Read a Good Teen Book

Hey grown-ups, don’t be embarressed to venture into the library’s teen area!  There are some great novels located in this section…read one today, or grab one for your kids:

 Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher

The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior’s attempt to answer a friend’s dramatic cry for help.

 A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.

 P.S.  This is the first book in a just-completed trilogy, so also check out the second book, Rebel Angels and the third book, A Sweet Far Thing as well!

 P.P.S. Bray grew up in Denton and still has family in the area, so show some love by reading her fantastic trilogy! 

  The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

A series of letters to an unknown correspondent reveals the coming-of-age trials of a high-schooler named Charlie,  a high school freshman in Pennsylvania. The novel follows Charlie as he is introduced to love, literature and drugs while mourning the loss of his best friend to suicide.

 Keep checking back, there will be more to come!

 -Dana
 

Beastly

Beastly

By Alex Flinn

Kyle Kingsley is the golden boy at his school – attractive, popular, homecoming king, the whole package.  Unfortunately, Kyle is a little overly obsessed with appearance, his and everyone else’s.  When you are the son of the most popular newscaster in the city, you quickly learn how important appearance is.  One evening, Kyle performs a cruel act and finds himself transformed into a beast, a real beast, with fur and claws and everything.  Does this sound like an old fashioned fairy tale?  Not if it happens in New York City.

Kyle and his father try everything to fix his appearance, but no amount of plastic surgery can undo this extreme makeover.  Kyle retreats from the world and creates a difference life for himself.  But, he cannot escape his beastly nature.  Can he find the courage to break the spell or will he remain a beast forever?