Who Likes to Write?

Have a way with words, or maybe you have a good story to tell? Then why not check out Victoria Hanley's Seize the Story: A Handbook for Teens Who Like to Write? Unlike other how-to guides, which can be B-O-R-I-N-G, this reads like a novel while also giving you useful tips for your own writing. Who better to learn from than someone who does it well? As she says on the very first page of this fun read: "Your stories are all yours and waiting to be told." So what are you waiting for, start telling!

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Being fourteen is not easy, especially if you're dealing with the death of your best friend and a new school. For Charlie, the main character of Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower, working his way through the first year of high school means dealing with these things and more. The story is told through letters Charlie writes to an anonymous reader, and more often than not you feel like he is writing to you. Try this one out, and by the time you're finished you will feel like you've just made a friend: a really good one who knows exactly what you're going through.
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Want the latest in gaming news...

...check out Gamer Informer magazine! Game Informer magazine is the "Worlds #1 Computer and Video Game Magazine." This packed magazine contains new product reviews, information about games, codes and previews for new and exciting games and gaming systems. You can visit the library and check out this month's edition or visit Game Informer Online.

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Yuck!

Do you ever wonder what is in your favorite fast food hamburger? In this true account, Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson take us behind-the-scenes of America's fast food industry and find out what fast food mega-giants are adding to their food to make us crave more and more. Check out Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food today and find out what secrets are hidden behind those golden arches!

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Still Listening to Last Year's Music?

Don't get stuck listening to last year's hits, check out Now That's What I Call Music, 29 today! In its 29^th edition, Now That’s What I Call Music, has all your favorites from the current music scene. This CD contains 20 tracks from your favorite artists including, Pink, Ne-Yo, Jordi Sparks, Daughtry, and many more. A sure bet for any popular music fan, there is something for everyone on this CD compilation.

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Beware of the Zombie Blondes!

For fifteen-year-old Hannah, moving from place to place and making new friends is nothing new. But, when Hannah and her father move to Maplecrest, Vermont she discovers something creepy about the girls in the cheerleading squad, they’re all blonde and very pale. Desperate to fit in, Hannah will risk it all it to become popular, even if it means becoming a “zombie blonde.” Check out Zombie Blondes by Brian James today!

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Things that go bump in the night...

In this thrilling book, a famous horror author holds a short-story contest, offering the five finalists the chance to spend what turns out to be a terrifying- and deadly- night with him in a haunted house. Full of terrifying stories and supernatural malevolence, if you're looking to get creeped-out, Daemon Hall by Andrew Nance to read in the dark.

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Attention Girls! Here's a math book for you!

Cute and smart is better than cute and dumb. That's the message that Danica McKellar is sending in her book Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail. The book is full of stories and real-life scenarios to learn math-- no more boring story problems or impossible equations. My favorite part of the book is its illustrations and girlie-handwriting. Think Teen Cosmo or Seventeen for the math student. You'll love it!

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Do video glasses actual work?

Check out How Stuff Works! Have you always wondered how pro -wrestling actually works? Or why the internet signals don't get all mixed up? Did you know that an octopus can make itself look like another animal? This site has all sorts of cool information about how things work; cars, animals, computers, sushi, and even stuff online like blogs. This site will answer all sorts of crazy questions with helpful descriptions, pictures, videos and even lets you add new questions as you think of them. What's the most bizarre fact that you learned today?

What Will You Design?

Did you know that only 10% of the world owns resources like clean water and safe housing? Design for the other 90% by the Smithsonian is a fabulous book with tons of cool pictures from all over the world showing how new designs and inventions are changing these people's lives; making them healthier and safer. You'll learn all kinds of interesting new facts about "green" designing and if you want to know even more, the book is actually part of a bigger exhibition on environmental design at the Smithsonian. There are links in the book to the official exhibit website and other similar organizations. Also, the book gives you ideas on how you can help out in these organizations. Do you think you've got what it takes to design something of your own that makes a difference in the world?

Looking for a crazy book??

Check out Voss: How I Come to America and am Hero, Mostly by David Ives. Vospop Vsklzwczdztwczky (Voss for short) is a 15 year old illegal "immigrunt" from the imaginary country of Slobovia. He writes "ladders" to his friend Meero back home about his crazy American adventures. He doesn't speak great English so his letters are full of hilarious words and bizarre spelling errors while he runs around the city saving people (or "pipple") and gets himself into "dipp, dipp trobble". How many silly versions of English words can you find in this book?

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