While You're Waiting for Breaking Dawn...

While you wait for your hold to come in on Breaking Dawn...

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Visit Stephenie Meyer's site. Don't miss Stephenie's playlists!

Check out the trailer for the Twilight movie.

Visit the MySpace pages for Bella, Edward, and Jacob.

Visit Twilighters - "for the obsessed Twilight saga fan."

Read a fan's blog about the series at Twilightguy.

See HisGoldenEyes.com and EdwardandBella.com for serious fans.

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Best of Batman

In the mood for some Batman? Check out all of our Batman graphic novels!


As the Crow Flies
Gotham City's underworld is thrown into turmoil as its crime lords slip into a rabid - and murderous - frenzy. Is it a coincidence, or part of an elaborate and sinister power play? One thing's for sure: The machinations of the Scarecrow and the Penguin will have Batman hard-pressed to restore order. Worse, Batman may have met his match in the vicious Scarebeast!


Batman and the Mad Monk
Writer/artist Matt Wagner pulls back the curtain on the earliest adventures of Batman in this blood-curdling sequel to Batman and the Monster Men! In this dark, moody tale, the young Dark Knight learns that there are more twisted faces of evil than those worn by the street criminals and mobsters of Gotham City. Now, Batman must counter sinister machinations and new dimensions of wickedness as he confronts the hooded menace of the Mad Monk!


Batman and the Monster Men
Batman has spent his first year fighting organized crime — but nothing thus far in his early career as the Caped Crusader has prepared him for the new menace facing Gotham: super-powered villains!



Blind Justice
When Bruce Wayne refuses to allow illegal mindcontrol experiments to continue at Wayne Technology, he finds himself charged with being a traitor. During the police investigation, Wayne is forced to confront memories of the various people who trained him to become the feared Dark Knight. Wayne not only must clear himself, but also protect his secret and save his company from ruin.


Bloodstorm
Prowling the city's darkest corners, the Batman seeks to destroy an army of vampires before they can feast upon the innocent... and before he himself succumbs to the terrible thirst for human blood.


Cataclysm
It's the end of Gotham City as we know it as a devastating earthquake strikes! In the aftermath of the quake, Wayne Manor has collapsed into the Batcave, the criminal residents of Blackgate Prison make a daring escape, and countless innocents are caught in the chaos of a city out of control. Can Batman hope to restore order, even with the help of Robin, Nightwing, Catwoman, and others?


Dark Knight Returns
The Batman has not been seen in ten years, some now consider him more myth than reality, but crime and violence have continued in Gotham City. Bruce Wayne had reached a point in his life where he can no longer silence the voice of his vigilante side aching to break free. The Dark Knight must return!


Dark Knight Strikes Again
Written as a sequel to the groundbreaking Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, this masterly hardcover takes place three years after Batman's defeat of Superman.


Dark Victory (sequel to the Long Halloween)
Batman: Dark Victory showcases some of Batman's deadliest foes, including Poison lvy, Mr. Freeze and the Joker, and introduces Batman's most trusted ally, Robin. As Gotham completes its journey from a city run by organized crime to one run by lawless freaks, the Dark Knight completes his transformation into the city's greatest defender while facing multiple threats, including the seeming return of a serial killer called Holiday. Batman's previous investigation of Holiday's killings revealed that more than one person was responsible for the murders. So the question remains, who is committing Holiday's crimes this time? And how many will die before Batman learns the truth?


Death and the City
The madcap super-villain duo of Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy plans to take down Batman once and for all in this uproariously funny volume featuring a fantastic three-chapter story written by Paul Dini and illustrated by Bruce Timm, the award-winning producers of "Batman: The Animated Series," plus a story by superstar talents Judd Winick and Joe Chiodo.


Enemies Among Us (Batman/Superman)
When Batman is attacked be one of his oldest and most powerful allies, Martian Manhunter, he seeks the aid of Superman. Soon Batman and Superman are ambushed by various off-worlders, both friend and foe. The madness spreads and Batman finds he must defeat Superman to save the human race.



Haunted Knight
This graphic novel includes three dark tales of horror and intrigue featuring Batman facing off against his most demented and wicked foes. Taking place on the most evil of holidays, Halloween, the Darknight Detective confronts his deepest fears as he tries to stop the madness and horror created by Scarecrow, the Mad Hatter, the Penguin, Poison Ivy and the Joker.


Hong Kong
Written by Batman scribe Doug Moench and drawn by legendary Hong Kong artist Tony Wong, this exceptional collaboration blends storytelling techniques from the East and West to create a truly unique adventure. When a serial killer begins to use a streaming video computer cam to broadcast his vicious executions, Batman must travel to Hong Kong to put an end to the brutal slayings. But when the Dark Knight Detective gets caught in the middle of a Cain and Abel feud between the Hong Kong police chief and the leader of the local triads, his only hope may rest in the hands of the mysterious Night Dragon, Hong Kong's native super-hero.


