BFYA Blog: Library News for Brookfield's Young Adults

April is here! Check out what will be going on for young adults:

Monday, April 5th, 4pm ~ AniManga Club watches Spiral: Shooting Fallen Stars and eats lots of Pocky!

Monday, April 12th, 4pm ~ Beyond Reality: Indulge your tech side! Find out how to make your own games & electronic art & play some Wii.

Monday, April 19th, 4pm ~ AniManga Club! Come watch some anime and eat lots of Pocky!

Friday, April 23rd, 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, DJ Hero, Super Smash Brothers tournament play, and don't forget snacks! Ages 12 and up.

Throughout April we'll be celebrating National Poetry Month with our Brookfield Young Adult Poetry Contest. Write a poem and submit either a paper entry to the Youth Services Department or via e-mail to the teen librarian. Poems can be as short as you like or as long as you like, and don't need to follow any particular format. Please write your name, age, phone number, and title of your poem (if it has one) on your entry. One entry per person. Your entry must be completely original and through up only by you. Entries will be judged on creativity and originality. Winners will be chosen in early May and awarded prizes. Ages 11 & up.

This week's book pick is Back Home by Julia Keller.

As a member of the National Guard, Rachel's dad was called up to serve in the Iraq War. After suffering a traumatic brain injury and losing both an arm and leg, he's been sent home. But the man sitting in his wheelchair is not Rachel's dad. Sure, he may look like her dad (mostly, that is), but this man seems like an empty shell. He barely talks, and when he does, it's just a couple words here and there. He doesn't seem to ever want to get out of his wheelchair, even though supposedly he knows how. How can Rachel make the connection between what her dad can do and what he will never be able to do again?

This week's book pick is Dragonfly by Julia Golding.

Tashi and Ramil come from opposite corners of the Known World - she from the peaceful Blue Crescent Islands and he from the forested land of Gerfal. In order to create an alliance between their two countries and to keep the warlord Fergox Spearthrower from taking over their lands, the two are required to marry. Unfortunately when Tashi and Ramil meet it is clear that they will not be getting along anytime soon. And then to make matters worse, they are kidnapped. What will happen to Tashi and Ramil now? Will they ever find a way to escape - and to make peace with each other?

Come to After Hours this Friday from 6:30-9 pm!

Young Adults ages 12-16 are invited for an evening of movies, Wii, DJ Hero, Internet, snacks, and giveaways. See ya there!

Check out these new books on the young adult bookshelf:

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Num8ers by Rachel Ward

The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore

This week's book pick is Alligator Bayou by Donna Jo Napoli.

It's 1899 in Tallulah, Louisiana, and Calogero and his Sicilian family are caught in between a town full of Jim Crow laws and recent memories of the Civil War. Scorned by most of the whites of the town and feared by most of the African-American community, a friendly face is hard to come by. But there's Patricia, a girl who decides to look beyond the fear and mistrust, and Calogero finds himself falling for her. Patricia's friendship, however, will not be enough to save Calogero and his family when many of the whites of Tallulah decide they no longer want the Sicilian family in their midst.

Come to AniManga Club this Monday at 4 pm. We'll be watching Spiral: Disarming Fate and eating lots of Pocky!

This week's book pick is The Great Wide Sea by M.H. Herlong.

Ben's mother was killed in a car accident a few months ago, and ever since nothing has been right. Now Ben can't believe what his father has done - he's sold their house and announced that he, Ben, and Ben's two little brothers will sail around the Bahamas for the next year. Ben is furious, and the lack of space on the boat is making everything worse. And then Ben wakes up one morning to find his father gone and a storm on its way. He and his brothers are lost, and as far as they can tell, no help will be on its way anytime soon.

Check out these new books on the young adult bookshelf:

Alligator Bayou by Donna Jo Napoli

Bleach Vol. 30 by Tite Kubo

Broadway Lights by Jen Calonita

Dizzy In Your Eyes: Poems About Love by Pat Mora

InuYasha Vol. 44 & 45 by Rumiko Takahashi

Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers

The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat by Michael Pollan

This week's book pick is The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin by Josh Berk.

Will Halpin made the decision to transfer from his all-deaf school to the local high school, and knows there isn't any going back. And he knew it wouldn't be easy, but he's getting ignored by his new classmates even more than he expected. All of them, that is, except for Devon Smiley, who initially Will would like to distance himself from as it is clear that Devon is not by any means part of the in crowd. But when the very popular quarterback Pat Chambers falls to his death on a school field trip, Will finds himself teaming up with Devon to find Pat's killer. While Will is tired of being in the background, the fact that no one ever notices him just might be the key to finding out what happened to Pat Chambers.