100 Scope Notes
October 31, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I love this time of year. The weather is starting to get chilly, everything smells like pumpkins and spiced apples, and my love of all things spooky is justified. I love horror stories. I like reading them, watching them, and hearing them. I like paranormal horror stories and thrillers that show how terrifying humans can […]
October 31, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
The library can be a creepy place, and there are things they don’t teach you in library school. Here Christie G shares five of her creepiest library stories. Insert scary background music and “wooo” noises here.SWAT is here to lock-down the buildingSo I’ve mentioned this one before, but it’s got to be on a top […]
October 31, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
This is the book where Sarah Rees Brennan makes you laugh a lot; you’re having the best time then she rips your heart out and grinds it into a bloody pulp in the lush woods of Sorry-in-the-Vale under the heal of her boot and you say thank you because it is a glorious reading experience! […]
October 31, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
5 Great Graphic Novels for Halloween Scares Ghost Huntby Shiho Inada PARTNERS IN FEAR The decrepit building was condemned long ago, but every time the owners try to tear it down, “accidents” start to happen–people get hurt, sometimes even killed. Mai Taniyama and her classmates have heard the rumors that the creepy old high school […]
October 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
You can’t talk about the scary and the macabre without mentioning books that have an edge of your seat scare you silly graveyard scene. And this is definitely the month for talking graveyards. So take a walk with me through the graveyard, if you dare . . . It was the greatest night of my […]
October 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel 267 pages Graphic Novel 2010 Book Jacket Summary A page-turning adventure of a boy’s journey to the land of ghosts and back.Imagine Garth Hale’s surprise when he’s accidentally zapped to the spirit world by Frank Gallows, a washed-out ghost wrangler. Suddenly Garth finds he has powers the ghosts don’t have, and […]
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October 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
My Friday will start earlier than normal and involve a commute that lasts roughly nine times longer than my usual one and I couldn’t be happier about it. Why? Early Friday morning I’m heading to St. Louis for the 3rd YALSA Young Adult Literature Symposium: Hit Me With The Next Big Thing. Here are the […]
October 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
During the month of November TLT is going to be talking about Teen Nonfiction and Science Fiction. As part of our celebration we are doing a special project with Zest Books for the week of November 11th-17th. During this week we will be reviewing several of their titles, giving you ready made programs to use […]
October 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Be careful what you search for… Emma Guthrie expects this summer to be like any other in the South Carolina Lowcountry–hot and steamy with plenty of beach time alongside her best friend and secret crush, Cooper Beaumont, and Emma’s ever-present twin brother, Jack. But then a mysterious eighteenth-century message in a bottle surfaces, revealing a […]
October 28, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
We are very excited to announce the winner of the It Came from a Book teen art contest http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=7290
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