Teen Scene

New Moon

No Shadow — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:29 +0000

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

Veterans´ Day

No Shadow — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:00:38 +0000

What is Veterans’ Day? It’s one of the days each year when we as a Nation honor every person (past and present) that has played some role in the Armed Services. Why do we celebrate Veterans’ Day? It’s just one way of showing our respect and saying “thank you” to the people that put their lives on the line for us. Do you have someone in your family that is a Veteran of a War? If so what kind of stories and experiences have you heard?
Did you know there is a difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day? Yes, there is more than just Governmental and Post Office, Schools, and Banks closing for the day.
Don’t forget to say a big “THANK YOU” to any Veterans you know and see (friends, family, church, school teachers, etc) and this can be done by either a Thank You note or call, volunteering to do yard or house work, or take them a meal just to name a few.
To find out more about Veterans Day check out these websites:
* Wikipedia: Veterans’ Day
* Infoplease: Veterans’ Day

Wicked Lovely, by Melissa Marr

No Shadow — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:40 +0000

Aislinn has had a special gift all her life. A gift that is magical, but one that could also put her life in much danger. Aislinn can see faeries. Set in a modern day urban environment, Wicked Lovely is the story of Aislinn and the choices she must make not only for herself, but for the survival of the world as we know it.

For most of her life, Aislinn has been told by her grandmother to pretend she cannot see faeries. Faeries hate being seen by humans, and can often be mischievous and harmful to those who see into their world. Aislinn has been able keep up the charade until Keenan, the Summer King, enters her life. Keenan believes Aislinn is meant to be his Summer Queen and help him defeat his mother, the Winter Queen. Ultimately, Aislinn must choose between Keenan and her best friend and other love interest, Seth. Teens and adults alike will love reading Aislinn’s story. In Wicked Lovely, the author does a wonderful job of touching on first love, and the notion that sometimes life will lead you down a path you never expected.

Halloween!

No Shadow — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:00:54 +0000

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

Teen Read Week: Read Beyond Reality

No Shadow — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:00:50 +0000

Go on, admit. You read for fun. We all do. It’s something to do on the bus ride, while you’re waiting on Mom/Dad or a thousand other things. We’re not talking about homework here. This is just sitting down and cracking open a book and immersing yourself in a good story. YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) is encouraging teens to read something out of this world with Teen Read Week from October 18-24. This year’s theme is “Read Beyond Reality @ your local library.”

Check out your local branch to see what’s planned for the week. Events range from a bookmark contest, a book review and drawing, “Weird Jeopardy” and more. There should be something for everyone. If that’s not your speed, just pick up a book and read something that you’ve never read before. Stretch yourself, have some fun!

And you can drop a comment below about the books you’ve read. It could be your favorite book of all time. Or one that REALLY sucked. Either way, you’ll be sharing your ideas with others and helping them to read for the fun of it.

See you at the library!

Library Booksale

No Shadow — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:19:32 +0000

Do you want to build your own home library? Do you sometimes want to share books with friends? Want to avoid worrying about due dates and fines? Have I got a deal for you! Secondhand Prose, the Library’s book sale is a great place to rummage around and find great treasures and bargains. You’ll find all sorts of titles and subjects that are donated or discards from the library’s collection. Teen hardbacks are $1.00, paperbacks $ .50. The book sales are at the Library Services Center, 2450 North Meridian Street. The next one opens on Friday, November 13th, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, for members of Friends of the Library. If you’re not a Friends member, or once you have the book sale bug, try Saturday, November 14, 10-5pm, Sunday November 15, 12-4 pm. Friday November 20, 12-7:30 is half price day and Saturday, November 21, 10-4 pm is $5 a bag day.

Pass the Book!

No Shadow — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:55:01 +0000

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.

Banned Books Week 2009

No Shadow — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:00:55 +0000

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

Age of Apocalypse: The Complete Epic

No Shadow — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:00:12 +0000

No longer is Professor X the leader of the X-men. No longer is Magneto a villain. No longer do the X-men live in the golden age of man, but struggle and fight for a better day in the Age of Apocalypse. Everything you think you know about the X-men you can forget. In this classic, four part miniseries, the X-men struggle to find their purpose in a dangerous and unforgiving age of Apocalypse. Guided by their leader, Magneto, the X-Men find hope that there is a better tomorrow and world without the rule of Apocalypse. This first part has all the makings of a genuine classic graphic novel; new people, exciting stories, and devastating consequences. Looking for a page turner, this is it. Want something that you absolutely cannot put down, this is it. I highly recommend this book for all ages; the number one graphic novel that I have read thus far, at your finger tips.

Graphic Novels

No Shadow — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:00:31 +0000

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