What's New in November? (Part 6)

Really Professional Internet Person by Jenn McAllister

Nonfiction 

Jenn McAllister, better known as JennxPenn, has been obsessed with making videos since she found her parents video camera at the age of eight. A shy child, Jenn turned to film because, unlike with life, you can always have a do-over.

Really Professional Internet Person offers both an insider's guide to building a successful YouTube channel and an intimate portrait of the surreality of insta-fame and the harsh reality of high school.

Brimming with honesty, heart and Jenn's patented sense of humor, Really Professional Internet Person features top ten lists, photos, screenshots, social media posts and never-before-posted stories chronicling Jenn's journey from an anxious middle-schooler just trying to fit in, to a YouTube sensation unafraid to stand out.

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Paranormal

What if you aren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you're like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again. Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life. Even if your best friend is worshipped by mountain lions.

The Rose Society by Marie Lu

Science Fiction 

Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, and she destroyed them all. Adelina Amouteru's heart has suffered at the hands of both family and friends, turning her down the bitter path of revenge. Now known and feared as the White Wolf, she and her sister flee Kenettra to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army of allies. Her goal: to strike down the Inquisition Axis, the white-cloaked soldiers who nearly killed her. But Adelina is no heroine. Her powers, fed only by fear and hate, have started to grow beyond her control. She does not trust her newfound Elite friends. Teren Santoro, leader of the Inquisition, wants her dead. And her former friends, Raffaele and the Dagger Society, want to stop her thirst for vengeance. Adelina struggles to cling to the good within her. But how can someone be good, when her very existence depends on darkness? 

The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett

Fantasy 

Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.

This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad.

As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land.

There will be a reckoning…

The Survival Guide to Bullying: Written by a Teen by Aija Mayrock

Nonfiction 

NEW, updated edition! Written by a teenager who was bullied throughout middle school and high school, this kid-friendly book offers a fresh and relatable perspective on bullying. Along the way, the author offers guidance as well as different strategies that helped her get through even the toughest of days. The Survival Guide to Bullying covers everything from cyber bullying to how to deal with fear and how to create the life you dream of having. From inspiring "roems" (rap poems), survival tips, personal stories, and quick quizzes, this book will light the way to a brighter future. This updated edition also features new, never-before-seen content including a chapter about how to talk to parents, an epilogue, and an exclusive Q&A with the author.

July's New Books are (finally) Here! (part 6)

V is for Villain by Peter Moore

Brad Baron is used to looking lame compared to his older brother, Blake. Though Brad's basically a genius, Blake is a superhero in the elite Justice Force. And Brad doesn't measure up at his high school, either, where powers like super-strength and flying are the norm. So when Brad makes friends who are more into political action than weight lifting, he's happy to join a new crew-especially since it means spending more time with Layla, a girl who may or may not have a totally illegal, totally secret super-power. And with her help, Brad begins to hone a dangerous new power of his own. But when they're pulled into a web of nefarious criminals, high-stakes battles, and startling family secrets, Brad must choose which side he's on. And once he does, there's no turning back. Perfect for fans of The Avengers, Ironman, and classic comic books, V is for Villain reveals that it's good to be bad.

The Inventor's Secret by Andrea Cremer

In an alternate nineteenth-century America that is still a colony of Britain's industrial empire, sixteen-year-old Charlotte and her fellow refugees' struggle to survive is interrupted by a newcomer with no memory, bearing secrets about a terrible future.

More Than This by Patrick Ness

A boy named Seth drowns, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. But then he wakes. He is naked, thirsty, starving. But alive. How is that possible? He remembers dying. So how is he here? And where is this place? It looks like the suburban English town where he lived as a child, before an unthinkable tragedy happened and his family moved to America. But the neighborhood around his old house is overgrown, covered in dust, and completely abandoned. What's going on? And why is it that whenever he closes his eyes, he falls prey to vivid, agonizing memories that seem more real than the world around him? Seth begins a search for answers, hoping that he might not be alone, trapped in a crumbling, abandoned world.

A Creature of Moonlight by Rebecca Hahn

Marni, a young flower seller who has been living in exile, must choose between claiming her birthright as princess of a realm whose king wants her dead, and a life with the father she has never known--a wild dragon.

Voting for the Teens' Top Ten starts today!

Have you guys and girls heard of the Teens' Top Ten?  The Teens' Top Ten is like the teen's choice awards, for books! Teen book groups in sixteen school and public libraries around the country make lists of the books they really liked from last year and those nominations are posted online. Then, you guys read them and starting TODAY you can vote for your favorite online!  Anyone ages 12 to 18 can vote adn the winners will be announced in October.

You can VOTE HERE

Let's meet the books, shall we?  Here are the nominees for best teen books this year:

All Good Children by Catherine Austen

In the not-too-distant future, Max tries to maintain his identity in a world where the only way to survive is to conform and obey.

