New Vampire Books

Revelations by Melissa De La Cruz - third in the Blue Bloods series

Have you ever wondered what secrets lurk behind the closed doors of New York City's wealthiest families? They're powerful, they're famous . . . they're undead.

Schuyler Van Alen's blood legacy has just been called into question - is the young vampire in fact a Blue Blood, or is it the sinister Silver Blood that runs through her veins? As controversy swirls, Schuyler is left stranded in the Force household, trapped under the same roof as her cunning nemesis, Mimi Force, and her forbidden crush, Jack Force.

When one of the Gates of Hell is breached by Silver Bloods in Rio de Janeiro, however, the Blue Bloods will need Schuyler on their side. The stakes are high; the battle is bloody; and through it all, Carnavale rages on. And in the end, one vampire's secret identity will be exposed in a revelation that shocks everyone.

Untamed by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast - #4 in the House of Night series

Life sucks when your friends are pissed at you. Just ask Zoey Redbird – she’s become an expert on suckiness. In one week she has gone from having three boyfriends to having none, and from having a close group of friends who trusted and supported her, to being an outcast. Speaking of friends, the only two Zoey has left are undead and unMarked. And Neferet has declared war on humans, which Zoey knows in her heart is wrong. But will anyone listen to her? Zoey's adventures at vampyre finishing school take a wild and dangerous turn as loyalties are tested, shocking true intentions come to light, and an ancient evil is awakened in PC and Kristin Cast's spellbinding fourth House of Night novel.

New Anime

Bleach volume 10


Bleach volume 11


Galaxy Railways


Naruto: Dangerous Mission



Naruto The Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel


Moon Phase volume 3


School Rumble the First Season


Tsubasa and xxxHolic


xxxHolic First Collection

October 2008 Shojo Beat: Preview of New Manga by Matsuri Hino

The October issue of Shojo Beat has a preview of the new manga by Matsuri Hino (author of Vampire Knight).

*The current issue of Shojo Beat is kept at the Youth Services Reference Desk. It's available to read in the library by request.


Captive Hearts is the story of Megumi Kuroishi. Megumi was living a life of luxury until the day a girl named Suzuka Kogami walked into his life. All of a sudden, Megumi finds himself kneeling at Suzuka's feet and prostrating himself like a servant! What Megumi didn't know (until that very moment anyway) is that his family is cursed to follow the orders of the Kogami family.

Being carried around everywhere and having handsome Megumi act like a slave may seem ideal, but Suzuka just wishes he would stop. Can anything be done about Megumi's captive state? Or is Megumi doomed to see Suzuka as his master . . . forever?

Letters About Literature: National Reading-Writing Contest

The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, in partnership with Target Stores and in cooperation with affiliate state centers for the book, invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to enter Letters About Literature, a national reading-writing contest. To enter, readers write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, from any genre-- fiction or nonfiction, contemporary or classic, explaining how that author's work changed the student's way of thinking about the world or themselves. There are three competition levels: Level I for children in grades 4 through 6; Level II for grades 7 and 8, and Level III, grades 9 - 12. Winners, announced in the spring of each year, receive cash awards at the national and state levels.
- from Letters About Literature site.
Check out the website for official guidelines, rules, and entry coupon. The next contest begins this month. Good luck!

Teen Book Club Bags

Looking for something for your Book Club to read? Try one of our Young Adult Book Club Bags (scroll to the bottom of the record to see Young Adult titles).

Each bag has multiple copies of a title read by either the High School Book Club or the Teen Animanga Book Club.


Feinstein, John. Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.


Gaiman, Neil. Stardust
In the 18-century village of Wall dwells young Tristran Thorn, whose parentage is both human and faerie. This is the tale of Tristran's quest for a fallen star, his crossing into a world beyond the wall, and the discovery of his faerie bloodline. Created in exquisitely crafted prose and fully-painted illustrations by the World Fantasy Award-winning team behind "A Midsummer-Night's Dream, " from The Sandman Library.


