It's May and Summer Vacation is almost here. Come in and pick up a book to put you in the mood for summer. There is a display in the teen section full of titles about summer love, adventure and travel. What better way to get ready for vacation?
Here are a few summer titles:
THE LAST SUMMER OF THE DEATH WARRIORS by award-winning author Francisco X. Stork
THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY by Jenny Han
Beach Blondes : a Summer novel by Katherine Applegate
Cruel Summer by Alyson Noël
Perfect Summer by Kate William
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
It's May!
Make your own Kokeshi Paper Dolls!
Come to Teen Manga Club, Wednesday May 5 and make your very own paper Kokeshi doll. Manga Club meets at 3pm in the Program Room. We will have snacks, watch anime and talk about our upcoming Anime Night.
Kokeshi are Japanese dolls, originally from northern Japan. They are handmade from wood, have a simple trunk and an enlarged head with a few thin, painted lines to define the face. The body has a floral design painted in red, black, and sometimes yellow, and covered with a layer of wax. One characteristic of kokeshi dolls is their lack of arms or legs. The bottom is marked with the signature of the artist.
Eclipse Preview
The next chapter in the Twilight Saga, Eclipse hits theaters on June 30. The first trailer of the new movie hit the internet last week. This third instalment looks like its sure to please. Check it out below.
Teen Art
Do you love art? Have a bunch of drawings you want to share with others? Bring them in to be copied for the Manga Club art portfolio. We have a wide variety of fan art and original drawings and are looking to add more. Come in and take a look at all of the cool stuff the teens at Brentwood Library made and submitt your own.
Check out Charleen's art at http://www.Chariswhatweaimfor.deviantart.com
This week @ the library
*Come check out the new and improved Brentwood Teen section.
*Stop in today for Teen Rec Room from 2:45-4:00
*Teen Manga Book Club, Wednesday @ 3:00. We will be watching another movie while we make more shrinky dinks. Don't forget to bring in your fan art for the group portfolio.
*April is National Poetry month. Stop in and pick up a poetry book from our display.
NEW BOOKS
Body World
by Dash Shaw
Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots
by Abby McDonald
The Knife That Killed Me
by Anthony McGowan
Wicked Lovely Desert Tales volume 2 Challenge
by Melissa Marr
Art by Xian Nu Studio
POEMS
What better way to enjoy National Poetry Month than with a few poems from childhood?
Messy Room
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbooks wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closes,
His vest have been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or-
Huh? You say it's mine? Oh dear,
I knew it looked familiar!
by Shel Silverstein
Class Trip
When Sinbad sailed the seven seas,
his cheeks were red and ruddy.
But when Sue brought home seven C's,
Mom kept her home to study.
Th moral of this story is:
Folks cheer for exploration.
But you're not going anywhere
without an education
by Alan Katz
Teen Manga Club
Teen Manga Club meets tomorrow @ 3pm in the program room. We will be watching Fruits Basket, What Becomes of Snow? our Operation Anime pick. As we watch the movie we will also be making Manga shrinky dinks. 
National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month!
What is National Poetry Month? National Poetry Month is a month-long, national celebration of poetry established by the Academy of American Poets. The concept is to widen the attention of individuals and the media—to the art of poetry, to living poets, to our complex poetic heritage, and to poetry books and journals of wide aesthetic range and concern. We hope to increase the visibility and availability of poetry in popular culture while acknowledging and celebrating poetry’s ability to sustain itself in the many places where it is practiced and appreciated.
The library has a great collection of poetry on display, so stop in and check something out.
'Twilight' author Meyer has novella coming soon
Stephenie Meyer has a new book coming out! It is about one of the characters from Eclipse. Check out the full article @ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100330/ap_en_ot/us_people_stephenie_meyer
Wii Gaming
Stop in today from 3:00-4:00 for Teen Wii Gaming. Come play Mario Cart, have some snacks and enjoy the rainy afternoon at the library!
Teen Rec Room
Stop down to the teen rec room after school today from 3:00-4:00. Come hang out and play pool, ping pong, basketball, and foosball. We also have snacks on hand to purchase for low prices! No registration required, just come by. For grades 6-9.
Teen Manga Club
Teen Manga Club meets tomorrow at 3:00 in the program room. We will be discussing Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba. The series centers on Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the "Death Note", dropped on Earth by a shinigami (death god) named Ryuk. The Death Note grants its user the ability to kill anyone whose face they have seen, by writing the victim's name in the notebook. The story follows Light's attempt to create and rule a world cleansed of evil using the notebook, and the complex conflict between him, his opponents and a mysterious detective known to the world only as L.
We will also be watching the anime and making origami ninja stars. Don't miss out on all the fun. For those in grades 6-12.
Gotta Keep Reading
Check out this video – a California Middle School’s take on the Black Eyed Peas flash mob – apparently this was on Oprah! It’s about five minutes long, but worth every second.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6D9jiEYxzs
New Books @ Brentwood
I sit in your class
I play by the rules
I'm young
I'm fly
I'm black.
In 9 stories and 13 poems, Sharon G. Flake gives readers insight into the minds of a diverse group adolescent African American males. There's Tow-Kaye, getting married at age 17 to love of his life, who's pregnant. He knows it's the right thing to do, but he's scared to death. James writes in his diary about his twin brother's terrible secret, which threatens to pull James down, too. Tyler explains what it's like to be a player with the ladies. In a letter to his uncle, La'Ron confesses that he's infected with HIV. Eric takes us on a tour of North Philly on the Fourth of July, when the heat could make a guy go crazy. Still, he loves his hood. These and other unforgettable characters come to life in this poignant, funny and often searing collection of urban male voices. [close]
[close] Meghan Chase has never fit in at her small-town high school, and now, on the eve of her 16th birthday, she discovers why. When her half brother is kidnapped, Meghan is drawn into a fantastical world she never imagined--the world of Faery, where anything you see may try to eat you, and Meghan is the daughter of the summer faery king. Now she will journey into the depths of Faery to face an unknown enemy . . . and beg the help of a winter prince who might as soon kill her as let her touch his icy heart. The Iron King is the first book in the Iron Fey series.
They are
inspiring
talented
stunning
remarkable
wise
They are also
fearless
depressed
hilarious
impatient
in love
out of love
pissed off
And they want you to let them in
Tom Bristol, press-ganged into service aboard the British HMS "Terror," welcomes the chance to jump ship when the "Terror" is attacked by pirates, but his fortunes go from bad to worse when his new crewmates abandon him on a deserted island, leaving him with nothing to do but think of a way to get revenge.
An invisible, uncrossable physical barrier encloses the Unified States. The Line is the part of the border that lopped off part of the country, dooming the inhabitants to an unknown fate when the enemy used a banned weapon. It’s said that bizarre creatures and superhumans live on the other side, in Away. Nobody except tough old Ms. Moore would ever live next to the Line.
Nobody but Rachel and her mother, who went to live there after Rachel’s dad died in the last war. It’s a safe, quiet life. Until Rachel finds a mysterious recorded message that can only have come from Away. The voice is asking for help.
Who sent the message? Why is her mother so protective? And to what lengths is Rachel willing to go in order to do what she thinks is right?
What if you had only one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life?
Samantha Kingston has it all—looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12th should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it’s her last. The catch: Samantha still wakes up the next morning. In fact, she re-lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she had ever imagined. [close]
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