TeenSpace http://www.pwpl.org/teenspace/blog/ Port Washington Public Library TeenSpace ..................(516) 883-4400 X 148 en Copyright 2008 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:45:02 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Have you read? sweethearts.jpg

Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
After losing her soul mate, Cameron, when they were nine, Jennifer, now seventeen, transformed herself from the unpopular fat girl into the beautiful and popular Jenna, but Cameron's unexpected return dredges up memories that cause both social and emotional turmoil.

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Lock and Key
When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.

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Dragon and Thief by Timothy Zahn
Fourteen-year old orphan Jack Morgan is hiding out in a spaceship. Falsely accused of a crime, he escapes to a remote and uninhabited planet.

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Pretty Face by Mary Hogan
When an overweight high school student from Santa Monica spends the summer in Italy, she learns to relish life and understand the true meaning of beauty.

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Honeybee : poems & short prose by Naomi Shihab Nye

Be sure to stop byTeenSpace during Young People's Poetry Week (April 14-20) and sample some highlights from our collection. Check out our Poetry Panes, an interactive window activity that works just like magnetic poetry.

Poetry Panes are co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

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Defying the Diva by Anne D. Love

During Haley's freshman year of high school, a campaign of gossip and bullying causes her to be socially ostracized, but after spending the summer living with her aunt, working at a resort, making new friends, and dating a hunky lifeguard, she learns how to stand up for herself and begins to trust again.

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Push Play Concert
Friday, April 11th @8pm
Tickets are still available but going fast!

http://www.pwpl.org/teenspace/index.html

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Runemarks by Joanne Harris

Maddy Smith, who bears the mysterious mark of a rune on her hand, learns that she is destined to join the gods of Norse mythology and play a role in the fate of the world.

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Here is your chance to get an advanced copy of Meg Cabot's new book, Airhead.

http://www.megcabot.com/diary/

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The Big Field by Mike Lupica

When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too.

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KNITGRRL 2 by Shannon Okey, Illustrated by Kathleen Jacques

In honor of "Sweater Day" check out a hot knitting book and create your own one of a kind sweater.

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The Decoding of Lana Morris by Laura and Tom McNeal

For sixteen-year-old Lana life is often difficult. She has a flirtatious foster father, an ice queen foster mother, a houseful of special needs children to care for, and bullies harrassing her. That all changes the day she ventures into an antique shop and buys a unique drawing set.

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In honor of Teen Tech Week, stop by TeenSpace and check out our latest audiobooks. Some of the titles available are:

Deadline by Chris Crutcher
Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz
Mimus by Lilli Thal
The Heartbreakers by Pamela Wells
Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells

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Teen Tech Week March 2-8, 2008
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is pleased to announce Teen Tech Week; a celebration aimed at getting teens to use their libraries for the array of technology offered there, such as DVDs, CD’s, databases, audio books and more. This year’s theme is “Tune in @ Your Library.”

Be sure to stop by TeenSpace and check out our latest audio books and Playaways.

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The Vans Warped tour 2007 compilation by various artists

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