Hush volume 2
An unknown foe continues to manipulate and train the Dark Knight's deadliest enemies to attack Batman, Robin, and Nightwing, both physically and mentally. But it's not until Batman learns his mysterious assailant's true identity that he suffers his greatest defeat and betrayal.


Hush Returns
Witness the return of Batman's deadliest new enemy in this volume collecting #50-55 and #66. Hush's unexpected reappearance raises more questions about his true identity, origins and motivations.


Killing Joke
The Killing Joke, one of my favorite Batman stories ever, stirred a bit of controversy because the story involves the Joker brutally, pointlessly shooting Commissioner Gordon's daughter in the spine. This is a no-holds-barred take on a truly insane criminal mind, masterfully written by British comics writer Alan Moore.


Long Halloween
This stunning and stylish tale from the early days of Batman's career focuses on a serial killer named Holiday who kills once a month, only on holidays, and recounts the origin of Two-Face. As the Dark Knight struggles to find the elusive Holiday, he discovers no shortage of suspects, including Catwoman, the Joker, Poison Ivy, and the Riddler.


No Man's Land volumes 1 - 5
An earthquake has ravaged Gotham City! Federal authorities have declared the city uninhabitable, leaving it isolated from the outside world. Can Batman restore order to this No Man's Land, populated by the downtrodden and hopeless? This trade paperback features the introduction of a new Batgirl along with the Huntress, the Scarecrow, and others.



Secrets
Following his parole, the Joker commits a heinous crime and frames Batman for it. Batman must clear his name by proving the villain's guilt, but his job is complicated when the Joker threatens someone from Bruce Wayne's past.


Showcase Presents: Batman volumes one, two & three
The spotlight's on Batman in this volume featuring Detective Comics #327-342 and Batman #164-174! The Dynamic Duo take on some of their most enduring Rogues Gallery members, including Penguin, the Riddler, and the Outsider in these classic Silver Age stories from the era of famed editor Julius Schwartz!


Strange Apparitions
Batman: Strange Apparitions collects the late '70s stories that were monumental in elevating Batman from super hero to cultural icon. Considered the definitive Batman tales, this book transforms the Caped Crusader into a three-dimensional character who is as much adventurer as detective. Featuring bold and rich portrayals of the Joker, Clayface, Hugo Strange and the Penguin, this book also includes Bruce Wayne's love affair with Silver St. Cloud and her astonishing discovery of his alter ego. These stories and character interpretations are the foundation upon which Batman's current mythos was built.

New Manga from Death Note Creators

Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba, the team that created Death Note, have a new manga on the way: Bakuman. The first chapter has just been posted on Japanese Shonen Jump's web site. You can read it for free (in English) until August 31st.

If the Shonen Jump site doesn't work for you, try Onemanga.com.

What's it about?

Moritaka Mashiro is a 14 year old who has decided to live his life the "normal" way. Akito Takagi is the top student in class and his brain has hatched a daring plan! The mysterious force that brings them together is . . . manga?!

How far would you go to be liked?

Jake Reinvented by Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman is one of my favorite young adult writers, particularly when I'm looking for a book that will make me laugh. This one, while it has its funny moments, is one that tackles subjects like peer acceptance in a retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby. The new kid, Jake Garrett, is an instant hit with the in-crowd at his new high school. Each weekend brings another blowout party at Jake's house and a new crop of followers. But then Jake starts to snag the star football player's girlfriend and suspicions about his worthiness and past begin to form. When his past as a serious geek is uncovered, what will his new friends do? How far would you go to get the girl or guy of your dreams? How far would you go to defend a friend?

5 New Manga Series - Coming Soon!

Candidate for Goddess by Yukiru Sugisaki, author of DN Angel
One thousand years ago, four planetary systems were utterly destroyed by an alien force. Since then, humans have moved into space colonies and developed humanoid weapons known as Goddesses to defend their last remaining home planet. Five young boys are caught up in the drive to provide worthy pilots to the defense program and must learn to overcome their differences for their sake, and the sake of all mankind.


Crossroad by Mizuki Shioko
Kajitsu has never known a proper family. Her dad's a deadbeat and her mom changes husbands like most people change socks. Kaijitsu isn't alone in her dysfunction - Taro and Natsu, the hottie stepbrothers she hasn't seen in seven years, are also refugees from negligent parents. Abandoned by everyone but each other, the three not-quite-siblings make one last attempt at building a family. It's hard enough getting along in a home with rampant hormones and no adults, but when an unexpected bundle of joy is dropped in their laps, can they learn to be parents, too?

