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“I was walking to school, lost in

feeling sorry for myself—my dad

was dead, my mom in rehab, my

girlfriend missing.”

--first line, Shelter

Have you read?• Diary format• Like Diary of a Wimpy

Kid, but more serious • HUMOUR EMO—look

in Humour section (dark blue label), EMO on spine

Have you read?• Based on Beauty and the

Beast• One of Mrs. Collazo’s

favorites—highly recommended, especially if you enjoyed Cinder

RETELLINGS JAY

“In one horrible moment the last

piece of the prophecy became

clear.”

HIGH FANTASY COL

Happy 159th birthday!May 15, 1856L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum wrote 55 novels, but his most

famous novel is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Have you returned all your library books? Now is a good time to double-check your account!

Have you read?“T.S Elliot was wrong. My world ended with a bang

the minute we entered the Compound and the silver

door closed behind us.

The sound was brutal.

Final.”

Mrs. Collazo is currently reading…

• New series from the author of Tiger’s Curse

• Egyptian mythology—girl goes to a museum and a mummy wakes up!

• Out in September 2015

Strange, but true!Haunted: From Atlantis to Zombies• 133.1 HAU (nonfiction

section, top of shelf near the outside door)

• Includes case studies, eyewitness accounts, expert reports

• Explains the science behind the spooky stuff

“...there ain't no journey what

don't

--David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

change you some.”

Keep caps/lids closedDo not toss your drink

Be careful!

Prevent spills in the library!

(actual photo of water spill in the library)

“I stare at the drain in the center of the

concrete floor. It was the first thing I saw

when they locked me in this cell, and I’ve barely

looked away since.”

--first line, All Our Yesterdays

SCI-FITER

Looking for a library book?We now have Destiny catalog search stations!

Look for the ipads on top of the circulation desk.

Happy 50th birthday!14 May 1965Eoin Colfer

Author of the Artemis Fowl series, The

Reluctant Assassin, and The

Supernaturalist.

“Benny Imura couldn’t hold a job, so he took

to killing.”

--first line, Rot & Ruin

Have you read?Genre: Realistic Fiction

(black label)

For her science project, Cat decides to live as the earliest humans lived--without technology and

eating an all-natural diet.

“She loved all the wolves behind her house, but she loved one of them most of all.”

“And the prince who had once been a bear pulled close

the girl who had once had no name, and kissed her.”

--from Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George

Read it here first!

Fallen by Lauren KateMovie due out in 2015!

Did you know?Daniel Radcliffe (of Harry

Potter) is starring as Vicktor Frankenstein in a

movie version of Frankenstein coming out

this October!

Have you read…?Can 14-year old

Peak be the youngest person

ever to scale Mount Everest?

ACTION SMI

Have you read...?Robyn Hunter volunteers at an animal shelter for community service

Many juvenile offenders do community service there as well, including Nick, a boy from Robyn’s past

Mystery with romance MYSTERY MCC

“Take her out back and finish

her off.”--man who kidnapped 16-year

old Cady and plans to kill her

MYSTERY HEN

Love Goosebumps?

Try the Creepover series! These short novels are great for

anyone who wants a creepy scare!

HORRORNIG

520 GIF

“If you added up the mass of all the other

Solar System planets, Jupiter

would still be 2.5 times greater.”

--p. 32; Out of This World: All the Cool Bits About Space

Blood Red Road

• Also a Western, but set in future

• LOVE this book!• Trilogy• Slang takes some

getting used to• SCI-FI YOU

Endangered• Sophie and her mother

live in a bonobo sanctuary in Congo, Africa

• Civil war breaks out—Sophie and her mother hide in the forest with the bonobos

REALISTIC SCH

If you liked… try…

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PARANORMAL GREHORROR DEL

Half Bad• 16-year old Nathan is

beaten daily, lives in a cage• White witches and black

witches are at war—Nathan’s mother was a white witch; his father is one of the most feared and dangerous black witches

• Lots of action/suspense

PARANORMAL GRE

Girl, Stolen

“Please let me go. I won’t tell…”

MYSTERY HEN

--16-year old Cheyenne, upon discovering she has been kidnapped

World Without Fish

Describes the impact of water pollution over the

next 50 years and the domino effect that is

created when fish and other marine life cannot

survive.

338.37 KUR

“A person can be educated and still be stupid,

and a wise man can have no

education at all.”

--from The False PrinceLIGHT FANTASY NIE

“You've been captive for so long

that you don't even realize you want freedom

anymore.”

Love adventure with romance?

Want a book that you absolutely CAN’T put

down?

Tiger’s Curse is a must-read! MYTHOLOGY

HOU

Other all-time bestselling children’s fiction series include Goosebumps, The Berenstain Bears, Sweet Valley

High, and Nancy Drew.

“I wake up.

Immediately, I have to figure out who I am.”

--first line, Every Day

CHICK LEV

Love mythology? Check out our new mythology nonfiction!

“I’ve been collecting bugs since I was ten; it’s the only way I can stop their whispers.

Sticking a pin through the gut of an insect

shuts it up pretty quick.”

RETELLING HOW

“This is a love story, but not like any

you’ve heard. The boy and the girl are far

from innocent. Dear lives are lost. And

good doesn’t win.”

--first paragraph, Tiger LilyRETELLING

AND

WARNING!Once you start reading

Unwind, it is impossible to put down.

You still have to do your homework.

You still have to go to sleep at night.

You have been warned.SCI-FI SHU

Among the Hidden

• Secret, illegal third child lives in his parents’ attic

• Not allowed to leave—schooled at home

• Shadow Children series (6 books)

• Short, easy to read

SCI-FI HAD

Did you hear the news?On 22 April 2015…

Warner Brothers movie studios purchased the

rights to produce a movie based on The

Selection!

SCI-FI CAS

The False Prince“If I had to do it all over again, I would not have

chosen this life.”--first line, The False Prince

PARANORMAL WES

Charlie Joe Jackson seriesHate reading? So does Charlie Joe

Jackson…

PARANORMAL WESHUMOUR GRE HUMOUR GRE