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oh, by the way…
Check out the New YA Book Display!
The theme this time around is Picture’s Books! Get in touch with your inner child with books such as:
I, Jack by Jack Perry
Tales from outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
Wolverine By Barry Lyga
And many others!
Stop by today and check it out! (or check out a book. :p)
(Flyers for the display COMING SOON!)
Lastly, make sure to let us know what your favorite children’s book is.
It’s Finally Here!
What Barnes & Nobel has to say: Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
To buy your very own copy click here!
or visit your local library. ;]
More About LitWorks!
Litworks is a teen read workshop where individuals from all over the United States gather to collaborate with authors and discuss their novels, ask questions and get the inside scoop on any potential sequels. In addition everyone has the opportunity to get their books signed and participate in fun activities!
A few of our favorite books from this years list include:
Perfect- Ellen Hopkins
Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they’d rather be. For four high-school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there. Everyone wants to be perfect, but when perfection loses its meaning, how far will you go? What would you give up to be “perfect”? A companion novel to Impulse.
Such a Pretty Face:Short Stories about Beauty - Ann Angel
A beauty queen with a chin-hair problem, an aspiring model who would rather take pictures than be in them, a boy in love with the gorgeous nurse he’s never seen, a girl named Beauty who feels like anything but—the teenagers in these stories feel the power of beauty, whether it’s to trap, save, torment, or comfort.
Stoner & Spaz – Ron Koertge
A 16-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who keeps afloat on his black humor and his love of movies, falls for a beautiful drug addict.
Get Well Soon – Julie Halpern
Anna Bloom is depressed—so depressed that her parents have committed her to a mental hospital with a bunch of other messed-up teens. Here she meets a roommate with a secret (and a plastic baby), a doctor who focuses way too much on her weight, and a cute, shy boy who just might like her. But wait! Being trapped in a loony bin isn’t supposed to be about making friends, losing weight, and having a crush, is it?
Runner – Carl Deuker
A thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Chance could have been a star runner in high school . . . but with a mother who walked out on him and a father battling alcoholism, the kind of running he does is much different, and much more dangerous, than runners on a high school track team. Drug smuggling, terrorism, explosions, and death–this book is sure to keep you reading.
For more books and information check out The Ridgewood High School website.
Quote #3
“Finishing a book is bittersweet. You spend days getting to know the characters. Learning their nuances, their faults, their loves, their lives. They become your friends, acquaintances, enemies. And after the story ends, you miss them. You look for them in your own life, wonder where they’ve gone, you forget that they aren’t real. You fall in love with the hero and dream of him at night. The strange girl becomes your best friend. Their heartaches become your heartaches. You laugh when they laugh. And cry when they die. Eventually you realise they aren’t a part of your world, you were just briefly visiting theirs.”
Litworks 2012
The official LitWorks site is up at Ridgenet.org! Click here to find out all the details of the upcoming LitWorks Teen Read Festival. LitWorks 2012 will feature authors Ellen Hopkins, Carl Deuker, Ann Angel, Julie Halpern, Ron Koertge, and Raina Telgemeier and will take place on Saturday, March 24th, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. starting at Eisenhower Public Library.
Quote #2
“There is something about libraries, old libraries, that makes them seem almost sacred. There’s a smell of paper and must and binding stuff. It’s like all the books are fighting against decay, against turning into dust, and at the same time fighting for attention.”
Need by Carrie Jones
Quote #1
“A book is a gift you can open again and again.”
– Garrison Keillor
