The Disposable Skateboard Bible

The Disposable Skateboard Bible by Sean Cliver

The Disposable Skateboard Bible sets out to be the ultimate guide with fascinating vignettes and recollections by an A-list of skateboarding personalities from Tony Hawk to Mike Vallely, Mark Gonzales to Mark "Gator" Rogowski, Steve Caballero to Stacy Peralta and more.

The Last Thing I Remember

The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan

"Suddenly I woke up strapped to a chair. Dazed, I looked around me. I was in a room with a concrete floor and cinder block walls. A single bare lightbulb hung glaring from a wire above me. There were instruments on a tray--awful instruments--blades and pincers and other things. They were covered in blood. My blood."

This is the first page to an exciting new series called The Homelanders. 17-year-old Charlie West went to bed after an ordinary day at school, only to wake up to find that a year has passed, he's been convicted of murdering his best friend, and a mysterious government group is trying to kill him.

The book grabs the reader from the first page, riveted to Charlie's desperate attempt to escape his captors and his search for answers to the missing year of his life. The characters are well written and the plot is so exciting you'll find yourself unable to put the book down. However, the author does leave a number of questions unanswered, so you'll have to wait until the second book is published to find out what happened to Charlie, and why.

Thank You!

I just wanted to say THANK YOU to all of you that submitted reviews during Teen Read week. It was such a success, that we may do it again in the future. Keep an eye out for more information next spring.

There are still some reviews that need to go up, but all reviews that counted toward reducing your fines are up and your fines have been waived.

Thank you again, and please still send in your reviews. We love them!

Teens' Top Ten

The Young Adult Services Association, or YALSA as we like to call it, asked teens to vote on their favorite books in an online poll. Voting took place from August 24 to September 18 and the winners were announced a couple of weeks ago. Do you agree with the list? Let us know!


1. Paper Towns by John Green








2. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer







3. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins







4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare







5. Identical by Ellen Hopkins








6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman







7. Wake by Lisa McMann








8. Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast








9. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart








10. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Join the Queue

Every Tuesday new books, CDs, and DVDs are released into the world. Instead of buying them, check them out at your library!

Here are some of the October 26, 2009 releases that the library has on order. Place your hold now to get it sooner!

Books:

Perfect Mistake by Kate Brian







Tempted by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast







A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts by Ying Chang Compestine







Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson







The Shadow Dragons by James A. Owen







Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith







The Espressologist by Kristina Springer







CDs:

Full Circle - Creed






The Sainthood - Tegan and Sara






DVDs:

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan







The Orphan







Graphic Novels:

Negima!, Vol. 24 by Ken Akamatsu







Tsubasa, Vol. 23 and Vol. 24 by Clamp







Kamichama Karin Chu, Vol. 6 by Koge-Donbo







Fairy Tail, Vol. 8 by Hiro Mashima







Zombie-Loan, Vol. 7 by Peach-Pit







Papillon, Vol. 4 by Miwa Ueda







Video Games:

Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time (PS3 ONLY)







Tekken 6:
PS3
360

What's on Tap?

Your library programs for the week:

Please not that Orange Cove Library is CLOSED until it's grand opening on November 7

Monday, October 26:
Homework Help @ Mendota, 3-6pm
Homework Help @ Woodward, 3:30-5pm
Study Hall @ Woodward, 3:30-5pm
Open Gaming Night @ Fig Garden, 5-8:30pm

Tuesday, October 27:
Homework Help @ Mendota, 3-6pm
Rescue Mission Magnets @ Firebaugh, 3pm
Sunnyside Teen Council @ Sunnyside, 5-6pm

Wednesday, October 28:
Art Smart @ Mendota, 3-5pm
Go and Chess @ Politi, 3-4pm
Homework Help @ Mendota, 3-6pm
Fowler's Homework Center @ Fowler, 3:30-5:30pm
Homework Help @ Woodward, 3:30-5pm
Study Hall @ Woodward, 3:30-5pm