Recommended for people who like Fruits Basket!


Godchild by Kaori Yuki, author of Fairy Cube
Deep in the heart of 19th Century London, a young nobleman named Cain walks the shadowy cobblestone streets of the aristocratic society in which he was born. Forced to become an Earl upon the untimely death of his father, Cain assumes the role of head of the Hargreaves, a noble family with a dark past. With Riff, his faithful manservant, and Mary Weather, his 10-year-old half sister, Cain investigates the mysterious crimes that seem to follow him wherever he goes.


Gun Blaze West by Nobuhiro Watsuki, author of Rurouni Kenshin
In the Old West only the strong survive. Viu Bannes is a boy on a mission to be the best gunfighter in the West. When Viu meets a vagabond gunslinger named Marcus Homer, his desire to be the best becomes even stronger. He knows it's his destiny to travel to the legendary land known as Gun Blaze West--where the only toughest gunmen dare set foot!



Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue, author of Vagabond
Sakuragi Hanamichi's got no game with girls--none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes when he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko, and she's actually not afraid of him! When she introduces him to the game of basketball, his life is changed forever . . .

Kristin Recommends...

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

This is a J Fiction book, but if you like bizarre stories that contain elements like orphans, quirky and strange characters, mind control, the power of media, subliminal messages, strange buildings, and mental challenges, you'll love this one! If you liked reading Roald Dahl books( like The BFG), the Harry Potter series or Blue Balliett books (Chasing Vermeer) , this just might be another one for you. Not to mention the very cool art by Carson Ellis (who also does the artwork for the Portland indie band The Decemberists).

September Game Nights

Teen Game Nights will start again in September and are changing to twice a month! Hope to see you all at the next events. Note the new time!

Monday, September 15th, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Monday, September 29th, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
Main Meeting Room

Call 541-766-6794 for more info!
As always, we'll have Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Halo 3 and Wii games for you to play.

Award-winning Graphic Novels

You may have heard of the Newbury or Caldecott awards. Did you know that graphic novels get awards, too? Check out these award-winning graphic novels today!

Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2008 (Young Adult Library Services Association)


After School Nightmare by Setona Mizushiro
Ichijo Mashiro's elite school education turns into the most horrifying experience of his life when he's enlisted to participate in an after-hours class. The only way for Mashiro to graduate is to enter into a nightmare world where his body and soul are put at the mercy of his worst kind of enemies. Can Mashiro keep the life-long secret that he is not truly a he nor entirely a she, or will he finally be outted in the most humiliating way possible?

Note: this manga is located in the library's Adult Graphic Novel collection


Death Junior #2 by Gary Whitta
Death, Jr. returns with all of his friends in an all new adventure that finds DJ filling a summer internship with his Dad at Terminal Industries, while the rest of the gang heads off to summer camp. Can they manage to survive the summer unscathed?


PX! Book One: A Girl and Her Panda by Eric Anderson
With the help of her giant Panda friend, a young girl named Dahlia travels the world in search of her missing father who has been kidnapped by an evil goat mastermind with plans to take over the world.



Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics From An Unpleasant Age
A very unscientific poll recently revealed that 99.9% of all people who attended middle school hated it. Fortunately, some of those people have grown up to be clever and talented comic artists, with an important message to share: Everyone can survive middle school!

Edited by underground comics icon Ariel Schrag, this anthology of illustrated tales about the agonies and triumphs of seventh and eight grade features some of Americas leading graphic novelists, including Daniel Clowes, Joe Matt, Lauren Weinstein, and Ariel herself. With a sense of humor as refreshing as it is bitingly honest, seventeen artists share their stories of first love, bullying, zits, and all the things that make middle school the worst years of our lives.

To Terra by Keiko Takemiya
The war between the fearful humans and the Mu, human outcasts with telepathic powers, is escalating. Colonel Keith Anyan, the personal attach to Mother, the computerized matriarch of the human race, is leading the charge. But his war against the Mu becomes complicated when he discovers he is not entirely human himself.


Translucent by Kazuhiro Okamoto
Teen-centric, quirky and romantic, Translucent will appeal to shojo fans who like a little twist with their gakuen mono! Shizuka is an introverted girl, dealing with schoolwork, boys, and a medical condition that begins to turn her invisible! She finds support with Mamoru, a boy who is falling for Shizuka despite her condition, and with Keiko, another girl who suffers from this illness and has finally turned completely invisible. The mysterious disease that these teens struggle with becomes a metaphor in the ordinary lives of the students in their classes, as they try to work their way through their friendships and romances. Writer and artist Kazuhiro Okamoto knows how important surfaces are to people, especially at such a pivotal time in one's life - when dreams are meant to be chased, despite all hurdles. Translucent's shifting variables between what people can see, what people think they see, and what people wish to see in themselves and others makes for an emotionally sensitive manga, peppered with moments of surprising humor, heartbreak and drama.

