Every Crooked Pot by Renee Rosen

Every Crooked Pot by Renee Rosen 
Reviewed by Suzanne Dlugolonski, YA Librarian 
The cover of Every Crooked Pot is misleading.  Both the art and description led me to believe it was self-indulgent teen chick lit.  However, between the deceptive covers lies the beautiful telling of a poignant and profound coming-of-age story.   
As if adolescence is not laden with [...]

New YA Non-Fiction

Posted by Suzanne Dlugolonski, YA Librarian 
The following Non-Fiction titles have been added to the Young Adult Collection:
I Don’t Want to be Crazy by Samantha Schutz
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
Chew On This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know about Fast Food by Eric Schlosser & [...]

Guyaholic by Carolyn Mackler

Guyaholic by Carolyn Mackler

Reviewed by Suzanne Dlugolonski, YA Librarian 

Carolyn Mackler first introduced readers to Vivienne Vail Valentine, or V, in the coming-of-age Vegan Virgin Valentine.  In Guyaholic, feisty V is the heroine, graduating high school and dodging love. 
V does not want to end up like her mother, Aimee, zig zagging across the country in a succession [...]

New YA Fiction

 Posted by Suzanne Dlugolonski, YA Librarian

The following titles were added to the YA collection today:

Sold by Patricia McCormick, a National Book Award Finalist
From School Library Journal: As this heartbreaking story opens, 13-year-old Lakshmi lives an ordinary life in Nepal, going to school and thinking of the boy she is to marry. Then her gambling-addicted stepfather [...]

Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande

Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande 
Reviewed by Suzanne Dlugolonski, YA Librarian
Mena Reece, has just started 9th grade.  She’s always dreamed about how cool high school was going to be.  Mena never imagined she would start the school year with so many enemies!

While a member of a strict Christian denomination (it is [...]

Teen Read Week Bookmark Contest!

Posted by Suzanne Dlugolonski, YA Librarian
Teen Read Week Bookmark Contest Entry Form
Students in grades 6 - 12 are invited to design an original bookmark for Teen Read Week. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, October 11. There will be one Grand Prize Winner whose design will be printed on bookmarks and distributed at the library [...]

Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli 
Reviewed by Suzanne Dlugolonski, YA Librarian 
The original Stargirl was published in 2000 to rave reviews, and the sequel published this past August was well worth the wait.  Told from the point of view of Susan Stargirl Caraway, the reader learns what happened after the infamous Bunny Hop at the Mica High [...]

New Graphic Novels!

Posted by Suzanne Dlugolonski, YA Librarian
The following 6 titles were added to our Graphic Novel collection today:
Bone 1: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith
Bone 2: The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith
Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith
The Amazing Spiderman: Civil Warby J. Michael Straczynski
Ultimate Spiderman 3: Double Troubleby Brian Michael Bendis
Ultimate Spiderman [...]

New Young Adult Fiction!

Posted by Suzanne Dlugolonski, YA Librarian 

The following 14 titles were added to the YA collection today: 
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
I am Rembrandt’s Daughter by Lynn Cullen
The Loud Silence of Francine Green by Karen Cushman
Horns & Wrinkles by Joseph Helgerson
The Green Glass Sea [...]

Pants on Fire

Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
Reviewed by Suzanne Dlugolonski, YA Librarian
Already nostalgic for your summer vacation? Then Meg Cabot’s Pants on Fire may give you just the right dose of warm sun, lazy days, and teenage drama.
Katie Ellison is psyched for her senior year of high school. Her boyfriend is a star on the [...]