Hale, Shannon. Goose Girl
On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.



Hoshino, Katsura. D. Gray-man volume #1
Set in a fictional end of the 19th century England, the story revolves around a teenage boy named Allen Walker who is cursed with a cross mark on his hand that turns his arm into an enormous weapon, which he uses to hunt down and kill akumas. An akuma, generated by a 1,000-year-old phantom, is implanted into a human's soul during a moment of devastation and despair. The phantom uses the demons to then carry out his goal: destroy all humankind.


Inui, Sekihiko. Murder Princess
The world of politics is treacherous enough, but in Forland, it's deadly confusing. When her royal father is murdered by a greedy drug manufacturer, Princess Alita must step forward to take over the kingdom. Unfortunately, a freak magical mishap has trapped her in the body of Falis, the bounty hunter. Now Alita must stay disguised as a servant while the battle-savvy Falis sits on the throne in her body! Threatened by a coup and attacks from the outside, the fate of the kingdom is in the hands of Alita and Falis. Switched souls or not, there's another royal heir and Alita has to hold everything together for a little longer. As though this weren't enough to juggle, evil Professor Akamashi and his twin android assassins are out to cause some trouble of their own.


Maguire, Gregory. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious Witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil?


Meyer, L. A. Bloody Jack
Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates.


Mizuki, Hakase. Demon Ororon
An impure angel and the youngest son of the Lord Devil join forces when they are ostracized from their respective celestial realms.

Stroud, Jonathan. The Amulet of Samarkand
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.

Suzumi, Atsushi. Venus Versus Virus volume #1
Sumire Takahana is a seemingly normal school girl cursed with the ability to see malevolent ghosts known as "Viruses." Her life hits a crossroads after a run-in with a "gothic lolita" clad monster killer for hire, Lucia Nahashia. Not content to stay on the sidelines while these "Viruses" prey on the weak, Sumire decides to join forces with the mysterious eyepatch-wearing Lucia to hunt down these "Viruses" before they can hurt anyone else.

Thomas, Rob. Rats Saw God
In hopes of graduating, Steve York agrees to complete a hundred-page writing assignment which helps him to sort out his relationship with his famous astronaut father and the events that changed him from promising student to troubled teen.

Zusak, Marcus. I Am the Messenger
After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.

Best New Faerie Fiction

Black, Holly. Good Neighbors #1: Kin *currently on order
Sixteen-year-old Rue Silver, whose mother disappeared weeks ago, believes she is going crazy until she learns that the strange things she has been seeing are real, and that she is one of the faerie creatures, or Good Neighbors, that mortals cannot see.

Jones, Frewin. The Sorcerer King
Sixteen-year-old Tania returns to the realm of Faerie with her mother, Queen Titania, only to find that it has been overtaken by the Sorcerer King of Lyonesse, an ancient enemy of the Faerie Court.



Marr, Melissa. Ink Exchange
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.



Thompson, Kate. The Last of the High Kings
When Jenny Liddy, in turmoil over learning that she is a changeling, makes a deal with a devil creature, she endangers the human race but her own cleverness, her human and fairy fathers, and the last of Ireland's High Kings help to make things right.

Sept 19th: Talk Like a Pirate Day

Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Find your pirate name, translate something into pirate talk, or check out some of our pirate books!



Lawlor, Laurie. Dead Reckoning: A Pirate Voyage With Captain Drake
Emmet, a fifteen-year-old orphan, learns hard lessons about survival when he sails from England in 1577 as a servant aboard the Golden Hind - the ship of his cousin, the explorer and pirate Francis Drake - on its three-year circumnavigation of the world.


McCaughrean, Geraldine. Pirate's Son
Left penniless in eighteenth century England, fourteen-year-old Nathan Gull and his mousy sister Maud accompany Tamo, the son of a notorious pirate, to his homeland of Madagascar where they are all changed by their encounter with Tamo's dangerous past.


Meyer, L.A. Bloody Jack
Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen year old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates.


