Teenscape LaGrange

MAY YA -WHOOO MEETING
Saturday, May 13, 2:30-4:00 pm
Join us for our last meeting of the summer, as we discuss our group’s progress and plan for the future. Then we’ll continue making decorations for the YA Summer Reading Program -- Creature Feature – and as always, we’ll entice you with SNACKS and a FREE BOOK!

YOUNG ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM --
JOIN OUR “CREATURE FEATURE!”
Monday, June 5 through Friday, July 21
Registration begins Monday, June 5
Young adults aged 12-18 are invited to prowl in and devour a mouthful of tasty books this summer! For every 3 YA books you read, you are entered to win cool prizes, including books, yummy gift certificates, and T-shirts. Register at the Adult Reference desk – and get ready for seven wild weeks!

THURSDAY AFTERNOONS AT THE MOVIES
Thursday, June 15, and Thursday, July 13, 3:00-5:00 pm
Our first summer movie is Whale Rider, about a fierce young New Zealander who proves that she is just as good as any boy in her tribe. In July, it’s man vs. the powers of nature as humans battle the gods of the forest in Princess Mononoke, a spectacular animé movie.

SUMMER BOOK DISCUSSIONS
Wednesday, June 21, and Wednesday, July 5, 7:00-8:30 pm
We’ll kick off our YA book discussions with a book for younger teens, called Owl In Love, about an unusual middle-schooler who can change into an owl. We’ll follow up in July with a slightly more challenging book, Touching Spirit Bear, about a cruel, out-of-control boy whose life is changed forever when he is mauled almost to death by an enormous, mythical bear. All teens are invited to read and join us for both books. Register at the YA desk beginning Wednesday, June 7; space for each discussion is limited to 10 participants. Both books will be available at the Circulation desk Wednesday, June 7.

BE A CRAFTY CREATURE
Thursdays, June 22 and July 6, 3-4 pm
In June, we’ll create a few pipe-cleaner critters. Stick ‘em on your shirt, on your guitar, or in your hair! In July, bring in a T-shirt to cover with animal tracks using fabric paint. Call the Young Adult department with questions at 352-0576 x 35.

S-S-S-LITHERY, LEATHERY CREATURES AND ICE CREAM FOR DINNER!
Thursday, July 20, 4-6:30 pm

As a reward for weeks of reading, join us for our first ever Young Adult End-of-Summer -Reading-Program Party! From 4-5:15 pm, Traveling World of Reptiles’s Dave DiNaso will share 15 of his hand-raised reptiles with us, along with tales of his international adventures. Come prepared to look at and to pet his “incredibly friendly” creatures! Then stick around for dinner—ice cream with all the trimmings and toppings—as we build our own sundaes. Hope to see you there!

BECOME A BOOK BUDDY
Your friends tell you you’re a good listener. Want to get some credit for that talent? Think about becoming a Book Buddy, and be paired up with a younger reader who will practice his or her oral reading skills while you listen. For more information, call the Youth Services department at 352-0576.

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Brugman, Alyssa. Being Bindy. YA/ BRU
Eighth grade is torture–at least it is for Bindy! (1) Her best friend since kindergarten becomes her worst enemy. (2) She’s stuck taking yoga in sports ed, where she unleashes the Very Bad Thing that gets the whole school talking. (3) She suffers total humiliation when certain unmentionables are tossed around at assembly. What’s more, Bindy’s divorced parents are behaving badly. (1) Her laid-back father looks like he’s falling for–could it be?– none other than her ex-best friend’s mother. Which means that . . . (2) . . . Bindy’s worst enemy might just end up as her sister! (3) Her domineering mom always wants Bindy to do things her way. Enough is enough! To survive the drama in her life, Bindy must make some tough decisions in this funny, searching novel about being true to yourself.

Bryant, Jen. Pieces of Georgia. YA/ BRY
In journal entries to her mother, a gifted artist who died suddenly, thirteen-year-old Georgia McCoy reveals how her life changes after she receives an anonymous gift membership to a nearby art museum.

Cooper, Patrick. I Is Someone Else. YA/ COO
It is 1966, and the times, they are a-changin’. Fifteen-year-old Stephen is on his way to a summer program in France when he meets two glamorous new friends of his older brother, Rob, who has been missing for 18 months. They persuade Stephen to travel to Istanbul with them, to find his brother. And what a world opens up to him: a world of beautiful girls, drug busts, fascinating cultures, fast-moving friendships, and betrayals. As he travels further into Asia, the nature of Stephen’s journey changes: The search for his brother is replaced by an inner exploration, in which he must confront his own past, and his own dark secret.

Hyde, Catherine Ryan. Becoming Chloe. YA/ HYD
Meet Jordy. He's on his own in New York City. Nobody to depend on; nobody depending on him. It's been working fine until a girl comes along.

