http://brookline.ehclients.com/teen-blog/entries/ en rbrenner@minlib.net Copyright 2010 2010-03-08T19:40:21+00:00 http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/shelf-respect/ http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/shelf-respect/#When:20:40:21Z Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com. 2010-03-08T20:40:21+00:00 http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/robins-reading-going-bovine/ http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/robins-reading-going-bovine/#When:15:12:19Z “Can Cameron find what he’s looking for? All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure—if he’s willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most.” So far, intriguing!  This title won the Printz Award this January, and I’m happy to finally be able to read it. 2010-03-05T15:12:19+00:00 http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/bento-making-manga-anime-club/ http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/bento-making-manga-anime-club/#When:19:35:08Z 2010-03-04T19:35:08+00:00 http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/teen-literature-book-club-rescheduled-this-week-wednesday-the-24th/ http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/teen-literature-book-club-rescheduled-this-week-wednesday-the-24th/#When:02:28:37Z Please join us on February 24th at 7pm, rescheduled after our last meeting was canceled, for our discussion of Graceling. If you attend, you could win a signed copy of the companion title, Fire. This month’s discussion: Graceling by Kristin Cashore.  If you need a copy of the book, you can pick one up at the Main Library at the Circulation Desk—just ask for a copy of the Teen Literature Book Club title! In the Seven Kingdoms, children are born with special powers, or graces, and Katsa has a grace both feared and envied: the grace for killing. A king’s human weapon, Katsa secretly uses her training for good, but when a neighboring prince goes missing, she must use every skill she has to save her world. 2010-02-23T02:28:37+00:00 http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/valentines-day-cupcake-cake-pop-decorating-party/ http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/valentines-day-cupcake-cake-pop-decorating-party/#When:18:56:24Z 2010-02-16T18:56:24+00:00 http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/valentines-day-hello-cupcake-decorating-party/ http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/valentines-day-hello-cupcake-decorating-party/#When:18:04:33Z Teens in grades 7 to 12 are invited to celebrate by decorating cupcakes and making cake pops for their Valentines. Decorate a cupcake to let someone know how you feel, show your favorite story, or disguise your cupcake as something else entirely. Date: Friday, February 12, 2010 Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm Location: Main Library, Hunneman Hall 2010-01-30T18:04:33+00:00 http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/shelf-respect-teen-literature-book-club-meeting-february-10th/ http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/shelf-respect-teen-literature-book-club-meeting-february-10th/#When:17:55:20Z Please join us on February 10th for our discussion of Graceling. If you attend, you could win a signed copy of the companion title, Fire. This month’s discussion: Graceling by Kristin Cashore.  If you need a copy of the book, you can pick one up at the Main Library at the Circulation Desk—just ask for a copy of the Teen Literature Book Club title! In the Seven Kingdoms, children are born with special powers, or graces, and Katsa has a grace both feared and envied: the grace for killing. A king’s human weapon, Katsa secretly uses her training for good, but when a neighboring prince goes missing, she must use every skill she has to save her world. 2010-01-30T17:55:20+00:00 http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/william-c.-morris-award/ http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/william-c.-morris-award/#When:00:00:29Z The William C. Morris YA Debut Award, first awarded in 2009, honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature. The award’s namesake is William C. Morris, an influential innovator in the publishing world and an advocate for marketing books for children and young adults. Bill Morris left an impressive mark on the field of children’s and young adult literature. He was beloved in the publishing field and the library profession for his generosity and marvelous enthusiasm for promoting literature for children and teens. You can find out more about the Morris Award here. 2010-01-27T00:00:29+00:00 http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/flash-burnout/ http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/flash-burnout/#When:23:43:11Z William C. Morris Award Winner, 2010 “Fifteen-year-old Blake has a girlfriend and a friend who’s a girl. One of them loves him; the other one needs him. nbsp; When he snapped a picture of a street person for his photography homework, Blake never dreamed that the woman in the photo was his friend Marissa’s long-lost meth addicted mom. Blake’s participation in the ensuing drama opens up a world of trouble, both for him and for Marissa. He spends the next few months trying to reconcile the conflicting roles of Boyfriend and Friend. His experiences range from the comic (surviving his dad’s birth control talk) to the tragic (a harrowing after-hours visit to the morgue). In a tangle of life and death, love and loyalty, Blake will emerge with a more sharply defined snapshot of himself.” 2010-01-26T23:43:11+00:00 http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/ash/ http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/teen-blog/entries/ash/#When:20:44:13Z William C. Morris Award Finalist, 2010 “In this variation on the Cinderella story, Ash grows up believing in the fairy realm that the king and his philosophers have sought to suppress, until one day she must choose between a handsome fairy cursed to love her and the King’s Huntress whom she loves.” 2010-01-26T20:44:13+00:00