39 Clues special event!

On August 31, 2010 at 4pm EST, The 39 Clues authors unite to answer your questions–LIVE. Vote in the video showdown each week to decide which questions will be answered AND submit your own questions. The authors might answer them during the live webcast! Your access starts NOW!

Teen Library Crew Summer 2010

Photos of Stacey's hardworking and very talented TLC Performers have now been posted! The slideshow is available to the right...

Winners! of the Teen Summer Reading Club Drawing

We have two excited winners of the Read Beyond Reality prize drawing...

Michael C. and Katherine P. are now the possessors of their Flip Cams!

New Books!

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater -- Wolves of Mercy Falls bk. 1 -- As Grace hides the vast depth of her love for Sam from her parents and Sam struggles to release his werewolf past and claim a human future, a new wolf named Cole wins Isabel's heart, but his own past threatens to destroy the whole pack.

Almost to Die For by Tate Hallaway -- Vampire Princess bk. 1 -- On her sixteenth birthday, Anastasija Parker learns that her so-called deadbeat dad is actually a vampire king. And he wants Ana to assume her rightful position at his side, in spite of the fact that she has witch's blood running through her veins-from her mother's side. Too bad witches and vampires are mortal enemies.

The Red Pyramid

Rick Riordan of "Percy Jackson" fame has a new book series coming out. The first book of the Kane Chronicles, The Red Pyramid is an exciting action adventure. I read it while I was on vacation last week. The story follows brother and sister Carter and Sadie Kane, as they struggle to understand their family legacy. After their father seemingly kills himself in an explosion at the British Museum, they are forced to flee to New York City with their mysterious Uncle Amos. Once there, they discover that they are heirs to great power, if they can survive a confrontation with an evil Egyptian God.

This saga does for the Egyptian Mythology what the Percy Jackson series did for the Greek Mythology - brings it to life! The story is action packed and energetic, the characters a likeable and believable, and you will find yourself rooting for their success at once. Don't miss what is sure to be the next blockbuster favorite series by YA author Rick Riordan.

Library App

Here's something cool! An App for your iPhone that takes you on a guided tour of America's #1 Library - the Library of Congress.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/library-of-congress-virtual/id380309745?mt=8

Read all about it, and download it!

New Books!

Books:
The Space Between Trees by Katie Williams -- When the body of a classmate is discovered in the woods, sixteen-year-old Evie's lies wind up involving her with the girl's best friend, trying to track down the killer.
Wicked Girls: a novel of the Salem Witch Trials by Hamphill -- A fictionalized account, told in verse, of the Salem witch trials, told from the perspective of three young women living in Salem in 1692 -- Mercy Lewis, Margaret Walcott, and Ann Putnam, Jr.
Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, and June by Benway -- After their parents' divorce, teenaged sisters April, May, and June recover special powers from childhood and use them to cope with moving to a new home and high school, but wonder if the gifts have a greater purpose.
Glimmerglass by Jenna Black -- Faeriewalker bk. 1 -- When Dana Hathaway's alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, again, Dana decides she's had enough and runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the captivating, magical world of Faerie intersect.
Kissing Coffins by Ellen Schreiber -- Vampire Kisses bk. 2 -- Sixteen-year-old Raven, a vampire-obsessed goth girl, searches for her true love, Alexander, who she has learned is a real vampire.
Vampireville by Ellen Schreiber -- Vampire Kisses bk. 3 -- As teen vampire twins Luna and Jagger try to trick a high school soccer star into bonding with Luna for eternity, sixteen-year-old goth girl Raven Madison and her vampire boyfriend, Alexander, strive to save him.

Graphic Novels:
InuYasha vol. 50 -- Inuyasha and Seeshomaru learn the story behind their blades' awesome powers ... one that is yet to be finished as the truth pits brother against brother! Meanwhile, their arch-nemesis Naraku strives to corrupt the spark of purity Kikyo managed to instill in the Shikon Jewel...
Last Temptation by Neil Gaiman - Steven is afraid of just about everything until he meets the mysterious Showman and his Theatre of the Real. Steven watches the show on a dare, but then he learns what it is to be truly afraid.

Book Review

Runaway Twin by Peg Kehret - narrated by young teen Sunny Farland, she tells us how and why she ran away from her latest foster home, with Rita the healthfood junkie. When Sunny was three, her mother and grandmother were killed in a car accident. She and her twin sister Star were separated, and all she has to remember her by is a single photograph. When Sunny gets a windfall of cash, she decides to run away, following the photographic clue, hoping to reunite with her sister and create a happy family for herself. All, of course, does not go well. Facing everything from unhelpful bus drivers to bullying boys and a tornado, Sunny does her best to remain hopeful. And she does make one loyal friend along the way!

The story is short, sweet, and fairly simple, but Sunny is likeable, and believable. Her trials are never very threatening, but she overcomes them with intelligence and determination. The eventual resolution is a hopeful one, but not unbelievable. Sunny grows up a good bit during her journey, and the reader will root for her all the time. so if you're looking for a quick, fun read, give this story by a long-time favorite author a try.

New Books

Conspiracy 365. August by Gabrielle Lord - the ongoing series about Cal, who must survive for 365 days. He's buried alive, and time is running out. Will his friends be able to find and rescue him in time? Meanwhile, his comatose sister has been kidnapped!
Forgive my Fins by Teri Lynn Childs -- Seventeen-year-old Lily, half-mermaid and half-human, has been living on land and attending high school, where she develops a crush on a boy but is afraid to tell him of her true destiny as the ruler of the undersea kingdom of Thalassinia.
Demons and Druids by Patterson -- Daniel X #3 -- As Daniel X continues to hunt for intergalactic aliens, he and his friends go to England searching for Beta, an outlaw who takes the form of fire and who killed Daniel's parents when he was two years old.
Artemis Fowl. The Atlantis Complex -- Teenaged criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must save the underwater fairy metropolis of Atlantis from danger, while battling a psychological affliction known as the Atlantis Complex.

Graphic novels:

X-Men Legacy. Emplate -- Fleeing the dark reign of Norman Osborn and his Dark Avengers, the X-Men have created a new home for themselves on the floating island of Utopia, where they begin to feel safe until they find themselves under attack by Emplate, an enemy from the past, who is a vampiric mutant.
X-Men. Pixie Strikes Back -- Pixie, X-23, Armor, Mercury, and Blindfold go to high school and learn the joy of cafeteria food, communal bathrooms, and peer pressure. But, something's not quite right with all of it, and it has to do with Pixie. Things get even stranger when Pixie's mother shows up on Utopia demanding to see her daughter.
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Lewis Helfland -- a marvelously illustrated and condensed version of the classic tale.