High school senior Jan Miller is convinced she's destined for the world's least fabulous life because she doesn't have IT. But, maybe, just maybe, being a Not It Girl will turn out to have some major rewards.
Book of the Day: Confessions of a NOT IT Girl by Melissa Kantor
High school senior Jan Miller is convinced she's destined for the world's least fabulous life because she doesn't have IT. But, maybe, just maybe, being a Not It Girl will turn out to have some major rewards.
Book of the Day: Garage Band by Gipi
Four troubled boys, Guiliano, Stefano, Alberto, and Alex, form a band. They practice in a garage that Guilano's dad loaned them. When their amp blows right before the deadline for their demo tape, the boys become desperate to replace it and land themselves in more trouble than they know how to handle.
Book of the Day: Eleanor's story : an American girl in Hitler's Germany by Eleanor Ramrath Garner
During the Great Depression, when she is 9, Eleanor's family moves from America to Germany, where her father has been offered a good job. But the war breaks out as her family is crossing the Atlantic. They are trapped in Germany for the duration of the war.Book of the Day: Double Helix by Nancy Werlin
Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering.Book of the Day: City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.Book of the Day: Ball Don't Lie by Matt de la Peña
Seventeen-year-old Sticky lives to play basketball at school and at Lincoln Rec Center in Los Angeles and is headed for the pros, but he is unaware of the many dangers--including his own past--that threaten his dream.
Hauntings : and other tales of danger, love, and sometimes loss by Betsy Hearne
Fifteen stories of death and hauntings, set in the past, the present, and the afterlife.
Twilight Fans!!!!!!!!!!! Coming Soon!
Join us for the Stephanie Meyer Book Club! Are you fans of the books Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse? Then this is the book club for you!Comment on here or send email to kalchthaleri@einetwork.net!
Look for our club to meet this summer!
Book of the Day: On Relationships : a book for teenagers by Kimberly Kirberger
Combines personal advice with poetry and stories about teenage love and relationships.
Book of the Day: Just Another Day in My Insanely Real Life : a novel by Barbara Dee
With her father "out of the picture" and her mother working long hours, twelve-year-old Cassie unconsciously describes her anger and confusion in a fantasy novel she is writing for school.
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!