Central Massachusetts Year of the Teen

There’s a new graphic novel out that is a tie-in with the NBC series “Heroes”. If you have teens (or adults even) who are fans of the show, this is a must-have. It’s a compilation of comics that were written on the NBC website between episodes during Season 1 of the show.

A review in Publisher’s Weekly Comics Week newsletter calls the book “An impressively readable melding of TV and comics storytelling.” (Isn’t the cover gorgeous too?)

Fans of the show are going to be clamoring for this book, and with the writer’s strike continuing, they’re going to need their Heroes “fix” pretty soon.

Fresh from CMRLS cataloging … new professional titles on working with teens! Here’s a list, and you can request any of these titles through CW/MARS:

• 101+ Great Ideas for Teen Library Websites by Miranda Doyle
• The Teen Reader’s Advisor by RoseMary Honnold
• Reading Rants: A Guide to Books That Rock! by Jennifer Hubert
• Reaching Out to Religious Youth by L. Kay Carman
• Extreme Teens: Library Services to Nontraditional Young Adults by Sheila B. Anderson
• Teen Reading Connections by Tom K. Reynolds
• Serving Homeschooled Teens and Their Parents by Maureen T. Lench
• Serving Young Teens and ‘Tweens by Sheila B. Anderson
• Teens, Technology, and Literacy; Or, Why Band Grammar Isn’t Always Bad by Linda Braun
• Serving Older Teens by Sheila B. Anderson
• Library Teen Advisory Groups by Diane Tuccillo
• The Teen-Centered Book Club: Readers Into Leaders by Bonnie Kunzel

31 top authors for teens will participate in online chats that are open to teens anywhere with an Internet connection this month. All the chats are at 8 pm Eastern, and some of the authors include Brent Hartinger, Stephanie Meyer, Holly Black, Ann Brashares and Meg Cabot. The full schedule, downloadable posters and bookmarks, plus directions to join the chats, are all posted on the Readergirlz website.

 Anastasia Goodstein, author of the book pictured here, and of the Ypulse.com blog, will be touring Massachusetts in early October as part of her national book tour. She will be appearing at the libraries listed below. If you get the chance to hear her speak, go! She’s one of the top experts on this topic and it’s awesome that she will be in our state!

Contact the host library to be sure of the time/date before you go. The program at Marlborough Public Library is through the Central Region – you can register at http://www.cmrls.org/. Hope you can make it to see her!

Tuesday, October 2, time tba Clapp Memorial Library, Belchertown, MA

Wednesday, October 3, 4 p.m. Manchester-By-The-Sea Public Library, Manchester, MA

Wednesday, October 3, 7:00 p.m. Peabody Institute Library

Thursday, October 4, 3 p.m. Wareham Free Library, Wareham, MA

Thursday, October 4, 8 p.m. Strugis Charter Public School, Hyannis, MA

Friday, October 5, 6:30 p.m. Westport Free Public Library, Westport, MA

Tuesday, October 9, 6:30 p.m. Faneuil Branch Library, Brighton, MA

Wednesday, October 10, 10 a.m. Metrowest MA Regional Library System, Waltham, MA

Wednesday, October 10, 7 p.m. Chickering Elementary School & Dover Schools, Dover, MA

Thursday, October 11, 10 a.m. Marlborough Public Library, Marlborough, MA

Thursday, October 11, 7 p.m. Sargent Memorial Library, Boxborough, MA

Simon & Schuster is looking to give away advance reader copies of new YA titles … to TEENS! For free! Here’s some info from their site:

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Do you work with or know teens (ages 14-18) who . . .

• LOVE TO READ?
• simply can’t wait to get their hands on the newest and hottest books by their favorite authors?
• LIKE COOL PRIZES?
• are part of or looking to start a teen reading group?
• are trying to find an awesome activity to add to their resume for college applications?
• WOULD LOVE TO RECEIVE ADVANCED READER’S COPIES OF BOOKS BEFORE THEY’RE PUBLISHED?
• already write book reviews for the school paper?
• spend tons of time on the internet blogging?
• run to tell you exactly what they think about a story — love it or hate it — as soon as they finish the last page, and wish they had a way to share their opinions with the publisher?
• WANT FREE BOOKS?

Then help them find out more about joining the Pulse IT Board!

• The Pulse It Board is a reviewer board composed of teenagers ages 14-18.
• Members receive FREE books and Advanced Reader’s Copies of new titles on an ongoing basis. In exchange, all they have to do is tell us — love it or hate it — what they think and why. Really, truly, it’s that easy!
• The books members receive are new, exciting and selected specifically for them — no leftovers ever! Members will love getting books by some of their favorite authors or that are part of their favorite series and will also have the chance to test out fantastic first time novelists.
• All members receive the same book at the same time, which makes it possible to host reading and discussion groups.
• Pulse IT Board members also have exclusive access to contests and prizes!
• REMEMBER: Membership is FREE and open to EVERYONE ages 14-18!
• Encourage your students to visit www.SimonSaysTEEN.com/pulseit for more information and to sign up today!

 To find out more about this program, go to the PULSE it website.