Archive for July, 2010

• Runway Show

  Date: 2010.07.26 | Category: Teen Contest, Teen Fashion Contest | Response: 0

  Join us for the Fashion Contest Runway Show

  Thursday July 29th 6pm

  Philip S. Miller Library
  

  Watch the teens model their signature looks on the catwalk

• Coming Soon: Mockingjay

  Date: 2010.07.26 | Category: Books and Such | Response: 0

  The books arrives Aug 24th, but here is a book trailer to tide you over

  

  Click Here for the trailer

• New Books- 4th Week of July

  Date: 2010.07.22 | Category: New Books | Response: 0

  One Night That Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt

  After learning her ex-boyfriend Cooper only dated her on a dare, Eliza makes awful allegations about him online. In retaliation, Cooper steals the notebook she writes all of her fears and goals in, and demands she do everything on her secret list–in one night.

  Chick Lit

  The Selected by Patrick Cave

  Adeline, a flawed clone, learns from a set of diaries written in 2023 by Dominic, one of her forebears, that she may be the savior the people have awaited, if only she has the courage and ingenuity to outwit the forces ranked against her.

  Science Fiction

  Somewhere in the Blue by Gillian Cummings

  Drowning in grief over her father’s recent death, Sandy can’t understand how her mother can move on as smoothly and quickly as she has. Sandy’s best friend has her own troubles with her mother, who is desperately seeking a man in her life. Each of the four women has needs that are not being met, and secrets they are holding close to their hearts.

  Realistic Fiction

  Take Me There by Carolee Dean

  After violating his parole, seventeen-year-old, semi-literate Dylan Dawson drives from California to Texas to try to see his father on death row in an attempt to figure out how his own life has gone so terribly awry.

  Realistic Fiction

  Faithful by Janet Fox

  In 1904, sixteen-year-old Maggie Bennet’s father tears her away from their elegant Newport, Rhode Island, home on an ill-advised excursion to Yellowstone in Montana to look for her mother, who has disappeared and is presumed dead, and once there, she finds herself drawn to the son of a park geologist, and to the wild beauty of Yellowstone itself.

  Realistic Fiction

  Dean Anjali by Melissa Glenn Haber

  When her best friend dies at the age of thirteen, Meredith writes letters to her as she tries to endure her grief and other confusing emotions.

  Realistic Fiction

  Dirt Road Home by Watt Key

  At Hellenweiler, a reformatory for second-offenders, fourteen-year-old Hal Mitchell will soon be free if he can avoid the gang violence of his fellow inmates, but the real enemy may lie elsewhere.

  Realistic Fiction

  The Fatboy Chronicles by Diana Lang

  Overweight and bullied by his classmates, teenaged Jimmy Winterpock relates in his English class journal the life-changing events of his freshman year in high school.

  Realistic Fiction

  Vampire High: Sophmore Year by Douglas Rees

  When Cody’s Goth cousin Turk moves into his house, enrolls at Vlad Dracul, and decides to turn an abandoned nineteenth-century mill into an art center, the vampire (Jenti) students are not pleased, and Cody’s hopes for a great sophomore year are blighted.

  Realistic Fiction

  The Deadly Sister by Eliot Schrefer

  Abby Goodwin has always covered for her sister, Maya. but now Maya has been accused of murder, and Abby’s not sure she’ll be able to cover for her sister anymore. Abby helps Maya escape. But when Abby begins investigating the death, she find that you can’t trust anyone, not even the people you think you know.

  Thriller

  The Thin Executioner by Darren Shan

  In a nation of warriors where weakness is shunned and all crimes, no matter how minor, are punishable by beheading, young Jebel Rum, along with a slave who is fated to be sacrificed, sets forth on a quest to petition the Fire God for invincibility, but when the long and arduous journey is over, Jebel has learned much about fairness and the value of life.

  Thriller

  The Hoarders by Jean Stringham

  Two boys in a dysfunctional family lean on each other to survive, including hoarding food and supplies so they will have food when their mother doesn’t feed them.

  Realistic Fiction

  Crossing the Tracks by Barbara Stuber

  In Missouri in 1926, fifteen-year-old Iris Baldwin discovers what family truly means when her father hires her out for the summer as a companion to a country doctor’s invalid mother.

