Price, Sean Stewart. Cixi: Evil Empress of China? YA B CIX

Brooks, Philip. Hannibal: Rome’s Worst Nightmare. YA B HAN

Fantaskey, Beth. Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. YA/ FAN
Seventeen-year-old Jessica, adopted and raised in Pennsylvania, learns that she is descended from a royal line of Romanian vampires and that she is betrothed to a vampire prince, who poses as a foreign exchange student while courting her.

Gilman, David. The Devil’s Breath. YA/ GIL
When fifteen-year-old Max Gordon's environmentalist-adventurer father goes missing while working in Namibia and Max becomes the target of a would-be assassin at his school in England, he decides he must follow his father to Africa and find him before they both are killed.

Hapka, Catherine. Something Borrowed. YA/ HAP
When Ava gets dumped by her boyfriend, she's pretty upset. He wasn't the love of her life or anything, but with her sister's wedding - a.k.a. the social event of the season - just two weeks away, Ava's got to save face by finding someone cute and fun to bring as her date. With the clock ticking and no dates in sight, Ava asks her best friend if she can "borrow" her boyfriend, Jason, for the night. What do you do when Mr. Right is wrapped up in a package that belongs to your best friend?

Myers, Walter Dean. Dope Sick. YA/ MYE
Seeing no way out of his difficult life in Harlem, seventeen-year-old Jeremy "Lil J" Dance flees into a house after a drug deal goes awry and meets a weird man who shows different turning points in Lil J's life when he could have made better choices.

Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl. YA/ SMI
Dreaming of being a pilot her whole life, Ida Mae Jones sees her chance during World War II, but she cannot be accepted into the WASP because she is black, forcing Ida Mae to choose between her racial heritage and chasing her dream.

>Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist. YA DVD FEA NIC

Card, Orson Scott. A War of Gifts. YA/ F/CAR/ CD BOOK
In a short novel set during Ender Wiggins's first years at Battle School, where it is forbidden to celebrate religious holidays, chaos erupts when older student Dink Meeker places a gift in another student's shoe on Sinterklaaus Day, a small act of rebellion that ignites a struggle between the students and staff and forces everyone to make a choice during the War over Santa Claus.

Beck. Modern Guilt. YA/ CD/ MUSIC/ BEC

Slipknot: Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses. YA/ CD/ MUSIC/ SLI

Farr, Michael. Top 100 Careers Without a Four-Year Degree. YA/ 331.702/ TOP
Your complete guidebook to major jobs in many fields. Explore careers that don’t require a bachelor’s degree, assess which ones match your skills, and get the job you want quickly.

Halpin, Mikki. >It’s Your World- If You Don’t Like It, Change It. Activism for Teenagers. YA/ 361.2/ HAL
All the issues you care about- and now you can do something about them. Shows you how to act on your beliefs, no matter what they are, and make a difference.

Burch, Jennings Micheal. They Cage the Animals at Night. YA/ 362.7/ BUR
The true story of an abandoned child’s struggle for emotional survival.

Doe, Jon & Jayne. Jon & Jayne’s Guide to Getting Through School (Mostly Intact). YA/ 373.18/ DOE
#3 in the Series. Their latest in dealing with the good, the bad, and the grungy- in the halls, the classrooms, the field, the lunchroom and everyplace in between. Covers all the best and worst in teachers, classes, homework, and studying.

The Best of Instructables. DIY Projects from the World’s Biggest Show and Tell. YA/600/ BES
120+ step-by-step instructions, photos, diagrams, tips and tricks on so much.

Marisa C. Weiss, M.D. and Isabel Friedman. Taking Care of Your “Girls”. YA/ 618.19/ WEI
A Breast health guide for girls, teens, and in-betweens. Covers a huge list of worries, misconceptions, feelings and emotions, and information.

Fagerstrom, Derek, Lauren Smith and the Show Me Team. Show Me How. YA/640/ FAG
500 things you should know. An illustrated, step-by-step guide to performing hundreds of tasks features minimal-text visual demonstrations of tasks ranging from everyday chores to unusual activities, including CPR, cheating at poker, and making authentic sushi rolls.

Leonetti, Mike. Hockey Now! YA/ 796.962/ LEO
The puck has dropped on the latest edition of Hockey Now! Over 75 informative, action-packed profiles on the NHL’s best and brightest stars, with more than 150 game-action photos.

Franco, Betsy. Falling Hard. 100 Love Poems by Teenagers. YA/ 811.6/ FAL
The poets are straight, gay, lesbian, bi, or transgender. They live next door or across an ocean; they are innocent or experienced; their lyric explorations range from new love to stale love, obsession to ennui, ecstasy to heartbreak, and every nuance in between. Whether the romantic escapades described are touching, comical, or tragic, whether the feelings expressed are tender and sweet or brutal and biting, readers will find the love these young poets openly share to be exquisitely, excruciatingly, endlessly fascinating.

Aronson, Marc. Unsettled: the problem of loving Israel. YA/ 956.94/ ARO
An exploration of the history of Israel, it's relationships with its neighboring countries, and questions about what Israel should be.

