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Paper Towns Top's Teens' Top Ten Choice

NEWS
For Immediate Release
October 20, 2009

“Paper Towns” tops YALSA’s 2009 Teens’ Top Ten

CHICAGO — Teen readers across the country chose “Paper Towns” by John Green as their favorite book in the annual Teens’ Top Ten vote, sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Teens cast more than 11,000 votes online between Aug. 24 and Sept. 18, with the official list announcement during Teen Read Week, October 18-24.

The 2009 Teens’ Top Ten is:

1. Paper Towns by John Green (Penguin/Dutton)
2. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry)
5. Identical by Ellen Hopkins (Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry)
6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
7. Wake by Lisa McMann (Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse)
8. Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast (St. Martin's Griffin)
9. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (Disney-Hyperion)
10. Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Harcourt/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

The Teens’ Top Ten is a booklist created entirely by and for teens as part of YALSA’s Young Adult (YA) Galley Project, which facilitates access to advance copies of young adult books to national teen book discussion groups. These groups evaluated books published between January 2008 through April 2009 and then created a list of 25 nominations. Teen voters across the country then cast ballots for their three favorites, creating the 2009 Teens’ Top Ten. Final nominations for the 2010 Teens’ Top Ten vote will be posted on Support Teen Literature Day, April 15, 2010 at www.ala.org/teenstopten.

To learn more about the teen book groups and participating in the YA Galley program, visit www.ala.org/teenstopten. Publishers interested in participating in the program may contact Nichole Gilbert, ngilbert@ala.org, for more information.

For more than 50 years, YALSA has been the world leader in selecting books, videos, and audio books for teens. For more information about YALSA or for lists of recommended reading, viewing and listening, go to www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists, or contact the YALSA office by phone, 800-545-2433, ext. 4390; or e-mail: yalsa@ala.org.

Downtown Library Hosts 1st Annual Ghoul's Ball for Teens

Friday, October 2, 2009

Teens Invited to the 1st Annual Ghoul's Ball

Teens, you are invited to the 1st Annual Ghoul's Ball! There will be music, dancing, games, food, and a costume contest. Prizes will be awarded for the Scariest, Funniest, and Best Literary Character costumes. See you there! Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha...

What? 1st Annual Ghoul's Ball
Who may attend? Students in grades 7-12
Where? Central Library, Atrium
When? Thursday, October 29
Time? 7:00-9:00 p.m.

To register call 226-3651.

Posted by Tressa at 3:45 PM

Teen Read Week: Teens Vote for the Top Ten Books

Click the image above to find out the 2009 Top Ten Teen Books!

Beatles Rock Band Wednesday, October 7th

Beatles Rock Band at the the library, Wednesday October 7th, 4:30-6:30.

All You Need is Love, Help!, Strawberry Fields Forever, Yellow Submarine. We've got it. Come play it!

Prizes: iTunes Gift cards for the fabbest four + Door prizes galore!

Pizza, snacks and more fun than an octopus's garden in the shade!

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Friday September 4th

This Friday the Game is back ON!

We'll be battling it out with Super Smash Bros Brawl.Flying babies, egg spitting dinosaurs, and some sort of blue hedghog that buzzes all over the screen! What could be better? Howzabout Magic the Gathering between rounds?

Be at the Emmet O'Neal Library Friday, September 4th from 4:30 to 6:30 to share the pure joy that is Super Smash Bros Brawl!

Pizza from Bongiorno's, gift cards for the top three contenders and more fun than you can shake a wii-mote at! Grades 7-12 only, please.

See you at the library!

Game On! Friday, August 7th 4:30-6:30

This Friday the Game is back ON!

We'll be battling it out with Super Smash Bros Brawl.

Flying babies, egg spitting dinosaurs, and some sort of blue hedghog buzzing all around! What could be better? Howzabout Magic the Gathering between rounds?

Be at the Emmet O'Neal Library Friday, August 7th from 4:30 to 6:30 to share the pure joy that is Super Smash Bros Brawl!

Post Your Summer Reading Reviews

Here!

Just hit the comment button and post away! Books, magazines, cd's or movie reviews. We want to hear what you really think!

Potterpalooza this Friday

This Friday for one day only watch the bold evolution of young Harry Potter as he transforms into old Harry Potter. We're taking it from the Sorcerer's Stone to the Order of the Phoenix.

We are going to watch every single Harry Potter movie on our fantabulous new Blu-ray system. We'll start at 10 am and go until the credits roll on the Order of the Phoenix. I'm guesstimating around 10 pm.

See you on Friday!

No Program Friday July 3rd, Book Arts Friday July 10th

We aren't having a teen program this Friday because the library's closed.

I, for one, am going to be home shooting bottle rockets and roman candles off of my deck while singing all of Lee Greenwood's hits. It's all about the patriotism, baby! There's Lee: >===============================>

Next week, howsomever, have I got a program for you!
Joe DeCamillis, Artist Extraordinaire, is going to show us the magic of book alteration. We're going to take old books and cut them and paint them and pound them and nail them and make them into amazing works of art. If you only come to one summer reading program this summer, then make it this one. I'm SERIOUS!!!

I've been collecting all these cool old art books and other crazy books for us to use. We'll provide everything you need plus pizza. If you want to add any photos to your book bring those along. That's Friday, July 10th, from 2:30-4:30 for Book Arts.

Questions? Call me 445-1141

-Matt

New Alex Rider Book!!!

For all you Alex Rider fans, Anthony Horowitz has posted some information about the next book in the series on his blog at http://anthonyhorowitz.com/newscentre/, and it is officially titled (drumroll please), Crocodile Tears.

And incidentally, if you've not checked out the Alex Rider movie from the juvenile dvd's downstairs, it is definitely worth watching!

