BFYA Blog: Library News for Brookfield's Young Adults

Come to Beyond Reality this Monday at 4pm! You can indulge your tech side and find out how to create your own games and electronic art and play some Wii. Ages 11 & up. See you there!

This week's book pick is The Roar by Emma Clayton.

Mika's twin sister Ellie disappeared a year ago, but Mika refuses to believe she's dead. Life was already grim in London behind The Wall ever since the Animal Plague, and with Ellie gone it's that much worse. Mika knows there must be a way to find Ellie, and it just might be through the new program the government is funding, a program where kids compete against each other in fight-to-the-virtual-death video game tournaments. Mika is certain he is getting closer to Ellie with every game he plays, and maybe the truth of what is really out there beyond The Wall. But will the price of finding out the truth cost too much?

Check out the book trailer for The Roar here.

February is almost here and the library will be reopening February 1st! Check out what will be going on:

Monday, February 8th, 4pm ~ Beyond Reality: Indulge your tech side! Find out how to make your own games & electronic art & play some Wii.

Monday, February 15th, 4pm ~ AniManga Club watches Naruto the Movie: Shippuden and eats lots of Pocky!

Friday, February 26th, 6:30-9pm ~ After Hours! After the library closes it's time for our monthly young adult night of fun. Come for an evening of movies, Internet, Rock Band, Wii, and don't forget snacks! Ages 12 and up.

The Michael L. Printz Award was announced by the American Library Association (ALA) today. The winner is Going Bovine by Libba Bray, and the honor books are:

Charles and Emma: the Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

Punkzilla by Adam Rapp

Tales of the Madman Underground : an Historical Romance 1973 by John Barnes

The winner of the William C. Morris YA Debut Award is Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan, and the winner of the new YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award is Charles and Emma: the Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman.

Check out the display of these award winners in the young adult area on February 1st, the day the library is scheduled to re-open!

Check out these new items on the young adult bookshelf:

After by Amy Efaw

Bandslam

The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima

Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Liar by Justine Larbalestier

Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink

The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan

This week's book pick is Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose.

In March of 1955, in segregated Montgomery, Alabama, Claudette Colvin decided not to give up her seat to a white woman on a bus. She was arrested and taken to jail, and later declared guilty for what she had done. Instead of supporting her, most of Colvin's high school classmates openly shunned and gossiped about her, and Colvin began to wonder if she'd sacrificed everything by not giving up her seat that day. When almost a year later Rosa Parks made the same decision as Colvin and chose not to give up her bus seat, the revolution Colvin had started became a full blown boycott. While Claudette Colvin is not as well known as Rosa Parks, her act of courage changed everything.

The library will be partially closing starting Monday, November 23rd for refurbishing, and will reopen in mid to late January 2010. Updates regarding the refurbishing may be found on the homepage. You can also access the library's databases (including the ever helpful Tutor.com) for homework help, search the library's online catalogs for books, movies, and more, and check the BFYA blog for additional updates!

Come to AniManga Club this Monday at 4pm. We'll be watching Naruto the Movie 3 and eating lots of Pocky!

Come to Rock On this Friday at 6:30 pm for some Nintendo Wii tournament play! Don't forget $5 for pizza. Ages 12 & up.

This week's book pick is Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld.

In this alternate history set in the beginning of World War I, prince Aleksandar Ferdinand is in danger. His parents have just been murdered, and only his small crew aboard the iron machine the Stormwalker has any interest in his welfare. (Everyone else would like him dead.) Deryn Sharp just joined the British Air Service and is hoping no one notices she's actually a girl, particularly now that she's landed a spot on the Leviathan, a living airship. When Deryn and Alek meet unexpectedly in the middle of the Swiss Alps, the clash between animal and machine becomes personal.