Thursday, October 29:
Hooks and Needles @ Auberry. 1-4:30pm
Homework Help @ Mendota, 3-6pm
Haunted Story Room @ Woodward, 6-8pm
Wii Gaming @ Kerman, 6-6:45pm

Friday, October 30:
Friday Film - Prom Night @ Fowler, 4-5:30pm

Saturday, October 31:
Sports Trivia with Dee! @ Fowler, 11-12pm

Haunted

Did you know that one of the top ten "Must See Haunts" in all of the country is right here in Fresno County? Haunted Attraction Magazine ranked Hobbs Grove number 9! Can't make it out to Sanger? Then check out Haunted Fresno or Fright Night Scream Park in Clovis (you may have seen their commercials)!

Now go and check those out and tell me how it is, because I am too scared to go.

Fairy Tale

Fairy Tale  by Cyn Balog

Morgan Sparks seems to be living a charmed life. She has the ability to see the future, she's a great student, and her boyfriend is handsome, funny, the football quarterback and her best friend since grade school. A week before his sixteenth birthday, Cam discovers something about himself which will cause Morgan to question their relationship, her loyalty and the very natural of what is real and what isn't. At it's best, Fairy Tale shines with wit, clever dialogue, and insightfully captures the joy and angst of teenagers. However, Cyn Balog's first foray into writing a novel is marred by a plot which begins with a certain absurd believability but just sort of peters out into vagueness. The adults in the book, and there aren't many, are mockingly written as overbearing, fat, and unaware to the point of stupidity. While Fairy Tale is often entertaining and Cyn Balog is an author to look out for in the future, this novel's strengths are ultimately overshadowed by its weaknesses.

My Invented Life

My Invented Life by Lauren Bjorkman
Reviewed by Lisa L.

Roz has always been close to her sister, Eva, but recently Eva has stopped confiding in Roz. This happened about the same time that Eva started dating the guy Roz had crushed on from the beginning of time. Despite all this Roz is desperate for Eva to be her friend again and while trying to figure out what is up, Roz begins to suspect that Eva may be a lesbian. When she confronts her sister about her suspicions, Eva doesn't laugh it off like Roz expected, but rather acts very defensive. Roz is confident that it wouldn't be such a big deal to be an out and proud high schooler but when she tries to convince Eva of this fact, her sister dares her to try coming out herself. Ever the theater-geek, before thinking through the ramifications, Roz finds herself announcing to classmates that she has a girlfriend.

At first Roz thinks of the white lie as merely her biggest acting challenge to date and nothing more but surprisingly, Roz finds that pretending to be gay leaves her with questions about her own. If she's faking gay, why is she hoping that an alleged lesbian classmate has feelings for her? Is it possible that despite her boy crazy past she's not 100% straight herself? Is Roz helping Eva accept herself or is she discovering her own true self instead?

Join the Queue

Every Tuesday new books, CDs, and DVDs are released into the world. Instead of buying them, check them out at your library!

Here are some of the October 20, 2009 releases that the library has on order. Place your hold now to get it sooner!

Books:

Dragonfly by Julia Golding







Goth Girl Rising by Barry Lyga







Front and Center by Catherine Gilbert Murdock







Nothing Like You by Lauren Strasnick







CDs:

Told You I Was Freaky - Flight of the Conchords







Southern Voice - Tim McGraw







New Moon Soundtrack - Various (out last Friday)







DVDs:

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen







Graphic Novels:

Inubaka Crazy for Dogs, Vol. 14 by Yukiya Sakuragi







Video Games:

Astroboy:
DS
PS2
Wii





Backyard Football 10:
PS2
360






Bakugan:
DS
PS2
PS3
Wii
360



Marvel Super Hero Squad:
DS
PS2
Wii



FIFA 2010:
DS
PS2
PS3
Wii
360



WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010:
DS
PS2
PS3
Wii
360