Entries from Westport Public Library TEEN Blog tagged with 'fiction'
Best Week Ever
My favorite things about this week (in no particular order):
Alex Awards
Each year, teen librarians in the American Library Association select ten books to receive Alex Awards. What are the Alex Awards, you ask?
Forever in Blue
Westport Library favorite Anne Brashares has just published the final installment in the Travelling Pants series: Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood .
As Simple As... March!
As I've mentioned in this blog before, I am totally obsessed with Greg Galloway's As Simple As Snow. I've tried to get everybody I know to read it. I need people to discuss it with, since the book is about a mystery that is never solved. And guess what? Greg Galloway is coming to the Westport Library on Monday, March 26th!!!
Conjoined Twins
John Green, author of the award-winning book Looking for Alaska (which I am in the middle of right now and will definitely blog about later), was recently interviewed on another fabulous blog, Pop Goes the Library. When asked what his area of pop cultural expertise was, he replied "Are conjoined twins part of pop culture? If so, definitely conjoined twins." This got me thinking about my own brief fascination with conjoined twins...
New Books!
We have new books! I have chosen to mark this event by making a homemade "new" symbol (pictured left) to accompany this entry. Please note that I am not an artist; I am a librarian.
Abracadabra
In honor of magician David Blaine's latest stunt, which he is performing this week in Times Square, I'm (sort of) devoting this post to magic.
Romeo and... Roseline?
By now, I'm sure you've had to read Romeo and Juliet at some point in your school career. Romeo falls in love with Juliet, their families are feuding, they get secretly married, they die, blah blah blah. But do you remember Juliet's cousin Roseline?
Author Spotlight: Patrick Jones
Last week I had the honor of meeting Patrick Jones, the author of two novels for young adults.
Diggin' on DVDs
Did you know that the library has DVDs? The AV department is located on the lower level and is giving your neighborhood rental chain a run for it's money. In addition to buying all the usual "library" stuff (eg. PBS specials, kids' movies, educational things), we buy fun things too!
National Book Awards
The National Book Awards were announced and M.T. Anderson won in the category for Young People’s Literature for his book The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party.
Stressed Out?
It’s that time of year where every senior is freaking out about college deadlines. Stress is normal to every student, but it affects some more than others. It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini is a great novel about this.
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