 (I just got this one, it will be on the shelf soon!)

 Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick

Alex, a resourceful seventeen-year-old running from her incurable brain tumor, Tom, who has left the war in Afghanistan, and Ellie, an angry eight-year-old, join forces after an electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky and kills most of the world's population, turning some of those who remain into zombies and giving the others superhuman senses.

(YA SFF BIC - I read this one and really liked it)

Abandon by Meg Cabot

A near-death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Pierce's life upside-down, but when she needs him most John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the Underworld.

(YA PAR CAB - haven't read this one, but Meg Cabot generally writes good stuff!)

 Tempest by Julie Cross

After his girlfriend Holly is fatally shot during a violent struggle, nineteen-year-old Jackson uses his supernatural abilities and travels back in time two years, where he falls in love with Holly all over again, learns that his father is a spy, and discovers powerful enemies of time who will stop at nothing to recruit him for their own purposes.

(YA SFF CRO - haven't read this one, like time travel thou - its on my to-read list!)

What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

Following her parents' bitter divorce as she and her father move from town to town, seventeen-year-old Mclean reinvents herself at each school she attends until she is no longer sure she knows who she is or where she belongs.

(YA FIC DES)

Wither by Lauren DeStefano

After modern science turns every human into a genetic time bomb with men dying at age twenty-five and women dying at age twenty, girls are kidnapped and married off in order to repopulate the world.

(YA SFF DES - LOVED this one!   Read it!)

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Adam, now a rising rock star, and Mia, a successful cellist, reunite in New York and reconnect after the horrific events that tore them apart when Mia almost died in a car accident three years earlier.

(YA FIC FOR)

 

Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen

Will Scarlet shadows Robin Hood, with an unerring eye for finding treasures to steal and throwing daggers with deadly accuracy, but when Gisbourne, a ruthless bounty hunter, is hired by the sheriff to capture Robin and his band of thieves, Robin must become Will's protector risking his own life in the process.

(YA HIS GAU)

 

Eona: The Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman

Facing the ultimate battle for control of the land she calls home, Eona finds herself waging an internal battle every bit as devastating as the war threatening to break out across the kingdom.

(Don't have this one YET - we do have the books that come before it.  Until we get it, you can always request it from another library)

 

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.

(YA FIC GREE - haven't read this one but everyone else just RAVES about it)

Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge

When Paige Turner and her family move to New York City from rural Virginia, she tries to make sense of her new life through her sketchbook, and it helps bring her true personality into the open, a process that is equal parts terrifying and rewarding.

(YA GN GUL - the only graphic novel on the list)

 

Legend by Marie Lu

In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.

(YA SFF LU and YA BCD LU - I LOVEEEE Dystopia!)

Hourglass by Myra McEntire

Seventeen-year-old Emerson uses her power to manipulate time to help Michael, a consultant hired by her brother, to prevent a murder that happened six months ago while simultaneously navigating their undeniable attraction to one another.

(YA PAR MCE)

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.

(YA SFF MEY and YA BCD MEY - This is without a doubt my favorite on this list - CYBORG CINDERELLA? NOTHING could be better!!)

 

Shine by Lauren Myracle

When her best friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her small North Carolina town.

(YA MYS MYR)

 

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.

(YA SFF NES)

This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel

When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest to create the forbidden Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura.

(YA SFF OPP)

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Teenaged Amy, a cryogenically frozen passenger on the spaceship Godspeed, wakes up to discover that someone may have tried to murder her.

(YA SFF REV)

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children , an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience.

(YA SFF RIG)

Divergent by Veronica Roth

  In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.

(YA SFF ROT - another great dystopian!)

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.

(YA HIS SEP)

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.

(YA SFF STI and YA BCD STI)

 

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

Told from their own viewpoints, seventeen-year-old Jill, in grief over the loss of her father, and Mandy, nearly nineteen, are thrown together when Jill's mother agrees to adopt Mandy's unborn child but nothing turns out as they had anticipated.

(YA FIC ZAR)

All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

In a future where chocolate and caffeine are contraband, teenage cellphone use is illegal, and water and paper are carefully rationed, sixteen-year-old Anya Balanchine finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight as heir apparent to an important New York City crime family.

