New books for October ~ Part 1

13 Days of Midnight by Leo Hunt

Paranormal 

When his estranged father dies, sixteen-year-old Luke inherits eight spirits who want revenge for their enslavement, and with Halloween fast approaching, he has only thirteen days to give them their eternal rest or he may join their ghostly ranks.

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely

Contemporary Fiction 

A bag of chips. That's all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for at the corner bodega. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul Galluzzo, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad's pleadings that he's stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad's resistance to leave the bodega as resisting arrest, mistakes Rashad's every flinch at every punch the cop throws as further resistance and refusal to STAY STILL as ordered. But how can you stay still when someone is pounding your face into the concrete pavement? But there were witnesses: Quinn Collins-a varsity basketball player and Rashad's classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan-and a video camera. Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his savior could possibly be guilty. But then Rashad is absent. And absent again. And again. And the basketball team-half of whom are Rashad's best friends-start to take sides. As does the school. And the town. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before. 

Anne & Henry by Dawn Ius

Contemporary Fiction 

On a rigid path, set by his family, to become valedictorian, attend Harvard Law School, have a stunning political career like his father's, and date the right girl, Henry Tudor feels trapped until he meets the wild, brash Anne Boleyn, and they embark on a dangerous romance.

Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas
Fantasy
After Pin and Shoe escape from servitude in the Godmother's fortress, they learn that she has taken control of Story, which can warp the world around it, forcing people into its shape, and they decide to try to break out and create their own destinies in this tale that features many familiar characters.

 

Attack on Titan vols 4 & 5 by Hajime Isayama

Manga (Japanese graphic novel) 

Volume 4 back cover: The Survey Corps develops a risky gambit-have Eren in Titan form attempt to repair Wall Rose, reclaiming human territory from the monsters for the first time in a century.  But Titan-Eren's self control is far from perfect, and when he goes on a rampage, not even Armin can stop him!  With the survival of humanity on his massive shoulders, will Eren be able to return to hist senses, or will he lose himself forever?

Want to get Zombified?

FANTASY FACE PAINTING
AND FX ARTIST

Caroline Wilcox
     
Special Effects Workshop “Zombification”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30TH
6:30-8:00PM
AGES 12-18
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
                                   
THE TRANSFORMATION:
Using professional stage makeup and some very ordinary items, Caroline Wilcox will show you some  special effects techniques that will completely transform you into a zombie character.  We will be creating disfigurements like burns, wounds, scabs, bruises and more; get ready for the gore!  

The makeup is professional cosmetic grade, FDA approved and is formulated for easy removal with soap and water.   Student palettes are prepared by the instructor for single use only.

Durham Public Library  ~  Sponsored by the Durham Library PALS

Teen Advisory Group Meeting Notes - October

Whoa there!  TAG actually met about a week and a half ago, but this is the first chance I've had to sit down and type out the meeting notes.  Sorry about the delay!

First we discussed the Durham Fall Festival and who would be volunteering that day and what hours.  We also discussed what we would be doing there: glitter tattoos, henna tattoos, guessing games, and selling t shirts.
Then we discussed ideas for the Young Adult area.  The TAG members said that the most important change would be to add more seating.

The upcoming programs are:

• Hunger Games Book discussion - Tuesday, Oct. 22nd 6:00pm
• Movie: Warm Bodies - Wednesday, Oct. 23rd 3:30pm
• Comic Con Halloween Party - Saturday, Oct. 26th 2:30pm
• Movie: The Grudge - Wednesday, Oct. 30th 3:30pm
• Teen Book Club: Zom-B - Wednesday, Oct. 30th 5:30pm
• Movie: After Earth - Wednesday, Nov. 6th 3:30pm
• Practice SAT Test - Saturday, Nov. 9th 12:00-3:00pm

Program Suggestions

• Teen Cuisine: Thai Food, American Food
• Origami
• Snowflakes
• Sailor bracelets
• Fishtail braclets
• friendship bracelets
• survival program
• ballroom dancing
• historical society field trip
• spy party/program

Book Suggestions/Recommendations

• Arson by Estevan Vega
• Everything Civil War 
• Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloane

Movie Recommendations - Everyone's Favorite Halloween/Scary Movie

Melanie - Young Frankenstein
Jill - Hocus Pocus
Hannah - Sweeny Todd
Catherine - Corpse Bride
Philip - Beetlejuice
MissG - Ghostbusters

TV Recommendations

• Tomorrow People
• X Files
• Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
• Adventure Time
• Futurama
• Merlin

Music Suggestions

• Herman's Hermits
• Lorde
• The Animals
• Joe Stafford
• Zelda music

 Video Game Recommendations

• Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
• Animal Crossing: New Leaf
• Luigi's Mansion

 Website Recommendations
Octopus and Bunny webcomic

Our next meeting is Saturday, Nov. 9th at 3:00.  Hope to see you there!

First Day of Fall!