  Historical Fiction

  Paisley Hanover Kisses and Tells by Cameron Tuttle

  Paisley Hanover and her fellow unpopular friends picket the outcome of the sophomore class election during a school year filled with rumors, rivals, love triangles, and a plot to pull off the biggest scheme of the year.

  Chick Lit

  How to Be a Zombie: The Essential Guide for Anyone Who Craves Brains by Serena Valentino

  Discusses various aspects of zombie lore from popular culture, covering how to identify what type of zombie one might be, how to blend in with the living, and more, with short graphic novels based on zombie themes.

  Supernatural

• New Books-3rd Week of July

  Date: 2010.07.15 | Category: New Books | Response: 0

  The Star Shack by Lila Castle

  Once a perfect pair, Pete and Annabelle are separated by Annabelle’s obsession with astrology. When Annabelle dares Pete to open a summer business on the beach, generating personal horoscopes, their hilarious bickering rises to a fever pitch.

  Chick Lit

  Keys to the Repository Melissa De La Cruz

  Blue Bloods- Book 5
  

  Short stories, journal entries, family records, and letters maintained by the Repository of History, the center of the Blue Blood’s power, reveal secrets of Manhattan’s vampire elite dating to the dawn of history.

  Supernatural

  Blood Feud by Alyxandra Harvey

  Drake Chronicle- Book 2

  As the clans gather for the coronation of the next vampire queen, new alliances are beginning to form and the power of the clan leaders is threatened by a would-be usurper.

  Supernatural

  Kiss in the Dark by Lauren Henderson

  Scarlett hopes for a fresh start at her grandmother’s elite English boarding school, until her scheming nemesis Plum Saybourne also enrolls at the school and she herself becomes involved in a mystery concerning an on-campus death.

  Mystery

  Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus

  Enrolling in a New England boarding school after her sister’s mysterious death, sixteen-year-old Phe Archer uncovers a secret that could answer all her questions, but could also cost her her life.

  Supernatural

  Indigo Blues by Danielle Joseph

  A twenty-year-old “indie rocker” and a high school senior each offer their perspective on their breakup and the resulting hit song which thrust them into the national limelight.

  Realistic Fiction

  

  The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade

  After being hit by a bus and killed, a high school homecoming queen gets stuck in the land of the living, with only a loser classmate–who happens to be able to see and hear ghosts–to help her.

  Supernatural

  Caleb +Kate by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma

  Told in their separate voices, seventeen-year-olds Kate, an Oregon socialite, and Caleb, a Hawaiian who works at her family’s hotel, fall deeply in love despite a family feud, and rely on their Christian faith to carry them through.

  Christian Fiction

  Forbidden Sea by Sheila Nielson

  When a mermaid attempts to lure her into the sea, fourteen-year-old Adrianne, who lives in a superstitious island community, must choose between the promise of an underwater paradise and those she loves.

  Fantasy

  Tweet Heart: A Novel in E-Mails, Blogs and Tweets by Elizabeth Rudnick

  Lottie wants to help her friend Claire find love, and Claire thinks that she is on the right track when her crush starts following her on Twitter, while Will hides his crush on her and a mutual friend tries to get them together.

  Chick Lit

  My Life As a Book by Janet Tashijian

  Dubbed a “reluctant reader” by his teacher, twelve-year-old Derek spends summer vacation learning important lessons even though he does not complete his summer reading list.

  Realistic Fiction

  What Momma Left Me by Renee Watson

  After the death of their mother, thirteen-year-old Serenity Evans and her younger brother go to live with their grandparents, who try to keep them safe from bad influences and help them come to terms with what has happened to their family.

  Christian Fiction

• New Books- Second Week of July

  Date: 2010.07.08 | Category: New Books | Response: 0

  The Chic Shall Inherit the Earth by Shelley Adina

  At San Francisco’s exclusive Spencer Academy, seventeen-year-old Lissa gains popularity when she replaces her nemesis, Vanessa, on the Senior Cotillion committee, but graduation and major decisions about the future loom.

