tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113213582009-07-04T11:05:59.343-05:00So, want to know what a Teen Services Librarian is reading? You've come to the right spot. Check out what Alissa has been reading and see what her opinions are on the books she's read. Have you read one of these titles? Post a comment and let others know what you think.Alissanoreply@blogger.comBlogger335125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-68695145742258797452009-07-04T11:05:00.001-05:002009-07-04T11:05:59.350-05:00

Matt, Coop, and Sean have been best friends since kindergarten. Every summer the trio sets a goal that has to be complete prior to the start of school and this summer Coop has set the bar high as he has decided that this summer each of them will have to see a woman naked, in person- porn does not count. Matt cannot see this challenge ever happening, after all the guys are not remotely cool and

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Shawna has never really gotten over her mother, Penny, abandoning her to live with her lesbian partner Fran in New York ten years earlier. Now seventeen, Shawna has been raised by her domineering father who expects her to be perfect and follow his footsteps into the medical field. Everything changes for Shawna when she receives a call from Fran that her mother has had a stroke and is dying.

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-9433471340799399042009-07-03T21:16:00.001-05:002009-07-03T21:18:03.521-05:00

Can't post my review because it will be published in VOYA, but I just have to say that this book is wonderful. If you like dark, Gothic books like Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle trilogy pick this one up.

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After the death of her adoptive mother Grace, feisty and independent, sixteen-year-old Katherine Bab wants no part of her expected marriage and so she does exactly what Grace told her not to do and flees to London in search of her true identity, taking her deaf sister Anna with her. Katerine’s flame red-hair catches the eye of Queen Elizabeth and soon Katherine finds herself installed among the

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Daniel’s parents put all of their money into the boat passage to New York that was supposed to ensure his escape from Nazi Germany. Unfortunately, the boat full of refugees that Daniel is on has been turned away from both the Canadian and United States ports where they attempted to land. Cuba is their last chance or they will be forced to return to Germany. When Daniel is finally allowed into

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-32502788380553727782009-06-16T21:53:00.000-05:002009-06-16T21:54:18.070-05:00

Every teenager knows that fifteen is the year of the optional summer job, after all once you turn sixteen you start working until you retire or die. Dave finds his plans of relaxing and hanging out with his best friends Curtis and Victor dashed when their dads decree the teens must get summer jobs. Unwilling to give up their final summer of freedom, the boys dream up Project Sweet Life, in

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When she was five years old, Tamika suffered from meningitis and was left with “moderately severe” hearing loss and now ten years later she would rather turn off her hearing aids and escape the noise of the world. At the age of eighteen, Jimmi Sixes self-medicates to forget what he saw in the war and mute the pain from death of the love of his life and their child. Looking for a chance at a new

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-36201114424657095182009-05-31T12:44:00.000-05:002009-05-31T12:45:02.155-05:00

After her boyfriend dumps her for her older sister, Savannah meets her fair godmother Chrysanthemum (whose grades in Fairy Godmother school were only fair and so she has not passed the apprentice level yet) who grants her three wishes. Unfortunately for Savannah, Chrissy is more focused on shopping than her so when she wishes for her life to be like a fairy tale with a handsome prince waiting

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-55610932956882204492009-05-31T11:51:00.001-05:002009-05-31T11:51:42.116-05:00

Cammie is excited to visit her friend Macy in Boston at the political convention where Macy’s father will accept the nomination for vice president. The last thing Cammie expects is to have to use her Gallagher Academy training when they are surrounded by Secret Service Agents but Gllagher girls are taught to always be prepared so when Cammie finds herself without Secret Service Agents in the

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-41237016163688062132009-05-31T11:32:00.001-05:002009-05-31T11:32:15.584-05:00

Princess Talia Aurora Augusta Ludwiga Wilhelmina Agnes Marie Rose of Euphrasia is tricked into pricking her finger on a spindle and fulfilling a curse that places obscures the entire nation of Euphrasia from the rest of the world and causes everyone to fall asleep until she is awakened by a kiss from her true love. Centuries go by until Jack ditches his European tour group and stumbles upon

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-47403863953593546092009-05-31T11:05:00.000-05:002009-05-31T11:06:01.437-05:00

Eternal by Cynthia Leitich SmithMiranda’s guardian angel, Zachary, has screwed up- big time. After falling in love with his charge, he revealed himself to her in order to save her life. Unfortunately now she has become an eternal, elevated to the rank of Vampire Princess by the current Dracula himself. Zachary finds himself stripped of his angel powers and sent back to earth in order to save

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It has been seventy-five days since the accident that killed her best friend Julia and Amy is home from the alcohol treatment center where she was sent after the accident. Amy is determined to keep herself isolated from everyone, as she feels Julia is the only person who ever really understood and accepted her. Her shrink wants her to start a diary to help her recovery, but instead Amy writes

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-25551902045566213222009-05-11T21:07:00.002-05:002009-05-11T21:18:20.211-05:00

