Recommended new books to read during Thanksgiving Break

If you can't get enough dystopia in science fiction --->

Crewel by Gennifer Albin

If you're looking for a mash-up of genres, including romance, mystery, the supernatural and suspense, all set in Victorian England --->

The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron 

If you like science fiction --->

Beta by Rachel Cohn

If you like books that put a twist on fairy tales ---> 

Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross

If you can't wait for the third Divergent book or like books with post apocalyptic settings --->  

Breathe by Sarah Crossan

For a book about a teen athlete juggling school, homework, and boys  --->

Surviving High School by M. Doty

If you like fantasy fiction -->

Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst

If you enjoy books written in verse  --->

The Good Braider by Terry Farish

For a book on sibling rivalry  --->

All You Never Wanted by Adele Griffin

For a book about a teen losing his girlfriend in a car crash and traveling through time to get her back --->

Through to You by Emily Hainsworth

If you want to read a book about survival with adventure --->

Safekeeping by Karen Hesse 

If you're looking for a dystopia with male protagonist --->

Elemental by Antony John

For a book about how a teen copes with being in a train wreck that left another teen in a coma --->

A Certain October by Angela Johnson

If you want a book that feels like a comic book with fast-paced action --->

The Vindico by Wesley King

If you enjoy books about survival set in the wilderness --->

Survive by Alex Morel

If you are a fan of horror --->

The Turning by Francine Prose

If you want to read a thriller set in Chicago about a teen who is unearthing her mysterious past --->

The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski

If you're a mystery fan --->

Freaks Like Us by Susan Vaught

Beautiful Lies by Jessica Warman

And that's just a handful of the new books in the teen section!

Ally Condie concludes Matched series with 'Reached'

The final book in the Matched trilogy, Reached, is finally out today! If you've already read Matched and Crossed, don't forget to place a hold on a copy of Reached.

"Divergent" tops 2012 Teens' Top 10!

From August 15 to September 15, teens across the country voted for the best books of the year from the nominated titles. These are the books they selected for the 2012 Teens' Top 10:

1. Divergent by Veronica Roth
2. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
3. Legend by Marie Lu
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
5. What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
6. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
7. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
8. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
9. Where She Went by Gayle Forman
10. Abandon by Meg Cabot

I was not surprised by the results at all, because the books on this list are checked out more often than they are on the shelves at Dundee! Have you read any of the Top 10? Did any of your favorites not make the list?

The rest of the summer reading weekly winners!

Summer reading came to a close on Saturday. At the end of weeks 3-8 we pulled winners from the Recommended Read entries that had been received up to that point. Each winner received a $10 Target gift card. Thank you to everyone who participated in summer reading, filled out reading logs, and submitted Recommended Read entries!

Week 6 winners:

Samantha, who recommended What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones:
"It's a very sweet book and I like it so much that I don't see why anybody couldn't like it. It is now my fav. book." 

Glorielly, who recommended Smile by Raina Telgemeier:
"It's REALLY REALLY funny! And it's a comic book so it's a quick read but I love it cause it's realistic. All the things are believable and real. There are twists and turns but it's all real."

Week 7 winners:

Bailey, who recommended The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan:
"There was lots of action and had a good ending."

Amanda, who recommended Tall Cool One by Zoey Dean:
"It was very intriguing. It's so interesting to see how the super rich and famous live. I loved how outrageously glamorous the hotel, Las Casitas, in Mexico was."

Week 8 winners:

Jackie, who recommended New Moon by Stephenie Meyer:
"It was very exciting, you can really feel everything going on in the story. I really enjoyed reading this book and cannot wait to read the next one!"

Alexis, who recommended Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles:
"Simone Elkeles is a great author because she writes like teenagers talk. That is what catches teens' attention someone that talks how they talk especially an author so they get more interested in reading more books." 

Alyssa, who recommended The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart:
"It is an easy read for older kids, but if you're looking for adventure, it's the book for. Kids are put through a system of tests to save the world. How can you beat that?"

