Teenscape LaGrange

Congratulations to all who participated and won prizes in the Young Adult Summer Reading Program Creature Feature– you set a new record! Way to go!

YOUNG ADULT MOVIES IN THE LIBRARY
Thursday, September 14th at 4 pm, and Friday, October 13th at 7 pm.
Step into our lovely Library Theatre, help yourself to some popcorn, pop open the drink you brought, and settle down to a great movie on our sizeable screen. In September the selection will be I, Robot, the great Isaac Asimov science fiction tale. And on Friday, the 13th of October, join us for the creepy classic film Night of the Living Dead.

OMIGOSH – IT’S ORIGAMI
Thursday, September 28, 4:00 –5:00 pm
It doesn’t matter if you’re all thumbs at paper folding – join us anyway! We’ll try our hands at making a few simple shapes – including a jumping frog and a dollar-bill ring. (BTW – nice try, but bring your own dollar bill!)

TEEN BOOK DISCUSSIONS
Thursday, September 21 and Thursday, October 19, 4:00-5:30 pm
The teen book discussions continue in September with Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen, a clever story told from two (very different) points of view. In October, we’ll discuss Rodman Philbrick’s The Last Book in the Universe, a futuristic look at a grim America where reading has gone way out of style. Please join us for snacks and thought-provoking discussion! Register in the YA Department beginning August 22.

BANNED BOOKS WEEK
September 17 through October 8
Fight for it! Demonstrate it! Celebrate it! Demand it! For decades, librarians and other intelligent readers have fought hard to preserve your right to read whatever books you choose – and the fight still goes on! Demonstrate your commitment to an open-minded America by reading a banned book during our three-week celebration, and enter to win a button or a T-shirt that tells the world how you feel. Look for displays and entry forms in the Young Adult and Reference Departments. Use your freedom to choose!

TEEN READ WEEK
October 15 through 21
How do you live an active life? Is it through sports? Volunteering? Community groups? Share your ideas during this year’s Teen Read Week: Get active @ Your Library! Check out the display during this week near the Young Adult desk to find some cool ways to get active, and enter to win a great prize while you’re at it!

TRUE GHOST STORIES AND CANDY SWAP
Saturday, October 28, 7:00-8:30 pm (after the Library is closed!)
Back again, by popular demand – it’s the second annual Teen Halloween True Ghost Story and Candy Swap. Have you – or one of your friends – had an encounter with a ghost or a haunted place? Come and share your stories and help us creep each other out. Bring a friend and a whole bag of candy to swap and share. PIZZA WILL BE SERVED! Registration is required and begins October 1. Stop by the Young Adult Department, call 352-0576 x 35, or email Noël at zethmayrn@lagrangelibrary.org.

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Almond, David. Clay. YA/ ALM
The developing relationship between teenager Davie and a mysterious new boy in town morphs into something darker and more sinister when Davie learns firsthand of the boy's supernatural powers.

Armstrong, Jennifer. Keepers of the Flame. YA/ ARM
After a virus destroys most of the world's adult population, a group of children are delighted to discover a colony of adult survivors in a Florida shopping mall, but soon find that they are not as friendly as they appear. [Fire-us trilogy; v.2]

De La Cruz, Melissa. Blue Bloods. YA/ DEL
Schuyler Van Alen is a sophomore at a prestigious private school steeped in vampire legend and lore. Upon her 15th birthday, she is alarmed to find herself having strange flashbacks to ancient times.

Grant, K.M. Green Jasper. YA/ GRA
Having returned to a politically unstable England after the Crusades, brothers Will and Gavin--with the help of the red horse Hosanna--attempt to rescue their friend Ellie who is being held prisoner by an enemy of King Richard I. [Sequel to Blood-Red Horse]

Gauthier, Gail. Happy Kid! YA/ GAU
After his mother bribes him into reading a self-help book on how to form satisfying relationships and enjoy a happy life, cynical eighth-grader Kyle finds there may be more to the book than he realized.

Kennen, Ally. Beast. YA/ KEN
Stephen is always in trouble or on his way to trouble. But none of his problems compare to the problem of The Beast--his biggest secret and his biggest challenge.

Levithan, David. The Full Spectrum: A New Generation Of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, And Other Identities. YA/ FUL
Original poems, essays, and stories by young adults in their teens and early twenties are included about a variety of subjects about gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, and transitioning young people.

Lupica, Mike. Travel Team. YA/ LUP
After he is cut from his travel basketball team, the very same team that his father once led to national prominence, twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory.

Patterson, James. School’s Out Forever. YA/ PAT
After a short stay with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and live a normal life, the six genetically-altered, winged youths head toward Florida and Max's ultimate destiny--to save the world, whether she wants to or not.

Reeve, Philip. Infernal Devices. YA/ REE
Nearly twenty years after the city of Anchorage settled down on the shores of the Dead Continent of America, Tom and Hester are leading quiet, peaceful lives. Their wild adventures happened so long ago that they seem like little more than stories told to children -- children such as their own daughter, Wren, who is so exquisitely bored that she'd welcome any sort of excitement. . . . So when a trio of Lost Boys asks her to steal the mysterious and deadly Tin Book of Anchorage, Wren is only too happy to help. But the theft goes wrong, and the Lost Boys steal Wren, too, leaving Tom and Hester no choice: They must abandon their peaceful life and rescue their daughter. Their search will reunite them with enemies they thought they'd left behind forever, will ask of them sacrifices that no parent can make, and will cost one of them everything that matters most. [Hungry City Chronicles]

Roberts, Katherine. I Am the Great Horse. YA/ ROB
This thundering epic about young Alexander the Great's fierce, battle-seeking stallion comes straight from the horse's mouth.

Roberts, Laura Peyton. Queen B. YA/ ROB
Now dating Kevin, high school sophomore Cassie struggles with her insecurities and learns some lessons about friendship and dating, while also trying to direct the school talent show.

Rosoff, Meg. Just In Case. YA/ ROS
After finding his younger brother teetering on the edge of his balcony, fifteen-year-old David Case realizes the fragility of life and senses impending doom.

Smith, Sherri L. Sparrow. YA/ SMI
After the death of the beloved grandmother who raised her, high-school student Kendall Washington travels to New Orleans expecting to be taken in by her only living relative, an aunt, but the reunion does not go as planned.

Wilkins, Rose. So Super Stylish. YA/ WIL
Sixteen-year-old Octavia Clairbrook-Cleeve is trying to maintain a low profile at her new public school, but with her actress-mother's new romance in all the tabloids, Octavia's life is just too complicated.

Westerfeld, Scott. Specials. YA/ WES
Transformed from a repellent ugly into a super-model pretty, Tally is now a special, a super-amped fighting machine. Her mission is to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid. Yet she's never been very good at playing by the rules.

Westerfeld, Scott. Touching Darkness. YA/ WES
As they continue to battle evil creatures living in an hour hidden at midnight, Jessica and her new friends learn about Bixby, Oklahoma's shadowy past, and uncover a deadly conspiracy that reaches beyond the secret hour. [Midnighters series]

bibliographies copyrighted 2006 BWI

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