YA Book Club - November Meeting

YA book club has selected a book for our next meet!We are meeting a week earlier than usual so that we have the week off for Thanksgiving. We'll be meeting on November 17th at at 4pm at the Essex Library.

For November's discussion we have voted in:

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Here's why we picked it!:

"Seventeen year-old Mia is faces with some tough choices. Stay true to her first love - music, even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family and friends behind?

Then one February morning, Mia goes for a drive with her family and in an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, all of the choices are gone - except one. It's the only one that matters. "

Can't wait to see you at the next book discussion!

YA Book Club @ Essex Books!

Join us for our monthly YA book club meet up - this Wednesday, October 27th @ 4pm. We'll be meeting at Essex Books this time, so you may need to take the late bus toward downtown Essex.

This book club meeting doubles as a Halloween Party!! We'll have baked snacks and candy and will be awarding a prize for best Halloween costume...

We'll be discussing The Reformed Vampire Support Group - but you are more than welcome to join us even if you didn't have time to read the book.

Can't wait to see you there!

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Book 2 : Fall Rotation
Never Cry Werewolf

Description:
Okay, so maybe Shelby has made a few mistakes with boys lately. But her stepmother totally overreacts when she packs Shelby off to brat camp. Suddenly, it's good-bye, prom dress; hello, hiking boots.

Things start looking up, though, when Shelby meets fellow camper (and son of rock star) Austin Bridges III. Soon she realizes there's more to Austin than crush material - his family has a dark secret and he wants Shelby's help guarding it...

Excerpt:
"Hello?" I called out. I peeked around the corner of the giant mixer toward the bank of sinks, but I didn't see the cook. Maybe she was fixing her hairnet. "Um, I'm just here to get some-- slurrggrrff! A bizarre animal noise made me spin back toward the kitchen door."

Get a copy today!

Click here to find this title in our catalog and to place a hold.
Remember to have your library card barcode ready!
Just scroll to the bottom of the page and click the request/hold button.

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Book 1 : Fall Rotation
Alabama Moon by Watt Key

Description:
For as long as Moon can remember, he has lived in the forest in a shelter with his father. They kept to themselves, aside from occasional trips to the general store. When Moon's father dies, Moon is quickly caught up in a world he doesn't know or understand; he's become property of the government he's be avoiding all his life. As the spirited and resourceful Moon encounters constable, jails, institutions, lawyers, true friends, true enemies, he adapts his wilderness skills and learns to survive in the outside world, and even, perhaps, make his home there.

Excerpt:
Just before Pap died, he told me that I'd be fine as long as I never depended on anybody but myself. He said I might feel lonely for a while, but that would go away. I was ten years old and he'd taught me everything I needed to know about living out in the forest. I could trap my own food and make my own clothes. I could find my way by the stars and make fire in the rain...

Get a copy today!

Click here to find this title in our catalog and to place a hold.
Remember to have your library card barcode ready!
Just scroll to the bottom of the page and click the request/hold button.

Introducing YA Rotating Collection!!!

Hey readers!
I thought I'd let you in on a new installment at the Essex Library - the YA Rotating Collection.This is a new collection that will revolve in and out of our YA department every few months. This will give us a chance to sample new titles and get our hands on books we might not otherwise have.

Every week I will highlight a rotating book of the week on the blog. This highlight will include a little description, short excerpt and cover image. There will also be a link to our catalog in case you would like to order it from home.

Come check out our rotating department on the front stacks of the the YA corner today!

Come get a good book!

Many of you have been in to see our YA collection and have in fact read most of the titles in our little department. If you're in the mood for something new (and considered fabulous by other teens) stop by!

We've got our YALSA top ten nominee display up and running for the month of October. Teens around the country have nominated a slew of titles that they find award winning for 2010. There are currently multiple copies of each title - come check one out today!