Monthly Archives: May 2009

Summer Reading 2009

Posted on May 28, 2009 by DBRLTeen

This year’s Teen Reading Challenge is Express Yourself. Teens who sign up for the reading challenge will get a journal to write or sketch in. Complete the challenge by reading for 20 hours and doing six activities such as writing … Continue reading →

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Remember When You Were a Kid…

Posted on May 22, 2009 by DBRLTeen

And You Thought You Could Do Anything?

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The Killer’s Cousin, by Nancy Werlin

Posted on May 15, 2009 by DBRLTeen

Not a new book (published in 1998), but this is a great mystery that shouldn’t be missed!  David, a high school senior and the narrator of this story, has been accused of murdering his girlfriend.  The jury found him not … Continue reading →

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Feeling a Little Dystopian?

Posted on May 14, 2009 by DBRLTeen

From Booklist Magazine Online, May 14 2009 – Perhaps reflecting the unease in every society that something darker lurks beneath the veneer of civilization, a growing body of dystopian literature has recently dominated the YA science-fiction and fantasy genres. In … Continue reading →

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The Girl Who Threw Butterflies, by Mick Cochrane

Posted on May 5, 2009 by DBRLTeen

Eighth Grader Molly wants to play baseball (BASEball, not SOFTball) on her school’s team.   There is a girl’s softball team, but no girl’s baseball team.  There is a baseball team, but since there are only boys on it, it appears to … Continue reading →

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Teen Summer Reading Program is Coming!!!

Posted on May 1, 2009 by DBRLTeen

Stay tuned for details….

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