Teens @ Corvallis-Benton County Public Library

New Picks in Young Adult Fiction

A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper

On her sixteenth birthday in 1936, Sophia begins a diary of life in a fictional island country off the coast of Spain, where she is among the last descendants of an impoverished royal family trying to hold their nation together on the eve of the second World War.

Click here to read an excerpt.

Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr

As the tragedy of a missing girl enfolds in her small town, fifteen-year-old Samara, who feels emotionally abandoned by her parents, begins to question her faith.

Sara Zarr was a National Book Award Finalist.

New Moon Party - Win a T-shirt!

Join us on Thursday, November 19th, from 7-8:30pm to celebrate the opening of Stephenie Meyer's New Moon.

We'll have snacks, cool New Moon freebies, and a trivia contest. We'll also be giving away official New Moon t-shirts!

Want an extra chance to win a t-shirt? Show your loyalty by dressing up as a character from the Twilight series!

Need more info? Stop by the Youth Services Reference Desk or call (541)766.6794

**This is a TEEN event, ages 12-18 only** No registration required - just show up!

Teen Game Night: November 30th

Join us for Teen Game Night on Monday, November 30th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in the Main Meeting Room at Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. Bring your friends! There will be Xbox 360, PS2 and Wii games...plus board games! Snacks are provided. For more information, call 541-766-6792 or 541-766-6794.

New Moon Party - Thursday 11/19, 7-8:30pm

Join us on Thursday, November 19th, from 7-8:30pm to celebrate the opening of Stephenie Meyer's New Moon.

We'll have snacks, cool freebies, and a trivia contest!

Are you Team Edward or Team Jacob? Show your loyalty by dressing up! Other vampires and werewolves welcome!

Need more info? Stop by the Youth Services Reference Desk or call (541)766.6794

This event is for Teens ages 12-18. No registration required - just show up!

Awesome Vampire Book: Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Sunshine by Robin McKinley:

There are places in the world where darkness rules, where it’s unwise to walk. Sunshine knew that. But there hadn’t been any trouble out at the lake for years, and she needed a place to be alone for a while. Unfortunately, she wasn’t alone. She never heard them coming. Of course you don’t, when they’re vampires …

They took her clothes and sneakers. They dressed her in a long red gown. And they shackled her to the wall of an abandoned mansion – within easy reach of a figure stirring in the moonlight.

She knows that he’s a vampire. She knows that she’s to be his dinner, and that when he is finished with her, she will be dead. Yet, when dawn breaks, she finds that he has not attempted to harm her. And now it is he who needs her help to survive the day …

Cool New GLBTQ Books

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
Logan Witherspoon recently discovered that his girlfriend of three years cheated on him. But things start to look up when a new student breezes through the halls of his small-town high school. Sage Hendricks befriends Logan at a time when he no longer trusts or believes in people. Sage has been homeschooled for a number of years and her parents have forbidden her to date anyone, but she won’t tell Logan why. One day, Logan acts on his growing feelings for Sage. Moments later, he wishes he never had. Sage finally discloses her big secret: she’s actually a boy. Enraged, frightened, and feeling betrayed, Logan lashes out at Sage and disowns her. But once Logan comes to terms with what happened, he reaches out to Sage in an attempt to understand her situation. But Logan has no idea how rocky the road back to friendship will be.

Ash by Malinda Lo
In this variation on the Cinderella story, Ash grows up believing in the fairy realm that the king and his philosophers have sought to suppress, until one day she must choose between a handsome fairy cursed to love her and the King's Huntress whom she loves.

In Mike We Trust by P.E. Ryan
As fifteen-year-old Garth is wrestling with the promise he made his mother to wait a while before coming out, his somewhat secretive uncle shows up unexpectedly for an extended visit.

Nothing Pink by Mark Hardy
Vincent Harris, the teenaged son of a Baptist minister, has always known he is gay and uses his faith to avoid any sinful thoughts or acts, but when his family moves to a new church in the late 1970s he meets Robert Ingle, falls in love, and begins to wonder if God is really asking him to repent and change.

Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
"Punkzilla" is on a mission to see his older brother "P", before "P" dies of cancer. Still buzzing from his last hit of meth, he embarks on a days-long trip from Portland, Ore. to Memphis, Tenn., writing letters to his family and friends. Along the way, he sees a sketchier side of America and worries if he will make it to see his brother in time.

Sprout by Dale Peck
Sprout Bradford has a secret, but it's not what everyone thinks. He'll admit he's gay, and he'll reveal when he last dyed his hair green. However, Sprout finds he's had a more profound effect on the lives around him that he ever thought possible.

Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd
During his last summer at home, Dade meets the mysterious Alex Kincaid and falls in love. But just when true happiness sets in, tragedy shatters the dreamy curtain of summer.

What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson
Sixteen-year-old Alex feels so disconnected from his friends that he starts his junior year at a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, high school by attempting suicide, but soon, a friend of his older brother draws him into cross-country running and a new understanding of himself.