  Christian Chick Lit

  Wayfarer by RJ Anderson

  Fourteen-year-old Linden, the youngest faery of the Oak, teams with a human named Timothy, a cousin of Paul and Peri, to search other places for faeries who might be persuaded to save the Oakenfolk from dying out.

  Fantasy

  Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Barnes

  Adopted by the Alpha of a werewolf pack after a rogue wolf brutally killed her parents right before her eyes, fifteen-year-old Bryn knows only pack life, and the rigid social hierarchy that controls it.   Now she must face the horrors of her past to uncover the dark secrets that the pack has worked so hard to hide.

  Supernatural

  Hard to Get by Emma Carlson Berne

  Val Rushford has it all, but when she dumps her cheating boyfriend, Dave, and decides to swear off boys until the end of the year, her situation becomes awkward when she meets up with the artsy and intellectual Adam, the unlikeliest candidate to ever win her heart… or so she thinks.

  Chick Lit

  A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley

  One Australian summer, two very different sixteen-year-old girls–Charlie, a talented but shy musician, and Rose, a confident student longing to escape her tiny town–are drawn into an unexpected friendship, as told in their alternating voices.

  Realistic Fiction

  Starlighter by Bryan Davis

  Jason Masters does not believe that dragons take people to another realm as slaves until his own brother is taken, but once through the portal he meets Koren, a slave struggling to destroy a black egg prophesied to doom all mankind.

  Fantasy

  

  The Magical Misadventures of Prunella by Deva Fagan

  The personal quests of a young witch who aspires to be a villain and a young thief who’s determined to become a hero intersect in a swampy bog.

  Fantasy

  The Half Life of Planets by Emily Franklin
  

  An unlikely romance develops between a science-minded girl who is determined to reclaim her reputation and a boy with Asperger’s Syndrome.

  Realistic Fiction

  Rush by Jonathan Friesen

  A pariah in his town and home for the results of his risk-taking behavior, eighteen-year-old Jake seeks adrenaline rushes to clear his dark thoughts, but when Salome, the girl he loves, gets caught up in taking chances, too, the consequences are devastating.

  Realistic Fiction

  Kiss in the Dark by Lauren Henderson

  Scarlett hopes for a fresh start at her grandmother’s elite English boarding school, until her scheming nemesis Plum Saybourne also enrolls at the school and she herself becomes involved in a mystery concerning an on-campus death.

  Mystery

  City of Ships by Mary Hoffman

  Stravaganza Book 2

  Feeling inferior to her talented twin brother, teenaged Isabel is transported to a parallel world that resembles the Italian Renaissance city-state of Ravenna, where she tries to save the city from attack by the fierce Gate people.

  Fantasy

  The Evil Within by Nancy Holder

  Possessions Book 1
  

  Lindsay thought she left Marlwood Academy behind for good. The girls there aren’t just evil, they’re possessed by spirits of the dead. But then Lindsay discovers that she also is possessed. Now she must go back to Marlwood to free herself.

  Supernatural

  Rocky Road by Rose Kent

  Fashion-loving twelve-year-old Tess moves with her deaf younger brother and impulsive single mother to Schenectady, New York, where they open an ice-cream shop and lead a campaign for urban renewal.

  Realistic Fiction

  Sea by Heidi Kling

  Despite recurring nightmares about her mother’s death and her own fear of flying, fifteen-year-old Sienna accepts her father’s birthday gift to fly to Indonesia with his team of disaster relief workers to help victims of a recent tsunami, never suspecting that this experience will change her life forever.

  Realistic Fiction

  Stormrage by Richard Knaak

  Malfurion Stormrage, first and foremost of the druids on Azeroth, may have fallen victim to the Emerald Nightmare, an area of corruption which is transforming the Emerald Dream into a realm of unimaginable horror. As uncontrollable nightmares spread across the world, a desperate quest begins to find and free the archdruid.

  Fantasy

  Legacies by Mercedes Lackey

  Shadow Grail Book 1
  

  After her family is killed, Spirit White is taken to Oakhurst Academy, a combination orphanage and school for those with magical powers, where she and her new friends investigate when students start mysteriously disappearing.

