Voice Your Choice

Got a favorite book? Then let your voice be heard and take part in YALSA'S Teens' Top Ten 2010. Here's the deal, click on this link and vote for up to 3 of your favorite titles. The winners will be announced September 17 (and posted here).

Just to recap, last year's winners were:

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

Flipped

Last week, yet another teen book was made into a feature film. Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen, and a popular book around these parts, caught the attention of famous director Rob Reiner when his son had to read the book in middle school. (In case you don't know, Rob Reiner is kind of a big deal, who starred in a TV show called All In the Family in the '70s and then directed some pretty amazing movies like Stand By Me, The Princess Bride (!!), When Harry Met Sally and more. So it's cool that he's behind this movie.) It sounds like the movie will stay pretty close to the book with the exception that it now takes place in the 1950s. For an interview with Reiner about the film click here.

And if you haven't read Flipped, basically it's a romance between two teens (a guy and a girl) who tell about themselves and their feelings for each other in alternating chapters.

Hunger Games Apparel

One of the librarians (thanks Jen!) just told me that Hot Topic sells Hunger Games shirts! They even sell a different style shirts. This would be the perfect thing to wear while reading Mockingjay in 12 days (yes, we are counting!)

The Scorch Trials

If you haven't read The Maze Runner by James Dashner you have about 59 days until book 2 comes out. The Scorch Trials will pick up where The Maze Runner left off -- let's just say Thomas was in a very harrowing situation and we are dying to find out what will happen. If you're a fan of The Hunger Games and The Adoration of Jenna Fox, then this book is for you.