Are you burning with desire for the release of New Moon the movie? The anticipation is building for November 20th!! You might be wondering how Jake will look as a wolf and how Bella’s dark gloom will be portrayed on the big screen. If you want some sneak peaks of trailers from the film go to the New Moon website.  You could also reread the book or look up other books about the series.

The Pike Branch of IMCPL is hosting a New Moon Fest on November 17th at 5 pm. There will be New Moon scene dramatic interpretations, the chance learn and share trivia about the making of the movie, and you can even learn how to make yourself glow like a vampire. Come dressed as you favorite vamp or were if you dare!

The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Moon: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion

What, Halloween is when? Yes, Halloween is at the end of the week and how ready are you? How do you and your family handle the Halloween issue?  Do you have any special plans like a party of some sort, participating in some form of trick or treating, reading a scary book or watching a horror movie, or maybe just remembering the good old days? So when and how did Halloween start (Link to Wikipedia )? For more information check out some of these other website listed below about activities around Indianapolis along with any myths and maybe you are able to find some answer to your Halloween questions.

Websites:

Link of Halloween activities in Indianapolis Area

Downtown Activities

History & Myths of Halloween

Don’t forget to check out what your local branch has in store for the Halloween and the fall season (like a movie, a special Seasonal story time or party).  If nothing else try one of the titles listed books below.

Titles:

Tempted: An It Girl Novel
by Cecily Von Ziegesar   TEEN FIC VON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trickery Treat: An Original Novel by Diana G. Gallagher   TEEN FIC GAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kyle XY: Nowhere To Hide by S. G. Wilkens   TEEN FIC WIL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

All Hallows’ Eve: 13 Stories by Vivian Vande Velde   TEEN FIC VAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong   TEEN FIC ARM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Nancy A Collins:

Vamps   TEEN FIC COL 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Night Life   TEEN FIC COL 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After Dark   TEEN FIC COL 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Jack: Secret Histories by F. Paul Wilson   TEEN FIC WIL

 Want to join a book club that goes beyond reality? The Pass the Book program @ IMCPL is just for you! It’s easy to do and you don’t need anything to participate. 

The event will kick off this Friday October 2nd at the First Friday Event at Central Library. After Friday you can get a special Pass-the-Book copy at your local IMCPL branch or–starting October 5th–at five Indianapolis schools. 

When you get your copy you log it in at www.imcpl.org/pass , read it, and pass it on to a friend. When you log and pass the miles traveled will be “logged” and you can see where the book you had has traveled and what other readers thought about it. 

The books are all by John Green, an Indianapolis native. The three titles; An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and Looking for Alaska. All three books are hilarious, quirky and wildly entertaining. Once you read one you’ll want to read the other two.

REMEMBER: The books that you’ll pass around, once the program starts on Friday, will be specially prepared paperbacks, NOT the copies that you can request off this blog page.

Protect your first amendment rights! This week, September 26th-October 3rd is Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week was founded in 1982 by the American Library Association as a way to celebrate the freedom of expression of the written word. Banning books can be very dangerous because it limit’s a diversity of opinion. If everyone read the same thing then humans would not formulate new ideas that can lead to innovations in social, civil, arts, and political spheres.

A few frequently challenged books are The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the Harry Potter series, Forever by Judy Blume, and the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey. Some of the reasons these books were challenged were for being unsuitable for age group, anti-family, occultism, and sexual content. Check out the list at http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

Here are some challenged teen books you can find at IMCPL:

 

Forever by Judy Blume

 Katie, an IMCPL patron,  had this to say about Forever:

this book is a very good book! i loved it!!! it has a lot of good advice in it and it it will grab your attention when u first start reading it!!! Judy BL\lume is one of my favorite authors too………i really enjoy her books! if u like her too then i recommend u read this book!
 

 

      

TTYL by Lauren Myracle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories by Chris Crutcher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones

What is a graphic novel?  A “graphic novel” is a longer version of a comic book story that offers a more complex storyline, comparable to a novel. According to the ComicBookPedia website, the term “graphic novel” was first coined by Richard Kyle in 1964, mainly as an attempt to distinguish the newly translated works from Europe which were then being published from what Kyle perceived as the more juvenile subject matter that was so common in the United States.
According to the Internet Wikipedia, a “graphic novel” is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using the comics form.  The term is employed in a broad manner, encompassing non-fiction works and thematically linked short stories as well as fictional stories across a number of genres.  Graphic novels using the same materials and method as print books are typically bound in a longer, more durable format then comic magazines.
Don’t know where to or how to start? Try any of the titles found on the American Library Association’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens.

Here are a few titles to get you started:

Maximum Ride 1 by NaRae Lee   TEEN 741.5 LEE v.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Life Sucks by Jessica Abe   TEEN 741.5 ABE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventure in Japan by Aimee Major Steinberger   741.5 STE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Skim by Mariko Tamaki   TEEN 741.5 TAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Laika by Nick Abadzis   741.5 ABA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis   jB Sis, Peter Sis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Transformers. Revenge of the Fallen by Chris Mowry Teen   741.5 MOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

THE BONE SERIES:

Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith   TEEN 741.5 BONE SMI V.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith   TEEN 741.5 BONE SMI v. 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  DRAGON BALL

Dragon Ball Vol. 6 by Akira Toriyama   TEEN 741.5 TOR v. 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Dragon Ball Z Vol. 6 by Akira Toriyama   TEEN 741.5 TOR v.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

BUFFY!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Pale Reflections by Andi Watson   TEEN 741.5 Buffy W3374p

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Crash Test Demons by Andi Watson   TEEN 741.5 Buffy W3374c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

GRAPHIC CLASSICS

Ambrose Bierce by Ambrose Bierce   TEEN 741.5 BIE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

H. P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft   TEEN 741.5 L8978h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

H. G. Wells by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells   TEEN 741.5 W4543h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe   TEEN 741.5 P743e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arthur Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle Sir   TEEN 741.5 D7541a