New books in June!

Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror edited by R.L. Stine	XVI by Julia Karr
The Gardner by S.A. Bodeen	Thief Girl by Ingrid Lee
Rival by Sara Bennett Wheeler	The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith
Amelia O'Donohue is So Not a Virgin by Helen FitzGerald	Other Words for Love by Lorraine Zago Rosenthal
Kick by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman	Back When You Were Easier to Love by Emily Wing Smith
Divergent by Veronica Roth	BADD by Tim Tharp
The DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) by Kody Keplinger

Graphic novels just added to the collection

Dragon Ball Z by Akira Toriyama

Volumes 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9

Vampire Kisses

Volumes 2 & 3

Bart Simpson Prince of Pranks

Superman: Earth One

The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis

Teen Gaming Club meets this Friday

Enjoy snacks and refreshments and meet up with friends at this week's meeting of the Teen Gaming Club. During the summer we'll meet from 2-4. Come join the fun!

Sign up for summer reading and win prizes!

Summer reading for teens begins today and runs through Saturday, July 30. Have you signed up yet? All you have to do is read 4 books in order to finish. If you want to read more, go ahead! The more books you read, the more chances you will have in the weekly prize drawings and grand prize drawing. And for each reading entry you return you get to pick out a bookmark. The grand prize is a $100 Target gift card! The weekly drawings will be for $15 gift cards to GameStop or Barnes and Noble.

Each summer reading participant that finishes will:

• receive a certificate for 15% off your family's meal at Francesca's Campagna
• be invited to our End of Summer Reading Lock-In Party (where we will have food from Francesca's as well!)
• be entered into the grand prize drawing

Stop by the Information Desk and sign up, then walk over to the teen area and pick up some books!

Join TAG this Saturday

Our next TAG meeting is this Saturday the 4th at 11 AM in the library's downstairs Craft Room. We will be creating fun decorations and crafts for our Summer Reading Kick-Off Party. We will also talk about other teen events planned at the library for the summer. Plus there will be food and music! Come join us and get in the spirit of our summer reading theme, A Midsummer Knight's Read, which begins on Monday, June 6.

More new books!

Several of these new additions are the beginnings of new teen series. Start stocking up for your summer reading list now!

Jenna & Jonah’s Fauxmance by Emily Franklin & Brendan Halpin	What Can(t) Wait  by Ashley Hope Pérez
Wither by Lauren DeStefano The first installment in the new Chemical Garden Trilogy	Tiger’s Curse by Colleen Houck The first book in the new Tiger Saga series
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins The sequel to Hex Hall	Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith The sequel to Tantalize
Enclave by Ann Aguirre	City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare #4 in the Mortal Instruments series
Delirium by Lauren Oliver New series	Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Check out these new teen books!

You Killed Wesley Payne by Sean Beaudoin	What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
Cloaked by Alex Finn By the author of Beastly	Plague: A Gone Novel by Michael Grant #4 in the Gone series
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson The follow-up to 2005's 13 Little Blue Envelopes	Trapped by Michael Northrop
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins	Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Midnight by L.J. Smith The Vampire Diaries: The Return #3	Lockdown: Escape from Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith
Ocean of Blood by Darren Shan Saga of Larten Crepsley, #2 (Prequel to Cirque du Freak series)	Library Wars: Love & War by Kiro Yumi Graphic novels

Just Dance tomorrow!

April 29 is International Dance Day! Come to our Just Dance program for teens tomorrow at 3 PM in the Meeting Room. We'll be dancing to songs on the Wii games Just Dance and Just Dance 2. Come and join the fun!

Join TAG on Facebook

TAG is the library's Teen Action Group. TAG members share ideas on what they want to do at the library, play games, discuss books, music, and movies, and get creative making crafts. TAG is a great way to meet new friends and hang out with old ones. It's never too late to join! We meet the first Saturday of the month. Our next meeting is May 7. If you cannot attend our monthly meeting, you can share your opinions on our Facebook page, where you can also check out our upcoming events at the library or view photos from past programs, like our Eclipse Movie Release Party.

Join TAG on Facebook -- all you have to do is click "Like!"

The Hunger Games movie: Peeta and Gale cast!

Finally! On Monday it was announced that Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are All Right) will play the role of Peeta Mellark and Liam Hemsworth (The Last Song) will play Gale Hawthorne in the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone) has already been cast as Katniss Everdeen.

I am very happy that Hutcherson is playing Peeta; a couple weeks ago I posted about my hope that he would get the role. I did not have any strong feelings on who should play Gale, apart from someone a bit rugged and believable as a hunter at home in the woods. I do not remember seeing Hemsworth's name among fan choices for Gale, so I was surprised at that part of the announcement. I have not watched any of Hemsworth's prior work, so I will to trust director Gary Ross's decision (and I'm going to ignore the fact that Hemsworth dated Miley Cyrus). I am totally avoiding reading any online article comments because I do not want to read people's negativity about the actors cast. How can we say so-and-so is a bad choice if the movie hasn't even started filming yet? I doubt author Suzanne Collins would go along with a decision to ruin her vision of the characters she created. If you are not sure about whether Hutcherson and Hemsworth are the right choices for the roles, maybe you'll change your mind after reading Collins' support of the casting of Peeta and Gale.

As of now, no other actors have been cast. EW.com suggests Robert Downey Jr. for the role of hard-drinking Haymitch and Elizabeth Banks for the bubbly Effie. And one writer, Karen Valby, has the same actress suggestion for Prim as me -- Kiernan Shipka from Mad Men!

What do you think of the casting? Do you agree that Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth will fit into their roles alongside Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss? And, most importantly, how are you going to stand the wait until the movie hits theaters on March 23, 2012? I think we need to get a countdown going on the blog!

Showtimes for Spring Break Movie Marathon

All the paper and online votes have been tallied, and the top three films are The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Iron Man 2, and Step Up 3. Here's our schedule for the Spring Break Movie Marathon this upcoming Monday:

1:30 - 3:20 PM
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (PG)

Break

3:45 - 5:45 PM
Iron Man 2 (PG-13)

Break

6 - 7:50 PM
Step Up 3 (PG-13)

You are welcome to stay for all three movies or just drop in to watch the movie/s you want. Hope to see you there!

Voting for Spring Break Movie Marathon nearing an end

Taking into account both paper and online votes here are the current standings:

Tie for 1st (6 votes):
Iron Man 2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

2nd (5 votes):
Step Up 3

Tie for 3rd (4 votes):
Charlie St. Cloud
Easy A
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Tie for 4th (3 votes):
The Last Airbender
Salt
Secretariat 

If voting ended right now, our lineup would include Iron Man 2, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and Step Up 3. Is your film of choice making the cut? There's still time to vote-- voting ends on Thursday at 9 PM. After the films are selected I will post the marathon schedule!