DBRLTeen http://teens.dbrl.org Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia and Boone and Callaway Counties, Missouri Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:49:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Deadline Approaches for Teen Writing Contest http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/11/18/deadline-approaches-for-teen-writing-contest/ http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/11/18/deadline-approaches-for-teen-writing-contest/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:49:08 +0000 DBRLTeen http://teens.dbrl.org/?p=852

Letters about Literature is an annual national reading and writing contest with three levels for competition open to fourth through twelfth grade readers. Awards include monetary gift cards for state and national individual winners while national winners will also bring Reading Promotion Grant funds to their school or community library. Contest information is available via the Missouri Center for the Book or on the Library of Congress Letters About Literature Web site. Submit your letter and entry coupon postmarked no later than December 12.

]]> http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/11/18/deadline-approaches-for-teen-writing-contest/feed/ 0 Teen Book Video Awards http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/27/teen-book-video-awards/ http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/27/teen-book-video-awards/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:29:53 +0000 DBRLTeen http://teens.dbrl.org/?p=848 The 2009 Kirkus Reviews Book Video Awards challenges student filmmakers to produce video trailers for three upcoming YA novels published by Delacorte Press. This year’s chosen titles are:

  • Fallen by Lauren Kate
  • Very LeFreak by Rachel Cohn
  • The Maze Runner by James Dashner

The finalists for the 4th annual Teen Book Video Awards are Benjamin Bliss (Fallen), Rosie Lambert (Very LeFreak), and Brighton Linge (The Maze Runner).

The polls are open through Oct. 30th, so be sure to vote for your favorite video and send the link to everyone you know so they can check them out too!

To watch these enticing book trailers, vote for your favorite, and read more about the competition and each of the filmmakers, visit http://www.barnesandnoble.com/kirkusbva/.

]]> http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/27/teen-book-video-awards/feed/ 0 ALA Teens’ Top Ten 2009 http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/22/ala-teens-top-ten-2009/ http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/22/ala-teens-top-ten-2009/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:37:36 +0000 DBRLTeen http://teens.dbrl.org/?p=836 More than 11,000 teen voters chose Paper Towns as their favorite book in the 2009 Teens’ Top Ten! The online poll took place from Aug. 24 through Sept. 18, with the winners announced during Teen Read Week by WWE Divas Brie Bella and Nikki Bella, with a special appearance by John Green. See the video.

  1. Paper Towns by John Green (Penguin/Dutton)
  2. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
  3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
  4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry)
  5. Identical by Ellen Hopkins (Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry)
  6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
  7. Wake by Lisa McMann (Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse)
  8. Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast (St. Martin’s Griffin)
  9. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (Disney-Hyperion)
  10. Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Harcourt/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
]]> http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/22/ala-teens-top-ten-2009/feed/ 0 VOLaTiLE Video http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/14/volatile-video/ http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/14/volatile-video/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:03:21 +0000 DBRLTeen http://teens.dbrl.org/?p=831 Teens created this video for our VOLaTiLE (VOLunteer Teens in Library Environments) program.

]]> http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/14/volatile-video/feed/ 2 Teen Read Week http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/12/celebrate-teen-read-week-with-author-jennifer-brown/ http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/12/celebrate-teen-read-week-with-author-jennifer-brown/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:03:46 +0000 DBRLTeen http://teens.dbrl.org/?p=819 Author Jennifer Brown
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
7-8 p.m.
Columbia Public Library, Program Room, Children’s Area

hatelistCelebrate Teen Read Week with Jennifer Brown, author of the newly released teen novel “Hate List.” In the book, Valerie Leftman must come to grips with a tragic school shooting her boyfriend carried out and the role she played in it when she helped him create a list of things and people they hated. Based in the Kansas City area, Jennifer Brown is a two-time winner of the Erma Bombeck Global Humor Award and the humor columnist for The Kansas City Star. “Hate List” is her first novel. Come hear her speak and answer your questions.  Register NOW!

Click here to see if we have a copy of “Hate List” in!

]]> http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/12/celebrate-teen-read-week-with-author-jennifer-brown/feed/ 0 VOLaTiLE Video for Teens http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/02/volatile-video-for-teens/ http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/02/volatile-video-for-teens/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:29:38 +0000 DBRLTeen http://teens.dbrl.org/?p=814 Saturday, October 10, 2009 › 2-4 p.m.Columbia Public Library, Program Room, Children’s Area

We want your help to make some YouTube videos for our web site. Reviews or trailers about books you’ve read, virtual tours of the library or teen tutorials are just a few of our ideas. What are yours? Cameras, tech support and snacks provided. Participants will need to have a parent sign a release form if they wish to have their video posted online. This is a part of the library’s new VOLaTiLE program: VOLunteer Teens in Library Environments. Register Now!

]]> http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/10/02/volatile-video-for-teens/feed/ 0 Letters About Literature http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/09/16/letters-about-literature/ http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/09/16/letters-about-literature/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:36:37 +0000 DBRLTeen http://teens.dbrl.org/?p=810 LAL_Logo_jpeg.103125858Letters About Literature is a national reading and writing promotion program.  It is sponsored in cooperation with Affiliate State Centers for the Book.

Has a book touched your life in a personal way?  If so, enter the competition!

Click here for more details!

Deadline for submissions is December 12, 2009.

]]> http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/09/16/letters-about-literature/feed/ 0 Top Book Ranted/Raved About This Summer: http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/09/11/top-book-rantedraved-about-this-summer/ http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/09/11/top-book-rantedraved-about-this-summer/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:46:42 +0000 DBRLTeen http://teens.dbrl.org/?p=794 It is a tie!

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Maximum Ride by James Patterson and 

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My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

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  •  Stephenie Meyer (I know it’s a big shock)
  • Jeff Kinney
  • Christopher Paolini
  • James Patterson
    • ]]>     http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/09/11/top-4-authors-rantedraved-about-this-summer/feed/ 1     Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/09/09/give-a-boy-a-gun-by-todd-strasser/ http://teens.dbrl.org/2009/09/09/give-a-boy-a-gun-by-todd-strasser/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:31:45 +0000 DBRLTeen http://teens.dbrl.org/?p=780 gun Using people’s quotes is a clever way of telling a story.  It tells a haunting tale that’s happened many times before.  “Give a Boy a Gun” even has true facts at the bottom of almost every page.  The book shows the harm of a gun and the minds of ‘outcasts’ in a clique oriented high school.  “Give a Boy a Gun” is a great book.     –Payal K.  3 stars

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