Young Reader's Choice Award - Vote for Your Favorite!

The 2009 Young Reader's Choice Award nominees have been announced. Want to vote? Pick up a ballot at the Youth Services Reference Desk. Voting ends on April 15, 2009.

Abdel-Fattah, Randa. Does My Head Look Big In This?

Alexie, Sherman. Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Twisted

Brooks, Martha. Mistik Lake

Castelucci, Cecil. Plain Janes

Clare, Cassandra. City Of Bones

Cooney, Caroline. Enter Three Witches

Crutcher, Chris. Deadline

Hale, Shannon. Book of a Thousand Days

Korman, Gordon. Schooled

Landry, Derek. Skulduggery Pleasant

Marr, Melissa. Wicked Lovely

Scott, Michael. Alchemyst: Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

Smith, Roland. Peak

Sonnenblick, Jordan. Zen And The Art Of Faking It

Viz Naruto Contest Starts on Friday 3/27

Fans can watch the newest NARUTO Shippuden animated episode each week at NARUTO.com then test their knowledge to win exciting prizes including NARUTO video games and a game console!

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has launched a new watch-and-win contest on its official NARUTO web site at www.NARUTO.com beginning March 27^th. Every week, a new NARUTO Shippuden episode (English subtitled) will stream for free on the site and fans are invited to watch and take part in the contest by answering a trivia question about each new installment. The contest runs through September 2009.

Winners will be announced weekly and are eligible for a variety of exciting prizes, from action figures and apparel to video games. Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. sponsors the first 4 weeks of the contest and will award each lucky winner a copy of Ultimate Ninja^® 4: NARUTO™ Shippuden, the first video game released in North America based on the NARUTO Shippuden animated series. On the fourth week the company will award one lucky fan a copy of the video game and a PlayStation^®2 game console.

Star Wars Festival

March 24th, 25th & 26th at 1:00 p.m. in the Main Meeting Room at the Corvallis Library.

Snacks provided. All films are rated PG or PG-13.

Door prize each day! All ages are welcome to attend.

For more information, call 541.766.6794.

New YA DVDs

All Jacked Up: Hungry for the Truth?

American Teen

Boys Over Flowers: Cinderella for a Night

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

City of Ember

The Adventures of Food Boy

Karin 01

Karin 02

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

The Pistol

Super Gals! Season 2

Teen Late Night this FRIDAY!

Join us this Friday, March 20th, from 9-11 pm at the Corvallis Library for Teen Late Night!

Snacks, video games, board games, and more will be available for teens ages 12-18.

Come and bring your friends! It's free!

We'll have Halo 3, Wii games, Guitar Hero 3, Guitar Hero World Tour, Rock Band and more...

Call 766-6794 for more info.

Teen Focus Group - Tell Us What You Want!

We need your help!
Here’s your chance to tell us what you want:
More video games? More computers? More book groups? More ???

Join the library's teen focus group on
Tuesday April 14th from 3:30-5:00 p.m.
at the
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
645 NW Monroe Ave.
to help us better serve you!

Refreshments & a small gift will be provided.

For more info or to sign up for the focus group,
contact Teresa Landers at (541) 766-6995

Parental permission is required.

Teen Late Night - Mark Your Calendar!

Teen Late Night @ the Corvallis Library

March 20th, 2009
9:00-11:00 PM

All teens ages 12-18 are invited! FREE!
Xbox 360, PS2 & Wii games. Board games. Crafts. SNACKS!

See you there!

House of Night #5

House of Night #5, Hunted, is on order and will be available for checkout soon.

What if the hottest guy in the world was hiding a nameless evil, and all he wanted was you?

At the start of this heart-pounding new installment of the bestselling House of Night series, Zoey’s friends have her back again and Stevie Rae and the red fledglings aren’t Neferet’s secrets any longer. But an unexpected danger has emerged. Neferet guards her powerful new consort, Kalona, and no one at the House of Night seems to understand the threat he poses. Kalona looks gorgeous, and he has the House of Night under his spell. A past life holds the key to breaking his rapidly spreading influence, but what if this past life shows Zoey secrets she doesn’t want to hear and truths she can’t face?

On the run and holed up in Tulsa’s Prohibition-era tunnels, Zoey and her gang must discover a way to deal with something that might bring them all down. Meanwhile, Zoey has a few other little problems. The red fledglings have cleaned up well – they’ve even managed to make the dark, creepy tunnels feel more like home – but are they really as friendly as they seem? On the boyfriend front, Zoey has a chance to make things right with super-hot ex-, Eric, but she can’t stop thinking about Stark, the archer who died in her arms after one unforgettable night, and she is driven to try to save him from Neferet’s sinister influence at all costs. Will anyone believe the power evil has to hide among us?

New Graphic Novels

Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul
Batman's immortal foe, Ra's Al Ghul, should be dead at last - so how has he returned to haunt The Dark Knight? And what does his return have to do with Batman's teenaged son, Damian - whose mother is Ra's Al Ghul's daughter, Talia? It will take the combined skills of Batman, Robin and Nightwing to get to the bottom of these mysteries and stop Ra's Al Ghul's insidious plans!


Crogan's Vengeance
"Catfoot" Crogan is an able-bodied mariner plying his trade for a dastardly "legitimate" captain with a grudge against Crogan for a slight committed well before he was born. But when his ship is taken by pirates, will Crogan stay loyal to his law-abiding, if despicable, captain or will he find a new life on the high seas living by the "Pirate's Code"?


Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation, #1
Are you a victim of unwanted spirit possession? Is there a ghost you need sent up and away . . . or down to burn for all eternity? If the answer is yes, then you need Muhyo and Roji, experts in magic law. Serving justice to evil spirits is their specialty. When the ghost of a tormented schoolgirl starts terrorizing subway passengers, can Muhyo and Roi resolve the paranormal crisis before it totally derails?


Silver Diamond #1: Silver Seed
Rakan is a lonely orphaned teen with an unusual attraction to flowers and plants. Chigusa is his surprise guest, who arrives mysteriously one day out of nowhere. Together, these two uncover secrets about each other - including the fact that Rakan may be a special prince who Chigusa insists on protecting at all costs! From master storyteller Shiho Sugiura, comes a unique tale of adventure and emotion as two unlikely friends try to get used to new surroundings . . . and to each other.


Tales from Outer Suburbia
An exchange student who's really an alien, a secret room that becomes the perfect place for a quick escape, a typical tale of grandfatherly exaggeration that is actually even more bizarre than he says . . . These are the odd details of everyday life that grow and take on an incredible life of their own in tales and illustrations that Shaun Tan's many fans will love.


Wicked Lovely: Desert Tales, #1: Sanctuary
Discover Melissa Marr's mesmerizing world of Faerie . . .The desert is far away from the schemes of the Faerie Courts - and that's how Rika likes it. Once a mortal and now a faery, Rika seeks isolation and revels in her ability to appear invisible to humans. Then, she meets him. Artistic and kind, Jayce is the last person Rika wants to hide from. But change is coming, challenging Rika's freedom and her new romance, as her past pursues her, even into the heart of the desert . . .

Manga Series Update

Looking for the newest volume in your favorite series? Check out the list below and place your holds today to read them first!


Boys Over Flowers #33


Moon Boy #6


Naruto #42


The Record of a Fallen Vampire #4


Slam Dunk #3


Tsubasa #20


The Wallflower #18


Xxxholic #13

Karin (a.k.a. Chibi Vampire) Anime is Here!

The Chibi Vampire anime is here! Released under its original Japanese title, Karin, it stars your favorite non-bloodsucking vampire!


Karin #1: Infusion
In 21st century Japan, a family of vampires settles down in Japan. They live among humans and sucked their blood quietly and discreetly. However their daughter Karin had a secret that she could not share . . . She did not suck blood like the rest of her family, instead, she is a blood-MAKING vampire!

Karin Maaka leads an ordinary life in spite of the fact that she is from a family of vampires. Unlike the rest of her family, she has no problem with bright lights, sleeps in a bed instead of a coffin and loves to eat garlic. She is such an abnormal vampire that she doesn't even suck blood? she makes it! Everything begins to unravel when she gets uncontrollable urges every time she gets near her classmate, Kenta Usui. Will she hold back the urge to purge or give in to her need to bleed?!

Karin #2: Vampire Hunter
Humans and vampires have been enemies for ages but there is always an exception to the rule. Karin is such an unusual vampire that her family decides to make a gamble and entrust Kenta Usui with watching over her in the daylight hours. Of course, the price for failure would cost him his hide but when the alternative is losing his memories along with basic motor skills, he gratefully agrees to it!

Fantastic Females @ Your Library

March is National Women's History Month - check out our display of cool books!


Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson


Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman


The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart


Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande


Forever Princess by Meg Cabot


Graceling by Kristin Cashore


I Am Scout: A Biography of Harper Lee by Charles Shield


I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter


Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures in Japan by Aimee Major Steinberger


Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America by Karen Blumenthal


Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale


Wonder Woman: The Circle by Gail Simone

Graphic Classics for Teens!

We're expanding our collection of Graphic Classics for teens. Want to read classic horror, adventure, or Shakespeare in graphic novel format? Check out these cool titles!


Adventure Classics


A Midsummer Night's Dream


Bram Stoker


Edgar Allen Poe


H.P. Lovecraft - creepy horror!


Gothic Classics #14


Hamlet


Horror Classics


Macbeth


O. Henry


Romeo and Juliet

Graphic Design for Teens

Why learn about graphic design?

How about making your web site, band posters, etc. look completely out-of-this-world awesome?

Join us for a cool presentation by a former CBCPL teen!


Monday, March 9, 2009
5:00-7:00 PM
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
All teens are welcome! FREE!

Teen Animanga Club: Train +Train

This month's manga is Train + Train by Hideyuki Kurata, author of Read Or Die.

The next meeting of the Teen Animanga Club is on Tuesday, April 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: On the distant planet of Deloca, teenagers are enrolled in either the standard School Train or the Special Train, an exclusive education system, that takes them across the planet to develop them into above-average adults. Shy and meek Reiichi finds himself onboard the Special Train when a run-in with a rebellious spirit, Arena, turns his life upside-down and forces him to face dangers and situations that make him learn the true meaning of living.

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 Club meets on Tuesday March 3rd

The next meeting of the Teen Animanga Club is on Tuesday, March 3rd, 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. You'll also be able to preview a new manga - the title will be announced at the meeting.

This event is for teens ages 12-18.

Call (541) 766-6794 for more information.