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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

  The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart Frankie Landau-Banks just wants people to take her seriously. She didn’t start her sophomore year at an uber-elite boarding school in New England planning to infiltrate its exclusive, guys-only secret society by assuming an undercover identity. But everyone around her – from her parents to [...]

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Georgia Peach Award March Madness: sweet five round!

There are only four days left to vote for this year’s Georgia Peach Award nominees. You can stop by your local branch or vote here online. Voting ends on March 15, 2012. Our battles continue here. The sweet five round winners will compete in the semi-finals next week so check back here next Monday and see [...]

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Georgia Peach Award March Madness

There are only nine days left to vote for this year’s Georgia Peach Award nominees. You can stop by your local branch or vote here online to vote. Voting ends on March 15, 2012. During this month, we will give you an opportunity on the teen page to add to the fun that is the [...]

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And the winner is…..

Yesterday the winners of the 2012 ALA Youth Media awards were announced. These awards are nominated and decided upon by a variety of librarians. The winners and runner-ups, if the DeKalb Library System currently owns them, are listed below. If you are looking for something new to read, you might check them out. I know [...]

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Vote Now for the Georgia Peach Award

Let your voice be heard on what you think was the best book on the nominee list. The nominees were announced this past March. The time is now for you to let others know what you thought was the best book. The winner and honor books will be announced in March 11, 2011. Haven’t read [...]

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Talking with the Authors

On Saturday, October 23 to celebrate Teen Read Week, authors Amy Efaw and S. A. Harzin will be visiting us via Skype. This event will take place at the Decatur Library at 1:00 p.m. This is a great opportunity to hear and ask questions to  these Georgia Peach Award nominated authors. Amy Efaw is the [...]

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William C Morris YA Debut Award

This award began in 2009. It is given to a new author or authors who have not been previously published and have had a strong literary debut for young adults. The 2009 winner was: A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce Charlotte Miller has always scoffed at talk of a curse on her [...]

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