Kamara, Mariatu. The Bite of the Mango. YA/ 966.4/ KAM
Mariatu led a carefree childhood growing up in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Africa, until the fateful day she was sent to fetch food from a nearby village. Armed rebels attacked, many no older than 12 year old Mariatu herself. Among the horrors that occurred that day, the young rebels brutally cut off Mariatu’s hands. In The Bite of the Mango Mariatu shares her unforgettable story of immense courage, resilience, and hope.

Marchetta, Melina. Jellicoe Road. YA/ MAR
Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.

McNab, Andy and Rigby, Robert. Avenger. YA/ MCN
Seventeen-year-old Danny, his grandfather, Fergus, who is an ex-SAS explosives expert, and friend Elena set out to stop the evil computer hacker who is sending teenaged suicide bombers to their deaths around the world. Third book in the series.

Napoli, Donna Jo. The Smile. YA/ NAP
In Renaissance Italy, Elisabetta longs for romance, and when Leonardo da Vinci introduces her to Guiliano de Medici, whose family rules Florence but is about to be deposed, she has no inkling of the romance--and sorrow--that will ensue.

Pratchett, Terry. Nation. YA/ PRA
After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives.

Scott, Michael. The Magician: The secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel YA/ SCO
Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman continue their magical training in Paris with Nicholas Flamel, Scatty, and the Comte de Sant Germaine, pursued by Doctor Dee and the immortal Niccolo Machiavelli.

Watson, Sasha. Vidalia in Paris. YA/ WAT
Teenage Vidalia's summer in Paris studying art settles into a stimulating and enjoyable routine until she becomes romantically involved with a mysterious young man who seems to have ties to an art-theft ring.

Brashares, Ann. 3 Willows: the sisterhood grows. YA/ BRA
Ama, Jo, and Polly, three close friends from Bethesda, Maryland, spend the summer before ninth grade learning about themselves, their families, and the changing nature of their friendship.

Godbersen, Anna. Envy. YA/ GOD
Manhattan's most envied residents appear of have everything they desire: wealth, beauty, happiness. But sometimes the most practiced smiles hide the most scandalous secrets.

Jones, Carrie. >Need. YA/ JON
Depressed after the death of her stepfather, high school junior Zara goes to live with her grandmother in a small Maine town, where new friends tell Zara the strange man she keeps seeing may be a pixie king, and that only "were" creatures can stop him from taking souls.

Lanagan, Margo. Tender Morsels. YA/ LAN
A young woman who has endured unspeakable cruelties is magically granted a safe haven apart from the real world and allowed to raise her two daughters in this alternate reality, until the barrier between her world and the real one begins to break down.

Schrefer, Eliot. The School for Dangerous Girls. YA/ SCH
Sent to a remote, run-down reform school in Colorado, fifteen-year-old Angela is placed with the better girls, but upon learning that her "dangerous" friends are being isolated and left to live as animals, she takes radical steps to join them and help them escape.

Stoffels, Karlijn. Heartsinger YA/ STO
Smee was born with a great gift: the ability to sing other people's stories and heal their pain. But Smee also carries his own pain -- his failure to reach his deaf mother and heal her grief at his father's death. As he travels the country, he eases many people's sorrows, but he cannot connect with anyone himself.

Stork, Francisco X. Marcelo in the Real World. YA/ STO
Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear--part of the autism-like impairment no doctor has been able to identify--and he's always attended a special school where his differences have been protected. But the summer after his junior year, his father demands that Marcelo work in his law firm's mailroom in order to experience "the real world." There Marcelo meets Jasmine, his beautiful and surprising coworker, and Wendell, the son of another partner in the firm. He learns about competition and jealousy, anger and desire. But it's a picture he finds in a file -- a picture of a girl with half a face -- that truly connects him with the real world: its suffering, its injustice, and what he can do to fight.

Tan, Shaun. Tales From Outer Suburbia. YA/ TAN
Fifteen illustrated short stories, some humorous and some haunting, set in the Australian suburbs.

Weingarten, Lynn. Wherever Nina Lies. YA/ WEI
Two years after the disappearance of her older sister, sixteen-year-old Ellie goes on a quest to find her.

Cooney, Caroline B. Driver’s Ed. YA/ COO
Three teenagers' lives are changed forever when they thoughtlessly steal a stop sign from a dangerous intersection and a young mother is killed in an automobile accident there.

Hill, Lexie. Kissing Booth. YA/ HIL
Lisi has never been kissed. Sure, she could practice on her guy friend, Johnny, but he’s like a brother to her! So when it comes time to pick a theme for the Spring Carnival booth, Lisi suggests a "Kissing Booth," hoping it will give her the chance to get a cheek-kiss from her crush, the handsome, popular Brett. But on the day of the carnival, as rumors fly and kisses are stolen, Lisi discovers that the person she should really kiss may have been right in front of her all along.