Teens recommend books by Rick Riordan

Summer reading ended on Saturday. Teens turned in over 100 Recommended Read slips with their picks on what to read over the summer. Rick Riordan is one author whose books continued to pop up on the Recommended Read entries. He is the author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, and Kane Chronicles series. Here teens explain why his books are so great:

The Lightning Thief: "It puts a whole different spin on the Greek Gods and myths." -- Kenyan "I'm sure almost everyone has read this book but this recommendation is for those who haven't! This book itself is a great book and so are the books that follow in the series. It's also historical!" -- Glorielly
	The Serpent's Shadow: "It corporates Egyptian mythology into a modern culture, which causes some very interesting scenarios. The characters are well formed, and described aptly enough so that one can feel for their trials and troubles." -- Hannah
The Battle of the Labyrinth: "Rick Riordan does an excellent job continuing his story. He also has some very well-placed sarcasm and very 'teen' remarks." -- Kenyan
	The Son of Neptune: "Every chapter makes you want to read more and more." - Stephanie
The Titan's Curse "I love Greek mythology. The book includes some of the actual Greek myths and Gods and Goddesses." -- Bailey

2012 Teens' Top Ten Nominations

School will be out in a couple weeks, and if you are looking for some good books to read over the summer break, check out the 2012 Teens' Top Ten Nominations. Teens ages 12-18 will be able to vote online in August and September for their favorites from this list, and the top ten books will be announced during Teen Read Week in October. A few of the titles we do not own, but you should be able to get a copy sent here from another library. Go ahead and start crossing off the titles you read so you will be ready to vote in August!

• All Good Children by Catherine Austen
• Ashes by Ilsa Bick
• Abandon by Meg Cabot
• Tempest by Julie Cross
• What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
• Wither by Lauren DeStefano
• Where She Went by Gayle Forman
• Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
• Eona: The Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
• Legend by Marie Lu
• Hourglass by Myra McEntire
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• Shine by Lauren Myracle
• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
• This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel
• Across the Universe by Beth Revis
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
• How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
• All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

New books out today, and a birthday!

Happy birthday to Katniss Everdeen, District 12 tribute in The Hunger Games! In the book The Hunger Games we find out that May 8 is the birthday of the girl on fire. Let's celebrate with some new books:

	City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare When Jace vanishes with Sebastian, Clary and the Shadowhunters struggle to piece together their shattered world and Clary infiltrates the group planning the world's destruction. #5 in the Mortal Instruments series.
Until I Die by Amy Plum The sequel to Die for Me, set in Paris, where a girl and a boy with a terrifying paranormal destiny fight dangerous forces to be together. #2 in the Revenants series.
	Endure by Carrie Jones When evil pixies cause mass destruction and chaos in Bedford, Maine, sixteen-year-old Zara prepares for war, aligning her team of pixies with the humans she loves so much, a task made more difficult by her growing feelings for pixie king Astley. #4 in the Endure series.
Underworld by Meg Cabot John Hayden, a death deity, takes seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera back to the Underworld against her will to keep her safe from the Furies, but her family is still at risk and she, herself, may never escape his captivity. #2 in the Abandon series.

New release Tuesday: "Insurgent," "Bitterblue," & more!

Science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, and realistic fiction-- there's something for everyone in today's new releases!

Insurgent by Veronica Roth
I have been waiting for this book for months! Insurgent is the follow up to last year's Divergent. This dystopian series is set in a future Chicago, where everyone belongs to one of five factions: Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Erudite, or Dauntless. Author Veronica Roth will be appearing at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville this Friday at 7 PM!

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
The next entry in the popular Seven Kingdoms fantasy series, which also includes Graceling and Fire. Author Kristin Cashore will be appearing at Anderson's Bookshop this Saturday at 2 PM!

The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
This is a companion novel to 2010's dystopian sci-fi thriller Ship Breaker.

Wentworth Hall by Abby Grahame
Here's something for all you fans of historical fiction: Wentworth Hall is set in 1912 England and has been described as a young adult version of the popular PBS television series Downton Abbey.

Waiting by Carol Lynch Williams
As the tragic death of her older brother devastates the family, teenaged London struggles to find redemption and finds herself torn between her brother's best friend and a handsome new boy in town.

New books in the paranormal romance genre

Check out the similar poses on the covers of The Lifeguard and A Beautiful Dark!

