New Books for February (part 6)

Fantasy

Kyra, a highly skilled seventeen-year-old thief, joins a guild of assassins with questionable motives. Tristam, a young knight, fights against the vicious Demon Riders that are ravaging the city.

Paranormal

Agreeing to join the mysterious Kian's magical faction to exact revenge on a group of bullies who have tormented her, Edie transforms into a beautiful girl and begins to sabotage the bullies' inner circle only to discover dark truths about Kian's world.

Science Fiction

In 2035, Dahlia Grillo, a sixteen-year-old math whiz, joins with six other American teens traveling to England to meet with groups from around the world in hopes of stopping C8, the companies that control nearly everything for their own benefit.

Nonfiction

Presents prom-planning advice, covering important aspects of prom day, prom night, and post prom.

Mystery

Descended from a long line of female morticians, Lily Graves knows all about buried secrets. So after senior-class president Erin Donohue -- perfect saint to the community -- turns up dead, Lily believes it's her job to find the culprit. But Lily has feelings for Erin's ex-boyfriend, Matt, which makes both of them suspects and makes Lily's investigation ... complicated.

New books to spend the holidays with~ (Part 1)

Spiderman Big Time Ultimate Collection 

Peter Parker has finally hit the Big Time. He's a full-fledged Avenger, he just landed a high-paying science job, and he has an amazing new girlfriend. But big-time living means big-time pressure! When the Hobgoblin returns, Spidey will need a slick new edge to defeat him. And when the Scorpion targets J. Jonah Jameson and his loved ones, Spider-Man must grapple with matters of life and death in a moving and compelling tale. Then, Spidey is asked to join the FF, adding even more to his already overful plate. Peter has never been one to shirk his responsibility, but will all his new commitments prove too much to handle? Plus: a new and strangely familiar Venom makes his debut!

 Greek Mythology for Teens by Zach Hamby

"Greek Mythology for Teens" takes classical mythology to a new level by relating ancient stories to the culture, history, art, and literature of today. The book uses the innovative approach of reader's theater to teach mythology to teens, asking them to act out the stories and become engaged in a common learning experience. By looking at topics instrumental to both mythology and modern culture, teens are encouraged to question topics such as heroism, foolishness, love, and more. Each chapter builds on a particular theme found in the central myth and includes activities, discussion questions, and exercises that connect the myth to the modern world and everyday life. Visually appealing sidebars also give background on Greek and Roman mythology and culture. "Greek Mythology for Teens" takes the classic myths taught in school and turns them into an engaging, interesting, and modern way of looking at old material.

 Foul Trouble by John Feinstein

Terrell Jamerson is the #1 high school basketball player in the country. His team is poised to win State, top colleges are lining up to give him scholarships, and everyone says he could play in the NBA tomorrow. But it only takes one false step to lose everything. Danny Wilcox is Terrell's best friend and teammate, and a top prospect himself, but these days it seems like "everyone" wants to get close to Terrell: the sneaker guys, the money managers, the college boosters. They show up offering fast cars, hot girls, and cold, hard cash. They say they just want to help, but their kind of help could get Terrell disqualified. Danny and Terrell better keep their eyes on the ball if they hope to last the season. John Feinstein has been praised as "the best writer of sports books in America today" ("The Boston Globe"), and he proves it again in this fast-paced novel.

Michael Vey: Battle of the Ampere by Richard Paul Evans

The hair-raising action continues for Michael Vey in this charged third installment of the #1 "New York Times "bestselling series. Michael, Taylor, Ostin and the rest of the Electroclan have destroyed the largest of the Elgen Starxource plants, but now they're on the run. The Elgen have teamed up with the Peruvian army to capture them, and only Michael remains free. With his friends due to stand trial for terrorism--a charge that may carry the death penalty--Michael will need all his wits and his abilities if he's to save them. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Dr. Hatch and his loyal Electric Children have seized control of the "E.S. Ampere"--the super yacht the Elgen use as their headquarters. With the seven ships of the Elgen fleet now under his control, Hatch heads back to Peru to gather his army and begin his quest for global domination. Michael must free his friends then find a way to stop Hatch, but Hatch knows Michael and the Electroclan are coming. And he's ready for them. Can the Electroclan win the battle of the "Ampere"? Or has Michael's luck finally run out? 

