Sam's List

Samantha, an avid teen reader, has provided a list of her all time favorite reads--lots of adult cross-overs mentioned! Sam classified her lists for these titles herself- hope it you gives book suggestion ideas for the avid teen reader in your library.

Here's a list of books I've read, liked, and own. I put a star next to my FAVS!

DRAMATIC

Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin

A Separate Peace - John Knowles

*The Stand - Stephen King

*To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

*Holes - Louis Sachar

*Green Mile - Stephen King

*Peace like a River - Leif Enger

A Great and Terrible Beauty & Rebel Angels - Libba Bray

*Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

*Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen

*The Outsiders - SE Hinton

*The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield

*The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke

Desperation - Stephen King

Salem's Lot - Stephen King

*My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult

Looking for Alaska - John Green

Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

Life as We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer

Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

*Milkweed - Jerry Spinelli

*Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series - Ann Brashares

Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson

*Life of Pi - Yann Martel

FANTASY/ADVENTURE

*Faerie Wars & The Purple Empire & Ruler of the Realms - Herbie Brennan

Shadowmancer - GP Taylor

Trickster's Choice & Trickster's Queen - Tamora Pierce

*The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkein

*Dark Tower series ( there are 7 ! ) - Stephen King

Inkheart & Inkspell - Cornelia Funke

*Artemis Fowl series - Eoin Colfer

Abarat & Abarat: Days of Magic Nights of War - Clive Barker

Maximum Ride series - James Patterson

Sea of Trolls - Nancy Farmer

*Eragon & Eldest - Christopher Paolini

*The Bartemaous Trilogy - Jonathan Stroud

*Harry Potter (duh) - JK Rowling

*Howl's Moving Castle & Castle in the Air - Diana Wynne Jones

Wrinkle in Time & A Wind in the Door & A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeleine L'Engle

*Wolf Tower & Wolf Star & Wolf Queen & Wolf Wing - Tanith Lee

The Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King

ROMANTIC

*Tithe & Valiant & Ironside - Holly Black

*Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin

Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austin

*Twilight & New Moon & Eclipse - Stephanie Meyer

*The Princess Bride - William Goldman

*The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

My fav. Author: Stephen King !!!!

BOOKS I HAVE YET TO READ AND WANT TO

Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

Tamar- Mal Peet

Snowflower and Secret Fan - Lisa See

Thirteen Moons - Charles Frazier

Blaze - Stephen King

The Good Guy - Dean Koontz

The Memory of Running - Ron McLarty

Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr

Speak Softly, She Can Hear - Pam Lewis

Gamers In the Library

Here's an interesting article:

Games spark teen rush on libraries
29 February 2008

Libraries in south-east Michigan are turning the page on peace and quiet.

Video game events at public libraries are drawing crowds of teens, including about 100 competing monthly at Guitar Hero at the Rochester Hills Public Library, near Detroit.

"Getting teens to come to the library is right up there with getting them to go to church: it's not exactly the first place they want to go," Christine Lind Hage, library director, told the Detroit Free Press.

Hage stocked the shelves with 1 823 games. An average of 1 300 are checked out daily.

A competition in Rochester Hills was held on February 9, and similar events are being held at other Detroit-area libraries.

Nearly 30 teens play Guitar Hero or Dance Dance Revolution every few weeks at the Clinton-Macomb Public Library, which offers 300 video games in its collection.

Stephanie Jaczkowski, 17, said it was a big social event.

The Canton Public Library began offering games and holding monthly tournaments for Nintendo Wii bowling and Super Smash Bros six months ago.

"Many of the games are complex ... They can help build cognitive skills," said Brad Bachelor, a teen librarian. - Sapa-AP

© 2008 Independent Online.

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