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Y’s Choice Favorite Teen Book

The Library’s Teen Advisory Board (TAB) has selected this list of their favorite books. They are listed in no particular order. Divergent by Veronica Roth In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she [...]

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Top Teen Books of 2011

It’s that time of the year where everyone is making the end of the year’s best of the best. The list below is compiled from a variety of top teen book sources ranging from book sellers to review sources and newspapers. (The titles listed are listed in title order.) Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol Anya, [...]

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What book would you save?

In the middle of the night, you wake up and smell smoke. Then you see the glow from outside your bedroom door. If you could only save one book what would it be? Photo by Jon Cage I’ll get the discussion started. I would save the Giver by Lois Lowery. I was hooked on this [...]

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Going Bovine by Libba Bray

After learning he has Creuztfeld- Jakob disease (the human form of Mad Cow), Cameron realizes he truly is “going bovine.” Without a real cure, Cameron is left to the mercy of his hallucinations until his unexpected demise. While waiting for his death, an angel named Dulcie urges him on an adventure to save the world [...]

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The Everafter

Everafter by Amy Huntley The first thing Madison knows is that she’s dead. She doesn’t remember how she died, just that she did. The only things that break the darkness surrounding her are small glowing items that she lost in her life. Each item allows her to go back in time and relive the moment [...]

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Vampire Academy author is coming!

Do you read the Vampire Academy series? The Georgia Center for the Book in conjunction with the Little Shop of Stories is bringing the author, Richelle Mead to the Decatur Library.  The event will take place on Monday, December 13 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. She will be signing up to three books per [...]

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The Forest Of Hands And Teeth by Carrie Ryan

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan Mary is a headstrong girl who lives in a small village believed to be the last village on earth. While the villagers go peacefully to do their work, vicious Unconsecrated pound against the fences that surround the village and gnash their teeth into the air hungrily. [...]

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Make Your Voice be Heard

Have you read any of the 2010 Teens’ Top Ten nominations? Here are the ones we have: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson Hate List by Jennifer Brown Heist Society by Ally Carter Fire by Kristen Cashore City of Glass by Cassandra Clare The Roar by Emma Clayton Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Incarceron by Catherine [...]

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