New Moon Trailer

Check out the trailer for New Moon:
http://www.newmoonmovie.org/trailer/

Mark Your Calendars

The release date for the movie version of "Twilight" has been moved up to Friday, Nov. 21. Do you think it will be the No. 1 movie of the weekend? How much do you think it will make? Do you plan to see it?

Teen Book Review: Payback by Paul Langan

(also published as The Gun)

Payback is a very fascinating book, if you like realistic fiction. The Payback is a book about a boy name Tyray Hobbs who, if you ask me, is a really stupid boy who likes to get in lot of trouble. Last year, a little boy name Darrell learned to face up and decided to take down Tyray Hobbs. Following with his bullying behavior, the reader learns that he has family problems. I wouldn’t want to cause any more problems for myself, if you hear what I’m saying. I wouldn’t make a lot of trouble or do hateful things to people because it may turn back to bite you.

-by Maddy

City of Ember Movie

The movie version of popular novel by Jeanne DuPrau is due out in October. Check out the trailer at http://www.cityofember.com/

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

Calling all Maximum Ride fans! The new novel by James Patterson will be released on July 21, 2008. Place a hold you your copy today!

Calling All Erin Hunter Fans!

The Erin Hunter Team behind the popular Warriors series has created an exciting new series called The Seekers. Place a hold on your copy of The Quest Begins (book 1) today!

Teen Book Review: The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl is one of Philippa Gregory’s best works. It is a historical fiction novel about Mary Boleyn (the narrator) and her family’s desperate attempt to raise both the Boleyn and the Howard names to riches and fame. They try to make their way to the Tudors (the royal family) by making Mary become his mistress in hopes that she can provide the son that Queen Katharine cannot give King Henry.

This novel gives the reader an inside look at the English court and the Tudor family. I was delighted by this book. The dramatic and historical take on this portion of history made me feel engaged in this book. Though it is somewhat lengthy (about four hundred pages), I felt a connection to this book. I had been reading it for so long that I felt married to this book. Oddly, I could have spent my whole life reading this book over and over again. Still, when I was done, I had to put it aside and remember the wonderfully scandalous events.

Obviously, I recommend this book to anyone who likes historical fiction but I also believe that there is another kind of reader who would enjoy it. This book is for
the girl who waits for the new Lisi Harrison book to come out or the new Gossip Girl book. I can come to this opinion because I am that kind of reader. I thrive on scandalous books that weave social hierarchy into the mix. This was one of my favorite books I have ever read and after a long marriage; I have to put it aside for another Phillipa Gregory novel. With hope it will be as good as the last.

-Reviewed by Larissa-Helen

Prequel to: The Golden Compass

Due out in April, the prequel to Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass. Place a hold on a copy today at http://www.somerset.lib.nj.us/

4th Twilight Book Announced!

Stephenie Meyer has announced that Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in the Twilight Series will be released on August 2, 2008! For more information, visit Stephenie's website at http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/breakingdawn.html

Teen Book Review: Someone to Love Me by Anne Schraff

Someone to Love Me is a very interesting book, if you like realistic fiction and books that deal with real problems. Someone to Love Me is about a girl named Cindy Gibson who doesn’t love herself, so she dates a boy named Bobby Wallace who abuses her.

I think that, if you read this book, you will love it! Many girls have issues with themselves, emotionally and physically, and this book relates to that. I also liked that Cindy’s friends gave her advice on how to be true to herself and not let any boy give her a negative self-image. Someone to Love Me is a book that will interest you a lot and also the whole Bluford Series!

Reviewed by Maddy

Teen Book Review: Confessions: a novel by Kate Brian

They want blood…

I am befuddled as to what to say about this minute portion of Kate Brian’s writing. It provides for the mystery fans but, hardly provides for followers of Cecily Von Ziegesar books who were led to believe the book was going to be a Gossip Girls clone. For both fans, this novel takes you through a whirlwind; from disappointment to enjoyment, laughter to boredom.

