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Vampire Academy is the popular teen novel by Rachelle Mead about a couple of teenage escapees on the run from their private school for vamps and half-bloods. Penguin Publishing invites fans to add their faces to the story by using augment reality, an online experience (via webcam) that meshes the real world with digital elements.

You can check it out for yourself by going to www.vampireacademybooks.com, and holding your copy of the book up to your webcam. Before you know it, the cover art will not only come to life, but you’ll also hear a special message from the author. The augmented reality experience will also allow you to put your own face on the book cover and share it with your friends. And if you don’t have a copy of the book, you can always download a PDF of the cover on the website.

Check out the video below to catch a glimpse of what to expect (provide by TeenReads.com). Click here to reserve your copy at the Daniel Boone Regional Library. Be sure to have your library card handy!

Find shelter from the cold at the Daniel Boone Regional Library. This winter we will be hosting an assortment of smokin’ hot teen programs that will keep that winter blues away. Check out these upcoming events:

Teen Gaming at the Callaway County Public Library, every other Wednesday starting January 6

Twilight Party at the Columbia Public Library on January 26

Love Stinks Fest at the Columbia Public Library on February 10

Poetry Out Loud Competition at the Columbia Public Library on February 12

Teen Game Night at the Southern Boone County Public Library on February 26

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.

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/.

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