Rick Riordan interview

Booklist has a quick interview with Rick Riordan online, where he talks about 39 Clues, the end of the Percy Jackson series (to later be followed by a new Camp Halfblood series), hints at what he is working on next, and debates if Percy Jackson could beat Harry Potter!

YALSA's Teens' Top Ten

Love to read? Want to take part in deciding YALSA's Teens Top Ten books of 2009? You have 25 weeks to read 25 books, and then vote during Teen Read Week (October 18-24). These books have been nominated by teens, and will be decided on by teens as teen favorites.

Here is the list of nominations, with links so you can check them out from Sno-Isle! Warning: some of these are really popular, so if you want to read them in time, you will want to order them soon :)

Vote now for your favorite Book Trailer!

Voting has begun for the Sno-Isle Teens Book Trailer Contest!

We have TEN awesome entries:

Daughter of the Forest, book trailer

Midnighter's Book Trailer

Far North By Will Hobs

the perks of being a wallflower book trailer

More Than Courage

The Dictionary

Book Trailer Impulse

New Moon Book Trailer

Mortal Engines trailer

Chosen by Ted Dekker

Watch them on YouTube, vote for them here.

Voting ends May 7th. Tell all your friends!

Confess Your Biggest Screw Up!

Shamelessly ripped off from KL Going's site:

Win a $100 gift certificate to your local independent bookstore, Borders, or Barnes & Noble, plus a complete set of autographed KL Going YA books (Fat Kid Rules the World; Saint Iggy; King of the Screwups).

Three runners-up will receive an autographed copy of King of the Screwups.

Contest runs: April 1st - June 30th 2009.

Read submitted entries (they are kind of awesome!).

More info/enter

Read the first three chapters of King of the Screwups.

Last day for the Book Trailer contest!

Today is your last day to get your entries in for the book trailer contest. Be sure to get it in before midnight if you want a chance at winning. We've got some GREAT entries this year, and I am so proud of everyone who has entered. They are so creative, fun, and exciting to watch! Makes me want to order all the books, right now :)

Here are all the entires so far...

Again, how to enter:

• Create a video of a book trailer -- like a movie trailer, but for a book! Your video should be 30 seconds to 3 minutes long, and be about a teen book, or a book that teens enjoy, owned by Sno-Isle Libraries.


• Post your Book Trailer video to YouTube.


• Make sure your video post contains the tag: "snoisleteens"


• Enter with this form by April 15, 2009: TEEN VIDEO ENTRY

Voting will begin very soon! Watch this blog for more info.

Book trailer entry: The Chosen

Beautiful forests, adventures and SWORDS!



The Chosen by Ted Dekker

Book trailer entry: Impulse

An elegant and beautiful trailer that captures the pain and rawness of Ellen Hopkins books!



Impulse by Ellen Hopkins

Book trailer entry: Mortal Engines

Science fiction, destruction, and FIRE!



Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve

Book trailer entry: The Dictionary

Forgotten how to speak English? Here is a super silly reminder from some Mukilteo teens, that the dictionary can be your friend.



Webster's New World College Dictionary

Book trailer entry: More than Courage

Adventure, friendship and EXPLOSIONS! You can tell they had fun making this one :)



More Than Courage by Harold Coyle

Book trailer entry: New Moon

The excitement, tension, and gray Northwest weather you love from Stephanie Meyers books!



New Moon by Stephanie Meyer

Book Trailer Entry! Perks of Being a Wallflower

I have to say, you guys, that these trailers? All of them fill me with cheezy happiness. I'm glad I'm not a judge!

Don't forget, you have until April 15th (that's Wednesday!) to enter!



Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephan Chbosky

Here's the competition so far...

How to Enter:

• Create a video of a book trailer -- like a movie trailer, but for a book! Your video should be 30 seconds to 3 minutes long, and be about a teen book, or a book that teens enjoy, owned by Sno-Isle Libraries.


• Post your Book Trailer video to YouTube.


• Make sure your video post contains the tag: "snoisleteens"


• Enter with this form by April 15, 2009: TEEN VIDEO ENTRY

Puget Sound Off - cool opportunities for teens!

A great local organization is looking for teen volunteers. They are especially looking for folks from Snohomish and Island Counties who can help spread the word about teen events (such as those in our libraries):

Puget Sound Off! --Here's an opportunity to express your voice, your creativity, your music-- The PSO Regional Youth Council is a training program that provides Seattle area youth with skill building and an on-line forum to develop a strong public voice. We are seeking young people ages 15 to 18 who care about their community, are creative, and who want to improve their 21st Century technology skills. If you are selected, you'll join other young people from Seattle using a unique forum for youth public communication--Puget Sound Off. Our goal is to engage energetic and committed young people who will create original content for the Puget Sound Off website, and to help promote the site to local youth. PSO Youth Council team members can earn a stipend and/or service learning hours. PSO flyer and information about service learning hours How easy is it to earn hours?

Questions? Contact Bryan Gordon at bgordon@seattleymca.org You can learn more by checking out www.pugetsoundoff.org