Oda, Eiichiro. One Piece
This series features Monkey D. Luffy, whose main ambition is to become a pirate. Eating the Gum-Gum Fruit gives him strange powers but also invokes the fruit's curse: anybody who consumes it can never learn to swim. Nevertheless, Monkey and his crewmate Roronoa Zoro, master of the three-sword fighting style, sail the Seven Seas of swashbuckling adventure in search of the elusive treasure "One Piece."


Parker, Jade. To Catch a Pirate
When sixteen-year-old Annalisa Townsend's ship is set upon by pirates in search of her father's treasure she hides, but one of the pirates finds her and steals a precious necklace.

New Comics On The Way

The Brave and the Bold #2: Book of Destiny
Heroes as make an alliance with the Challengers of the Unknown who possess the Book of Destiny and may be able to help them stop Megistus, who is stealing objects and abducting people.



Day of Vengeance
Part of the Countdown to Infinite Crisis series this book follows Eclipso, the original spirit of vengeance, as he tries to inhibit his next body. Contains numbers one through six of Day Of Vengeance series.



Hellboy Animated #1: The Black Wedding
In the lead feature, "The Black Wedding," Liz Sherman is kidnapped by an ancient cult, dragging the entire Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense into a horrifying tale of witchcraft and possession.



Hellboy Animated #2: Judgement Bell
In this collection, a figure from Dr. Broom's past wreaks havoc on the children of a small Polish village, and in a backup story, a young Hellboy is once again stirred to heroism by the radio adventures of Lobster Johnson.



Rann-Thanagar War
Thanagar and Rann are two planets that have always been at opposition. They manage to maintain an unsettled peace for several years, until Rann finds itself transported into the Thanagar system and the war beings anew. Hawkmann and Adam Strange unite to prevent full-scale war and possible genocide.

Fake Boyfriend: what could go wrong?

Fake Boyfriend by Kate Brian (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007)

Lane and Vivi's friend Isabelle is head-over-heels for her boyfriend Shawn Sluttig. And Lane and Vivi aren't super thrilled about Shawn. Izzy is normally smart and together, but around Shawn she's a serious mess. So, when Shawn dumps Izzy right before prom, Lane and Vivi are determined to help their friend. So, they create "Brandon", a totally fake boyfriend for Izzy. They create a MySpace page for him and put all bets on "Brandon" luring Izzy away from her on-and-off-again relationship with Shawn. But, nothing is as simple as they hope for. Love triangles and the return of Shawn create a much bigger mess than the girls imagined...

Shakespeare Graphic Novels

Like Shakespeare? Or want to find out what the story's about without having to read the whole book? Try one of our Shakespeare graphic novels!


King Lear
*located in the Adult Graphic Novels section


Macbeth
*located in the Adult Graphic Novels section


A Midsummer Night's Dream


Romeo and Juliet

New Teen Non-fiction

Burningham, Sarah. How to Raise Your Parents: A Teen Girl's Survival Guide
Being a teen (or the parent of a teen) doesn't have to be so hard. How to Raise Your Parents will help teens and their parents navigate those years between training bras and keys to the family car. In a voice teens will relate to and parents will appreciate, author Sarah O'Leary Burningham offers smart advice about negotiation and parental hot buttons and a little insight about what the world looks like from a parent's point of view.


Diconsiglio, John. Out of Control: How to Handle Anger: Yours and Everyone Else's
Delves into the physical and emotional roots of anger, exploring the differences between healthy and unhealthy reactions, and discussing anger-management techniques. Includes relevant real-life stories and challenges and suggestions for finding positive solutions.



Haskins-Bookser, Laura. Softer Side of Hip-Hop: Poetic Reflections on Love, Family, and Relationships

Largely inspired by one woman's journey from teen pregnancy to adulthood, this collection of poems chronicles struggles, successes, and the emotions brought on by both. Often ostracized by their peers, young mothers will relate to the joys, fears, and transitions depicted on each page. Partly based on experiences of the poet's friends and family, the collection paints startling, vivid portraits of such issues as alcoholism, adultery, and sexual abuse.

