Thursday, April 23, 2009

Something for the Young Adult Readers...

Almost every teen in the country is reading the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. If you stop in to the library hoping to see one of her books on the shelf, good luck! No sooner does one come across the circulation desk, than it's off to be read (or re-read) by someone else. However, we are happy to assure all of our Teen Readers that we actually do have other books on our shelves just waiting to be taken out and given the chance to become the next best-loved tale.

So, for those teenagers who enjoy reading about mythical vampires and fantastical faeries; and for those who enjoy books about normal teenage kids experiencing normal teenage stuff... here are some
reads to try:
  • Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
  • 3 Willows : the sisterhood grows by Ann Brashares
  • Hunted : a house of night novel by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
  • Highway to Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore
  • Revelations : a Blue Bloods novel by Melissa de la Cruz
  • The Musician's Daughter by Susanne Emily Dunlap
  • Undiscovered Country by L.L. Enger
  • The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan
  • The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan
  • The Icebound Land by John Flanagan
  • If I Stay by Gayle Forman
  • The Well Between the Worlds by Sam Llewellyn
  • The Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd
  • The Devil's Paintbox by Victoria McKernan
  • Evermore by Alyson Noel
  • The Indigo King by James A. Owens
  • Max : a Maximum Ride novel by James Patterson
  • Burn by Suzanne Phillips
  • Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner
  • Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
  • The Comet's Curse by Dom Testa
  • The Blind Faith Hotel by Pamela Todd
Check out the following Graphic Novels:
  • Batman. Heart of Hush (YA GN BATMAN)
  • Heroes. Volume One (YA GN HEROES)
  • Heroes. Volume Two (YA GN HEROES)
  • Superman. The Coming of Atlas (YA GN SUPERMAN)
  • Wolverine : prodigal son (YA GN WOLVERINE)
And for those who cannot get enough of the movie version of Twilight, we have:
  • Twilight Director's Notebook : the story of how we made the movie based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer by Catherine Hardwicke (YA 791.437 HAR)
  • Twilight : the complete illustrated movie companion by Mark Cotta Vaz (YA 791.437 VAZ)

Many of the new teen novels can be found in a book bin that sits in the Teen Titles section of the library (near the Re-Readables Bookstore).

HAPPY READING!!!

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