Summer Reads

Ready to relax and enjoy your summer vacation? Pick up these summer-themed books at CDPL!

Jenny Han's Summer Trilogy:

The Summer I Turned Pretty (2009)

Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different.

It's Not Summer Without You (2010)

Teenaged Isobel "Belly" Conklin, whose life revolves around spending the summer at her mother's best friend's beach house, reflects on the tragic events of the past year that changed her life forever.     

We'll Always Have Summer (2011)
The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.   



Harlem Summer (2007)

In 1920s Harlem, sixteen-year-old Mark Purvis, an aspiring jazz saxophonist, gets a summer job as an errand boy for the publishers of the groundbreaking African American magazine, "The Crisis," but soon finds himself on the enemy list of mobster Dutch Shultz.     







My Almost Epic Summer (2006)

Stuck babysitting during the summer while her friends take glamorous vacations, fourteen-year-old Irene learns some lessons about life after meeting a beautiful, yet troubled, girl.      







Forever Summer (2011)

What happens when an East Coast girl is thrust into the Laguna Beach surfing scene, where she unintentionally butts heads with the school's queen bee?      

New Movies at CDPL

In addition to checking out books and using public computers/wi-fi at CDPL, you can also bring home DVDs of new blockbusters, television shows, documentaries, and essential classic films. Did you know you can browse CDPL's catalog for our most recently added DVDs?

Here are a few DVDs you may want to check out:

The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1

 In the highly anticipated fourth installment of the Twilight Saga, a marriage, a honeymoon, and the birth of a child bring unforeseen and shocking developments for Bella and Edward and those they love, including new complications with young werewolf Jacob Black.





 
Beastly

Kyle Kingson has it all, including a wicked cruel streak. He zeroes in on Goth classmate Kendra inviting her to the school's extravagant bash. After she accepts, he blows her off in a very cruel fashion. She retaliates by casting a spell that physically transforms him into everything he hates. Enraged by his horrible appearance he confronts Kendra and learns that the only way to break the curse is to find someone that will love him as he is, which is something he considers impossible.    

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

When Lucy and Edmund Pensive, along with their cousin Eustace, are swallowed into a painting and transported back to Narnia, they join King Caspian and a noble mouse named Reepicheep aboard the magnificent ship The Dawn Treader. The courageous voyagers travel to mysterious islands, confront mystical creatures, and reunite with the Great Lion Aslan on a mission that will determine the fate of Narnia itself!     

YA Graphic Novels

If you're a fan of manga and graphic novels, you'll want to browse titles in our Young Adult department. We have individual titles and series, such as Naruto, Vampire Knight, Dragon Ball Z, Fruits Basket, Buso Renkin, Skip-beat!, and Petshop of Horrors.

Take a look at CDPL's collection of manga and graphic novel for teens.

If you're not sure which graphic novel to read next, read reviews
on Graphic Novel Reporter.

The site also has core lists for must-read teen titles. Check out the latest lists:
Spring 2012: Graphic Novels
Spring 2012: Manga