Staff Pick of the Week

Do Not Pass Go by Kirkpatrick Hill

YA Hill

Deet lives a fairly ordinary high schooler's life in Alaska with his dad, mom, and two sisters. Sure, he's a loner, but he doesn't mind (usually). And sometimes he feels like the only adult at his house (his parents often waste money on things the family doesn't need), but what can he do? But then his dad gets sent to jail and Deet's whole life changes. Mom has to go back to work, Deet has to take care of his sisters, and he decides to start visiting Dad in jail, despite his shame of the situation. What Deet learns from his visits makes him understand his worldview needs a serious readjustment and the things he was ashamed of may not matter all that much.

Manga!

Want to draw it? Want to read about it? Want to see some anime clips? Check out these sites (and per usual, let us know if there's any we missed)!

Anime Ambition
Anime Nation
Animerica
Manga Tutorials
Manga University

Staff Pick of the Week

Each week we'll tell you about a new book on the shelves. If you decide it's a book you want to check out, let us know if you liked it! And if you have your own review, we'll post it!

Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (YA PFEFFER)

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: electricity becomes a luxury, less and less food is available, and school ceases to exist. Miranda's world becomes smaller and smaller as the moon wreaks havoc on everything she used to count on.

Told in journal entries, this is Miranda's story of a world completely broken down and a struggle to survive.

Free Comic Book Day!

Did you know that Saturday, May 5th is Free Comic Book Day? Click here to find information on participating comic book stores. You can also celebrate by checking out the graphic novels we have in the Teens & Tweens space!

Calling all artists!

The Youth Services Department is getting ready for the summer reading program "Mission Read: To the Library and Beyond." We need drawings, pictures, collages, etc. to decorate the Teens & Tweens space. For every picture you create and donate, your name will be entered in a drawing for a prize! Please have all your pics in by June 15th – you can drop them off at the Youth Services Desk. Thanks for your help!

New Books!

These new books were just put out on the shelf in the Teens & Tweens area. Let us know what you think!

• Anahita's Woven Riddle by Meghan Nuttall Sayres
• Defining Dulcie by Paul Acampora
• Do Not Pass Go by Kirkpatrick Hill
• A Fire in My Hands by Gary Soto
• Fresh Off the Boat by Melissa De la Cruz
• A Friend At Midnight by Caroline B. Cooney
• I Am A Taxi by Deborah Ellis
• Kid B by Linden Dalecki
• Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins
• Mates, Dates, and Designer Divas by Cathy Hopkins
• Mates, Dates, and Mad Mistakes by Cathy Hopkins
• The Nature of Jade by Deb Caletti
• Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
• So Not the Drama by Paula Chase
• So This is How it Ends by Tui T. Sutherland
• Spelldown: The Big-time Dreams of a Small-town Word Wiz by Karon Luddy
• Tamar by Mal Peet
• Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

New Book Display

Check out the book display we just put up in the Teens & Tweens area today:

Explorers, Runaways, and Adventurers: Stories About Rebels

Anderson, M.T.
The Pox Party: While Octavian and his mother live a lavish lifestyle in the household of the Novanglian College of Lucidity in pre-Revolutionary War Boston, Octavian recognizes he is part of a science experiment and also a slave. When the College scientists decided to hold a small pox party (in hopes of staving off the disease), Octavian realizes it is time for things to change.
YA ANDERSON

Carney, Jeff
The Adventures of Michael MacInnes: Michael is a junior at a snotty boarding school in Maryland in the 1920s, where his free-thinking ideas and strange antics often change those who come into contact with him.
YA CARNEY

Hausman, Gerald & Loretta
Escape From Botany Bay: The True Story of Mary Bryant: Sentenced to hang for stealing a lady’s bonnet, Mary instead is shipped off to Australia with hundreds of other convicts to live in a penal colony. Once there, she plots her escape.
YA HAUSMAN

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

James, Brian
Tomorrow, Maybe: Chan has been living on the streets for two years, ever since her father married an abusive woman she couldn’t live with. Then Chan meets Elizabeth, a younger girl who needs her help but may ultimately betray her.
YA JAMES

Kibuishi, Kazu
Daisy Kutter: The Last Train: Daisy was once known as a fearsome outlaw, but now has quit the business to run a general store. Unfortunately, figures from her past (both human and robotic) soon come back to haunt her.
YA DAISY KUTTER

Lawrence, Iain
The Wreckers: 14-year old John is on a voyage with his father, the owner of a ship carrying valuable cargo. When the ship runs into a storm and is shipwrecked off the coast of a small Cornwall town, John soon realizes the town’s inhabitants plan to take the cargo from the ship and kill any survivors. Believing he is the only survivor John tries to run away, but then realizes his father has been taken captive by the town and he needs to save him.
YA LAWRENCE

McKernan, Victoria
Shackleton’s Stowaway: 18-year old Perce Blackborow stows away on the ship that will carry the Shackleton expedition to the Antarctic and ultimately become a shipwreck.
YA MCKERNAN

Ogiwara, Noriko
The Good Witch of the West: Firiel never knew her mother was a princess when she was exiled into the mountains twenty years ago. When Firiel attends a ball and finds out her true identity, she learns she must fight for her birthright.
YA GOOD WITCH OF THE WEST

Van Draanen, Wendelin
Runaway: Holly becomes a runaway after she decides to leave her abusive foster family. This is her story of traveling across the country, homelessness, and what it means to truly only have yourself to depend on.
YA VAN DRAANEN