Invasion by Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers brilliantly renders the realities of World War II. Josiah Wedgewood and Marcus Perry are on their way to an uncertain future. Their whole lives are ahead of them, yet at the same time, death's whisper is everywhere. One white, one black, these young men have nothing in common and everything in common as they approach an experience that will change them forever. It's May 1944. World War II is ramping up, and so are these young recruits, ready and eager. In small towns and big cities all over the globe, people are filled with fear. When Josiah and Marcus come together in what will be the greatest test of their lives, they learn hard lessons about race, friendship, and what it really means to fight. Set on the front lines of the Normandy invasion, this novel, rendered with heart-in-the-throat precision, is a cinematic masterpiece. Here we see the bold terror of war, and also the nuanced havoc that affects a young person's psyche while living in a barrack, not knowing if today he will end up dead or alive.

Happy birthday Walter!

It's Walter Dean Myers' birthday!  Here are the books of his that we have...

Civil War Sesquicentennial (civil war whaaat?)

Sesquicentennial.  Seriously.  I will high five any teen that knows what that is without looking it up.  Anyway, I'll just tell you.  It is the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War and we are celebrating it at DPL with books, displays, and programs.  I have 13 Civil War novels for teens to share with you, and I'm going to let you know what kind of programs I will be running too.

Young Adult Civil War fiction

 

Belle Boy by Anne Fuller

YA FUL

When her brother, Johnny, is missing in action after the battle of Gettysburg, Samantha Ann, who grew up tagging along with him and doing things most girls did not, disguises herself as a man and joins the Confederate Army to search for him.

Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead

YA OLM

When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a Civil War soldier, she does the unthinkable. She instructs her only child to retrieve his father and bring him home.  Just 14, Robey sets off wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety: blue on one side, gray on the other.

Come Juneteenth by Ann Rinaldi

YA RIN

Fourteen-year-old Luli and her family face tragedy after failing to tell their slaves that President Lincoln's Emanicipation Proclamation made them free.

Juliet's Moon by Ann Rinaldi

YA RIN

In Missouri in 1863, twelve-year-old Juliet Bradshaw learns to rely on herself and her brother, a captain with Quantrill's Raiders, as she sees her family home burned, is imprisoned by Yankees, and then kidnapped by a blood-crazed Confederate soldier.

The Last Full Measure by Ann Rinaldi

YA RIN

In 1863 Pennsylvania, fourteen-year-old Tacy faces the horrors of the Battle of Gettysburg while trying to stay out of the way of her brother David, who is in charge while their father serves as a doctor in the Union army, and to keep her friend Marvelous, a free black, safe from rebel soldiers.

March Toward the Thunder by Joseph Bruchac

YA BRU

Louis Nollette, a fifteen-year-old Abenaki Indian, joins the Irish Brigade in 1864 to fight for the Union in the Civil War.

My Vicksburg by Ann Rinaldi

YA RIN

During the siege of Vicksburg, thirteen-year-old Claire Louise struggles with difficult choices when family and friends join opposing sides of the war.

Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells

YA WEL

As the Civil War breaks out, India, a young Southern girl, summons her sharp intelligence and the courage she didn't know she had to survive the war that threatens to destroy her family, her Virginia home, and the only life she has ever known.

Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith

YA KEI

With fighting erupting around his Kansas farm, 16-year-old Jefferson Davis Bussey can hardly wait to join the Union forces. When he infiltrates Colonel Watie's Confederate camp as a spy, he discovers the enemy is much like himself -- only fighting for a different cause.

Riot by Walter Dean Myers

YA MYE

In 1863, Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and the draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.

The River Between Us by Richard Peck

YA PEC

During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois.