Everyone in Mary’s village lives in fear of the Unconsecrated- the undead creatures who dwell in the forest outside the fences of the village. The constant threats from the Unconsecrated rule life in the village and govern the choices everyone makes. After her mother is bitten by an Unconsecrated, Mary finds that she no longer has options. She must either choose to join the Sisterhood, the

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-28215106756146745942009-05-04T20:53:00.000-05:002009-05-04T20:54:07.276-05:00

Calder is a Fetch- a spirit who escorts souls through the Death Door, down the Aisle, to the Great River where the Captain transports them on to Heaven. For the last three hundred years, Calder has gone about his duties as a Fetch while remaining indifferent to the outcomes of the Death Scenes until he arrives at the death scene of a young boy and is completely taken by the beautiful young woman

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-13358415252486952382009-05-04T20:52:00.002-05:002009-05-04T20:53:01.201-05:00

Bausum examines the dark side of the history of American immigration from the holocaust refugees that were turned away, the detainment of Japanese Americans, and the Mexican migrant workers who were exploited. Bausum’s opinion of U.S. immigration policies is made abundantly clear from the very first page. Photographs, a timeline, and an extensive bibliography help round out this well-researched

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-5430145749159492782009-04-25T12:51:00.000-05:002009-04-25T12:52:26.057-05:00

For years faeries crossed back and forth between the mortal realm and the Otherworld occasionally stealing a human child. After a distraught mother crosses into the realm of the fey and steals a fairy princess, Auberon the king of the Unseelie Court closes the portals between the realms. Auberon’s seal holds except for the Samhain Gate in New York City’s central park which opens every October

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Angela’s parents have had it with her out of control behavior and the incident with her grandfather was the last straw. Angela finds herself sent off to Hidden Oak School for Girls, an exclusive boarding school for troubled teen girls in Colorado. Angela quickly discovers that the girls are divided into two groups- the gold thread girls who the school believes can be rehabilitated, and the

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-46395031133268116432009-04-25T12:49:00.000-05:002009-04-25T12:50:45.103-05:00

Jeremy Dance’s, aka Lil J, life has been going steadily downhill and now he finds himself injured an on the run after a drug deal gone bad that left a cop fighting for his life and Lil J on the run. He finds himself in an abandoned building where he encounters Kelly, a strange man with a television set that can not only view the present but also Lil J’s past and future if he continues on his

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-31135436851828134392009-03-22T21:26:00.000-05:002009-03-22T21:27:28.800-05:00

Samar’s mom has always kept her in the dark about her Indian culture and heritage. Sam never really thought about it, or cared, until the days after 9-11 when her Uncle Sandeep shows up at her door and sends Sam on a quest to discover her heritage and learn about her family and who she really is.Meminger captures the essence of a teenage girl’s search for self-identity that is certain to connect

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-87887556419730715162009-03-22T20:54:00.000-05:002009-03-22T20:55:04.556-05:00

Trina lives in her own self-absorbed world in which she is the center of everyone’s universe. Dominique lives for her minutes on the basketball court and when she is benched because of her grades, she needs and outlet to release her anger. When Trina skips by her in the hallway, Dominique finds a target for her rage. Leticia witnesses the entire incident and realizes that Trina did not hear

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-20913678693513107222009-03-15T22:10:00.000-05:002009-03-15T22:11:33.111-05:00

Dawn has always been a good girl- well behaved, studious, and is destined for Harvard.. Dawn, however, is tired of the life that “The Evil Ones” (her parents) have dictated to her- she’s tired of the constant extra curriculars and the pressures her parents place on her to succeed. When Dawn meets rebellious Starr, she begins to discover that she enjoys being a bad girl- especially after she

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Polly, Jo, and Ama have been friends since the first grade, until this past year when they started to drift apart. While they are headed different directions for the summer, the girls discover the importance and strength of their friendship.Brashares follows the formula established in her bestselling Traveling Pants series and has created a new cast of likeable teenage girls to capture reader’s

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-64477332308215084252009-03-15T21:18:00.001-05:002009-03-15T21:20:06.902-05:00

In the Frederick Douglass Project where DeShawn has grown up, life is ruled by the gangs, drugs, and poverty. DeShawn is smart and struggles to avoid the lifestyle that claims his friends one by one. It isn’t until DeShawn sees his sister drinking her babies formula because she is so hungry that he sees no other option and enlists in the Douglass Disciples, quickly moving up the ranks in the

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Annika’s six-year-old brother has brain cancer and it has turned life upside down for the seventeen-year-old. In an attempt to make him feel better about his upcoming surgery, she tells him that she has a genie and is giving him her last two wishes- on the condition that he uses the third wish to make his upcoming surgery successful. Annika thinks that he will wish for the Robin Hood action

Alissanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11321358.post-58372386279002751672009-03-11T22:11:00.001-05:002009-03-11T22:11:58.724-05:00

Auden hasn’t slept at night since her parents divorce. The daughter of a university professor and a national book award finalist, Auden is your classic overachiever, studious and serious. Suddenly yearning for something different then a summer of preparing for her fall college classes, Auden decides to pack up and go spend the summer with her father and his new family. Things at her father’s

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