	The Lifeguard by Deborah Blumenthal Spending the summer at her aunt's beach house, teenaged Sirena struggles with her parents' divorce and falls in love with a mysterious lifeguard.
A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies When Skye, who lives with her aunt in Boulder, Colorado, turns seventeen and is suddenly pursued by two boys who are polar opposites, secrets of her true identity--and destiny--begin to emerge.
	Everneath by Brodi Ashton Regretting her decision to forfeit her life on Earth to become an immortal on Everneath, a world between Earth and Hell, teenaged Nikki is given the chance to return to the Surface for six months, in this story loosely based on the "Hades and Persephone" myth.
Die for Me by Amy Plum After their parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year-old Kate Mercier and her older sister Georgia, each grieving in her own way, move to Paris to live with their grandparents and Kate finds herself powerfully drawn to the handsome but elusive Vincent who seems to harbor a mysterious and dangerous secret.This if the first book in the Revenants series and is newly released in paperback. Book #2, Until I Die, will be released May 8.

New realistic fiction

	The Story of Us  by Deb Caletti After jilting two previous fiances, Cricket's mother is finally marrying the right man, but as wedding attendees arrive for a week of festivities, complications arise for Cricket involving her own love life, her beloved dog Jupiter, and her mother's reluctance to marry.
We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han (new in paperback) The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.
	Jane by April Lindner In this contemporary retelling of "Jane Eyre," an orphaned nanny becomes entranced with her magnetic and brooding employer, a rock star with a torturous secret from his past.
I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler Brainy Tess Smith is the younger sibling of the beautiful, popular, volleyball-scholarship-bound Kristina. When Kristina is diagnosed with bone cancer, it drastically changes both sisters' lives. Sometimes the things that annoy us the most about our siblings are the ones we'd miss the most if we lost them.
	What Boys Really Want by Pete Hautman Lita and Adam are "just friends". They might never agree on what happens in this book but they do they manage to give the world a little more insight into what boys and girls are really looking for.
The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour Colby's post-high school plans have long been that he and his best friend Beth would tour with her band, then spend a year in Europe, but when she announces that she will start college just after the tour, Colby struggles to understand why she changed her mind and what losing her means for his future.
	The Summer of Firsts and Lasts by Terra Elan McVoy When teenaged sisters Daisy, Violet, and Calla spend their last summer together at Camp Callanwolde, the decisions they make--both good and bad--bring challenges to their relationship as well as opportunities to demonstrate their devotion to one another.
Kiss Crush Collide by Christina Meredith Leah's path has been laid out for her by her controlling mother and perfect sisters--prom queen, valedictorian, college, country club wedding--but when Leah meets a boy who is not in her social class, she begins to question what she wants for herself.
	Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler Hudson Avery gave up a promising competitive ice skating career after her parents divorced when she was fourteen years old and now spends her time baking cupcakes and helping out in her mother's upstate New York diner, but when she gets a chance at a scholarship and starts coaching the boys' hockey team, she realizes that she is not through with ice skating after all.
Where It Began by Ann Redisch Stampler After she is in a horrific car crash when drunk, Los Angeles high school student Gabriella Gardiner assumes she stole her rich boyfriend's car and smashed it into a tree, but she cannot remember anything about the events of the evening.
	How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr Told from their own viewpoints, seventeen-year-old Jill, in grief over the loss of her father, and Mandy, nearly nineteen, are thrown together when Jill's mother agrees to adopt Mandy's unborn child but nothing turns out as they had anticipated.
The Final Four by Paul Volponi Four players at the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament struggle with the pressures of tournament play and the expectations of society at large.
	The Daughters Join the Party by Joanna Philbin Emma's senator-father is running for president, and when her rebellious style and indifference to rules and convention create problems, she relies on her good friends, who are also the daughters of well-known people, to help her gain perspective.
Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard Bria, an aspiring artist just graduated from high school, takes off for Central America's La Ruta Maya, rediscovering her talents and finding love.
	Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick After an injury ends former star pitcher Peter Friedman's athletic dreams, he concentrates on photography which leads him to a girlfriend, new fame as a high school sports photographer, and a deeper relationship with the beloved grandfather who, when he realizes he is becoming senile, gives Pete all of his professional camera gear.
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith Hadley and Oliver fall in love on the flight from New York to London, but after a cinematic kiss they lose track of each other at the airport until fate brings them back together on a very momentous day.

Also check out the mysteries we've added to the teen collection!