Get your Twilight On-board!

This August set sail for Alaska with Emmet and Alice Cullen on the Twilight Fan Cruise.

It's a guaranteed fan-tastic time!

www.twilightfanscruise.com

New Reviews

Since we've had so many reviews posted, I figured it's time to start a new thread. Keep up the great work, and the laptop will soon be all yours!

Add your new reviews of books, movies, cd's and magazines to this post.

Book reviews = 8 points
Magazine, cd's and movies = 6 points

Make sure you have at least three sentences in your review. Tell us what you liked or didn't like about the work and why.

Done with Twilight and need a fix?

I recently read the first novel in a new series called "The Immortals" by Alyson Noel, and lemme tell ya - it's no Twilight (I mean really, what is?), but it's GOOD STUFF and I will definitely be picking up its sequel (due out in June).

Sixteen-year-old Ever used to have it all - a little sister named Riley, loving parents, and her dog Buttercup. She was part of the popular crowd, a beautiful cheerleader with long blond hair and blue eyes, and a cute boyfriend. Until one day, a terrible accident claimed the lives of her family, and she is left to attend a new school and with new abilities - she can see auras, hear thoughts, and know a person's entire life story just by touch. Veiling herself in baggy hoodies with an Ipod in her ear at all times to block out her classmates' sneers, Ever is miserable except for the moments when Riley comes back to visit. And then she meets Damen, exotic and beautiful Damen, who (TWILIGHT PARALLEL ALERT) is the only person who's mind is blank and aura is clear. Something is obviously not normal about him, but she can't quite put her finger on it. (And nope - it's not the obvious.) And why is he attracted to HER? Dun dun dun...

Definitely pick this one up!

~Lauren
(PS: I'm reading PC Cast's House of Night series next, so be on the lookout for more reviews!)

Points and Reviews for Summer Reading

Hey Everybody!

Summer Reading is upon us. This year we're giving away an Acer Aspire laptop for the person with the most points!! We're going to have all sorts of other coolio prizes and programs, so make sure to stop by the reference desk and get signed up. Here's how to earn points:

YA Summer Reading Program: Point System:

Programs 10

Books Read

Up to 200 pgs 5

200-400 pgs 8

400+ pages 10

Book Reviews 5

Movie Reviews 3

CD Reviews 3

*3 Bonus Points if reviews are posted on Teen Blog

(www.eolteens.blogspot.com)

If you want to post a review just reply in the Comment section to this post. I'll be posting a new blog for review weekly.

Remember, you get 3 bonus points for your reviews. A refresher of how it works:

• You can review books, movies or CDs you've read, seen, or listened to since May 20
• In your review, include the title and author/artist
• Tell me what you liked and/or disliked (the plot? characters? the ending? too slow?)
• Please please please do NOT give away the ending, or what happens to major characters. No spoilers!!
• Give a rating of 1-5 stars, with 5 being the best of the best
• Review should be at least 3-5 sentences (be sure to put your initials at the end)
• Be creative! List your favorite tracks of a CD, favorite quote from a book, etc.
• After clicking on "Comments" and writing your review, select "Anonymous"

Email me at mlayne@bham.lib.al.us to let me know which review you posted and I'll give you your points.

! ! ! Friday April 10th MOVIE NIGHT ! ! !

Grades 7-12 only!

In the Pacific Northwest there is a town called Forks...

Come on over to the library Friday April 10th 6:30pm-9pm and watch what the Cullens are up to...If you haven't seen this movie yet (shame on you!), here's your chance!  Mingle with friends, eat pizza, win prizes!

If you have seen the movie, what is your favorite part?  Do you like the movie or the books better and why?

See you there!

Holley

Check It Out @ the Library!!!

Through March 31st Mountain Brook artist, Phillip Stutts' amazing woodwork creations are on display in the Young Adult Department on the second floor of the Emmet O'Neal Library. Phillip is a senior at Mountain Brook High School and has been working with wood since he was about fifteen years old. Come by the library and check out the beautiful pieces he has created!

Win A Trip to New York City

How's a trip to New York grab ya? Write a 500 word essay on how you would win the Hunger Games and get ready to fly. You can check out The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins with our other new titles on the first floor.
The deadline for the contest is May 15th, and you can enter it here: http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/contest/index.htm

Got Art?

Mountain Brook High School

10th Grade U.S. History

Teacher: Alessia Sartorio

ART OF THE WEST

We have the assignment description on file and a selection of books pulled that you may check out to help with this project.  The assignment is due March 13, 2009.

Come by the library today!  Don't find what you need?  Ask for me!

Happy Researching!

Holley

Visit the Hero Factory!

You too can be a superhero!  Here's mine!

c:

Holley

Is Stephen King a hater?

Stephen King recently made his opinion of Twilight series author Stephenie Meyer more than clear when he said, "Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn.  She's not very good." 

The full story will appear in the March 6-8 issue of USA Weekend but you can read reports on King's hatin' ways here and here.  

How would you compare the Harry Potter books to the Twilight books?  Is Stephen King being a snob or is Stephenie Meyer's fame not-quite-earned?  Let us know!

Holley

Assignment Alert!

Classes are in full swing and your friendly librarians @ EOL stand ready to help!

The Assignment Alert area next to the 2nd floor Reference Desk is packed with resources (some of which you may check out!) for the Mountain Brook High School 10th, 11th, and 12th grade English classes.  

If you have a literary or social issues paper in any of the classes listed above, we have books for you!  We also keep the paper assignments (the same assignment descriptions you'll find at the high school library) on file if you need specific information on due dates or topics to be covered.  Feel free to email me (hwesley@bham.lib.al.us) if you need additional help, I'll do my best!

Holley