Book Bite: "Paper Covers Rock"

"Read to your heart's content. Though if you are a reader, the heart is never content."

-- Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard (2011)

Help prepare for summer reading at this month's TAG meeting!

Summer is just around the corner, and that means two things:
1) No school
2) Summer reading!

Join TAG and earn volunteer hours as you help prepare for this year’s summer reading program “Have Book – Will Travel!” We will reuse old maps to make decorations for the teen area and Information Desk and discuss upcoming teen events at the library. Register for tomorrow's TAG meeting here.

Contact Danielle at dpacini@frvpld.info or 847-428-3661 x 5880 if you would like to volunteer but cannot attend a meeting.

New books out April 23!

The Elite by Kiera Cass
Book #2 in The Selection series
Sixteen-year-old America Singer is one of only six girls still competing in the Selection--but before she can fight to win Prince Maxon and the Illean crown, she must decide where her own heart truly lies.

Obsidian Mirror by Catherine Fisher
When his father disappears while experimenting with a black mirror that is a portal to both the past and the future, Jake encounters obstacles when he tries to use the mirror to find his father.

Chosen at Nightfall by C.C. Hunter
Book #5 in the Shadow Falls series.
When Kylie's most powerful enemy returns to destroy her once and for all, there's only one way to stop him--to step into her full powers and make a stunning transformation that will amaze everyone around her.

manicpixiedreamgirl by Tom Leveen
Seventeen-year-old Tyler Darcy's dream of being a writer is starting to feel very real now that he's sold his first short story to a literary journal. He should be celebrating its publication with his two best friends who've always had his back, but on this night, a steady stream of texts from his girlfriend Sidney keep intruding. So do the memories of his dream girl, Becky, who's been on his mind a little too much since the first day of high school. Before the night is over, Ty might just find the nerve to stop all the obsessing and finally take action.

Natural Born Angel by Scott Speer
Book #2 in the Immortal City series
Life turned upside down for Maddy Montgomery when she found out she was half-Angel and was catapulted into the scene of flashbulbs, paparazzi, and the fervent adulation that comes with being in the celebrity Angel world. Shes trying to juggle her ordinary life--high school, family, friends--with the intense demands of being in the public eye as heartthrob Angel Jackson Godspeeds girlfriend. And now Maddy must face the most difficult choice of her life. Shes been offered the chance to become a Guardian. This means entering into dangerous and high stakes training, with no guarantee that she can succeed. But more than that, it would mean leaving her mortal life behind--forever--and allying with the Angels at a time when their relationship with humans is heading for war. . . .

How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True by Sarah Strohmeyer
Seventeen-year-old Zoe and her cousin Jess eagerly start summer jobs at New Jersey's Fairyland theme park, but Jess does not get her dream role and Zoe is assigned to be personal assistant to the park's "Queen," winning her no friends.

Book Bite: "Requiem"

"How can someone have the power to shatter you to dust--and also to make you feel so whole?"

- Requiem by Lauren Oliver (2013)

Congratulations to our WrestleMania Reading Challenge winner!

Congratulations to Sleepy Hollow teen Kenyan Gustafson for being selected as one of 18 winners across the United States and Canada in the WrestleMania Reading Challenge. This is the second year in a row that Kenyan has been a WrestleMania Reading Challenge winner!

In October students in grades 5-12 signed up at the Fox River Valley Public Library District for the reading challenge. They pledged to read five books between that time and April 7, the date of WrestleMania 29. The teens also wrote letters to their favorite WWE superstars to convince them to read their favorite book.

The library selected Kenyan's letter to wrestler Mick Foley about Ray Bradbury's classic book Fahrenheit 451 to move on to the next round of competition in the grades 9-12 age group. Other submissions selected to move on for judging from the library were Sky Gustafson (grades 5-6) and Emmanuel Moran (grades 7-8).

In February, members of YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) judged the 192 entries they received and picked Kenyan as a regional winner. Kenyan wins a trip to East Rutherford, New Jersey, which is the site of this year's WrestleMania, and $2,000 for the FRVPLD to purchase materials for the teen department.

In East Rutherford, Kenyan will participate in the WrestleMania Reading Challenge Championships, in the hopes of winning ringside seats to WrestleMania 29. Each age group will answer questions about a book assigned to them in a game show format. Kenyan's age group, grades 9-12, was assigned to read This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel. 

Kenyan and her mother, Jody, are looking forward to the trip later this week. Their hotel is two blocks away from Times Square, and they hope to have time for some sightseeing in between all the activities WWE has planned for them over WrestleMania weekend.

Best of luck to you, Kenyan!

See the complete list of 2012-13 WrestleMania Reading Challenge finalists here.

Michael Grant's final book in the "Gone" series, and more new books out today

The Rising by Kelley Armstrong
The race for survival comes to a thrilling conclusion when Maya and her friends--who all have supernatural powers--find help against the Cabals from unexpected places. Third book in the Darkness Rising series.

Light by Michael Grant
Answers to every mystery of the FAYZ are revealed, unexpected heroes emerge as sacrifices are made, and the Darkness is finally conquered by a force even more powerful than itself in this conclusion to the Gone series.

This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
Perfect strangers Graham Larkin and Ellie O'Neill meet online when Graham accidentally sends Ellie an e-mail about his pet pig, Wilbur. The two 17-year-olds strike up an e-mail relationship from opposite sides of the country and don't even know each other's first names. What's more, Ellie doesn't know Graham is a famous actor, and Graham doesn't know about the big secret in Ellie's family tree. When the relationship goes from online to in-person, they find out whether their relationship can be the real thing. By the author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight.

In the Shadows of Blackbirds by Cat Winters
In this original, historical ghost story set in 1918, the year of the deadly Spanish influenza, 16-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches as desperate mourners flock to seances and spirit photographers for comfort. Mary's never believed in ghosts, until her first love, a boy who died in battle, returns.