Come to AniManga Club this Monday at 4 pm. We'll be watching D. Gray-man: Episodes 1-4 and eating lots of Pocky!
BFYA Blog: Library News for Brookfield's Young Adults
Reporting for the Teen & YA Winter Reading Program, I'd Rather Be Reading, Has Begun!
Set your own reading goal & win weekly prizes! Report pages read here. You can still register online, or in person at the Information Desk.
Staff Pick of the Week: Black, White, Other by Joan Steinau Lester
This week's book pick is Black, White, Other by Joan Steinau Lester.
Nina just turned fifteen, and after spending a lifetime believing she knew who she was, now she's not so sure. Nina's parents are splitting up and her younger brother Jimi has gone to live with her dad. What's more, the fact that Nina is biracial all of a sudden begins to permeate every aspect of her life in a way it never has before. While Nina's father has become involved in writing the story of Nina's great-great grandmother Sarah, a former slave who made her way to freedom, her mother continues to insist race doesn't matter. On top of everything else, Nina's friends at school have decided that race does matter and are expecting her to choose one group of friends over the other. Sarah had to run away to make a better life for herself and Nina is beginning to wonder - should she do the same?
Submitted by Louise on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 5:02pm
Stuff to Do in February!
February is almost here! Check out what will be going on for teens & young adults:
Monday, February 6th, 4pm ~ AniManga Club watches D. Gray-Man Episodes 1-4 and eats lots of Pocky!
Monday, February 13th, 4pm ~ Teens Read: Are you pro or anti-Valentine’s Day? Come discuss great (and not so great) love stories and decorate some Anti-Valentine’s Day cookies at Teens Read.
Monday, February 20th, 4pm ~ AniManga Club: Come watch some anime and eats lots of Pocky!
Friday, February 24th, 6:30-8:30pm ~ After Hours! After the library closes it's time for our monthly young adult night of fun. Come for an evening of Rock Band, Super Smash Brothers tournament play, Internet, and don't forget snacks and giveaways! Ages 12-16. Please note: you must be between the ages of 12-16 to attend this program. No exceptions will be made.
Submitted by Louise on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 3:58pm
New Books!
Check out these new books on the young adult bookshelf:
Submitted by Louise on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:32am
Staff Pick of the Week: Legend by Marie Lu
This week's book pick is Legend by Marie Lu.
Although Day and June are both citizens of the Republic, a country made of what used to the be the western United States, they come from completely different worlds. Day is an infamous criminal from the hardscrabble neighborhoods of the Lake Sector, while June has known only the privileged military sphere of the Republic. June is about to graduate from the Replublic's top military college when her older brother Metias is murdered, and everyone thinks Day is the killer. June is assigned to track Day and bring him in, a job June is convinced won't take her long. But Day is very experienced in avoiding the authorities - his own mother doesn't even know he's alive. When June and Day do finally meet, they'll discover that everything they've been told about each other has nothing to do with the truth.
Submitted by Louise on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 4:07pm
After Hours This Friday, January 27th!
After the library closes it's time for our monthly young adult night of fun for ages 12-16. Come for an evening of Super Smash Brothers tournament play, Rock Band, Internet, giveaways, and don't forget snacks. See ya there! 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
Please note: you must be between the ages of 12-16 to attend this program. No exceptions will be made.
Submitted by Louise on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 5:20pm
2012 Young Adult Book Awards!
The Michael L. Printz Award was announced by the American Library Association (ALA) today. The winner is Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley, and the honor books are:
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
The Returning by Christine Hinwood
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvery
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
The winner of the William C. Morris YA Debut Award is Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley, and the winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award is The Notorious Benedict Arnold : a True story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin.
The winner of the Pura Belpre Author Award is Guadalupe Garcia McCall for Under the Mesquite.
The winner of the Stonewall Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature is Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by Bil Wright. The four honor books include A + E 4ever by Ilike Merey, Money Boy by Paul Yee, Pink by Lili Wilkinson, and With or Without You by Brian Farrey.
Check one out or place your hold today!
Submitted by Louise on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 4:54pm
Staff Pick of the Week: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
This week's book pick is Cinder by Marissa Meyer.
Cinder is known as the top mechanic in New Beijing, but to her stepmother Adri it doesn't matter - Cinder is still a cyborg, a human with robot components. In Adri's eyes, all Cinder is useful for is to fix things. Cinder longs for something different, but doesn't see change happening in the foreseeable future. Then by chance Cinder meets Prince Kai, the future emperor, when he comes to her stall in the market looking for help repairing his android. Before Cinder has a chance to get to know the prince, her stepsister Peony is struck by the plague that has become all too common in New Beijing. Convinced Cinder is a carrier of the plague, Adri quickly decides Cinder will be used as a test subject in the search for an antidote. Cinder is certain she will be dead within days, as no test subject has yet survived after being submitted for plague study.
Submitted by Louise on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 3:34pm
AniManga Club this Monday, January 16th!
Come to AniManga Club this Monday at 4 p.m. We'll be watching Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds and eating lots of Pocky!
Submitted by Louise on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 2:29pm
Staff Pick of the Week: The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
This week's book pick is The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler.
Imagine a world where Facebook is yet to be invented ...
It's 1996, and Josh and Emma are in high school, getting used to the fact they're not really friends anymore. Then Josh brings over an AOL CD-ROM for Emma to download onto her new computer in order to get on the Internet (a new phenomenon in 1996), and soon Emma discovers a new future that makes no sense. Somehow, her computer has access to Facebook, which Josh and Emma have never known about, since it doesn't yet exist. Emma and Josh see their future all spelled out in front of them - what their jobs will be, who they've married, what they do in their free time. Emma's not a big fan of her future, so keeps trying to find ways to change it. At first Josh is appalled, but soon finds himself doing a bit of the same. Will Emma and Josh realize when they've gone too far?
Submitted by Louise on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 1:07pm
