Paranormal Romance Teen Display

Enjoy paranormal romance, but tired of all the vampire/werewolf selections? Check out some other great adventures and romance stories featuring Angels and Demons instead!  Teen Display is by the Easy Reader Picture Books!  Come in and check out some of these titles today!

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan

Other great titles in Angel/Demon lore:

Fallen (series) by Lauren Kate

Mortal Instruments (series) by Cassandra Clare

A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies

A Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink

Embrace by Jessica Shirvington

Angel Burn (series) by L.A. Weatherly

Hush, Hush (series) by Becca Fitzpatrick

Tantalize (series) by Cynthia Lietich Smith

Halo (series) by Alexandra Adornetto

Already checked out by someone? Ask for help at the Circulation Desk to have it placed on hold for you!

Ripper by Stefan Petrucha

You thought you knew him. You were dead wrong.

Check out Ripper from the New Teen Shelf at Smoot Library today!

The Chaos (Numbers Trilogy Book 2) is here!

Did you enjoy Rachel Ward's first book, Num8ers? Don't miss her thrilling sequel, The Cha0s! 

Check out all of her books from Smoot Library today!

Rebel McKenzie

Rebel McKenzie wants to spend her summer attending the Ice Age Kids' Dig and Safari, a camp where kids discover prehistoric bones, right alongside real paleontologists.

 

But digs cost money, and Rebel is broker than four o'clock. When she finds out her annoying neighbor Bambi Lovering won five hundred dollars by playing a ukulele behind her head in a beauty contest, Rebel decides to win the Frog Level Volunteer Fire Department's beauty pageant. Rebel may not be a typical pageant contestant, but how hard can it be? Rebel's dramatic reading about life is the Pleistocene era is sure to blow away the competition.

 

It turns out that winning a beauty pageant is harder than it looks. By the end of the summer, Rebel has learned a thing or two about her true calling that will surprise everyone--most of all, herself.

 

Check out this novel from the New Teen Shelf today!

The Magnolia League Series

The second novel in Katie Crouch's Magnolia League series is here! Come check out The White Glove War from the New Teen Shelf today! If you haven't already, be sure to check out the first book!

Hype for The White Glove War...

"Mysterious, magical, and alluring."

"Infused with romance and dark magic...I couldn't put it down!"

"The perfect mix of humor, romance, mystery and the supernatural."

Watch the book trailer below!
 

Teen Movie Night

Teens 12 -18,

Don't miss our DVD release party for Suzanne Collin's bestselling first book in her amazing dystopian trilogy! Come for Saturday, August 18 at 6:30pm. Doors will open around 6:15pm. Movie will be shown on our big screen in our comfy movie theatre style room.  Snacks and beverages will be provided.  This event is FREE!

This is a teens only event -- ages 12-18 are invited! Those under 13, please make sure you have a signed Release Form with you.  They are available on the library homepage www.smoot.org or available at the Library's Circulation Desk.

Dress as your favorite character for a chance to win a door prize! (Dressing up is not required). Bring all your friends and "may the odds be ever in your favor!"

NOTE:  Registration is not required, but is recommended to guarantee your seats.  Call 775-7951 or email Katie at Ysl1@smoot.org to register.

Rapture (Fallen #4) by Lauren Kate

RAPTURE, the fourth & final FALLEN novel, is the Lauren Kate book the world has been waiting for.

The sky is dark with wings. . . .
Like sand through an hourglass, time is running out for Luce and Daniel. To stop Lucifer from erasing the past, they must find the place where the angels fell to earth.
Dark forces are after them, and Daniel doesn’t know if he can do this—live only to lose Luce again and again. Yet together they face an epic battle that will end with lifeless bodies . . . and angel dust. Great sacrifices are made. Hearts are destroyed.
And suddenly Luce knows what must happen. For she was meant to be with someone other than Daniel. The curse they’ve borne has always and only been about her—and the love she cast aside. The choice she makes now is the only one that truly matters. In the fight for Luce, who will win?
The astonishing conclusion to the FALLEN series. Heaven can’t wait any longer.

Come check out the book on Audio CD today! Book coming soon to the Teen New Shelf!

Mortal Instruments Book 5

The "New York Times" bestselling Mortal Instruments continues - and so do the thrills and danger for Jace, Clary and Simon. Clary and the Shadowhunters struggle to piece together their shattered world after a betrayal by one of their own leaves them reeling. This is the follow-up to the international number one bestseller "City of Fallen Angels". "The Mortal Instruments" and its prequel series, "The Infernal Devices", have been sold in more than thirty countries. The books have also appeared internationally on bestseller lists, including in the USA, Germany, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It has film rights optioned, with Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower cast as leads Clary and Jace.

 

Be sure to check out Cassandra Clare's newest book out today! If it's already checked out, swing by the Circulation Desk and ask for it to be put on hold for you... you'll be next in line to read it when it comes back!

 

 

 

Teens Top Ten Picks for 2012 Voting Now Open!

Hey Teens! 

Voting for your favorite novels of the year are now open! You can pick up to three of your favorites from the 2012 nominees.  Thousands of teens across America participate in this poll each year! Voting is open today through September 15th.  The Teen Top Ten Winners will be announced in October during our celebration of Teen Read Week!

Visit the YALSA link and click on "Vote Now" to take the brief survey and fill out your vote!  YALSA requests that only ages 12-19 participate in this poll.  If you're an adult, but big young adult literature enthusiast, check out the Reader's Choice Poll instead!

Thanks for participating! :) 

Free Music Downloads!

Hey Teens!

The Smoot Library is happy to announce a new service for all library patrons in good standing -- Freegal!  Freegal is a downloadable music service through Sony Entertainment that allows you to download three free songs each week! All you need is your library card number to log in and begin browsing song titles!  Every song has a clip you can preview prior to downloading. 

So grab your library card, and begin downloading your music today! The Freegal link is also available at our website's homepage, www.smoot.org.

If you have any questions regarding our music downloading service, you may contact us at 775-7951 or email questions to Katie at Ysl1@smoot.org. There is also a FAQ page on the freegal website which may help you! Enjoy!

Hunger Games Trivia Quiz....

Remember to turn in your Hunger Games Trivia quiz to the front desk today by closing time (9:00 PM)!! The drawing for the $25 gift card to the movie theater will be tomorrow afternoon. Winner will be contacted after the drawing!

Good luck! :)

Numbers....

by Rachel Ward.  Check out this book today!

What if you knew things you shouldn't.... like when people would die... what would you do?