Holmes, Melisa. Hang-ups, Hook-ups, and Holding Out: Stuff You Need to Know About Your Body, Sex, and Dating
The long-awaited sequel to "Girlology: A Girls Guide to Stuff That Matters" serves up another healthy dose of uncensored advice for girls ages 13 and up to help them develop confidence, identify their values, and ultimately make the right choices, as they face tough decisions head on.


Marcovitz, Hal. Anime
Provides a historical overview of the development of anime; explores the roots and influences of the genre and the key components that are definitive of the style; discusses the pioneers of the art; and considers the changes the genre has undergone from its inception to its present status on the world scene.


Miller, Allen. Living With Anxiety Disorders
Offers the information teens need to understand this disease and its consequences on day-to-day life. This book features helpful case studies and real-life examples of teens living with anxiety disorders, along with sidebars, appendixes, and further reading.

New Graphic Novel by Holly Black, author of Tithe

Holly Black, the author of Tithe, has a new graphic novel series, The Good Neighbors. Book One, Kin, is currently on order.

Rue Silver's mother has disappeared . . . and her father has been arrested, suspected of killing her. But it's not as straightforward as that. Because Rue is a faerie, like her mother was. And her father didn't kill her mother - instead, he broke a promise to Rue's faerie king grandfather, which caused Rue's mother to be flung back to the faerie world. Now Rue must go to save her - and must also defeat a dark faerie that threatens our very mortal world.

Graphic Novel Spotlight: Yaoi & Yuri

We've got plenty of romance manga in the library, including yaoi (gay) and yuri (lesbian) themed stories. Check out these manga to read some sweet love stories!


First Love Sisters by Mizuo Shinonome
During a fateful visit to Tsunojo Girls’ School, Chika Matsusato meets the girl of her dreams - cool upperclassman Haruna Kanzaki. Even though they spent only one short day together, Chika will never forget Haruna’s kindness, and has made it her life’s goal to study hard and get accepted into Tsunojo Girls’ School so that they can be together. But will Haruna share Chika’s feelings . . . ?


Only the Ring Finger Knows by Satoru Kannagi
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.


Same Cell Organism by Sumomo Yumeka
Nakagawa and Yokota are two boys very much in love with each other. Yokota is more open with his feelings, but Nakagawa is easily embarrassed of public displays of affection. Though they may be outwardly different, their feelings for each other are the same - their connection is such that they liken themselves to Do-Seibutu (Same-Cell Organisms).


Time Lag by Shinobu Gotoh
Satoru Tendou has confessed his love to Shirou Sawaguchi every spring since entering high school, only to be rejected with a cold stare. As the spring of their third year approaches, Satoru is starting to wonder if he should give up on Shirou or risk being rejected a third time. Will Satoru be able to convince Shirou that his love is genuine? Or will Seiichi Hiro, Satoru's friend and confidant, steal Satoru away before he and Shirou can reconcile their differences?

Manga Series Update

Looking for the latest in your favorite manga series? The following books have just been ordered - place your holds today to be the first to read them!


Beauty Pop #7


Boys Over Flowers #30


Demon Flowers #4


Faeries' Landing #19


One Piece #17


Prince of Tennis #24


Replay #2


Shaman King #16


XXXholic #12

Gossipy Realistic Fiction to Love

Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty by Jody Gehrman follows the life of a 16-year-old Geena, working in a drive-up coffee shop during the summer in Sonoma, California. Geena is super excited to spend the summer with her two best friends, Amber and her cousin Hero. But Amber is a sassy, explicit-talking, tattoo-obsessed girl with a reputation and Hero is a beautiful, smart, sheltered rich girl home for the summer from her private boarding school. As you'd expect, the two girls instantly don't like each other and Geena's plans for a summer as the "three musketeers" seems unlikely from the start. Throw in a handful of hot guys, romantic triangles, and MySpace sabotage...and you've suddenly got a much more interesting summer full of newfound friendships and plots of revenge. This is a modern tale inspired by Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and will be appreciated by fans of Gossip Girl read-alikes. Want more of the same thing? Check out our Gossip Girl read-alike list here.