  Mystery and Fantasy

  Spotting for Nellie by Pamela Lowell

  After a terrible car accident leaves her sister brain-injured, sixteen-year-old Claire struggles with guilt for the accident, helping her sister recover, and boyfriend problems.

  Realistic Fiction

  Little Vampire Women by Lynn Messina

  In this twist on Louisa May Alcott’s classic tale that chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England, the girls are vampires and neighbor Laurie wants to join them.

  Supernatural

  Deception: Haunting Emma by Lee Nichols

  When seventeen-year-old Emma’s antique-collector parents vanish and her brother’s college roommate shows up to become her guardian, he takes her from San Francisco to Boston, where she discovers that she is a powerful “ghostkeeper,” which both explains troubling incidents from her past and presents difficult new dilemmas.

  Supernatural

  Still Sucks to To Be Me by Kimberly Pauley

  Book 2
  

  When newly-turned teen vampire Mina Hamilton, now Smith, moves with her family far from their California home, her best friend Serena, and her vampire boyfriend George, life is not at all what she expects.

  Supernatural Chick Lit

  Bruiser by Neal Shusterman

  Inexplicable events start to occur when sixteen-year-old twins Tennyson and Brontë befriend a troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly nicknamed Bruiser, and his little brother, Cody.

  Realistic Fiction

  Heartless by Anne Stengl

  A dragon is rumored to be approaching Parumvir. Princess Una, smitten with a dashing prince, refuses Prince Aethelbald’s offer–and ignores his warnings about the growing danger. Soon the Dragon King himself is in Parumvir, and Una, in giving her heart away unwisely, finds herself in grave danger.

  Fantasy

  And Then I Found Out the Truth by Jennifer Sturman

  Sequel to And Then Everything Unraveled
  

  Although her environmentalist mother has been declared dead, Delia is sure that she is still alive, but suspects that the father of the boy she likes is trying make sure she does not stay that way.

  Mystery

  Lifted by Wendy Toliver

  Poppy is in a new school. When the girls go to the mall, Poppy’s new friends talk her into shoplifting. She finds that the thrill of shoplifting gives her a real high. She continues to shoplift until some of the girls in her clique find out and start turning on each other. Poppy must make some serious choices about her life and her loyalty to her friends.

  Realistic Fiction

• The Care of You

  Date: 2010.07.02 | Category: Events | Response: 0

  

  Just in time for back to school, a team of specialists can help you to look and feel your best.

  We have hair stylists, makeup artists, nutrition demos, Yoga, and lots of other exciting booths to visit.

  You can learn about the best way to wear your hair, how to take care of your skin, and what clothes work best for you all at the same event.

  Everyone who attends will get a free health and beauty kit with lots of goodies.

  Everything is free and Everyone 11 – 15 years old is invited.

  Come with your friends or bring your parents.

  Saturday July 31^st 2:00pm – 4:00pm

  Sign Up Here
  

• Teen Runway Show

  Date: 2010.07.02 | Category: Events, Teen Fashion Contest | Response: 0

  Are You a Fashionista?

  30 Castle Rock Teens have made over a t-shirt into a piece of fashion.  On July 30th their fashions will be on the runway.  In the end only one designer will be in; the rest will be out.  You will be the judge.

  Come to the Philip S. Miller Library for the Teen Fashion Design Runway Show on 7/30/10 at 5:30pm.

  This is an after hours library event with fashion, food, and prizes.

• New Books- First Week of July

  Date: 2010.07.01 | Category: New Books | Response: 0

  Freak Magnet by Andrew Auseon

  Two teenagers, both burdened by grief and loss, find each other and gradually develop a strong connection to one another.  A novel about  freaks, geeks, crushes, and friends–and how sometimes one can be all of them at once.

  Realistic Fiction

  

  The Education of Bet by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

  Denied an education because of both her gender and background, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth cuts her hair and alters suits belonging to Will, her wealthy patron’s grandnephew, to take his place at school while Will pursues a military career in 19th century England.

  Historical Fiction

  Glimmerglass by Jenna Black

  When her alcoholic mom shows up at her recital drunk, again, Dana decides she’s had enough and runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the everyday world and the magical world of Faerie intersect.  It turns out she isn’t just an ordinary teenage girl– she’s a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds.