James, Brian. Dirty Liar. YA/ JAM
Benji has to escape his home. His mother's boyfriend has crossed the line, and Benji can't deal with it anymore. So he leaves behind everything he knows to go live with his father and stepmother in Portland. His stepmother is nice, but he doesn't trust her. His father is testy, refusing to trust Benji. And Benji ... he's just trying not to self-destruct.In this spellbinding novel, Brian James surpasses his previous work to take his place among Adam Rapp, Melvin Burgess, and Kevin Brooks on the razor's edge of teen literature.

Kuijer, Guus. The Book of Everything. YA/ KUI
Thomas experiences visions, including a visit from Jesus, that he records in his notebook. These visions give him the strength to confront his abusive father and find his heart's desire: to be happy.

Limb, Sue. Girl, (Nearly) 16, Absolute Torture. YA/ LIM
Jess knows her summer plans are ruined but little could she imagine the huge surprise that awaits her when she visits her dad's home for the first time in years.

Lockhart, E. Fly On The Wall. YA/ LOC
When Gretchen Yee, a student at the Manhattan School for Art and Music, wishes she were a fly on the wall of the boys' locker room, she never expects her wish to come true in such a dramatic way.

Namioka, Lensey. Mismatch. YA/ NAM
Their families clash when a Japanese-American teenaged boy starts dating a Chinese-American teenaged girl.

Nix, Garth. Across the Wall. YA/ NIX
This collection of fantasy short stories plus a novella set in the world of the Abhorsen trilogy span a range of genres and settings like an urban fairy tale and a western.

Oppel, Kevin. Skybreaker. YA/ Opp
Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries team up with a gypsy and a daring captain to find the Hyperion, a long-lost airship rumored to carry a treasure beyond imagination in this sequel to the Printz honor book, AIRBORN.

Portman, Frank. King Dork. YA/ POR
High school loser Tom Henderson discovers that "The Catcher in the Rye" may hold the clues to the many mysteries in his life.

Reinhardt, Dana. A Brief Chapter In My Impossible Life. YA/ REI
Sixteen-year-old atheist Simone Turner-Bloom's life changes in unexpected ways when her parents convince her to make contact with her biological mother, an agnostic from a Jewish family who is losing her battle with cancer.

Turner, Ann. Hard Hit. YA/ TUR
Sixteen-year-old Mark has an eviable life. But when his dad is diagnosed with cancer, everything Mark believed in--love, God, the future--is called into question, and he finds himself wishing he were in anyone's shoes but his own.

Wood, Maryrose. Sex Kittens and Horn Dawgs Fall In Love. YA/ WOO
Meet Felicia, 14-year-old student at the Manhattan Free Children’s School (also known as the Pound). In Felicia’s world, she and her best friends, Jess and Kat, like to refer to themselves as the Sex Kittens, and the boys they know as the Horn Dawgs. Felicia is getting tired of waiting for a Horn Dawg to notice her uniqueness, however. So she devises a project she and the object of her affection, Matthew the Science Brain, can work on together. Felicia is determined to discover the Secret of Love with Matthew while winning both Matthew’s heart and the science fair. But love has other plans. (Doesn’t it always?)

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Adoff, Jaime. Jimi and Me. YA/ ADO
After his father is murdered, Keith discovers comfort in his own music and that of his father's idol, the late legend Jimi Hendrix. Just as he begins to get a handle on his father's death, Keith learns secrets about his father's life.

Dessen, Sarah. The Truth About Forever. YA/ DES
Faced with a long, dull summer while her boyfriend is away at Brain Camp, Macy is surprised when things don't turn out as badly as she expected in this novel about a teen coming to terms with her emotions after the death of her father.

Gross, Philip. Turn To Stone. YA/ GRO
Nick, a sixteen-year-old runaway, is selected for training at a secluded mansion to become one of the elite of living statues, actors who can live a life of ease if they are willing to train hard enough and please their mysterious benefactor, but who may be destroyed if they do not measure up.

Kidd, Ronald. Monkey Town. YA/ KID
When her father hatches a publicity plan by arresting a local high school teacher for teaching about evolution, the resulting 1925 Scopes trial prompts fifteen-year-old Frances to rethink many of her beliefs.

Reiss, Kathryn. Blackthorn Winter. YA/ REI
An idyllic seaside artists' colony in England is the scene of murder, and fifteen-year-old American-born Juliana Martin-Drake attempts to solve the crime while unraveling the mystery of her own past.

Westerfeld, Scott. Peeps. YA/ WES
One year ago, Cal Thompson was a college freshman more interested in meeting girls and partying in New York City than in attending classes. Now, after a fateful encounter with a mysterious woman, biology has become, literally, Cal's life.

Vande Velde, Vivian. Witch Dreams. YA/ VAN
Sixteen-year-old Nyssa uses her ability to see into people's dreams to discover who murdered her parents six years ago.

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