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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Books to Movies 2013

With the success of the Twilight Saga and Hunger Games, is it no wonder that teen books are being filmed? 2013 will continue to provide (many) YA authors with film adaptations of their books. Keep an eye out for the following films, and be sure to check out the book! A few more movies, including Hunger Games: Catching Fire, have not released the official trailer.

Beautiful Creatures

The Host

Warm Bodies

World War Z

Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Teens Top Ten 2012

bcplteens 10:02 AM

CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR'S TEENS' TOP TEN WINNERS. COME IN TO CHECKOUT OR RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY! ALL TITLES ARE AVAILABLE.

2012 Teens’ Top Ten Winners

1). Roth, Veronica

. Divergent. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books. 2011. (978-

0062024022). Abnegation (selfless), Erudite (intelligence), Candor (honesty), Amity

(peace), or Dauntless (brave): where would you fit? Beatrice lives in a society where

she must choose either to remain with her family’s faction or set off towards

independence and her beliefs. And what happens when the unity between these

factions begins to fall apart?

2). Green, John
. The Fault in Our Stars. Penguin Group/Dutton Juvenile. 2012. (978-

0525478812). Hazel and Augustus meet and forge a relationship at a support group for

kids battling cancer. As Hazel and Augustus struggle with the “side-effects of dying,”

they come to learn the strength of wishes, the complexities of long human lives, and the

wondrous ways of the universe.

3). Lu, Marie
. Legend. Penguin Group/Putnam Juvenile. 2011. (978-0399256752).

June, a fifteen-year-old military prodigy, is hunting Day, the outlaw she believes is

responsible for her brother’s death. What will happen when the two meet and discover

the government is corrupt?

4). Riggs, Ransom
. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Quirk Books. 2011.

(978-1594744761). When Jacob was little, his grandfather would tell him stories of the

fantastical children’s home where he grew up and the seemingly magical kids who lived

there with him. When his grandfather is killed, Jacob sets out to find the home where

these children lived, unearthing a magical secret and uncovering his true heritage.

5). Dessen, Sarah. What Happened to Goodbye. Penguin Group/Viking Juvenile.

2011. (9780670012947). Ever since Mclean’s parents divorced, she has lived in four

towns in two years – each time taking on a new persona. Mclean expects to leave

Lakeview in six months, but soon finds that she doesn’t want to – she just wants to be

herself.

6). Revis, Beth
. Across the Universe. Penguin Group/Razorbill. 2011.

(9781595143976). Cryogenically frozen centuries ago, Amy and her parents are on their

way to a new planet aboard the spaceship, Godspeed. Unplugged from her cryo

chamber, Amy discovers she has been awoken 50 years early, in a failed murder

attempt. With Elder, the future leader of the ship, by her side they are on an adventure

filled with murder, lies, dreams, and stars.

7). Meyer, Marissa
. Cinder. Macmillan/Feiwel and Friends. 2012. (978-031261894). A

futuristic retelling of the classic Cinderella, Cinder, a cyborg and talented mechanic,

lives with her cruel stepmother and two stepsisters in the plague-ridden New Beijing.

Soon after meeting Prince Kai, Cinder must find the truths of her past, which may help

to save the future.

8). Stiefvater, Maggie
. The Scorpio Races. Scholastic/Scholastic Press. 2011.

(9780545224901). Every November, the beaches of Thisby come alive with the Scorpio

Races. The water horses are vicious, the terrain is treacherous, and death is likely, but

the reward can be beyond anything you could imagine. Puck Connolly is racing for her

family, Sean Kendrick for his passion—but only one can win The Scorpio Races.

9). Forman, Gayle
. Where She Went. Penguin Group/Dutton Juvenile. 2011.

(9780525422945). This sequel to Gayle Forman’s

If I Stay is narrated by Adam, Mia’s

ex-boyfriend. Shortly after the devastating accident that killed Mia’s family, the talented

cellist moves to New York, where an accidental meeting brings them back together.

10). Cabot, Meg
. Abandon. Point. 2012. (978-0545040648). Pierce has experienced

death before and barely escaped. When she moves from her old town to a town called

Isla Huesos - Island of Bones - for a new start, she realizes that death wants her back.

Can she escape death once again?

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

@ your library

bcplteens 2:22 PM

Our Teen Department serves youth in 6th-12th grade.

What is available for teens @ BCPL?

Books - new releases, classics, Teen's Top Ten, Top Ten of Best Fiction for Young Adults, McNaughton lease books
Audiobooks
Graphic Novels - Inuyasha, Baby Mouse, Naruto, Loveless, Fruits Basket, JLA, and more!
eBooks - free to check out for your Kindle, Nook, and other eReaders
Computers - Use for homework (Word, Powerpoint) or to pass the time (Youtube, Facebook, etc)
Practice tests - SAT, ACT, ASVAB, and educational and career related tests
DVDS - must be 16 or older to checkout
Programs - Texas Teens Read in the summer and other various activities