Published: November 4, 2010
November Teen Book Reviews |
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Briar Rose
Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen’s rendition of Sleeping Beauty is a harrowing tale to tell. Unlike most of Disney’s famous and popular fairy tale interpretations, most of the original tales are far more gruesome and frightening, not meant for very small children to experience, and often have far-from-happy endings. Becca has been listening to her grandmother’s [...]
Published: October 1, 2010
October Teen Book Reviews |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower
Writer Eric Shanower and artist Skottie Young present a gorgeous retelling of the original novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, originally written by L. Frank Baum in 1900. The Wizard of Oz has become a classic of American and international culture as a result of [...]
Published: September 1, 2010
September Teen Book Reviews |
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A Million Shades of Gray
Cynthia Kadohata
All Y’Tin ever wanted was to be an elephant handler, and at thirteen, he is the youngest handler in his Dega village. He has big dreams of one day opening a training school for elephant handlers, the would-be first in Vietnam. But war interrupts everything, and the Vietnam War is [...]
Published: August 2, 2010
August Teen Book Reviews |
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The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
This Newbery Award winner tells the fascinating tale of Nobody Owens. Bod has spent his entire childhood living in a graveyard, raised and loved by ghosts, and watched over by guardian Silas, a man neither alive nor dead. While desperate to see more of the world, venturing beyond the graveyard poses a [...]
Published: July 2, 2010
July Reviews |
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Graceling
Kristin Cashore
Katsa is graced, and her grace is that she can kill. Anyone, anytime. Her royal uncle provides her with a place to live, controlling her through guilt and powerful threats, and it serves him to keep Katsa’s fighting skills practiced. But Katsa longs to break free and when she meets Po, she begins to [...]
Published: June 3, 2010
June Teen Book Reviews |
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Lips Touch : Three Times
Laini Taylor, illustrated by Jim DiBartolo
Lips Touch is the compilation of three separate stories, all with a similar nature. Whether it’s goblins, demons, humans, or spirits, love can lead to unexpected things. In “Goblin Fruit,” Kizzy’s heart begs to be loved and for just one kiss she might be willing to [...]
Published: April 2, 2010
Teen Book Reviews |
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Breathless by Jessica Warman
Katie Kitrell’s life is a mess. It was when her mom finally became a successful artist and her dad started a psychiatry practice and the family actually had some money that Katie first started to feel the true burden of hatred and jealousy. The only friend she had was her older brother [...]
Published: February 28, 2010
March Teen Book Reviews |
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Refresh, Refresh by Danica Novgorodoff
As in times past, many teenage boys are growing up without dads. Refresh, Refresh illustrates the lives of three boys who are waiting for their dads to come home, hoping that the military and the war doesn’t swallow their families whole. Gordon, Cody, and Josh are three friends whose dads are [...]
Published: February 1, 2010
Teen Book Reviews |
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The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
This novel is based on the true story of a Hitler Youth named Helmuth Hubener who was imprisoned and put to death by the Nazis. Helmuth recounts the course of events leading up to his imprisonment from his jail cell on death row in Berlin , Germany [...]
Published: December 30, 2009
Teen and Children Book ReviewsFranklin Lakes NJ Evil Genius |
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Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks
Cadel Piggott is a genius. Really. At age seven he was brought to see a psychologist because he kept getting in trouble as a result of his manipulation of computer and security equipment. By his thirteenth birthday, he was in his 11th year of school and was causing traffic jams, demolishing [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
December Teen Book ReviewsFranklin Lakes NJ Permanence |
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Permanence: Tattoo Portraits, North of Beautiful and Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac are reviewed by…
Published: November 12, 2009
Poetry ContestFranklin Lakes NJ Poetry Contest |
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Kate Vasilik at the Franklin Lakes Library is organizing a poetry contest for teens. Winners and prizes will be awarded during National Library Week.
Published: November 5, 2009
November Teen Book Reviews |
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The Spectacular Now, Sweethearts and The Compound are reviewed by Kate the Librarian…
Published: November 5, 2009
November at the Library |
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Find out all that is going on at the Library…
Published: October 27, 2009
Just-for-Fun Freewrite Club |
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Calling all writers to meet at Franklin Lakes Library on Tuesdays, November 10 through December 15, 4:00-5:30 p.m.!
Published: October 9, 2009
The Art of Linda Huber |
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The Franklin lakes Library is excited to showcase Franklin Lakes resident and artist Linda Huber in the library gallery during the month of October..
Published: October 2, 2009
October Teen Book ReviewsFranklin Lakes NJ The Color of Earth |
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Book Recommendations by Kate the Librarian…
Published: October 1, 2009
Special News @ The Library |
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Employment opportunity for students who are 14 years of age and older!
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