Now get reading and get voting!
VOTE HERE

Books to movies

Curious which of your favorite YA books might become movies soon?  Here's the low down on what I've heard:

• A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb is reportedly being worked on by the same studio that brought you Twilight.  The book is about a ghost, Helen, who has been haunting people for 130 years when she meets a teenage boy who can see her.  Breaking Dawn: Part 1 will be in theaters next month, by the way.
• Everyone knows about this one already I think, but I'm so excited about it, I'll say it here again.  Hunger Games! March 23 2012!  Mark your calendars!
• Another dystopian movie?  You bet.  The Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness is next up to get the big screen treatment.  The first book in the series is The Knife of Never Letting Go and centers around the people of Earth colonizing a distant planet, which is already inhabited by a race of aliens.
• I think pretty much everyone I know reads this book in school, and its finally coming to movie screens.  Keep an eye out for trailers for Lois Lowry's The Giver!
• Cassandra Clare's novels are popular, especially her Mortal Instruments series, coming to a theater soon near you!  Lead actors are Jaime Campbell Bower and Lily Collins.
• I am SO excited for this one... I love the book and I love the actress!  The book is The Perks of Being a Wallflower and playing one of the characters... Emma Watson!  Hermione herself!  I can't wait to see how she does in other roles, though I will always be expecting her to start waving her wand and casting spells.
• I hadn't heard of this one, but it sounds cute: Geek Charming by Robin Palmer has been made into a movie by the Disney Channel and will premier on Friday, November 11th.
• I read and liked Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, and apparently that is being made into a movie too!
• A favorite of mine, Wings by Aprilynne Pike, has been optioned by Disney.  That doesn't mean its being filmed yet, but Disney has bought the option of making it.  Oh, and Miley Cyrus is supposedly going to be the star!

Well these are all I could dig up for now.  I'll let you know if I find out about any others!

DYSTOPIAN FICTION

Do you like books about the future, but not a very happy future?  I'm thinking about books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, or Delirium.  This genre of books are called Dystopian Fiction.  Dystopia was a word that was made up to be the opposite of utopia, which means a perfect society.  In dystopian fiction the characters are often leading fearful lives because either social or technological trends have lead to a corrupt or degraded society.  Things might also be bad from deprivation, (running out of water, oil, food, etc) oppression from the government, or terror.

These books are crazy popular right now, so I made a display of all the dystopian fiction we have here at DPL.  The books are on the mobile shelf right next to the YA biographies.  You can browse them there.  I'm also going to post my annotated list of the titles here for your browsing pleasure!  The list will also be on the website if you want to go find it there as well.  Enjoy!

Novels

Bumped by Megan McCafferty
 In 2036 New Jersey, teens are expected to become wives and mothers or high-priced Surrogettes for couples made infertile by a virus, 16 year old twins Melody and Harmony find in one another courage to believe they have choices.

 The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
After his parents, two sisters, and he have spent 6 years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, 15 year old Eli, whose twin brother and grandmother were left behind, discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all.

Enclave by Ann Aguirre
Ann Aguirre  In a post-apocalyptic future, 15 year old Deuce, a loyal Huntress, brings back meat while avoiding Freaks outside, but when she is partnered with outsider Fade, she beings to see the ways of the Elders may be wrong- and dangerous.

Fearless by Tim Lott
Tim Lott  In the future, girls labeled 'juvies' or 'mindcrips' are taken from their families and sent to the prison-like City Community Faith School, but Little Fearless decides to break out, and try to free the girls from their miserable captivity.

Feed by M.T. Anderson
M.T. Anderson In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

 House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
In a future where clones are despised, Matt is the young clone of El Patron, a 142 year old drug lord living between Mexico and the United States.

Human.4 by Mike Lancaster
Twenty-first century 14 year old Kyle was hypnotized when humantiy was upgrades to 1.0 and he, imcompatible with the new technology, exposes its terrifying impact in a tape-recording found by the superhumans of the future.

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
After being interrogated for days by Homeland Security in teh aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Fransico, 17 year old Marcus, released inot what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.

Test by William Sleator
 In the security obsessed elitist UnitedStates of  the near future, where a standardized test determines each person's entire life, a powerful man runs a corrupt empire until 17 year old Ann and other students take the lead by boycotting the test.

Those That Wake by Jesse Karp
When a consumer driven future society runs amok, unleashing near cosmic forces, Mal and Laura search for their families only to find that something or someone has erased them from the memories of everyone they have ever known.

 Unidentified by Rae Mariz
 In a futuristic alternative school set in a schopping mall where video game playing students are observed and used by corporate sponsors for market research, Katey "Kid" Dade struggles to figure out where she fits in and whether she even wants to.

Unwind by Neal Shusterman
 In a future world where those between the ages of 13 and 18 can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs-- and perhaps save their own lives.







Series
(Series name - Author - Titles)

Atherton - Patrick Carman - The House of Power, Rivers of Fire, & Dark Planet
Edgar secretly climbs the wall separating the three worlds of Atherton and discovers that they are beginning to collapse.  Atherton is not what it seems, but something far more dangerous.