  Fantasy

  Out of Darkness by Tim Bowler

  Blade Book 9
  

  Badly injured, fourteen-year-old Blade must continue to use his exceptional “street smarts” and waning strength to outsmart dangerous thugs while he considers surrendering to the police to face the consequences of a past he has tried to forget.

  Adventure

  The Best and Hardest Thing by Pat Brisson

  When she is a sophomore in high school, Molly gets rid of her good-girl image but ends up becoming pregnant and having to make some difficult decisions.

  Realistic Fiction

  Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs

  Seventeen-year-old Lily, half-mermaid and half-human, has been living on land and attending high school, where she develops a crush on a boy but is afraid to tell him of her true destiny as the ruler of the undersea kingdom of Thalassinia.

  Fantasy

  Tell Me a Secret by Holly Cupala

  Seventeen-year-old Rand’s unexpected pregnancy leads her on a path to unravel the mystery of her sister’s death and face her own more hopeful future.

  Realistic Fiction

  The View From the Top by Hillary Frank

  Anabelle and her fellow high school graduates navigate their way through a disastrous summer of love and friendship in the small coastal town of Normal, Maine.

  Chick Lit

  Everlasting by Angie Frazier

  In 1855, seventeen-year-old Camille sets out from San Francisco, California, on her last sea voyage before entering a loveless marriage, but when her father’s ship is destroyed, she and a friend embark on a cross-Australian quest to find her long-lost mother who holds a map to a magical stone.

  Fantasy

  The Princess and the Snowbird by Mette Ivie Harrison

  A girl whose magic allows her to take animal form falls in love with a boy who has no magic at all, and together they join forces, trying to defeat an enemy who is out to eliminate all magic everywhere.

  Fantasy

  Shadow of the Moon by Rachel Hawthorne

  Dark Guardian Series Book 4
  

  Hayden has the unique ability to feel the emotions of her fellow werewolves except for Daniel, an attractive and mysterious newcomer who she is not sure she can trust, especially when an ancient enemy targets the community, intent on killing Hayden.

  Supernatural

  A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner

  As she tries to sort out her feelings of love, seventeen-year-old Cass, a spunky math genius with an introverted streak, finds a way to memorialize her dead best friend.

  Realistic Fiction

  Battles and Quests by Anthony Horowitz
  

  Legends Book 1
  

  Don’t mess with the gods. And if they mess with you? Run like hell!  There was a time when monsters and dragons roamed the earth and the gods walked among us. A time of blood, swords and furious battles. A time of legends, heroes, darkness and death

  Fantasy

  Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly

  When Drea and her mother move in with her grandmother in Bellingham, Washington, the sixteen-year-old finds that she can have real friends, in spite of her Asperger’s, and that even when you love someone it doesn’t make life perfect.

  Realistic Fiction

  Heart to Heart by Lurlene McDaniel

  Relates the complicated friendship of a teenaged girl, her best friend, her best friend’s boyfriend, and a young heart transplant recipient.

  Realistic Fiction

  Chosen Ones by Alister E. McGrath

  When Peter and Julia go to stay with their grandparents in Oxford, England, they discover a mysterious garden, which serves as a portal to a world where they are greeted as the saviors of a people enslaved by evildoers.

  Fantasy

  The Secret to Lying by Todd Mitchell

  Fifteen-year-old James lies about himself to be considered “cool” when he gets into an exclusive boarding school, but soon unnaturally vivid dreams of being a demon-hunting warrior lead to self-destructive acts while he is awake.

  Supernatural

  Fish by Gregory Mone

  Eleven-year-old Fish, seeking a way to help his family financially, becomes a reluctant cabin boy on a pirate ship, where he soon makes friends–and enemies–and is asked to help decipher clues that might lead to a legendary treasure.

  Adventure

  Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins

  Two Burmese boys, one a Karenni refugee and the other the son of an imprisoned Burmese doctor, meet in the jungle and in order to survive they must learn to trust each other.