Hurray! New Book by John Green

John Green's latest book, Paper Towns, will be released on October 16th, 2008. Put a copy on hold today!

"When Margo Roth Spiegelman beckons Quentin Jacobsen in the middle of the night—dressed like a ninja and plotting an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows her. Margo’s always planned extravagantly, and, until now, she’s always planned solo. After a lifetime of loving Margo from afar, things are finally looking up for Q . . . until day breaks and she has vanished. Always an enigma, Margo has now become a mystery. But there are clues. And they’re for Q." - description from Amazon.com.

You might know John Green from his previous books, Looking for Alaska (winner of the Printz Award) and An Abundance of Katherines. Listen and watch John Green read from Paper Towns in this video on YouTube below:

Stake That!

Stake That! is the new vampire book by Mari Mancusi

Sisters. They'll swipe your clothes, your boyfriends, your destiny. But it wasn't exactly Rayne's twin Sunny's fault. Magnus, a vamp hottie and coven leader, mistook Sunny for Rayne last month and bit her instead. Now they're doing the inter-species dating thing.

Sunny is still recovering from the disappointment of not getting a blood mate when she finds out that she's been marked as the next Vampire Slayer. She's not thrilled at the prospect of hunting vampires, but if she doesn't cooperate, Slayers Inc. will activate the nano-virus they infected her with and she'll die.

Rayne's first mission is to go undercover at a local blood bar and gather dirt on the owner. As part of her mission, she ends up working with Jareth, a vampire who's also investigating the bar. If Jared wasn't so annoying, she'd think he was really hot . . . but it's not like her to have a crush on someone who's a complete jerk, right?

Moon Boy #4 - Coming Soon!

Have you been anxiously awaiting volume 4 of Moon Boy? It's finally being released - place your holds today to read it first!

Teen Animanga Club - Nightmare Inspector

This month's manga is Nightmare Inspector by Shin Mashiba

The next meeting of the Teen Animanga Club is on Tuesday, October 7th, from 4 to 5:30pm in the Youth Activity Room at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. Join us to discuss manga, win prizes in a trivia contest, watch anime, and eat snacks.

Book summary: For those who suffer nightmares, help awaits at the Silver Star Tea House, where patrons can order much more than just Darjeeling. Hiruko is a special kind of private investigator. He's a dream eater. And he'll rid you of your darkest visions . . . for a price.

Dreams on the menu in this volume: a telephone operator who may be the girl of another patron's dreams, a girl without sight whose hearing is driving her mad, a missing fiancé who may be trapped in his own painting, and a mysterious lodger intent on discovering Hiruko's private past.

A limited number of copies of this book will be provided by the library and can be picked up at the Youth Services Reference Desk.

This event is for teens ages 12-18.

Call (541) 766-6794 for more information.

Teen Animanga Book Club Meets Today! Sept. 2nd

The next meeting of the Teen Animanga Club is on Tuesday, September 2nd, from 4:30 to 6pm in the Youth Activity Room at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library.

Please note: our meeting time has changed: we'll now be meeting on the first Tuesday of every month.

Join us to discuss manga, win prizes in a trivia contest, watch anime, and eat snacks. You'll also be able to preview a new manga - the title will be announced at the meeting.

Anime summary: Watanuki has been haunted by dark spirits his entire life, a curse flowing through his bloodline preventing peace. When his incessant demons drag him to the ornate door of the Dimensional Witch Yuko, he meets a mystical woman of insight and luxury, quick to help those in a bind... For a fee! One might very well end up paying with their soul! To be free of his visions, Watanuki will work in her shop of dreams and wishes. There is always a price to pay . . .

This event is for teens ages 12-18.

Call (541) 766-6794 for more information.