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Announcing the YALSA Teens' Top Ten List!

YALSA Teens' Top Ten is an annual "teen choice" list where you pick the best books of this year! Sixteen teen groups across the country nominated titles, and teens from everywhere voted for their favorites.

Even if your favorite didn't make the list this year, these titles are super popular with teens across the country and around the world. Try one out today!

The 2014 Teens' Top Ten list is:

1. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (Macmillan/St. Martin's Griffin)
2. Splintered by A.G. Howard (ABRAMS/Amulet Books)
3. The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Teen)
4. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (Penguin/Putnam Juvenile) 
5. Monument 14: Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne (Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends)
6. Earth Girl by Janet Edwards (Prometheus Books /Pyr)
7. The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
8. Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (Random House/Delacorte Press)
9. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (Macmillan/Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
10. The Eye of Minds by James Dashner (Random House/Delacorte Press)

Get more info about the books here. And be sure to vote in next year's contest! 

New YA Books - October 2014

Weather outside getting nippy? Ghouls and ghosts lurking behind every corner? Curl up with a good book this month and leave the big, bad world behind!

The Witch’s Boy by Kelly Regan Barnhill

YA FIC BARNHILL

When Ned and his twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. But when a Bandit King comes to steal the magic from Ned's witch mother, can Ned prove them wrong and protect his community?

Exquisite Captive by Heather Demetrios

YA FIC DEMETRIOS

Jinni. Empress. Warrior. Slave. Nalia is a jinni of tremendous ancient power, but she’s bound to serve her cruel master, Malek. Can she finally escape with the help of Raif, an enigmatic leader…and her sworn enemy?

Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick

YA FIC FITZPATRICK

Britt is planning a peaceful hike in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming, but trouble arises when she is caught in a blizzard, taken hostage by fugitives, and finds evidence of murders in this suspenseful, twisted tale.

Skink: No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen

YA FIC HIASSEN

With the help of an eccentric ex-governor, a teenaged boy searches for his missing cousin in the Florida wilds.

Salt & Storm by Kendall Kulper

YA FIC KULPER

Avery Roe wants to take her rightful place as the sea witch of Prince Island. When she foresees her own murder, a harpoon boy promises to help her change her fate and keep her island safe…but salvation will require an unexpected sacrifice.

Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire

YA FIC MAGUIRE

Poor Russian country girl Elena Rudina and aristocratic Ekatrina meet and set in motion an escapade that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and the sassy witch Baba Yaga.

Firebug by Lish McBride

YA FIC MCBRIDE

After she is asked to kill a family friend by the woman who killed her mother, Ava, an assassin who can start fires with her mind, desperately tries to escape the Coterie, a magical mafia, while keeping the murders to a minimum.

Althea & Oliver by Cristina Moracho

YA FIC MORACHO

Althea and Oliver, who have been friends since they were six, find their worlds turned upside down when Oliver contracts Kleine-Levin syndrome, and Althea discovers she wants to be more than friends.

On a Clear Day by Walter Dean Myers

YA FIC MYERS

In 2035, Dahlia Grillo, a sixteen-year-old math whiz, joins with six other American teens traveling to England to meet with groups from around the world in hopes of stopping C8, the companies that control nearly everything for their own benefit.

Jackaby by William Ritter

YA FIC RITTER

Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with the ability to see supernatural beings. As she helps him delve into a case of serial murder, Jackaby is convinced the culprit is an inhuman creature.

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld

YA FIC WESTERFELD

Eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel navigates the New York City publishing world after writing her first book, the story of Lizzie who slips into the "Afterworld" to survive a terrorist attack and becomes a spirit guide.

Beetle Boy by Margaret Willey

YA FIC WILLEY

When his mother walked out on the family, seven-year-old Charlie comforted his inconsolable father by sharing the silly beetle boy stories his mother told him. Years later, these stolen stories still haunt Charlie's dreams.

Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters by Laurie Ann Thompson

YA 361.2 THO

Empower yourself in today's highly connected, socially conscious world as you learn how to wield your passions, digital tools, and the principles of social entrepreneurship to affect real change in your schools, communities, and beyond.

Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines by Paul Fleischman

YA 363.78 FLE

Paul Fleischman offers teens a wake-up call and a tool kit for decoding the barrage of conflicting information about the environment that confronts them every day.

How Rude! The Teen Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior, and Not Grossing People Out by Alex J. Packer

YA 395.1 PAC

Explaining etiquette from A ("Applause") to Z ("Zits"), Alex J. Packer blends outrageous humor with sound advice as he guides readers and explains why manners and etiquette are important.

Poisoned Apples: Poems For You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann

YA 811.6 HEP

From Snow White’s cottage and Rapunzel's tower to health class and the prom, these poems are a moving depiction of young women, society, and our expectations.

Free SAT Prep @ the Library

Want to practice the SAT before the big day? Here's your chance! 

The West Caldwell Public Library is partnering with Kaplan K12 & College Prep to offer a free full-length SAT practice test to high school students.

We'll be holding a test session on Saturday, October 18 @ 10:00 AM.

If you are interested in taking advantage of this free opportunity to practice the SAT test, please register here or call 973-226-5441.

Registration is required, so sign-up today!

2014 Teen Read Week!!

2014 Teen Read Week is almost here! 

Teen Read Week is a national event held at libraries across the country to celebrate reading and encourage teens to be regular library users.

In honor of the event, we'll be celebrating with an awesome craft and activity program on Tuesday, October 14 @ 5:30 PM.

We'll also have a week-long book trivia contest with a chance to win a prize, and a special READ OFF YOUR FINES event! Come into the library and for every 15 minutes you read, 50 cents will be taken off your fines!!

What are you waiting for?! Get reading!!! 

Open to teens in grades 6-12.