The Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in sixteen school and public libraries around the country. Nominations are posted on Support Teen Literature Day, the Thursday of National Library Week, and teens across the country vote on their favorite titles each year. The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is a national association of librarians, library workers and advocates whose mission is to expand and strengthen library services for teens, aged 12-18.

The Top Ten!

1). Roth, Veronica   Divergent   2011
Abnegation (selfless), Erudite (intelligence), Candor (honesty), Amity(peace), or Dauntless (brave): where would you fit? Beatrice lives in a society where she must choose either to remain with her family’s faction or set off towards independence and her beliefs. And what happens when the unity between these factions begins to fall apart?

2). Green, John   The Fault in Our Stars  2012
Hazel and Augustus meet and forge a relationship at a support group for
kids battling cancer. As Hazel and Augustus struggle with the “side-effects of dying,”
they come to learn the strength of wishes, the complexities of long human lives, and the
wondrous ways of the universe.

3). Lu, Marie   Legend  2011
June, a fifteen-year-old military prodigy, is hunting Day, the outlaw she believes is
responsible for her brother’s death. What will happen when the two meet and discover
the government is corrupt?

4). Riggs, Ransom   Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children   2011
When Jacob was little, his grandfather would tell him stories of the
fantastical children’s home where he grew up and the seemingly magical kids who lived
there with him. When his grandfather is killed, Jacob sets out to find the home where
these children lived, unearthing a magical secret and uncovering his true heritage.

5). Dessen, Sarah  What Happened to Goodbye  2011
Ever since Mclean’s parents divorced, she has lived in four
towns in two years – each time taking on a new persona. Mclean expects to leave
Lakeview in six months, but soon finds that she doesn’t want to – she just wants to be
herself.

6). Revis, Beth  Across the Universe    2011
Cryogenically frozen centuries ago, Amy and her parents are on their
way to a new planet aboard the spaceship, Godspeed. Unplugged from her cryo
chamber, Amy discovers she has been awoken 50 years early, in a failed murder
attempt. With Elder, the future leader of the ship, by her side they are on an adventure
filled with murder, lies, dreams, and stars.

7). Meyer, Marissa   Cinder   2012
A futuristic retelling of the classic Cinderella, Cinder, a cyborg and talented mechanic,
lives with her cruel stepmother and two stepsisters in the plague-ridden New Beijing.
Soon after meeting Prince Kai, Cinder must find the truths of her past, which may help
to save the future.

8). Stiefvater, Maggie   The Scorpio Races   2011
Every November, the beaches of Thisby come alive with the Scorpio
Races. The water horses are vicious, the terrain is treacherous, and death is likely, but
the reward can be beyond anything you could imagine. Puck Connolly is racing for her
family, Sean Kendrick for his passion—but only one can win The Scorpio Races.

9). Forman, Gayle   Where She Went    2011
This sequel to Gayle Forman’s If I Stay is narrated by Adam, Mia’s
ex-boyfriend. Shortly after the devastating accident that killed Mia’s family, the talented
cellist moves to New York, where an accidental meeting brings them back together.

10). Cabot, Meg   Abandon   2012
Pierce has experienced death before and barely escaped. When she moves from her old town to a town called
Isla Huesos – Island of Bones – for a new start, she realizes that death wants her back.
Can she escape death once again?

Watch this video on YouTube.

The Teen Filmmakers welcome new members all year long. We meet every other Saturday at the Peninsula Center Library from 1 to 2 p.m. For details, contact Michael at mbarb@pvld.org.

Read 1,000 pages this Summer and earn a $5 Amazon Gift Certificate plus an entry into the grand prize drawing for an iPod Nano*. Every teen who reads 1,000 pages will also be eligible to attend PVLD’s first Library Lock-In on Friday, August 17^th. From 7pm-Midnight we’ll be “Owning the Night” Zombie-style with games, movies, food, prizes, and general Zombie mayhem!

Want more? Once you complete your first 1,000 pages, you can continue and earn another $5 Amazon Gift Certificate by reading another 1,000 pages!

The first day to sign up is Monday, June 4th and the first day to turn in your first log is Monday, June 11th. Beginning June 18th you can visit any PVLD library and guess the title of the shredded-book-in-a-jar to earn another entry for the iPod Nano drawing! There will be a new shredded book to guess every two weeks through August 10^th.

*Drawing will be held on August 17th. Winner need not be present.

Textbooks!!!

Yes, the Peninsula Center Library now has a nearly complete set of High School textbooks. You can check them out for in-library use with your PVLD library card. Just ask for them at the Adult Reference Desk.

You’re welcome!  :)

Join us at The Annex on Thursday, February 23rd for an Oscar Prediction Party. Fill out a ballot with your picks in the top categories and then at 5 pm, we’ll show one of the nominated movies and eat pizza! The best predictors could win Regal movie tickets, free library movie rentals, and other cool stuff!

Check out  ”Library Dreams,” the latest production of PVLD’s Teen Filmmakers’ Club, and you too can make your dreams come true.

If you are inspired and want to join the Teen Filmmakers, we meet every other Saturday at the Peninsula Center Library from 1 to 2 p.m. For details, contact Michael at mbarb@pvld.org.

The Peninsula Teen Activity Council met and looked through the excellent entries that were submitted for this contest. It was a tough decision but they chose the photo you see here which was submitted by Claire McBride. Congratulations, Claire! To see the other entries visit PVLD’s Flickr site.

Claire’s photo will be transposed onto canvas and mounted in the Teen area of the Peninsula Center Library and she will also get one to keep for herself.

Thank you to everyone who participated!

Louise

October is Teen Read Month so — let’s see you reading!

Enter our contest and you could win an enlarged canvas print of your photograph! Plus, we’ll display an enlarged canvas print of your photograph in the Teen area at the Peninsula Center Library.

Open to teens ages (12-18)

• Submit a digital photograph of you or a friend reading. The more creative, the better. Entries must feature the word “read”. You can use free online photo-editing sites such as BigHugeLabs, or Picnik to incorporate text into your photo.
• Entries will be accepted October 10-November 11, 2011.
• Submit your digital photo along with your name and phone number via email to: teensread@pvld.org.
• Photos will be judged for technical quality, artistic quality, and originality by members of the Peninsula Teen Activity Council.
• One submission per person.
• Winner will be chosen by the end of November.

Upon submission of your photo, you agree that any subject of your photo (or the subject’s parents or guardian if under the age of eighteen years) has granted permission to use his or her image in the photo. All photos become the sole property of the Palos Verdes Library District upon submission. Entering a photo in the contest waives your right to the photo and any future inspection and/or approval of future use by the Palos Verdes Library District. Photos entered could subsequently be used in other means of communication (including but not limited to marketing efforts and advertising via Web, print, video, audio or television) by The Palos Verdes Library District.

Contact me if you have any questions,

Louise

lbeebe@pvld.org

Appointments are not for personal tutoring or homework assistance, but rather for research skill building. Sessions may include an overview of online resources, how best to search our library catalog and the Internet and how to create effective search strategies.  For further information call the Young Readers Desk at 310-377-9584, ext. 600 or go to www.pvld.mobi/kids to fill out an Appointment Request Form.

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