Since this is an addition to Brian’s series, the main idea of the novel seems simple, but is rather complex. In the book, Reed Brennan is attending a private school, Easton. When things seem to be going smoothly, Reed’s current boyfriend is arrested for the murder of her ex-boyfriend. Though the evidence appears to present a clear cut murderer, Reed believes that her boyfriend didn’t commit the crime.

The book is well written and somewhat enjoyable but, this mystery themed novel is not what the Cecily Von Ziegesar fans signed up for. Also, it’s not a book that you would run out to buy or the type of book that you would tote around and read in every waking moment during the day. In the preceding novels, hazing and social hierarchy had a consistent roll in each novel. However, this novel allows those qualities to wither away into what I perceive will lead to nothingness. Kate Brian is trying to change the series’ identity but, she can’t. I’m worried that this book will always try to jump between those two groups of fans I described. The series is going through an identity crisis. Followers of both types of books have one thing in common: They are both blood thirsty crowds that aren’t being satisfied as consistently as they should be. Their commonality is that they want blood.

I wouldn’t prevent anyone from reading this book because it is a well written book. This book would be a fit suggestion for mystery fans. It was over all entertaining and distractive. Since I am not a mystery fan but, rather a Cecily Von Ziegesar fan, I still want blood.

-Reviewed by Larissa-Helen

Teen Book Review- Before I Die by Jenny Downham

Not a book you have to read before you die...

If you want a book that inspires you to gauge your eyes out in horror and disgust, this is the book for you.

Before I Die was written by Jenny Downham. The book’s premise is centered on a teenage girl who is terminally ill with what can be assumed to be a cancerous disease of some nature. This girl decides that, before she dies, she wants to do all the things she has never done. Her sidekick is her best friend, who keeps encouraging the main character to complete the goals on the list.

I disliked this book because it was just so depressing. My first thought, after the first chapter, was that this book wasn’t sad or dark…just annoying. Yes, she is terminally ill. We know. We get it. Then, after a while, she starts to say that she doesn’t want to complete the list anymore but forces her friend to make her continue. Why?

I couldn’t figure out the setting. First, I thought they were in America, then I thought they were in England. Finally, I stopped caring. If you read this book, you’ll be inclined to burn it and if you want to read it, then you’re just crazy.

-Reviewed by Larissa-Helen

Twilight: The Movie

Have you heard who has been cast as Bella and Edward in the Twilight movie?

Kristen Stewart (Panic Room, Into the Wild and Speak) nabbed the role of Bella, while Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter movies) will play Edward.

What do you Twilight fans think?

September 23, 2008

That is the date book three of the Inheritance series will publish, according to Random House. Christopher Paolini is the author of the Inheritance series, which started with Eragon and then Eldest.

Let the countdown begin ...

Now You're Library is Open Late Night Too!

Things you can do with duct tape!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Note: We received this on July 20! Apologies for the late posting.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K.Rowling, the last and final book in the Harry Potter series, comes out tomorrow! At midnight, people will most likely be FLOCKING to the nearest book store to grab their hands on the final Harry Potter book. J.K. Rowling says that Deathly Hallows will definitely be the last Harry Potter book, much to the disappointment of major HP fans. In ten years of time, Harry Potter has become one of the most famous books/movies in the whole world! When J.K. Rowling just started writing HP, she was a struggling mother who took care of her child alone. Now, she is worth about 1 Billion dollars! She has also found a new husband and now has three darling children! Someone will definitely die in the last book, and Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort will face off for their last and final time. Though, we have no idea what the outcome will be. Rowling used many twists and turns in the series, and there will definitely be some in this last book, probably the most mysterious and most anticipated HP book of all. I personally think that out of Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Harry Potter, Harry will be the only one that lives and he and Ginny will pair up. Neville, Voldemort, and Draco may die and Snape may turn good. Though, or course, this is only MY opinion, and there probably is many others. The only way to find out the real outcome is to read the last and final book of the HP series. We also must anticipate that Rowling starts a new series that will captivate our minds, though I believe that it would never match Harry Potter's popularity. Almost every kid and adult has heard of Harry Potter and/or read at least one of the books and/or saw at least one movie. We will all wait for midnight to buy the probably the most mysterious and most anticipated HP book ever. Posted by Laurel Now that the book is out, what did you think of it? Leave your comments here!

