Perks of Being a Wallflower Movie

According to MTV this favorite teen novel will be made into a movie by the author himself, Stephen Chbosky, and it will star your favorite book-nerd, Hermione Granger. Or, you know, the actress who plays her - Emma Watson. The main character, Charlie, will be played by Logan Lerman, who you saw recently as Percy Jackson.

Perks is often challenged due to, as MTV puts it, Charlie's "deal[ings] with familial issues, drug use, sexuality and burgeoning feelings for Sam [Watson's role], as well as thoughts of suicide."

I'll be sure to post a trailer here when there's one available.

You can place a hold on The Perks of Being a Wallflower by clicking on the title, or visit your local library and you may find it on the Teen Explore shelf.

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Movie

I can't help but find this a little hilarious. Gabrielle Zevin's Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac has been made into a movie. In Japan. In Japanese. Perhaps, if we're lucky, we'll eventually get an English sub-titled version.

Here's the trailer:



That's two movies now made of books I've liked that I might not get to see. :(

Big Read Trivia Contest: Win a Jansport Backpack

Hey, teens! If you read "The Things They Carried," you can answer trivia questions to win prizes! Pick up the trivia questionnaire at any Everett or Sno-Isle Library or print it out here.
Each community library will award a JanSport backpack full of prizes to the teen with the most answers correct! Designs and colors vary by location.

* In the event of a tie, there will be a drawing.
* You must be between the ages of 12 to 18 to enter.
* Only one entry per person per location allowed.
* Return completed questionnaire by MAY 30 to any Everett or Sno-Isle Library.

Supported by JanSport, the Friends of the Everett Public Library, and the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation.

Planning for College, Cars and the Future

Can you afford to buy a car? What about college? Financial planner Mark Chavez will teach you how to turn your pennies into benjamins and your goals into realities.


TONIGHT! 7pm! at Lynnwood Library

(parents welcome, but not required)

2010 Nominations for YALSA's Teens’ Top Ten

YALSA has announced its 2010 Teens’ Top Ten Nominations.

The Teens' Top Ten (TTT) is a "teen choice" list of recommended reading, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. Teens across the country are encouraged to read as many nominees as they can during the summer. All interested readers aged twelve to eighteen can vote for their favorites online, anytime from mid August until mid September. The winners are announced via a webcast with special guests during Teen Read Week™ the third week of October.

Here is the list, with links to our website so you can order them today and get reading!


Abbott, Ellen Jensen. Watersmeet.

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls.

Brown, Jennifer. Hate List.

Carter, Ally. Heist Society.

Cashore, Kristin. Fire.

Clare, Cassandra. City of Glass.

Clayton, Emma. The Roar.

Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire.

Dessen, Sarah. Along for the Ride.

Fisher, Catherine. Incarceron.

Fitzpatrick, Becca. Hush, Hush.

Forman, Gayle. If I Stay.

Garcia, Kami and Margaret Stohl. Beautiful Creatures.

Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd. Edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci.

Golding, Julia. Dragonfly.

Jinks, Catherine. The Reformed Vampire Support Group.

Lieb, Josh. I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President.

Ockler, Sarah. Twenty Boy Summer.

Patterson, James. Witch and Wizard.

Peters, Julie Anne. By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead.

Pierce, Tamora. Bloodhound.

St. Crow, Lili. Strange Angels.

Stiefvater, Maggie. Shiver.

Tanigawa, Nagaru. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan.

Yep, Laurence. City of Fire.

Online Anime

I know that most of you die-hard anime fans already know how and where to get your fix, but Viz has just opened their own free streaming site, Viz Anime. It's got Bleach, One Piece, Death Note, Honey and Clover, Naruto and other popular anime.

Don't forget that we accept your purchase suggestions for CDs, DVDs, and, of course, books. Just start here to ask the library to buy the items YOU want to see on our shelves.

via SLJ

Free Comic Book Day

Hey everyone...it is FREE Comic Book Day!

Here at the library we like to provide you with free books, magazines, cds, and (my favorite) graphic novels every day. We just ask you bring them back after three weeks. One thing we don't have is free comic books for you to take home and keep forever. But today is your lucky day!

Go to you local comic book store today and get a FREE COMIC BOOK!

Stores participating in our area:

The Comic Stop in Lynnwood
World of Collections in Edmonds
The Comic Stop in Everett Mall
Everett Comics and Cards in Everett
Gamer Time in Snohomish

I can personally recommend dropping by and saying hi to the folks at The Comic Stop. They run one of the most friendly comic book stores I've ever been in are super nice.