*Description from Amazon.com



White Tiger: A Hero's Compulsion by Tamora Pierce
Roaring out of the pages of "Daredevil," the new White Tiger makes a ferocious debut, courtesy of the dynamic scripting of "New York Times" bestselling fantasy author Tamora Pierce. Angela del Toro knows pain: Her uncle - Hector Ayala, the former White Tiger - killed. Her FBI partner, murdered. Her career, ruined. Her mentor, Matt Murdock, jailed. And the hurt is just beginning. The Yakuza's bloodthirsty Sano Orii returns, a genocidal shadow organization appears, and a new-but-old super-powered madman is looking to put the squeeze on White Tiger. Armed with mystical amulets - and finally in costume - White Tiger demands answers! But will she survive long enough to ask the right questions?

2007 Harvey Award for Best Artist (Frank Quitely)


All-Star Superman by Jerry Siegel
Two of the comics industry's top creative talents, writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, the acclaimed team behind JLA: EARTH 2, reunite to redefine Superman based on the timeless, essential iconic elements that everyone knows about the Man of Steel.In the first volume, the World's Greatest Super-Hero rescues a doomed group of astronauts on the surface of the sun when he's exposed to massive amounts of solar radiation no one could possibly anticipate how he'll be affected - except Lex Luthor!

Nominee for 2009 Young Reader's Choice Award


American Born Chinese by Gene Yang
Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he’s the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny’s life with his yearly visits. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable.

Cool New Books

Debbie Harry Sings in French by Meagan Brothers
When Johnny completes an alcohol rehabilitation program and his mother sends him to live with his uncle in North Carolina, he meets Maria, who seems to understand his fascination with the new wave band Blondie, and he learns about his deceased father's youthful forays into "glam rock," which gives him perspective on himself, his past, and his current life.


Legacy by Kate Brian
After the death of Cheyenne, Reed is elected the new leader of Billings Hall, but her grip on the social scene is tenuous, as she discovers when Easton is the only prep school not invited to a Legacy party and it falls to her to get them back on the list.


Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.



The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon
Yanked out of his city life and plunked down into a small Montana town with his father and his father's boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Ben, angry and resentful about the changed circumstances of his life, begins to notice that something is not quite right with the little boy next door and determines to do something about it.


Tim Defender of the Earth by Sam Enthoven
When two gargantuan, human-made monsters clash over the future of the human race and the planet, fourteen-year-old Anna Mallahide has a hard time convincing her classmate, Chris Pitman, that he must play any role in the outcome of their epic battle.


Where People Like Us Live by Patricia Cumbie
In 1978, when her restless father moves the family to Racine, Wisconsin, fourteen-year-old Libby quickly becomes friends with neighbor Angie, but there is something strange about Angie's stepfather and when Libby learns the truth, she must make a very difficult choice.

Robin Recommends . . .

Gothic and Lolita Bible, volume 1
More than any other publication, Gothic & Lolita Bible has played an instrumental role in defining the Japanese Lolita style. A quarterly mook (magazine/book hybrid) that's a combination fashion magazine, culture guide, and art book, the Bible caters to fans of two separate but related fashions: Gothic and - to a greater extent - Lolita. Volume 1 of the U.S. edition offers content from four volumes of this definitive Japanese mook for the first time in English, along with exciting original content covering the Gothic and Lolita culture in North America.


Blue Beetle: Shellshocked
The mystical Blue Beetle scarab has chosen its new guardian: teenager Jaime Reyes! But supernatural powers can be a blessing or a curse, and when it comes to the powers of the Scarab, you don't get one without the other.


Exiles #16: Starting Over
The team comes back from a mission that couldn't have turned out more bizarre, but this time Heather's missing and the Crystal Palace is void of any signs of life. Where did the Exiles' trusted arm-chair general disappear to? Why is the Palace empty? What new doom awaits them in the next dysfunctional dimension?



Ink Exchange
In this sequel to Wicked Lovely, seventeen-year-old Leslie wants a tattoo as a way of reclaiming control of herself and her body, but the eerie image she selects pulls her into the dangerous Dark Court of the faeries, where she draws on inner strength to make a horrible choice.


Only the Ring Finger Knows
At Wataru Fujii's high school, it's all the rage to wear paired rings with the girl you love. Wataru wears one though he is single, and one day inadvertently discovers that his ring pairs up with that of tall, handsome, and smart Yuichi Kazuki, the senior classman idolized by the entire school. Though Kazuki has a reputation for being kind to all, when dealing with Wataru, he is strangely harsh. Their paired rings somehow draw them together and the two alternately clash and attract, as they must sort out their budding feelings for each other.