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This week's pick is How To Build A House by Dana Reinhardt.

After her father and stepmother's divorce, Harper just needs to get away. She travels to Tennessee from her hometown of Los Angeles and joins a group building a house for a family who lost theirs in a tornado. Harper has no interest in getting to know her fellow house-building volunteers, and she doesn't want to talk about her recent past. But then Harper meets Teddy, whose home Harper is helping to build. Will Teddy be the one to get through to Harper that she needs to start talking and work on rebuilding her own life?

In honor of the Teen Read Week theme of Books With Bite @ Your Library, we're celebrating with food! Come to our monthly It's Bizarre ... program on Monday, October 13th at 4pm for a candy tasting. Test your candy knowledge with our candy quiz! You can also enter our bookmark contest and be in the running for a gift certificate. (Pick up entry forms for both the candy quiz and the bookmark contest at the Youth Services desk.) Last but not least, vote for your favorite books on the Teens' Top Ten list!

This week's book pick is Good Enough by Paula Yoo.

Senior Patti Yoon is sick of high school, SAT tests, and her parents' constant pressure. She's valedictorian of her class, a talented violinist, and goes to church every Sunday. But no matter what, it's just never quite what her parents want. And what about what Patti wants? Patti knows she wants to be happy, but isn't too sure how to get there. Find out if Patti succeeds in Good Enough.

Come to AniManga Club this Monday, October 6th, from 4-6 pm! We'll be watching Mushi-Shi Vol. 2 and eating lots of Pocky!

Check out these new young adult books on the young adult bookshelf:

Cooking Up a Storm: The Teen Survival Cookbook by Sam Stern

Good Enough by Paula Yoo

Impossible by Nancy Werlin

Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke

Real Food, Real Fast by Sam Stern

Shugo Chara!: Vol. 4

Star Wars: Tag and Bink Were Here by Kevin Rubio

Ultimate X-men Vol. 10: Cry Wolf by Brian Vaughan

Ultimate X-men Vol 11: The Most Dangerous Game by Brian Vaughan

Ultimate X-men Vol. 12: Hard Lessons by Brian Vaughan

Late Night at the Library is sadly canceled this Friday, September 26th. We'll be back next month!

This week's pick is Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers.

In the winter of 2003, Robin Perry is headed to Iraq. After 9/11 Robin knew he needed to serve his country, despite his father's reservations. As part of the Civilian Affairs unit, he doesn't expect to see much fighting. In fact, he's hoping there won't be hardly any fighting at all. But as time goes on, Robin begins to realize that what is happening in Iraq is much more complicated that what he expected, and that inevitably, what is happening can only be called war.

Come to Young Adult Movie Night this Monday, September 22nd, at 6:30 pm!

Join Lyra Belacqua in her quest to travel to the wastes of the Far North and defeat the evil Mrs. Coulter, who is kidnapping children for a dangerous purpose. Little does Lyra know she has a much larger role to play, far greater than she ever imagined.

Check out these new books on the young adult bookshelf:

Cybele's Secret by Juliet Marillier

Shugo Chara! Vol. 3

This week's pick is Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper.

As a servant, Anne Green has spent her life being told what to do, and that includes obeying the wishes of her master's grandson, which will have dire consequences for Anne. In a turn of unbelievable events, Anne is tried for a crime she did not commit and sentenced to be executed - by hanging. But when she wakes up and finds herself in limbo, unable to move, not sure if she is alive or dead, Anne finds herself trying to understand what brought her to this point. Set in 1650 and based on real events, this is the story of a girl brought back to life.