Novels in verse: New!

	SkateFate by Juan Felipe Herrera Lucky Z, a Chicano foster child, loved living on the edge until a drag racing accident left him in a wheelchair, but as he struggles to find his place in a new high school, he begins writing poetry everywhere about anything, and in finding his voice he also discovers the beauty around him.
Love & Leftovers by Sarah Tregay When her father starts dating a man, fifteen-year-old Marcie's depressed mother takes her to New Hampshire but just as Marcie starts falling for a great guy her father brings her back to Idaho, where all of her relationships have become strained.
	Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall Throughout her high school years, as her mother battles cancer, Lupita takes on more responsibility for her house and seven younger siblings, while finding refuge in acting and writing poetry. Includes glossary of Spanish terms.

New sci-fi titles

The Way We Fall  by Megan Crewe	BZRK by Michael Grant
172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad	Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
Partials by Dan Wells	Fear by Michael Grant
Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts	Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Cinder by Marissa Meyer	Tempest by Julie Cross
A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan	Truth by Julia Karr

Coming soon: "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Insurgent, the sequel to Divergent, is out May 1. Have you placed your copy on hold yet? I highly recommend these books to readers who enjoyed The Hunger Games series.


If you would like to meet Veronica Roth, the author of the Divergent series, she will be at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville on Friday, May 4! Check out their site for more information.

"Fear" by Michael Grant & more new releases out today

Fear by Michael Grant

This is the fifth book in the Gone series. I'm a big fan of these books; each installment gets progressively darker and creepier. I'm excited to see what Grant has in store for his characters in Fear. Catch up with the other books in this series: Gone, Hunger, Lies, Plague.

Grave Mercy by Robin Lafevers

Grave Mercy, set in 15th century Brittany, France, is the first book in a new series called His Fair Assassin.

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

A dark mystery

 Blue Exorcist #7
by Kazue Kato

Hunger Games party photos

Saturday, March 17 Hunger Games fans gathered in the Meeting Room to celebrate the movie heading to theaters. Teens answered trivia questions, talked about the book and their favorite characters, and played a couple games. I also gave away two Hunger Games READ posters plus lots of buttons and pencils!

Mockingjay cookies

Games:

Spring Break fun at the library

Free movie: Puss in Boots (PG)

Saturday, March 24 at 2 PM

Avengers Spring Break Double Feature

Tuesday, March 27 at 2 PM

Captain America: The First Avenger (starts at 2 PM)

Thor (starts at 4:15 PM)

This summer you can see Captain America and Thor in The Avengers, along with Iron Man, Hulk, Black Widow, Nick Fury, and Hawkeye. Get ready for all the superhero fun by watching two recent Marvel films back to back. Come for one, or stay for both!

Teen Gaming Club

Thursday, March 29 at 6:30 PM

Play Wii games, eat snacks, and hang out with your friends.

Anime Club

Friday, March 30 at 3 PM

 Design your own buttons to wear, play Wii games, and discuss your manga and anime favorites.

Recommended read for March Madness fans: "The Final Four"

Find it in the catalog!
Tournament brackets printed out and filled in with predicted winners. The television tuned to CBS and ESPN. Constant texts and calls to friends checking in on how they are doing with their brackets. March Madness is in full effect. If you love this time of year, or if you enjoy sports-related books, check out The Final Four by Paul Volponi. Released at the beginning of March, this book follows the lives of four players, on and off the court, in the NCAA Final Four tournament.

Hunger Games Release Party is this Saturday!

Have you registered for our Hunger Games Party this Saturday? If you loved Suzanne Collins' books and look forward to the first movie coming to theaters March 23, don't miss this event! Below are some games and activities we'll have:

* Pin the Mockingjay on Katniss
* Hunger Games Trivia
* Hunger Games Word Search, Word Scramble, and Finish the Quote
* Sponsor a Tribute Parachute Drop

Here are a couple mini parachutes I made for this game:

And here are the tributes you'll try to reach during the game:

The tributes will be spread out on the floor in the "arena" and you will have to float your parachutes so that they land inside the tributes' boxes!

* You will have the opportunity to win awesome prizes, including:

Buttons

Pencils

READ bookmarks

and even a Hunger Games READ poster

Here are the different types of buttons I made just for our party:

As you can see, all the tributes attending the Hunger Games Movie Release Party will have many chances to win prizes! I also made plenty of character display cubes (see below) to give away.

The Evernight series continues with "Balthazar"

Balthazar, the fifth book in the Evernight series by Claudia Gray, is out today!

Hunger Games Central

Hunger Games wall display in Teen Area

The Hungers Games will be in movie theaters March 23 and Hunger Games Mania is everywhere. If you've already read all three books in this trilogy (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay), be sure to check out more Hunger Games-related books from the library:

The Official Illustrated Movie Companion by Kate Egan

The Hunger Games Tribute Guide by Emily Seife

The World of the Hunger Games by Kate Egan (coming March 23)

The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook by Emily Ansara Baines

More Hunger Games:

Hunger Games tributes visit Illinois!
As part of The Hunger Games mall tour, some of the cast will be at the Westfield Fox Valley mall in Aurora this Wednesday. Get information about the mall tour's stop in Aurora here. Josh Hutcherson (Peeta), Isabelle Fuhrman (Clove), and Jacqueline Emerson (Foxface) will be appearing.

Yahoo will stream the L.A. premiere of The Hunger Games on Monday, March 12: RSVP on Facebook.

Chicago's advance screening of the movie has been unlocked. Go to http://screenings.thehungergamesmovie.com/ and enter for your chance to win tickets to the March 21 screening!

Hunger Games Movie Release Party is Saturday, March 17 at 2:30 PM!
Don't forget to register for the library's Hunger Games Party. It will run 2:30-4 PM in the downstairs Meeting Room. We will have games, fun activities, trivia, and lots of cool prizes. Here's a sneak peak at some of the prizes:

Colorful Hunger Games-themed pencils!

That's only a small taste of what's to come at the party. Stay tuned to the blog, as I'll be sharing more tidbits soon!

Book Bite: Leaving Paradise

My dream is to find a guy who'll love me despite my flaws and won't turn away from me when a perfect girl walks by. Maybe a boy like that doesn't exist.

-- Maggie, Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2007)