It's the first day of Fall!  Pretty falling leaves, the Durham Fair, Halloween, apples, pumpkins, and Thanksgiving are ALL COMING!  What are your plans for Fall?  Here is what happening at the library for Teens this October~

Afterschool movies on Wednesdays at 3:30 (Starting in October)
Oct. 2 - Star Trek Into Darkness
Oct. 9 - The Croods
Oct. 16 - Iron Man 3
Oct. 23 - World War Z
Oct. 30 - The Grudge
Nov. 6 - After Earth
Nov. 20 - The Hunger Games
Nov. 27 - Man of Steel

Stop Motion Lego Movies
Wednesday, Oct. 9th 6:00-8:00pm
Stop motion is an animation techiniqe in which you take pictures of something (usually puppets, dolls, or clay figures) and move them slightly for each picture.  When teh pictures are played back to back, it created an animated video!  We will be making short videos using the library's Lego collection.  For a decent example of what could make go to Youtube and view "Lego Camping Troubles Stop Motion Animation"  or just search lego stop motion to see more examples!

 Teen Advisory Group
Sat .Oct. 12th 3:00-4:00pm

Hunger Games book discussions
Tuesday, Oct. 22nd
YA discussion 6:00-7:00
Adult discussion 7:30-8:30

Comic-Con Halloween Party
 Saturday, Oct. 26th 2:30-4:00
Prizes for great costumes!  Also snacks, games, and more!

Teen Book Club: Zom-B by Darren Shan
Tuesday, Oct. 29th 6:30-7:30

Halloween Books - Witches!

A witch costume was always my go to costume when I was a teenager.  It's easy, but very customizable too!  To get you in the mood for the holiday, here are a list of books with witches~

When Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, she is exiled to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.

Born into a family of witches, seventeen-year-old Tamsin is raised believing that she alone lacks a magical "Talent," but when her beautiful and powerful sister is taken by an age-old rival of the family in an attempt to change the balance of power, Tamsin discovers her true destiny.

A centuries-long war between daimons and witches sets the stage for three teens caught up in a deadly struggle for power and autonomy in the exotic and otherworldly Carnival of Souls, the mercantile center of the daimon dimension

When the owner of a candy shop molds magical treats that instill confidence, bravery, and passion, eighteen-year-old Gretchen's haunted childhood memories of her twin sister's abduction by a witch-like monster begin to fade until girls start vanishing at the annual chocolate festival.

Prompted by her love for the seemingly-doomed Sebastian, sixteen-year-old Evie Johnson returns for another term at the strangely sinister Wyldcliffe Abbey School where she and two close friends try to develop and combine their newly-discovered powers to save Sebastian and themselves from the encroaching forces of evil.

When prep school newcomer Emma Conner meets the rich, charming Brendan Salinger, she is instantly attracted to him, but strange visions of her past lives begin warning her to stay away or face a cursed prophecy that she will die.

Cassie is drawn into the Secret Circle, a coven of young witches whose power has controlled New Salem for three hundred years, and when she falls hopelessly in love with the leader's boyfriend, she is tempted to use dark powers.

Sixteen-year-old Lexi, who lives on an enchanted moor at the edge of the village of Near, must solve the mystery when, the day after a mysterious boy appears in town, children start disappearing.

In an alternate New England of 1900, where the Brotherhood dominates and controls society, sixteen-year-old Cate Cahill has struggled since her mother's death to keep secret that she and her younger sisters are witches, but when a governess arrives from the Sisterhood, everything changes.

Living in New York City with her mother and her younger sister, Miri, fourteen-year-old Rachel tries to persuade Miri, who has recently become a witch, to help her become popular at school and to try to stop their divorced father's wedding.

A girl finds herself running through the forest at the edge of a village with no memory of anything, even her own name, and later learns that she might be twelve-year-old Isabelle, believed to be stolen by a witch six years before.

Graphic Novels~

Schools may lock up for the night, but class is in session for an entirely different set of students. In the Nightschool, vampires, werewolves, and weirns (a particular breed of witches) learn the fundamentals of everything from calculus to spell casting. Alex is a young weirn whose education has always been handled through homeschooling, but circumstances seem to be drawing her closer to the Nightschool. Will Alex manage to weather the dark forces gathering?

Nonfiction~

A volume of spells and Wiccan lore, including such spells as "Contact someone who has died," "Getting your crush to fall for you," and "Make colleges beg for you."

Forget flying broomsticks, this book unveils the real workings of the Wiccan Craft. Gwinevere Rain, a practitioner since she was 14, shares her insights and experiences as she illuminates the true practice of Wicca. Confessions of a Teenage Witch reveals such essentials as how to: set up a sacred altar, form a personal circle casting, celebrate Wiccan holidays and harness the full power of the moon.

Embracing both the spiritual and the practical, Wicca for Beginners is a primer on the philosophies, culture, and beliefs behind the religion, without losing the mystery that draws many students to want to learn. Detailing practices such as grounding, raising energy, visualization, and meditation, this book offers exercises for core techniques before launching into more complicated rituals and spellwork.

Partaaaaay!

Hey YAs,

Just a reminder, we're having a Costume Party for teens at the library on Saturday, October 27th from 2:00-3:30.  There will be food, music, games, and prizes for the best costumes!  Hope to see you there!