  Adventure

  My Double life by Janette Rallison

  When eighteen-year-old Lexi of Morgantown, West Virginia, becomes the body double of a famous pop star, she discovers that the girl she is replacing is actually her half-sister, and that their father is a famous rock star.

  Chick Lit

  The Family Greene by Ann Rinaldi

  Follows Caty and her daughter Cornelia through the latter half of the eighteenth century as they mingle with the heroes of the Revolutionary War, discovering that a woman’s only means of power, flirting, can cause trouble and confusion.

  Historical Fiction

  The Outside of the Horse by Ginny Rorby

  When her father returns from the Iraq War as an amputee with post-traumatic stress disorder, Hannah escapes by volunteering to work with rescued horses, never thinking that the abused horses could also help her father recover.

  Realistic Fiction

  Reign Check by Michelle Rowen

  Demon Princess Book 2

  Sixteen-year-old Nikki is again summoned to the Underworld to appear before the Demon Council, the king of the faerie realm enrolls at her small-town Canada high school to experience human life, and her mother begins dating one of her teachers.

  Supernatural

  Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai

  When eighteen-year-old Lexi of Morgantown, West Virginia, becomes the body double of a famous pop star, she discovers that the girl she is replacing is actually her half-sister, and that their father is a famous rock star.

  Realistic Fiction

  Choke by Obert Skye

  Pillage Trilogy Book 2
  

  Using his renowned lack of common sense, fifteen-year-old Beck Phillips gets himself and his friends Kate and Wyatt embroiled in more dragon adventures, as they discover and hatch the last remaining dragon stone.

  Fantasy

  The Forbidden Game by LJ Smith

  To lose the game is to lose your life

  Horror

  A Field Guide for Heartbreakers by Kristen Tracy

  When seventeen-year-old high school students Veronica and Dessy go to Prague to attend a summer writer’s program for college students, they experience romance, conflicts, and, ultimately, the strengthening of their friendship.

  Realistic Fiction

  Things I Know About Love by Kate le Vann

  Seventeen-year-old Livia Stowe travels from England to Princeton, New Jersey, to visit her brother who is studying there and to celebrate her recovery from a year-long struggle with leukemia, and while she is there she writes a blog about her experiences, which include falling in love.

  Chick Lit

  Buffy the Vampire Slayer by John Vornholt

  Book 1

  In every generation, there is a Chosen One. A slayer destined to protect the human race. She alone must fight the demons of hell. She alone must risk her life to stop the spread of evil.Buffy is the Chosen One.

  Horror

  The Talent Thief: An Extraordinary Tale of an Ordinary Boy by Alex Williams

  Orphaned Cressida, a magnificent singer, and her twelve-year-old brother Adam attend the by-invitation-only Festival of Youthful Genius, where they join forces with a former race car driver to try to stop a bizarre creature from stealing the talents of the young prodigies.

  Adventure

  The Space Between Trees by Katie Williams

  When the body of a classmate is discovered in the woods, sixteen-year-old Evie’s lies wind up involving her with the girl’s best friend, trying to track down the killer.

  Thriller

  To Darkness Fled by Jill Williamson

  Achan, Vrell, and the Kingsguard Knights have fled into Darkness to escape the wrath of the former prince. They head for Ice Island to rescue two of Sir Gavin’s colleagues who were falsely imprisoned years ago. Darkness is growing and only one man can push it back.

  Fantasy

• Teen Short Film Contest

  Date: 2010.07.01 | Category: Teen Contest, Teen Short Film Contest | Response: 0

  We had an amazing event last night!  There were over 100 people there to celebrate films created by teens.  Thank you to everyone who came out to support the event and to our amazing sponsors!

  Best Buy

  Castle Rock Film Festival

  Chipotle

  Warner Bros & the movie Inception

  The winners are:

  Best Film- The Owl

  1st Runner Up – Sad to Glad

  2nd Runner Up- Ke$shacabra

  Best Director- Alex Angelico for Rise of the Produce

  Best Editing- Peter Cleverdon for 2010

  Best Cinematography- Jake Grijalva for Stuntman Extraordinaire

  Best Special Effects- Matthew Park for Special Effects

  Watch all the movies on YouTube

  

  

  

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