The Slopes of War by N.A. Perez

YA PER

Buck Summerhill, a young soldier from West Virginia, faces the horrors of the Battle of Gettysburg knowing that his two cousins, Curtis and Mason, may be fighting against him in the Army of Northern Virginia.

Two Girls of Gettysburg by Lisa Klein

YA KLE

 When the Civil War breaks out, two cousins, Lizzie and Rosanna, find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict until the war reunites them in the town of Gettysburg.

 DPL Young Adult Civil War Programs

(registration starts September 21st)

Teen Cuisine: Civil War

Wednesday, October 19th

4:30-6:30pm

Sharpen your cooking skills and make some food that Civil War soldiers would have eaten!  Hard tack, fish chowder, and apple pie!

Please register

Knit a Civil War Soldier Scarf

3 Sessions

Wenesdays, October 26, November 2nd, and 9th

7:00-8:00pm

Checkers Tournament

Saturday, November 12th

1:00-3:00pm

Checkers was a popular pastime for soldiers, join us for a friendly tournament to see who is the best checkers player in Durham!

Teen Book Club November Book

discussion Tuesday, November 29th

7:00-8:00pm

In honor of the Civil War Sesquicentennial celebrations, the TBC will be reading Rifles for Watie

New books!

A few new books for you...expect to see the larger influx of September books posted late next week.  For now, check out these 5 =)

Two Girls of Gettysburg by Lisa Klein

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When the Civil War breaks out, two cousins, Lizzie and Rosanna, find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict until the war reunites them in the town of Gettysburg.

Riot by Walter Dean Myers

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In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.

 Vengeance by Kate Brian *Comes out 8/30*

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After the devastating events at Reed's birthday party, Noelle is determined to put the past to rest, but Reed is adament about rebuilding Billings. Coming up against endless roadblocks from the headmaster, not to mention Billings alumni, Reed will not let her legacy end with a pile of rubble. As if that weren't enough, old ghosts come back to haunt to the Billings Girls. Reed has been through the ringer in her time at Easton and she starts to wonder if maybe she can even make it out of this place alive. 

 A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

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Kidnapped and sold into slavery, Sophos, an unwilling prince, tries to save his country from being destroyed by rebellion and exploited by the conniving Mede empire.

 Percy Jerkson and the Ovolactovegetarians by Margo Kinney-Petrucha & Stefan Petrucha

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A graphic novel parody of the popular series.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WALTER DEAN MYERS!

That's right it's his birthday!  Want to know more about him?  Well I won't tell you!  How about instead you check out his biography~

Or, you could read one of his many YA novels~

  

 

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month

Hiya teens~  Its the start of a new week!  How many days of school left?  You must be getting down to the final count.  May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, as you might have guessed from the post title.  This is an initiative spearheaded by the White House to get everyone active and on the path to a healthy lifestyle.  One part of the program is the President's Challenge.  For this program you are challenged by the president to increase the amount of physical activity in your life.

You can find out more here:
http://www.presidentschallenge.org/

Got that part down?  Or do you need some inspiration?  Well I've made a book display in the library of some of our books that are about active young adults, and here are a sampling of what we have available~


YA WEA
Since the death of his older brother, thirteen-year-old Billy Baggs has had a distant relationship with his father, but life on their farm in northern Minnesota begins to change when he starts to play baseball.


YA KOR NM '12
Lonely after a midsummer move to a new town, sixteen-year-old high-school quarterback Marcus Jordan becomes friends with a retired professional linebacker who is great at training him, but whose childish behavior keeps Marcus in hot water.


YA MYE
If Harlem high school senior Drew Lawson is going to realize his dream of playing college, then professional, basketball, he will have to improve at being coached and being a team player, especially after a new--white--student threatens to take the scouts' attention away from him.


YA RUS
Anything seems possible to 13 year-old Gary when he's on his backyard rink. However, things aren't so easy outside of his backyard. Gary finds that his first year of bantam hockey is tough and that his recently separated parents are dating other people. The positive things in Gary's life include the arrival of the New Mexico Snow Dogs (a farm team) to his hometown and his new friendship with Dmitri. However, Dimitri's brother gets involved with the Russian mafia and the Snow Dogs consider leaving for a bigger city.


