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Teen Summer Reading 2010

 

Remember - all prizes must be picked up by Saturday, September 4! Thanks to all who read, reviewed, volunteered, and otherwise participated this year.

 

Overall, 18 grand prizes were awarded (gift certificates, swim passes, book sets and fair tickets) plus 13 secondary prizes (choice of book or t-shirt, art kit, etc) and 8 weekly drawing prizes (t-shirts, purses). Congratulations to all winners!


Brand New Books

Click here to see the new graphic novels, manga, and series, too!

The Beastly Bride – Stories and poems of shapechangers from Finland to India, the Pacific Northwest to the Hamptons.

 

Thirteen Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman – When Jacob becomes indestructible, his power grows into a curse.  He has 13 days to figure out how to harness it.

 

Is It Night or Day? By Fern Schumer Chapman – Haunted by loss, Edith must adjust to life in a country where everyone tries to define her with a single phrase – German, Jew, enemy alien.

 

Mistwood by Leah Cypess – Prince Rokan needs Isabel's ability to shift to animal form, wind, mist, her lethal speed, superhuman strength -- and her loyalty.  Without her loyalty, she may be his greatest threat.

 

The Clearing by Heather Davis – Moving to the country, Amy meets Henry in a clearing and is stunned to learn just how different he is.

 

Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles – Carlos was shocked and betrayed when his brother chose to get jumped out of their gang for a different future.  Now he’s being dragged along.

 

God is in the Pancakes by Robin Epstein – Surely old Mr. Sands doesn't mean for her, 15-year-old smart-ass Grace to help him die?

 

Freefall by Roderick Gordon (#3 in the Tunnels) – Will and Chester find themselves in a realm of near-zero gravity atop a giant fungus stuffed with carnivorous screeching creatures.

 

Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey – Soon after a crazed old man shoves a tattered bible into her hands exclaiming, ". . . it will save your soul!", Ellie is plunged into a haunting world of vengeful fairies.

 

Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson –  At Glenarvon Academy, Alex confronts two vampires and discovers that he is descended from the Van Helsing – and that’s just the beginning.

 

Green Witch by Alice Hoffman – To rediscover the truth about love, hope and magic, Green must venture away from home, collecting stories of women branded as witches because of their mysterious powers.

 

The Summer of Skinny Dipping by Amanda Howells – Sometimes I wake up shivering, drowning in dreams of being out there in the ocean, feeling free as a fish.

 

Finders Keepers by Marilyn Kaye (#4 of Gifted) – Dead people don't make great companions.  Ken finds that out the hard way.

 

Secret Speakers and the Search for Selador's Gate by K.S.R. Kingsworth – Fair has spent the last nine years of her life living in a cellar. Her father and brother may be dead, and she is about to be freed. Little does she know what she's about to discover.

 

Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt – With an application of "Royal Rouge," Desi can transform into a look-alike of any princess who needs a sub.

 

Morpheus Road by D.J. MacHale – Marshall is being haunted – by a creature that exists only on the pages of his sketchbook.  What has this character to do with his best friend's disappearance?

 

Sources of Light by Margaret McMullan – In a world that sees only in black and white, this is the year Sam learns to use her camera to look for the shades of gray.

 

The Wager by Donna Jo Napoli – Only the devil would offer a deal like this, and only a fool would accept.  But Don Giovanni is desperate.

 

Viking Warrior by Judson Roberts (#1 in the Strongbow Saga) – If freed from slavery, Halfdan may train as a Viking warrior and come to know the glories of true brotherhood and the horrors of unspeakable evil.

 

The Road to Vengeance by Judson Roberts (#3 in the Strongbow Saga) – Halfdan is growing as a warrior, but will this be enough to beat a savage murderer?

 

A Blue So Dark by Holly Schindler – As Aura's mother, a talented artist, sinks deeper into mental illness, Aura shuns her own artistic talent – fearing that "creative" equals crazy.

 

The Space Between Trees by Katie Williams – Loner Evie is present when her friend and crush discovers a body in the woods – that of her childhood playmate.


 

Health Book Lists for Teens

 

Teens have a lot to think about. Staying safe and healthy, mentally and physically, is probably the most important thing you can do. These book lists will help you stay strong, answer your questions, and give you resources to cope if something does go wrong. Everything on these lists can be found at the Woodburn Public Library.

 

Relationships, Sex, and Sexuality

Emotions and Mental Health

Appearance, Fitness, and Nutrition

Alcohol and Drugs

Gay and Lesbian Interest

Higher Education, Jobs, and Careers

 

See our Great Websites page for web links, both useful and fun.

 


 

Want to find out more? Have a book review of your own to submit? Contact Jeannie Rogers in the library's Youth Services Department. Or call the Youth Services desk: 503-982-5260.