Teen's Top 10 for 2009

More than 11,000 teen voters chose Paper Towns as their favorite book in the 2009 Teens' Top Ten! Here is a list of the Top 10 chosen by voters:

1. Paper Towns by John Green
2. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
5. Identical by Ellen Hopkins
6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
7. Wake by Lisa McMann
8. Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast
9. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
10.Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Let us know what you thought of these books!

New YA Books @ the Mahomet Public Library

Here are some of the new titles in the YA collection:

- The Goldsmith’s Daughter by Tanya Landman
- IraqiGirl: Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq ed. by Elizabeth Wrigley-Field
- Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr
- It Had to Be You: The Gossip Girl Prequel by Cecily von Ziegesar
- Fire by Kristin Cashore
- The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

An order for YA books was just placed last week, so be watching the shelves for those "NEW" book stickers! Next month's list should be a lengthy one...

Teen Read Week Drawing

Congratulations to Lisa R., winner of a $10 book store gift card in our Teen Read Week Drawing! Here are some of the titles that teens chose as their favorite books of all time:
- Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
- Football Hero by Tim Green
- Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Ida B. by Katherine Hannigan
- The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
- Whales

Take a look at some of these suggestions when you're stumped on what to read next, and let us know what you think!

Happy Teen Read Week!

I hope to see you tomorrow to play a few board games, snack on Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies and popcorn, and check out some new YA books!

Help choose the theme for the 2010 Teen Read Week. The 2010 choices are Books with Beat @ your library, Deal with It @ your library, and Find an Alibi @ your library. Go to the survey to cast your vote.

Later this week: watch for the announcement of the "Teen's Top 10" winners!

And don't forget to enter the drawing for a $10 Book Store gift card, this week only!

Read Beyond Reality @ Your Library!

“Read Beyond Reality” at the Mahomet Public Library during Teen Read Week October 18-24, 2009. Drop in anytime between 3:30 and 4:30 on Tuesday, October 20 to play board games and enjoy snacks! All week, teens in grades 6-12 can enter a drawing to win a $10 bookstore gift card. Just tell us your favorite book of all time! Results will be posted right here on the Mahomet Public Library teen blog.

So stop in Tuesday, October 20, and challenge me to your favorite board game :)

Banned Books Week - Sept. 26-Oct. 3

Banned Books Week is recognized this year the week of September 26 - October 3, 2009. Below is a list of ALA's Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2008-

1. And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
2. His Dark Materials trilogy, by Philip Pullman
3. TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Lauren Myracle
4. Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
5. Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
7. Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar
8. Uncle Bobby's Wedding, by Sarah S. Brannen
9. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
10. Flashcards of My Life, by Charise Mericle Harper

Have you read any of the books on the challenged list? How did you feel about the book? What age group do you think it is best suited for?

New YA Books!

Check out one of our new YA books today!

Fiction:
• Exclusively Chloe by J.A. Yang
• Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles
• After the Moment by Garret Freymann-Weyr
• The Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd
• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
• Orange Houses by Paul Griffin
• Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
• Riley Park by Diane Tullson
• Same Difference by Siobhan Vivian
• Surf Mules by G. Neri
• The Unknowns: a mystery by Benedict Carey
• Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd
• 20 Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
• Miles Between by Mary E. Pearson
• Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Large Print)
• Love the One You’re With by Cecily Von Ziegesar (Gossip Girls-The Carlyles)

Nonfiction:
• Split in 2: Keeping it together when your parents live apart by Karen Buscemi

Not seeing the titles or types of books you like to read? Post a comment to let us know what you'd like to see in the YA collection!