Young Adult Author Reading: Sharon Ledwith

Come by the Baysville Public Library on
July 20th at 11:15am
to hear newly published author Sharon Ledwith give a reading from her book The Last Timekeepers and the Arch of Atlantis. This is the firest adventure ina time travel ser4ies written for kids ages 9 and up.

Goodies and giveaways will be provided!

What's the book about?
When 13-year-old Amanda Sault and her annoying classmates are caught in a food fight at school, they're given a choice: suspension or yard duty. The decision is a no-brainer. Their two-week crash course in landscaping leads to the discovery of a weathered stone arch in the overgrown back yard. The arch isn't a forgotten lawn ornament but an ancient time portal from the lost continent of Atlantis. Chosen by an Atlantean Magus to be Timekeepers--legendary time travelers sworn to keep history safe from the evil Belial--Amanda and her classmates are sent on an adventure of a lifetime. Can they find the young Robin Hood and his merry band of teens? If they don't then history itself may be turned upside down.

For more information about Sharon, please visit http://www.sharonledwith.com/.

What's New in Teen Titles?

We've been adding to our collection again. Come on in to borrow these and other new titles:

Shelter, Harlan Coben
Above, Leah Bobet
Blood Wounds, Susan Beth Pfeffer
Every You, Every Me, David Levithan
Rose Sees Red, Cecil Castellucci

Halloween Teen Reads

Want to read some Halloween themed books that aren't about vampires? We have some excellent new books in, and if you happen to like fantasy, or fantasy elements, in your fiction, these books are about witches, ghosts, Victor Frankenstein, and the undead. You'll find them in our Young Adult collection:

Witchlanders, by Lena Coakley

Five Days of the Ghost, by William Bell

This Dark Endeavor: the Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, by Kenneth Oppel

Die for Me, by Amy Plum

May: New in YA

Ready for a summer of reading at the cottage or in your backyard? We've got you covered. Come check out these titles:

Divergent, by Veronica Roth
The Maze Runner, by James Dashner
I Will Always Love You Gossip Girl, Cecily Von Ziegesar
Summer and the City, by Candace Bushnell
Septimus Heap: Syren (book 5), by Angie Sage
Abandon, by Meg Cabot
Red Glove, by Holly Black
Dead Reckoning, Charlaine Harris
The Mortal Instruments, City of Fallen Angels book 4, by Cassandra Clare
I Am Number Four, by Pittacus Lore
Matched, by Ally Condie

April Acquisitions in YA

Teens, come in to see the new titles we've recently received:

Where She Went, by Gayle Forman
The Gathering, by Kelly Armstrong
The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove, by Lauren Kate

New January Fiction

Browsed our new shelves lately? Here's a selection of what you'll find in fiction.

Our Kind of Traitor,
John le Carre

Luka and the Fire of Life,
Salman Rushdie

The Heart Specialist,
Claire Holden Rothman

YA Title
The Book of Spells: a private prequel,
Kate Brian

We Have This Year's Printz Winner

This year's winner of the Michael L. Printz award, given by the ALA to "a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature" is Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. We have it in our collection!

Library staff have read this book and highly recommend it if you like dystopian adventure stories. Check it out for yourself. Or have you already read it? What did you think? Drop us a comment and let us know.