Samantha Thomason

National Book Award: Young People's Literature

www.nationalbook.org
Each November the National Book Foundation honors an outstanding book in each of the following categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Young People's Literature.


2010 Winner

In this Teen Council production, one of our teen library users tells us what the library means to her.

Take refuge from the holiday shopping madness with a screening of Mon Oncle, part of the Rappahannock Film Club's "Films @ the Library" series.

Saturday, November 28, 2-4pm - Headquarters Library Theater - Mon Oncle (1958, 117 minutes):

Jacques Tati's comic comment on the encroachment of modern civilization upon the charm of the old world. Mr. Hulot returns as the bumbling uncle of a young boy whose parents are the ultimate consumers in an ultra-hygienic world.

As if you didn't already know, New Moon hits theaters on Friday, November 20.

Check out this movie review in the Washington Post.

Join Edward, Bella, and Jacob in READing a good book! Check out all things Twilight, or maybe something from our Fang Fiction or Werewolves Among Us book list.

The National Book Award winners for Young People's Literature were announced this week.

2009 Winner

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

2009 Finalists

Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

Stitches by David Small (book trailer)

Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor (book trailer)

Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia

See other award-winning teen books.

Come to Cooper Branch Tuesday, November 3, 7-8:30pm, for Teen Movie Night. This month we're watching 17 Again, starring Zac Efron.

Check out this recent PBS NewsHour interview with Sherman Alexie, author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and War Dances.

Visit the PBS NewsHour web site to watch more videos of Sherman and to listen to him read several of his poems.

The Young Adult Library Services Association has just announced this year's Teens' Top Ten. Over 11,000 teens voted online for their favorites from August 24 through September 18. And the winners are ...

1. Paper Towns by John Green
2. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
5. Identical by Ellen Hopkins
6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
7. Wake by Lisa McMann
8. Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast
9. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
10. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Teen Read Week is all about reading for fun, so take a break from homework by checking out one of these great books.

Stop by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library during Teen Read Week to read beyond reality! Check out materials to change your world, take you somewhere unlike your world, or learn about other cultures. Stop by today and pick up a page turner that you can read or listen to, just for the fun of it!

National Book Award: Young People's Literature

www.nationalbook.org
Each November the National Book Foundation honors an outstanding book in each of the following categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Young People's Literature.