murdered and hopes that her magic will be enough to protect Drea--unlike the last person whose death Stacey dreamed.Book of the Day: Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.Bethel Park Anime
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She REALLY knows her stuff! Check this site often for anime updates! Are you interested in starting an anime club here in Bethel? Please email me: kalchthaleri@einetwork.net and let me know!
Book of the Day: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.
Book of the Day: Spells & sleeping bags by Sarah Mlynowski.
Rachel and her younger sister, both witches, spend the summer at Camp Wood Lake, where Rachel tries to have a normal camp experience while surreptitiously honing her newly discovered talents.
Book of the Day: The Candy Darlings by Christine Walde
A girl, grieving for her dead mother and emotionally detached from her father, becomes fast friends with a mysterious classmate who constantly eats sweets as the two of them battle the vicious popular girls at school and listen to the stories of an elderly patient at the hospital where they volunteer.
Book of the Day: Way Down Deep by Ruth White
In the West Virginia town of Way Down Deep in the 1950s, a foundling called Ruby June is happily living with Miss Arbutus at the local boarding house when suddenly, after the arrival of a family of outsiders, the mystery of Ruby's past begins to unravel.