September 11th Booklist

As September 11th approaches, don't be without a book!

1. 9.11.01 Terrorists Attack the U.S. / by Patrick Lalley (2002; grades 5-8)

2. 14 Cows for America / by Carmen Agra Deedy ; in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Nai . (2009; grades 2-5)

3. Fireboat : the heroic adventures of the John J. Harvey / by Maira Kalman. (2002; grades PK-3)

4. A nation challenged : a visual history of 9/11 .../ New York Times (2002; grades 4-9)

5. Osama Bin Laden/ by Sean Stewart Price (2010; biography)

6. Al Qaeda : Osama bin Laden's army of terrorists / by Phillip Margulies (2003; grades 5-7)

7. September 11, 2001 : attack on New York City / by Wilborn Hampton (2003; grades 7 and up)

8. September 11 : a primary source history / by Alan Wachtel (2006; starred review in Booklist)

9. September 11 ; attack on America / by Andrew Langley (2006)

10. Understanding September 11th : answering questions.../ by Mitch Frank (2002)

Fiction

1. Bullyville / by Francine Prose (2007; Young Adult grades 5-8)

2. The flame tree / by Richard Lewis (2004; grades 8 and up)

3. Love is the higher law / by David Levithan (2009; Young Adult grades 8 and up)

4. Refugees / by Catherine Stine (2005; Young Adult grades 9-12)

5. September Roses / by Jeanette Winter (2004; grades K-2)

Related Works:

1. The 9/11 Report : a graphic adaptation / by Sid Jacobsen and Ernie Colon (2006; YA to grown ups)

2. Counterterrorist forces with the CIA / John Wright (2003)

3. Hero dogs : courageous canines in action / by Donna M. Jackson (2003; grades 3-5) )

4. He said yes : the story of Father Mychal Judge / by Kelly Ann Lynch; illustrations by M. Scott Oatman (2007; picture book biography)

5. Intelligence: the human factor / by W. Patrick Lang (2004; grades 9 and up)

6. The man who walked between the towers / Mordicai Gerstein. (2004; K-grade 6; Caldecott Medal)

7. 102 Minutes : the untold story of the fight to survive inside the Twin Towers / Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn (2005; Young Adult-grown ups)

8. The Pentagon / Tamara L. Britton (2003; grades 3-5)

9. The World Trade Center / by Tamara L. Britton. (2003)

Related Fiction:

1. Ask me no questions / by Marina Budhos (2006; Young Adult grades 7-10)

Youth Video Contest Announcement

The Lancaster Public Library has been selected as one of the ten recipients of a Teen Read Week minigrant from the Young Adult Library Association and Team Teen Read Week. We are using the grant money to fund a Youth Video Contest and Microsoft Moviemaker classes. The contestants will make a 3-minute video book review or video book trailer on a Young Adult book. Please visit our Youth Video Contest webpage for more information and good luck!
Sincerely,
Audrey

What's Hot in Teen Supernatural Fiction?

The most recent popular teen supernatural fiction that you will find at the library:

Beautiful creatures/ by Cami Garcia
In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
(Beatiful Darkness releases October 12th!)

Bruiser / by Neal Shusterman
Inexplicable events start to occur when sixteen-year-old twins Tennyson and Brontë befriend a troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly nicknamed Bruiser, and his little brother, Cody.

Deception : haunting Emma / by Lee Nichols
When seventeen-year-old Emma's antique-collector parents vanish and her brother's college roommate shows up to become her guardian, he takes her from San Francisco to Boston, where she discovers that she is a powerful "ghostkeeper," which both explains troubling incidents from her past and presents difficult new dilemmas.

Demon princess : reign check / by Michelle Rowen

Sixteen-year-old Nikki is again summoned to the Underworld to appear before the Demon Council, the king of the faerie realm enrolls at her small-town Canada high school to experience human life, and her mother begins dating one of her teachers.

Early to death, early to rise : a novel/ Kim Harrison

When Madison Avery, seventeen, spunky, and technically dead, takes on the role of Dark Timekeeper, she struggles to figure out her place in the war between light and dark reapers.

The evil within : a Possessions novel / Nancy Holder.
In order to rid herself of a spirit that is possessing her, Lindsay Cavanaugh must return to the prestigious but creepy Marlwood Academy, where she discovers deeper secrets and greater reasons for distrust.

Fire will fall / by Carol Plum-Ucci
Moved to a mansion in the South Jersey Pine Barrens, four teenagers, trying to recover from being poisoned by terrorists, struggle with health issues, personal demons, and supernatural events, as operatives try to track down the terror cell.

Foiled / written by Jane Yolen ; artwork by Mike Cavallaro
Aliera is a star at fencing, but at school no one notices her--until her new lab partner Avery begins flirting with her. Aliera's mother just bought her a foil from a garage sale, and it has a strange jewel attached to the hilt. Will Aliera's first date be ruined when magical creatures try to steal her foil?

Ghostopolis / [created, written, and drawn by Doug TenNapel].

"Garth Hale is a s good as dead...The only problem is he's still alive. When Garth Hale is accidentally zapped into the ghost world by Frank Gallows, a washed-up ghost wrangler, he discovers that he has special powers. Soon he finds himself on the run from the evil ruler of Ghostopolis, who wants to use Garth's newfound abilities to tighten his grip on the spirit world. After Garth meets Cecil, his grandfather's ghost, the two search for a way to get Garth back home, nearly losing hope until Frank Gallows shows up to fix his mistake."--P.[4] of cover.

Green witch / by Alice Hoffman

A year after her world was nearly destroyed, sixteen-year-old Green has become the one villagers turn to for aid, especially to record their stories, but Green will need the help of other women who, like herself, are believed to be witches if she is to find her best friend and her one true love.

Hex Hall/ by Rachel Hawkins

When Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, she is exiled to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.

I kissed a zombie, and I liked it / by Adam Selzer
Living in the post-human era when the undead are part of everyday life, high schooler Alley breaks her no-dating rule when Doug catches her eye, but classmate Will demands to turn her into a vampire and her zombie boyfriend may be unable to stop him.

Lies : a Gone novel / by Michael Grant

As conditions worsen in the FAYZ, where supernatural forces have trapped children under the age of fifteen and resources are running out, it becomes tempting to heed the words of a prophet who says that only death will set them free.

Morpheus Road. / by D.J. MacHale
Sixteen-year-old Marshall Seaver is expecting a boring summer when his best friend goes away, but instead he finds himself haunted--and hunted--by ghosts that want something from him which he cannot decipher.

The necromancer / Michael Scott

The reckoning / Kelley Armstrong

The Reformed Vampire Support Group / by Catherine Jinks

Shade / Jeri Smith-Ready

Sisters red / by Jackson Pearce

Sleepless, by Cyn Balog

Thirteen days to midnight / Patrick Carman

Token of darkness / Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Undead much / Stacey Jay

Vampire rising / Jason Henderson

Come to our Teen Supernatural Book Discussion on August 28th @ 12pm to talk about these great books!