Celebrate Teen Read Week!

Teen Read Week: October 14th - 20th, 2007

Join Franklin Park Teens & Tweens Teen Read Week challenge! Read a book before October 20th and drop off a form (available in the Teens & Tweens space) with the title and author, a short description of the book, your name, and phone number and/or e-mail address. Every person who submits a form will receive a prize, and all forms will be entered into a drawing for an additional prize! Forms may be dropped off in the box in the Teens & Tweens space or may also be submitted online - just click here. Please submit only one form per person. All forms are due by October 20th.

Nominations for the 2007 Teens' Top Ten Books

You can vote for your favorites during Teen Read Week: October 14th-20th, 2007

Abbott, Tony

Firegirl: 7th-grader Tom has always felt like an outsider at school and his only real friend is Jeff, who has become increasingly angry since his dad moved out. Then Tom meets Jessica, a girl who has been badly burned and moved to his town to seek treatment at a local hospital. Will Tom ignore Jessica like the rest of his classmates (including Jeff) or will he reach out to her?

J ABBOTT

Almond,David

Clay: When Davie agrees to befriend Stephen, the new boy in town, he has no idea their friendship will turn into something much more sinister as Stephen unleashes his power to bring inanimate objects to life.

YA ALMOND

Brooks, Kevin

The Road of the Dead: 14-year old Ruben senses his older sister Rachel's death the moment it happens. With his brother Cole, he travels to the small town where the murder occurred, determined to find the killer and bring Rachel's body home.

YA BROOKS

Calonita, Jen

Secrets of My Hollywood Life: All Kaitlin Burke wanted was for life to be normal for a change. Too bad trying high school after Hollywood stardom was anything but.

YA CALONITA

Cushman, Karen

The Loud Silence of Francine Green: Francine has always been content to stay out of trouble and follow her parents' lead when it comes to McCarthyism - be quiet. But then she meets Sophie and comes to realize being quiet also has its consequences.

YA CUSHMAN

Dessen, Sarah
Just Listen: Annabel never told anyone what happened at that party last year and she doesn't say a word about why she hates her life now. But her new friend Owen refuses to take silence for an answer.

YA DESSEN

Elkeles, Simone

How to Ruin a Summer Vacation: 16-year old Amy is convinced her estranged father wants to ruin her life when he insists on taking her to Israel for the summer. What she encounters while there, however, becomes one of the most amazing experiences of her life.

YA ELKELES

Ellsworth, Loretta

In Search of Mockingbird: Almost 16-year old Erin decides that it's time to get to know her deceased the mother the day her father announces his engagement to his girlfriend. Armed with only her mother's dairy and a tattered copy of To Kill a Mockingbird, Erin boards a bus to Alabama in hopes of meeting Harper Lee herself.

YA ELLSWORTH

Ferguson, Alane

The Christopher Killer: Cameryn wants more than anything to be a forensic pathologist and is ecstatic when her father, the county coroner, agrees to allow her to be his assistant. But when one of her first cases turns out to be the body of a friend, Cammie discovers she is in much deeper than she expected to be.

YA FERGUSON

Giles, Gail

What Happened to Cass McBride: After his younger brother's suicide, Kyle Kirby decides to avenge his death by kidnapping and burying alive the girl he holds responsible - 17-year old popular Cass McBride.

YA GILES

Goobie, Beth

Hello, Groin: Dylan is finding herself more attracted to girls than guys, but tries to hide her true feelings and warm up to her boyfriend Cam. Things come to a head when she kisses another girl at a school dance. Life isn't all smooth sailing afterwards, but Dylan realizes it's time to be true to herself.

Hale, Shannon

River Secrets: Razo is completely surprised when he is chosen to accompany a corps of soldiers from Bayern to Tira - he is weak and often bullied by the other soldiers. But it is Razo who discovers the first body on the soldiers' journey, and it is Razo who must get them out alive.

YA HALE

Henry, April

Shock Point: Cassie is kidnapped and take to a school for troubled teens when she finds out her stepfather has invested in a drug that causes teens to commit suicide. Somehow she must escape and warn others about the drug before it is too late.

YA HENRY

Jaffe, Michele

Bad Kitty: Jasmine has always wanted to be a detective, but unfortunately her father has other plans. Instead of spending the summer as a police intern, Jas is dragged to Las Vegas for the family's summer vacation. Luckily, there's plenty of crime in Vegas to be found, and Jas's sleuthing skills are soon put to the test.

YA JAFFE

Korman, Gordon

Born to Rock: When straight-laced Harvard-bound Leo Caraway loses his scholarship, he decides to join his rock star father on his summer tour in an effort to find a way to pay for school.

YA KORMAN

Meyer, Stephenie

New Moon: Bella is heartbroken when her vampire boyfriend Edward is forced to leave town after an incident at her birthday party. She soon finds solace in Jacob's friendship, but realizes his companionship comes at a very steep price.

YA MEYER

Miller, Kirsten

Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City: 12-year old Ananka Fishbein has lived a fairly ordinary existence with her lifelong academic parents in Manhattan. But one day she spies a sinkhole outside her apartment window and decides to check it out. That decision introduces her to the Shadow City as well as Kiki Strike, changing her life completely.

YA MILLER

Nelson, Blake

Prom Anonymous: Laura, Jace, and Chloe used to be best friends but went their separate ways in high school. Now it's spring of their junior year, and Laura is convinced they should go to the prom together. Forget the fact that Jace and Chloe don't (yet) have dates or dresses - Laura is certain all will go well.

YA NELSON

Pfeffer, Susan Beth
Life As We Knew It: Miranda is concentrating on her fairly ordinary life (middle sibling, parents divorced, dad remarried), and the report that there's a meteor about to hit the moon doesn't sound very important. But then the meteor hits and everything changes: Miranda's world becomes smaller and smaller as the moon wreaks havoc on everything she used to count on.
YA PFEFFER

Reich, Susanna

Penelope Bailey Takes the Stage: 11-year old Penelope is determined to act in her school's production of Romeo & Juliet, but her snobbish and conservative aunt forbids it. Can Penelope overcome the odds and become a star despite her aunt's disapproval?

J REICH

Vande Velde, Vivian

All Hallows Eve (13 Stories): Thirteen stories, all set on Halloween night.

YA VANDE VELDE

Vrettos, Adrienne Maria
Skin: The story opens as 14-year old Donnie tries to resuscitate his 16-year old sister Karen, who has died of anorexia. Donnie recalls the previous year as his parents’ marriage falls apart and Karen gets worse and worse. Will Donnie be able to move on from this horrible tragedy?
YA VRETTOS

Welsh,T.K.
The Unresolved: The day 15-year old Mallory receives her first kiss is also the day she dies—June 15, 1904, when the steamship called the General Slocum catches fire, killing over 1000 people. Mallory’s spirit remains as she tries to help those still living uncover the truth.
YA WELSH

Wilce, Ysabeau S.
Flora Segunda: Flora Segunda lives in Crackpot Hall, a falling-apart house with rooms upon rooms, a slightly mad father, and a mother who's almost always gone fighting wars. She's about to turn fourteen, at which point she'll be ready to go into the military and follow in her mother's footsteps. But Flora doesn't want to be a Commanding General like Mama - she wants to be a Ranger like her heroine Nini Mo. Flora's dream is to create magic and go on reconnaissance missions, not to be a soldier. Will she get her wish, or will she follow in Mamma’s footsteps?
YA WILCE