Birthmarked - Caragh O'Brien - Birthmarked & Prized (coming Nov. 2011)
In a future world baked dry and divided into those inside the wall and those outside it, 16 year old midwife Gaia Stone is forced into a difficult choice when her parents are arrested and taken into the city.

Carbon Diaries - Saci Lloyd - Carbon Diaries 2015 & Carbon Diaries 2017
 In 2015, England becomes the first to introduce carbon dioxide rationing to combat climate change, 16 year old Laura documents the first year as her family struggles.

Chaos Walking - Patrick Ness - The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer, & Monsters of Men
Pursued by power hungry Prentis and minister Aaron, Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.

Chemical Garden - Lauren DeStefano - Wither & Fever (coming Feb. 2012)
After modern science turns every human into a genetic time bomb with men dying at 25 and women at 20, girls are kidnapped and married off in order to repopulate the world.

The Declaration - Gemma Malley - The Declaration, The Resistance, & Legacy
 In 2140 England, drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a servant, discovers her parents are trying to find her.

Delirium - Lauren Oliver - Delirium & Pandemonium (coming Mar. 2012)
Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until 95 days before her treatment, she falls in love.

Divergent - Veronica Roth - Divergent & Insurgent (coming May 2012)
In a future Chicago, 16 year old Beatrice must choose among five factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she does not fit into any one group, and that her society is not perfect after all.

Dustlands - Moira Young - Blood Red Road
 In a distant future, 18 year old Lugh is kidnapped, and while his twin sister Saba and 9 year old Emmi are trailing him they are captured too, and taken to brutal Hopetown, where Saba is forced to be a cage fighter.

Ember - Jeanne Duprau - The City of Ember, The People of Sparks, The Prophet of Yonwood, & The Diamond of Darkhold
In the year 241, 12 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.

Exodus - Julie Bertanga - Exodus & Zenith
In 2100, the island of Wing is about to become covered by water, 15 year old Mara discovers New World sky cities that are safe from the storms and rising waters, and convinces her people to travel there.

Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan - Forest of Hands and Teeth, The Dead Tossed Waves, & The Dark and Hollow Places
Orphaned Mary seeks life, love, and knowledge of what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.

The Giver Trilogy - Lois Lowry - The Giver, Gathering Blue, & The Messenger
 At age 12 Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly  utopian futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of true joy and pain.

Gone - Michael Grant - Gone, Hunger, Lies, Plague, & Fear (coming Apr 2012)
 In a small town on the coast of Cali, everyone over 14 suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between public and private school students, and those with and without "The Power."

Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, & Mockingjay
In a future North America, the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from the 12 districts against each other, 16 year old Katniss' skills are put to the test when she takes her sister's place.

 

Hungry City Chronicles - Philip Reeve - Mortal Engines, Predator's Gold, Infernal Devices, Darkling Plain, Fever Crumb, Web of Air, & Scrivener's Moon
In the distant future, cities move about and consume smaller towns. A 15 year old apprentice is pushed out of London by his mentor and must seek answers in the Out Country.

Incarceron - Catherine Fisher - Incarceron & Sapphique
 To free herself from an upcoming arrange marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.

The Jenna Saga - Mary Pearson - The Adoration of Jenna Fox & The Fox Inheritance (coming Aug 2011)
 In the not too distant future, biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, 17 year old Jenna is recovering from a serious accident when she learns a startling secret about her existance.

The Last Survivors - Susan Beth Pfeffer - Life as We Knew It, The Dead and the Gone, & This World We Live In
Through journal entries 16 year old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

Lorien Legacies - Pittacus Lore - I am Number Four & The Power of Six
 In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a 15 year old who has hidden on Earth for 10 years, waiting to develop the powers he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien

Matched - Ally Condie - Matched & Crossed (coming Nov. 2011)
Cassia has always followed the Society without question. So when Xander's face is displayed as her Match, she knows that they are perfect mates. However, Ky's face also flashed on the screen for a second. Now Cassia can't stop thinking about him, even if the Society says it was a glitch.

Maze Runner - James Dashner - Maze Runner, Scorch Trials, & The Death Cure (coming Oct. 2011)
16 year old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes that he must work with the community in which he finds himself to escape.

Skinned - Robin Wasserman - Skinned, Crashed, & Wired
Lia Kahn's wealthy family decide to save her from dying by transplanting her brain into a mechanical body.

Uglies - Scott Westerfeld - Uglies, Pretties, Specials, & Extras
Just before their 16th birthdays, when they 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.

XVI - Julia Karr - XVI & Truth (coming Jan. 2012)
Nina lives in a totalitarian future society in which all girls are required to get "XVI" tattooed on their wrist on their 16th birthdays, announcing to the world that they are ready for sex.  This is Nina's worst fear until right before her birthday her mother is brutally attacked and reveals a shocking truth to Nina.