YA WAR
At boarding school, Katie tries to focus on swimming and becoming popular instead of the painful memories of her institutionalized schizophrenic older brother.


YA BRY
Avery heads to Telluride Colorado for a snowboard competition, but finds herself competing against an all-star boarder.

So, readers, get inspired, get out, get fit, and, most importantly, get healthy this month~

Coming soon to a bookshelf near you ~ Part 1

Well, a little more specifically, these book are heading to our New YA shelf.  So take a peek, read a few summaries, and pick out the ones you want to read first!  (My first pick is Alice is Time, so hands off!  Well...I guess I can share, I still haven't finished Across the Universe after all!)

Anyhoo, without further ado, here are the newbies!

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Brady is on a Mediterranean cruise with her mom. Before she left, her friend Delia listed four things that she must do. Since #1 was to write real letters to your best friend every day, describing thrilling adventures, this story is told in a journal/letter format. Because she's mortified about her ample breasts, she daringly tries but fearfully fails to accomplish task #2, wear the bikini… together with #3 in public!!! As she bumbles through planned teen events on the ship and has sightseeing adventures with her mom, she always keeps in mind ultimatum #4, Meet a code-red Euro-hottie.

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When Kit Corrigan arrives in New York City, she doesn't have much. She's fled from her family in Providence, Rhode Island, and she's broken off her tempestuous relationship with a boy named Billy, who's enlisted in the army. The city doesn't exactly welcome her with open arms. She gets a bit part as a chorus girl in a Broadway show, but she knows that's not going to last very long. She needs help--and then it comes, from an unexpected source. Nate Benedict is Billy's father. He's also a lawyer involved in the mob. He makes Kit a deal--he'll give her an apartment and introduce her to a new crowd. All she has to do is keep him informed about Billy . . . and maybe do him a favor every now and then.
 

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Missing the dead mother she barely remembers and feeling that she's a disappointment to her father, Mardie, 15, has embarked on a path of self-destruction. She is arrested after getting drunk at a party, is letting her grades slip, and is finally busted for shoplifting. Her salvation is a girls' boxing club that she joins on a whim, but it quickly begins to give focus and purpose to her life. As she gains confidence in her abilities, Mardie learns to accept herself and others.
 

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Sun-hee and her older brother, Tae-yul, live in Korea with their parents. Because Korea is under Japanese occupation, the children study Japanese and speak it at school. Their own language, their flag, the folktales Uncle tells them—even their names—are all part of the Korean culture that is now forbidden. When World War II comes to Korea, Sun-hee is surprised that the Japanese expect their Korean subjects to fight on their side. But the greatest shock of all comes when Tae-yul enlists in the Japanese army in an attempt to protect Uncle, who is suspected of aiding the Korean resistance. Sun-hee stays behind, entrusted with the life-and-death secrets of a family at war.

 

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Into the summer heat of New York's Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets Jose she falls for him hard. He's not like the gansta types she knows-tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But Jose has a quick temper, and he likes to get his own way. And nobody gets in Carmen's way.
When Escamillo rolls into town, everyone takes notice of the Latino Jay-Z-a quadruple-threat singer/rapper/producer/businessman. But he only notices one person-Carmen. And Carmen has given up on Jose; he's not going to get her out of her tough neighborhood, el barrio, and into the action. Escamillo will.
But Jose won't let that happen.
Passion, love, and betrayal explode into tragedy in this modern retelling of an enduring love story.

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Batman has Robin, Wonder Woman has Wonder Girl, and Phantom Justice has Bright Boy, a.k.a. Scott Hutchinson, an ordinary schoolkid by day and a superfast, superstrong sidekick by night, fighting loyally next to his hero.
But after an embarrassing incident involving his too-tight spandex costume, plus some signs that Phantom Justice may not be the good guy he pretends to be, Scott begins to question his role. With the help of a fellow sidekick, once his nemesis, Scott must decide if growing up means being loyal or stepping boldly to the center of things.