Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Summer Reading For Teens

America: Reading Coast to Coast

Summer Reading For Teens
Sign up at the Crawfordsville District Public Library

Begins: May 31st

Read a book at your reading level, rate it, sign up for a drawing.
You could win a gift card from:
  • Walmart $200 or $100
  • Barnes and Noble $50
  • Steak and Shake $25
  • Capri Movie Theater $25
  • Buffalo Wild Wings $25
  • Culver’s $25
Your chances of winning improve with every book you read!

Drawings will be held on July 12th

Saturday, May 07, 2011

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
This is book 4 in The Mortal Instruments series.

Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad
In this novel television star Lauren pulls back the curtain on young Hollywood and shows that sometimes the read drama is behind the scenes. Drama occurs with boys and best friends.

Eona by Alison Goodman
This is the sequel to Eon. In this novel there are thrilling fight scenes, sizzling tension, and many surprises that brings to a close an epic story.

Akata Witch byNnedi Okorafor
Orlu, Chichi, and Sunny have magical abilities. The girls are asked to track down a serial killer with abilities stronger than theirs. Can they do it?

Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
The character in this novel will discover the transforming power of art over disaster in a story about creativity and loss, love and recovery, and survival.

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina is going about her normal day when she and her family are deported to Siberia by the Soviet secret police. She fights for her life vowing that if she survives she will honor her family by documenting their experience in her art and writing. This novel will steal your breath away, capture your heart, and reveal the miraculous nature of the human spirit.