The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting, is a suspenseful mystery with a sweet romance all in one. 16-year-old Violet Ambrose is not your average girl. She was born with the unusual and morbid ability to sense the dead bodies of those who have been murdered. She has never considered her ability useful (finding mostly [...]
This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel is a thrilling and fast-paced adventure. Not only is this a good story, but the book reveals how Victor Frankenstein got his start. Soon to be a movie! (Translation – you know how you can’t check out Hunger Games right now because you waited for the [...]
Fracture by Megan Miranda is a great, page-turning novel about teens, tragedy, and a strange new gift — or is it a curse? Delaney Maxwell is pulled from the icy Maine waters, clinically dead. In a coma for 6 days, she awakes and appears normal, except for a brain scan showing she has significant brain [...]
DISCLOSURE: I don’t read romances and I’m a blunt kind of girl who (it just so happens) went to an American school overseas. I read this book after consulting a list of “good YA fiction” and this got the top slot. Why? Good question. Let’s try to answer that, shall we? CAVEAT: If you loved this [...]
In Desert Crossing by Elise Broach, 14-year-old Lucy Martinez, her 18-year-old brother Jamie, and Jamie’s friend, Kit are traveling from Kansas to Phoenix to spend their vacation with Lucy and Jamie’s father. While driving through a blinding desert rainstorm, Jamie hits something in the road. Only an animal, they think. When they backtrack to find it, [...]
Ever wonder how Calvert Library creates its unique flyers and posters? The answer is GIMP, the free Photoshop analogue, plus some good ol’ librarian creativity. Today I thought we could look under the hood and find out how we transform photographs into something really eye-catching. First, we need a concept. We have events going on all the [...]
We’re always looking at three things here in the library : (1) new events to bring teens together to do fun things, (2) new ways to look at our book collection, and (3) new “Hey Girl” photos of Ryan Gosling loving the library. And guess what? We just found something that actually combines 2 out [...]
A few days ago, NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-22b, a potentially habitable planet or, to Star Trek nerds, a Class M planet. The planet has a lot of similar qualities to Earth : It’s temperature is about 72F, it’s about 2 and a half times the size of Earth, and it takes 290 days to [...]
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott YA Fantasy Series This review is by request. If you’d like to request an honest review of any YA book by our oh-so-lovely YA librarians, please leave a comment on our Book Review Recommendation post. These five books (see below) will enchant any fan of [...]
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