Hughes, Dean. Search and Destroy. YA/ HUG
Hearing stories about the front lines of Vietnam, Rick Ward is eager to see the drama for himself and so joins the Charlie Rangers to make sure he finds himself in the midst of all the action, but his plans for pushing himself to the limit become reality soon enough when he finds himself in the heart of the deadly fight and sees just how ugly war truly is.

James, Sabrina. Be Mine. YA/ JAM
Valentine's Day is fast approaching at North Ridge High! And this year, the school is sponsoring a "Most Romantic Couple" contest. Everyone wants to win - including Jennifer, who's not going to let the fact that she doesn't actually have a boyfriend stop her! Original.

Jordan, Dream. Hot Girl. YA/ JOR
Kate, a fourteen-year-old Brooklyn girl and former gang member, risks losing her first good foster family when she adopts the risqué ways of her flirtatious new friend, Naleejah.

Marsden, John. Circle of Flight. The Ellie Chronicles. YA/ MAR
Ellie is a fighter. She has faith in her own abilities. But she's not Superwoman. Not all battles can be won with a gun and bullets, and never has she faced enemies so ruthless or so brutal. Whether she has friends at her side or stands alone, for Ellie, enemies are everywhere. Life as she knows it is about to change. John Marsden's explosive finale to The Ellie Chronicles pushes Ellie to the edge in a tense, gripping, and completely surprising conclusion.

Melling, O. R. The Light-Bearer’s Daughter. YA/ MEL
In exchange for the granting of her heart's desire, twelve-year-old Dana agrees to make an arduous journey to Lugnaquillia through the land of Faerie in order to warn King Lugh, second in command to the High King, that an evil destroyer has entered the Mountain Kingdom.

Ruditis, Paul. Drama! The Four Dorothys. YA/ RUD
The students at the Orion Academy put on a musical based on the Wizard of Oz. Due to their egotism, four of them have the part of Dorothy, but as opening night approaches, the Dorothys drop out of the show one-by-one. Bryan Stark must find out why in order to keep the musical from being cancelled.

Ruditis, Paul. Drama! Show, Don’t Tell. YA/ RUD
The Renaissance Faire has come to town! Okay, so the exclamation point doesn't make it any cooler, but Sam is overjoyed to reunite with her former faire folk. Bryan, on the other hand, can do without all the "thees," "thous," and, oh yes man tights. But he'd best take part in the festivities lest he lose his head with Sam doing the chopping.

Ruditis, Paul. Drama! Entrances and Exits. YA/ RUD
It’s time for the Fall One-Act Festival and Hope gets the honored privilege of debuting her very first original play. It seems as if nothing could go wrong, but with a lot of raging hormones, it will be a wonder if the play goes off at all.

Vivian, Siobhan. Same Difference. YA/ VIV
Feeling left out since her long-time best friend started a serious relationship, sixteen-year-old Emily looks forward to a summer program at the Philadelphia College of Art but is not sure she is up to the challenges to be faced there, including finding herself and learning to balance life and art.

The Aeneid
All the King’s Men
Anna Karenina
As I Lay Dying

Wuthering Heights

All- time Hits for Easy Guitar. YA/ m786.2/ ALL
21 classic hits including Hound Dog, Love Me Do, My Generation and Wonderful Tonight.

PERFORM AT THE LIBRARY
Have a show, but need a mid-sized, local performance space? The Library is looking for teen actors, musicians, poets, and other performers to perform for the public in the Dierkes Community Room, which seats about 100. Perfect venue for acoustic musical performance, chamber strings, vocal groups, poetry readings, and minimalist theater. If you would like your group to be considered, call Noël or email her at zethmayrn@lagrangelibrary.org.

TEEN TUESDAY FILMS AT THE LIBRARY
Tuesdays, March 10 and April 14, 7 – 8:45 p.m.

When his band votes him out due to his embarrassing musical antics, Dewey (Jack Black) has to make the rent somehow. We’ll see how he pulls off substitute teaching in School of Rock (Rated PG-13). In April, we’ll venture into the depths of the Amazon jungle to seek The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Free popcorn, drinks, and concession candy will be served. Don’t forget to register!

BABYSITTING CLINIC
Monday, March 23, 4 - 6:30 pm and Monday, March 30, 4 – 5:30 pm

Instructor George Scukanec from the Willowbrook Park District will be your guide through this 4-hour, hands-on clinic, covering baby and child care, first aid, and babysitter training. If you attend both sessions, you will receive your official Babysitting Certification at the end of the second class! Cost: $10.00, payable at registration. Open to ages 11-15. Registration, in person, is limited to 16 and ends March 15.

TEEN FANTASY BOOK CLUB
Sundays, March 15 and April 19, 2 - 3 p.m.

Our Teen Fantasy Book Club meets one Sunday every month. In March, join us for a discussion of Mister Monday by Garth Nix. In April, we’ll turn to Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. Come discuss great fantasy books with your friends while enjoying some tasty snacks! Copies of Mister Monday will be available for checkout at the Patron Services desk beginning February 15. Don’t forget to register!