July's New Books are (finally) Here! (part 3)

Wickedpedia by Chris Van Etten

Don't open the door. Don't answer your phone. And whatever you do, DON'T turn on your computer. . . . Cole and Greg love playing practical jokes through Wikipedia. They edit key articles and watch their classmates crash and burn giving oral reports on historical figures like Genghis Khan, the first female astronaut on Jupiter. So after the star soccer player steals Cole's girlfriend, the boys take their revenge by creating a Wikipedia page for him, an entry full of outlandish information including details about his bizarre death on the soccer field. It's all in good fun, until the soccer player is killed in a freak accident . . . just as Cole and Greg predicted.

Code Name Komiko by Naomi Paul

In Hong Kong, high school senior Lian, code name Komiko, begins to investigate the Harrison Corporation, a clothing business using an illegal workforce, after a dead body washes up in Big Wave Bay. With the help of her cyber-investigating group 06/04, Komiko plunges into a world of corruption and danger to uncover Harrison Corps' crimes.

#scandal by Sarah Ockler

When pictures of Lucy kissing her best friend's boyfriend emerge on the world of social media, she becomes a social pariah after the scandal rocks the school.

Dear Life, You Suck by Scott Blagden

Irreverent, foul-mouthed, seventeen-year-old Cricket Cherpin, living under the watchful eye of Mother Mary at a Catholic boys' home in Maine, has such bleak prospects he is considering suicide when Wynona Bidaban steps into his world.

Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly by Conrad Wesselhoeft

Seventeen year-old dirt-bike-riding daredevil Arlo Santiago catches the eye of the U.S. military with his first-place ranking on a video game featuring drone warfare, and must reconcile the work they want him to do with the emotional scars he has suffered following a violent death in his family.

New Books ~ June (Part 5)

Political Profiles: Joe Biden by Jeff C. Young

An introduction to the life and career of the current Vice President of the United States.

A Flight of Angels by Rebecca Guay

Deep in the woods outside of a magical kingdom, a strange group of faeries and forest creatures discover a nearly dead angel, bleeding and unconscious with a sword by his side. They call a tribunal to decide his fate, each telling stories that delve into different interpretations of these winged, celestial beings: tales of dangerous angels, all-powerful angels, guardian angels and death angels, that range from the mystical to the mysterious to the macabre.

Viola in the Spotlight by Adriana Trigiani

Back home in Brooklyn, fifteen-year-old Viola has big summer plans but with one best friend going to camp and the other not only working but experiencing her first crush, Viola is glad to be overworked as an unpaid lighting intern when her grandmother's play goes to Broadway.

The History of the World According to Facebook by Wylie Overstreet
Yup, pretty much exactly what it sounds like.

The Warrior's Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage by Eric Greitens
Shares the author's adventures as a young man that led him to a life of service as both a humanitarian and a Navy SEAL.

 DIY Nail Art by Catherine Rodgers
The cure for the common mani! Black Lace. Summer Citrus. Hot Pink Zebra. Get ready for nails that will get you noticed!

New Books ~ June (Part 1)

The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson

In a Brazil of the distant future, June Costa falls in love with Enki, a fellow artist and rebel against the strict limits of the legendary pyramid city of Palmares Trães' matriarchal government, knowing that, like all Summer Kings before him, Enki is destined to die.

Bleach vols 7, 8, 9 by Tite Kubo

Rukia Kuchiki, the ex-Soul Reaper responsible for Ichigo's transformation, is on the lam. Her brethren at the Soul Society are quite displeased with the fact that she transferred the powers of a Soul Reaper to a human and have dispatched two of their strongest agents to neutralize the situation. Their mission is twofold: to return Rukia to the Soul Society so that she may pay for her crime and to deal with Ichigo--permanently. But an unlikely third party is standing in their way: Uryû Ishida, the Quincy! 

Defriended by Ruth Baron

A friend request from beyond the grave...Jason has met the perfect girl. OK, so maybe he hasn't actually MET Lacey yet, but they talk online all the time. Yet despite spending most nights chatting, Lacey refuses to meet up in person. Suspicious, Jason starts googling, and his cyberstalking leads to a shocking discovery: According to multiple newspapers, Lacey died a year earlier.

 Thrice Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris

When Princess Poppy, the daughter of Queen Marigold and King Christian of Zandelphia-Beaurivage, is kidnapped by the kingdom's former torturer-in-chief and poisoner-in-chief, a ragtag group sets out to rescue her.

 Mojo by Tim Tharp

A boy who feels powerless in his own life sets out to investigate the mystery of a missing high school girl in his town, who attends an elite private high school very unlike his own.

Lots of new books for February ~ Part 1

Sorry they're a little late, but here they are!  The new books for February :)

Beautiful Days by Anna Godbersen

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Scandal, intrigue, and romance follow three beautiful teenaged friends, Letty, Cordelia, and Astrid, as they each try to find love and fortune in glamorous Jazz Age New York.

 The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall

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Sixteen-year-old Hope must defend her developmentally disabled brother (who has not spoken a word since he was seven) when he is accused of murdering a beloved high school baseball coach.

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Creator by Marcia Amidon Lusted

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Man of the year -- Birth of a computer genius -- Harvard -- The birth of Facebook -- Into the real world -- The Harvard connection lawsuit -- Fact and fiction -- Running Facebook -- Looking to the future.