Mehndi Program at Bridgewater Library

Poem

Courage

When the whimper of your fears
Awakens in your eyes
The harder you think
The more you cry

Your soul on undecided
On fire inside
Its time to step up
You think of those who lied

It’s your time to be brave
To get up and fight
From the same eyes you cried from
You see a new sight

People around you changing
Coming out of their shell
You come out of the point
Where you fell

By: Cristina

Series / Book Review: Warriors by Erin Hunter

Warriors by Erin Hunter leads you through that you have never seen through before, through the eyes of a wild cat, or Clan cats. These wild cats live in 4 different Clans, and they not only are allies, but rivals also. ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, and ShadowClan are all different in their many ways, personality, terrain of their territory, prey, and sometimes, appearance. Their biggest similarity is that they all join under StarClan, their warrior ancestors. After a cat dies, they walk the sky paths of StarClan, and they look down on the living cats, and advise them however they can.
In every Clan, there are 9 different ranks. The first is kits, or kittens. Every Clan cat has two parts to their name, each name is made of two different words, the first part is the part that usually stays with them forever. The second part changes according to your rank, For kits, their name would be [blank]kit (EX.Ripplekit)Then, when they are six moons old, or six months, they are each assigned a mentor, usually a senior warrior, a deputy, or rarely, a leader. At this time, the cat's name would be [blank]paw. (EX. Ripplepaw) The mentors teach every apprentice the way of the Clans, their territory, hunting skills, fighting skills, and of course, the warrior code, a set of rules that each Clan cat must go by, or face the consequences. The next rank is warrior, when an apprentice is about 12 moons old, or when the leader see fit, they become warriors. Then, their name would be totally unique, being [blankblank]. (EX. Ripplepelt) Sometimes, when a cat becomes apprentice, they choose to be a medicine cat apprentice, still following the warrior naming system, but they assist the medicine cat, and learn the different uses of each herb from their medicine cat mentor. As a medicine cat or medicine cat apprentice, you must go to the Moonpool every half-moon and share tongues with StarClan, meaning, going to the Moonpool and talking/conversing with StarClan. Sometimes, when danger is ahead, or some big event, StarClan will go into usually, the leader's or either medicine cat's dreams and give them a prophecy, a mysterious message that might hint about the future. There are two leaders, a leader, which is the highest rank, and a deputy, as a second-in-command. As a deputy, your warrior name stays, but as a leader, the second part of your name will become "star". So, the name would be [blank]star. (EX. Ripplestar) A queen is a she-cat who is expecting or nursing kits in the nursery, and an elder is a cat that has retired from its duties as a warrior or medicine cat. That does not mean that they won't be able to protect their Clan, only that they have retired. There are many other rules and customs of the Clan cats, but if I listed those, I would be here all day. To find out, pick up the first book, Into the Wild, at your local library. To find out more about the Clan cats and the authors, go to http://www.warriorcats.com/. One more thing, did you know that Erin Hunter, the author is actually three people? Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry take turns writing each book, and Vicky Holmes comes up with the major storyline and she is also the editor! Please remember to pick up these books! Also, for some major fan sites/forums, go to:

1. http://www.warriorswish.net/
2. http://www.warriorswish1.proboards85.com/
3. www.kitsufox.com/warriors

There are many more fan sites/forums and if you don't like these that I listed, google it, and go to your favorite fan site/forum!

Reviewed by Laurel