October 7, 2009

Killer: a pretty little liars novel by Sara Shepard

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Sara Shepard keeps the suspense going in the fifth book in the Pretty Little Liars series. Hanna, Aria, Emily, and Spencer think that "A" is finally gone for good. Ian's been arrested for the murder of Ali and now life can go back to normal. That's what they thought but the girls quickly realize that "A" is still around. But this time she seems to be helping the girls instead of tormenting them. With "A" you never know. The mystery of who killed Ali is far from over. Check out the first four books in the series if you haven't already.
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July 28, 2009

Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka

Sister Wife is a novel told from the perspectives of three girls; Celeste, Taviana, and Nanette.The three girls live in a rural religious community called Unity where polygamy is practiced. At age 15, girls are assigned to much older men. Sisters Celeste and Nanette were born into the Unity way of life and know no other way of living. Taviana came to the community as a teenager. She was a runaway and one of the men of Unity invited her to join their community. Celeste and Taviana became close friends and Taviana would tell Celeste all about the things she used to do before Unity. Such as wearing jeans, watching tv, and dating boys her own age. Hearing these stories cause Celeste to start to question her faith. Some boys from Unity have already run off because they disagree with the faith. Then Taviana has to leave Unity because she's attracting too much outside attention. Celeste feels alone but does not have the courage to leave Unity as well. When Celeste gets assigned to a husband will that be the push to finally get her to leave Unity?

May 17, 2009

2009 Teens' Top Ten Reading List Nominations

The nominees are in for the 2009 Teens' Top Ten Books. Visit www.ala.org/teenstopten between August 25 and September 18 to cast your vote for your favorite books. The winning top ten books will be announced during Teen Read Week, October 18-24.

Here are the nominees:
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Untamed by Kristin & P.C. Cast
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Truancy by Isamu Fukui
Truancy: Origins by Isamu Fukui
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Paper Towns by John Green
Runemarks by Joanne Harris
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Daughter of the Flames by Zoe Marriott
Wake by Lisa McMann
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Bloodline by Katy Moran
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Evermore by Alyson Noel
Geek Charming by Robin Palmer
Melting Stones by Tamora Pierce
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Absolutely Maybe by Lisa Yee

Check out the Teens' Top Ten List from 2008.

May 13, 2009

Beach Reads For A Breezy, Cool Summer

Beach season is almost here! Get ready to roll down the windows, crank up your IPOD and hop on the bus down to Jones Beach! Don't forget to take one of these cool, quick reads along with you!

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Summer Jobs

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Summer vacation is almost here and now's the time to start looking for summer employment. Here are some suggestive websites where you can begin your search.

SummerJobSection is a great resource to find summer employment as well as internships and job opportunities abroad.

Monster

CareerBuilder

In addition to doing your job search online you should also check out the classifieds section of newspapers such as Newsday. Also try going to places where your interested in working at and asking if they are hiring. Good Luck!
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March 30, 2009

Wicked: A Pretty Little Liars Novel

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Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hanna are back and all their troubles are finally over; or so they thought. Ian, Ali's alleged killer has been arrested and is waiting for his trial to begin. Now that Ian's been arrested the girls are anxious to move on with their lives. Emily who last semester was dating girls has now started dating a boy, Spencer finds out that her parents may not be her birth parents, Aria kisses her mom's new boyfriend, and Hanna can't tell if her stepsister Kate is her friend or enemy. To add to their issues the girls have started receiving texts from "A" again. The girls just know it has to be Ian, who happens to be out on house arrest. But when Ian turns up dead and the texts keep coming, the girls realize that the real "A" is still out there and she's ready to get revenge.
Check it out today! Wicked: A Pretty Little Liars Novel

March 25, 2009

Twilight.jpgCan't Get Enough Twilight?

Calling all Twilight fans! The DVD version of Twilight was finally released on March 23rd and sold 3 million copies on the first day of its release!

So you read all the books, saw the movie, bought the DVD, downloaded the soundrack and now you are experiencing some serious anxiety! Hollywood is making you wait until the tentative release date of November 20, 2009 before they put out the New Moon movie, the next in the series. Stop biting your nails and quit typing those frantic e-mails to Stephenie Meyer, your friends at the FML are here to help! We suggest that you put down the remote, turn off the Buffy reruns and start reading some of the titles listed below. These juicy novels promise to keep your vampire thirst in check!

Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith

When multiple murders in Autsin, Texas, threaten the grand re-opening of her family's vampire-themed restaurant, seventenn-year-old, orphaned Quincie worries that her best friend-turned love interest, Keiren, a werewolf-in-training, may be the prime suspect.

Peeps: A Novel by Scott Westerfeld

Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism, and must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected.

Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber

Sixteen-year-old Raven, an outcast who always wears black and hopes to become a vampire some day, falls in love with the mysterious new boy in town, eager to find out if he can make her dreams come true.

Vampire High by Douglas Rees

When his family moves from California to New Sodom, Massachusetts and Cody enters Vlad Dracul Magnet School, many things seem strange, from the dark-haired, pale-skinned, supernaturally strong students to Charon, the wolf who guides him around campus on the first day.

Midnight Predator by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Turqoise Draka, a vampire hunter, is hired to kill the evil vampire Jeshikah. To enter his realm she must disguise herself as the human slave of Jaguar, a vampire and slave owner who is tormented by his own past. Will Jaguar release the humanity Turqoise long ago locked away?

Demon In My View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Seventeen-year-old Jessica Allodola discovers that the vampire world of her fiction is real when she develops relationships with an alluring vampire named Aubrey and the teenage witch who is trying to save Jessica from his clutches.

In The Forests Of The Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to the year 1684 when, as a human, she died and was transformed against her will.

Keep on checking this page for more vampy updates

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March 17, 2009

Haunted Sister

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Janine is in highschool and one day she decides to cut class and go to the beach with a boy that she likes. On their way to the beach they are in a terrible car accident. Janine actually dies for a couple of minutes while in the emergency room, but luckily they are able to bring her back. Unfortunately, Janine has changed. She used to have a twin sister, Lenore, who died when the girls were 4 years old and now it seems that Lenore has returned and is trying to take over Janine's body. Janine is scared, she can hear Lenore talking to her although no one else can and she doesn't know who to turn to. One day as she's lying in her hospital bed and her father is visiting, she decdes to ask him about Lenore. Janine tells her father that she can't remember about a trip that they had taken to see their grandparents. It was on this trip in which Lenore had died. But when she says this, Lenore responds, "Yes you can, that's when you took my life".
Although Janine doesn't remember exactly what happened, she begins to remember little by little. What really happened on the day Lenore died? Was Janine really responsible?

Haunted Sister

Right Behind You by Gail Giles

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Wade's the new kid in town. Fresh out of the backwoods of Alaska, Wade's been careful not to give anyone to much details about his past in Alaska. Details that include him murdering his friend at age 9. But when his secret gets out he loses all his friends and his family is alienated by the rest of the town. Forced to move once again, Wade and his family have a chance to start over again. But as hard as he tries Wade just can't seem to leave the past behind him.
Find it at the library! Right Behind You

December 23, 2008

Like Poetry? Try these...

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Falling Hard: 100 Love Poems by Teenagers
Edited by Betsy Franco

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More Than Friends: Poems from Him and Her
By. Sara Holbrook and Allan Wolf

Both of these books are filled with poems written by teens.