All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky by Joe Lansdale

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When the devastation wrought by endless dust storms in 1930s Oklahoma makes orphans of Jack, his schoolmate Jane, and her brother Tony, they take the truck of a dead man and set out to find a new start.

Presents for my YAs! December books - part 2

The Little Black Dress and Zoot Suits by Alison Marie Behnke

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Fashions from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s.  Lots of pictures and tons of information.  Great for the fashion minded looking for some vintage inspiration.

The File on Angelyn Stark by Catherine Atkins

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Angelyn Stark has a secret.  One day, her neighbor and friend, Nathan, saw something happen. Something between Angelyn and her stepfather. Then he told his grandmother, who was always looking out for Angelyn, and it turned into a mess. But Nathan didn't know what he was talking about then, and he doesn't know now. Three years later, Angelyn is in high school and she thinks she's getting along fine--but there's a young teacher who wants to help her. He says she has potential she isn't living up to. Nobody has ever cared this way about Angelyn, not since Nathan's grandmother, anyway. But what does Mr. Rossi really want from her? And once Angelyn starts falling for him, does she really care?

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
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Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on the condition that she use her horrific abilities in support of The Reestablishment, a post-apocalyptic dictatorship, but Adam, the only person ever to show her affection, offers hope of a better future.

 The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
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It's 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They've been best friends almost as long - at least, up until last November, when Josh did something that changed everything. Things have been weird between them ever since, but when Josh's family gets a free AOL CD in the mail, his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, they're automatically logged onto their Facebook pages. But Facebook hasn't been invented yet. And they're looking at themselves fifteen years in the future. By refreshing their pages, they learn that making different decisions now will affect the outcome of their lives later.

 Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez
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Just before the most important violin competition of her career, seventeen-year-old prodigy Carmen faces critical decisions about her anti-anxiety drug addiction, her controlling mother, and a potential romance with her most talented rival.

DPL Teens Facebook Page

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Durham Public Library Teens

Internet Safety

Heya guys and girls.  Today we have a serious and real life topic to discuss, because today I'd like to pass along some internet and Facebook safety tips.  I know you teens are spending time on the internet (how else would you be reading this, eh?) so it would be a good idea to know the basic safety precautions to take online.

Lets start with the general safety tips for the internet:

• Never give out personal information like your full name, phone number, address, or any other identifying information to a person you don't know, or a website that is not trustworthy. 
• Side note: when chatting, remember that anyone you chat with online that you don't personally know in your life could be lying to you about their age, gender, location, or anything else about themselves that they have told you.  Proceed with caution.
• Nothing you put on the internet is ever completely deleted or forgotten.  Teens have been suspended or expelled from school, been fired from their jobs, and been arrested or threatened with arrest over things that they have posted on the internet.  Don't post anything on the internet that you wouldn't want your parents, your sisters or brothers, your teachers, your principal, or the police chief to see.
• If anyone on the internet ever says or does something that makes you uncomfortable, tell an adult you can trust.  Keep lines of communication open with the adults you trust.
• Never agree to meet someone face to face alone.  Go with your parents or another trusted adult and always meet in public places where other people are present.
• Know that your ISP (Internet Service Provider) probably has rules about what kind of activity is permitted.  If you violate these rules, your internet, and possibly the internet of everyone in your house could be disabled, temporarily or permanently. 

Let's move on to safety tips for Facebook.  Every person I know has a Facebook account, so I'm sure the majority of you teens do as well.  Let's go over some ways to stay safe on Facebook.

• You can set your Facebook profile to PRIVATE!  This is a very, very good idea.  Your friends can still search for you by name or email, but no one will be able to see anything except your name without getting your permission first.
• Facebook requires you to put your name and age to sign up for a profile, but it's a good idea to use a nickname or a shortened version of your name to protect yourself from identity theft.  If your identity is stolen, you may not even know about until years from now when you're applying for a job or a credit card!
• There are many options for what to show on your profile, one of them is that you can hide your birthday, this is a good idea if you don't have your profile set to private.  (Which I definitely recommend!)
• Again, if you have not set your profile to private yet, make sure your home address is not public information!  Would you want strangers knowing exactly where you life?
• Even when your profile is set to private, people searching for you will be able to see your profile picture.  Consider what information they can get from it.  Are you wearing a school uniform, or standing outside a local store?  There are people on the Internet who could want to hurt you, so giving them clues about yourself is not the best idea.  Good profile pictures include pictures of just your face or a picture of you with a group of friends.
• Don't accept every friend request.  Accept the people you know.
• Think carefully before giving out your phone number.  Remember that once a person has it, they can call you whenever they want to or text whatever they want to you, including pictures.  Make sure it is someone you know and trust first.
• If someone starts to act hurtful, abusive, or is interacting with you in some other way that is making you uncomfortable, you have options!  You can always start with asking them to stop, if they are a close friend.  Other options include unfriending them or blocking them entirely.  If you find yourself in a situation where you need help, ask a trusted adult. 
• Visit Facebook's Safety Center to learn more: http://www.facebook.com/safety/
• Check your privacy settings here:  http://www.facebook.com/settings/privacy.php and I highly recommend that you at least choose "friends only" for everything.

Ok~  Well I know that may have been a bit boring with all that text, so here's a little bit of entertainment:

Internet Awareness Commercial

Alrighty, that's all I've got.  Good luck out there in cyberspace!