Zombies!

To celebrate Teen Read Week (October 14-20), we are having a different Zombie event in the library every day during lunches!  Plans are in progress, but many materials have been ordered.  Here are some of the things you might see:

• Zombie Photo Shoot
• Zombie Target Practice
• Zombie Games
• Zombie Crafts
• Zombie Cookie Decorating
• Zombie-themed food
• Zombie books and survival guides
• Zombie prizes

What's New Wednesday 9/26

Here are a few more titles that are new to the CHS Library:

Emily the Strange (graphic novel series)
 

The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory
 

The Kill Order by James Dashner (prequel to the Maze Runner trilogy)



The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson (sequel to The Girl of Fire and Thorns)

 

The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore (Lorien Legacies #3)

The Fear by Charlie Higson (The Enemy series #3)

The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin
 

 

How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg


 



Top Ten Tuesday 9/25

Here are the top ten checkouts in the CHS Library this week:

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Nevermore: The Final Maximum Ride Adventure by James Patterson
3. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
4. Warm Bodies: A Novel by Isaac Marion
5. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
6. The Selection by Kiera Cass
7. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
8. Bitter End by Jennifer Brown
9. The Color Purple: A Novel by Alice Walker
10. Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick

Some of these are new this week or have moved around, while The Hunger Games was able to hold onto its spot at the top.  Ms. Stausing will be happy to see Warm Bodies make the list, and I am glad that Bitter End is up there.  I think some of our patrons must be rereading Son of Neptune and Crescendo to get ready for the next book in each series, which both come out in the next few weeks.  Can't wait for those!  Happy Reading CHS students and staff!

Beautiful Creatures Movie Trailer!

Here is the trailer for the Beautiful Creatures movie...looks great! I may have to go back and read this series.

Bitter End by Jennifer Brown

Summary: Alex is a normal teenage girl who has been planning a road trip with her two best friends, Bethany and Zack, since they were small children to try and give Alex some closure from her mother's death.  Then, Alex meets Cole, the new boy from a nearby town and falls madly in love with his charm.  After the short honeymoon phase of their relationship, Cole starts to get a little scary.  Alex is abandoning her friends to spend more and more time with him, but she's not sure if she should be or if maybe Cole's new behaviors are somehow her fault.  The book follows her struggles throughout the relationship, being torn between her boyfriend and her best friends, and not having a mother-figure to ask for help. 

Ms. Kiplinger's Opinion: As a fan of Jennifer Brown's first book Hate List, I was sure that I would also love this one...and I did!  This is an important, and sometimes relatable, story for any teenage girl to read.  Though not all girls (thank goodness!) will experience a relationship like this, it is likely that they will know someone who does.  This was a touching book about real-life experiences, true friendships, and how scary things can sometimes be when you feel alone in the world.  There is advice at the end on how to handle yourself in a situation like this or how to help a friend who is in this kind of relationship.  Jennifer Brown writes about tough, but necessary, topics that occur in everyday life and her books are a must-read!

http://www.jenniferbrownya.com/bitterend.htm

What's New Wednesday

There is no way I can tell you ALL of the new books we have cataloged in the past month or so without making this post a novel itself, but I will try to feature the ones that I think will be the most popular for now.  I will post a list of new books each Wednesday.  Come check out our "New Books" shelf by the circulation desk to see what other treasures you can find!



A Dog's Journey by W. Bruce Cameron


Killing Lincoln:The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard

Pretty Little Liars (entire series) by Sara Shepard
 

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

The Golden Lily (A Bloodlines Novel) by Richelle Mead
 



Michael Vey: Rise of the Elgen by Richard Paul Evans

Nevemore: The Final Maximum Ride Adventure by James Patterson



Unwholly by Neal Shusterman (Unwind Trilogy #2)







 

Top Ten Tuesday

Here are the Top Ten Books at CHS being checked out:

1. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
3. Thirteen Reasons Why: A Novel by Jay Asher
4. Summer of Secrets (Bluford High series) by Paul Langan
5. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
6. Nevermore: The Final Maximum Ride Adventure by James Patterson
7. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
8. A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
9. First Shot by Walter Sorrells
10. The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Many of these are no surprise to me with the recent movies being released or in production...but a few are a bit interesting.  I guess I don't always see what is going out since my lovely library ladies are doing most of the checking out throughout the day.  I like to think that A Dog's Purpose made the list all because of my glowing recommendations to everyone I come across! We haven't had Nevermore for very long so I'm amazed that it already made the list.  I am interested to see how this list changes throughout the year, so I will post this list on Tuesdays.