http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/ SCPL Teen Blog en-US Sat, 11 May 2013 14:57:23 GMT SCPL Teen Blog! BP Blog 7.0 http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=417 http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=417 Vladimir Tod lives with his aunt and is still struggling with the loss of his parents, even though its been three years since they died in a bizarre fire. He's in eighth grade, dresses like a vampire for Halloween and has a crush on fellow eighth-grader... Sat, 11 May 2013 14:57:00 GMT Blog http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=416 http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=416 Start the countdown! Its almost time for the next teencentric teen reading festival at the Headquarters Library! Join us on Saturday, June 1st from 7:00-10:00pm (Thats after hours!) as we Skype with authors Michael Grant and Heather Brewer, and meet... Fri, 3 May 2013 15:52:25 GMT Blog http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=414 http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=414 Tom Parking is an ordinary teenage guy. He goes to school, hangs out with friends, eats dinner, does his homework, and goes to bed. Rinse and repeat. For Tom, though, his regular, happy life is just a bit too perfect. Kids like Tom are never destined... Thu, 2 May 2013 15:53:35 GMT Blog http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=413 http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=413 Caution: Contains one spoiler. Anyone who has ever spoken to me at length about steampunk will know this: While I do love steampunk, Im a bigger fan of the idea of steampunk than I am of most steampunk books. My main complaint against them is that... Thu, 2 May 2013 15:51:05 GMT Blog http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=412 http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=412 Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff is not just a ghost story. Sure, Hannahs best friend, Lillian, died six months ago and is now spending her days haunting Hannah. Yes, there are some murdered dead girls who eventually make some creepy, bloody appearances.... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:42:57 GMT Blog http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=411 http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=411 Park is just a shy Asian kid with earphones on and a lap full of comic books, trying to avoid conversation with his violent classmates, when new-girl Eleanor shows up on his bus. With massive, curly, red hair,a mans plaid shirt, and dozens of scarves... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:39:26 GMT Blog http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=410 http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=410 Drama is a graphic novel that chronicles the story of Callie and the Eucalyptus Middle Schools production of Moon Over Mississippi. (Im not a big fan of live theatre--it makes me too nervous--and just assumed Id never heard of that play, but according... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:27:32 GMT Blog http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=405 http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=405 Moonbird is the story of a particularly extraordinary rufa red knot, a subspecies of migratory shorebirds. The bird is named B95, a title designated to him simply by the letter and number on the tag that scientists branded him with. Coincidentally,... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:16:15 GMT Blog http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=404 http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=404 Endangered features nearly everything I love in a book: animals, underdogs, useful knowledge, survival, a strong female character, and beautiful writing. Sophie is 14 and in Congo during her summer break from school to visit her mother at her bonobo... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:07:35 GMT Blog http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=403 http://www.infodepot.org/zTeen/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=403 Maggie McCarthy isnt your average sixteen year-old. While other girls her age are at parties or the mall, shes out looking for a new washing machine or making dinner for her dad and two younger brothers. Old before her time, Maggie has played housewife... Thu, 7 Mar 2013 11:14:26 GMT Blog