The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips

The Mt. Laurel Book Club will be meeting Sept. 3rd to discuss Gin Phillips' debut novel, The Well and the Mine. If you are interested in attending contact Lori Skinner at (205)439-5512 or skinner.lori@yahoo.com. This is a great book set in Carbon Hill, Alabama written by an Alabama native. Check out the interview provided by Barnes and Nobel below:

Johnny Cash to Appear in Guitar Hero

Shut the front door!!! Game Guru reports and the "Guitar Hero" website confirms, Johnny Cash will be a character in the forthcoming "Guitar Hero 5". Cash will be an unlockable character in the game, which feature's Cash's song "Ring of Fire". Carlos Santana and Garbage's Shirley Manson will also be featured in the game.

We have Guitar Hero here in the Young Adult department for the young peeps to play and we're always adding to the collection sooo....Katie(NSL Director) if your listening.

Michelyn

City of Bones Book Trailer

Nothing really new here unless you haven't read City of Bones, in which case you definitely need to watch the trailer below and then come and check it out.I love book trailers and I ran across this one while searching for another one. This is for the first book (City of Bones) in the trilogy 'Mortal Instruments' by Cassandra Clare. It's longer than most, but it's worth it. I thought it was pretty well cast. Enjoy.

Michelyn

Terrible Yellow Eyes

Check out this blog dedicated to artwork inspired by "Where the Wild Things Are"
Also be looking for the movie out Oct 16th. I don't know how I feel about this classic being made into a movie-we'll see. In the meantime enjoy the wonderful artwork on www.terribleyelloweyes.com.

Michelyn

Director John Hughes dies

The voice of a generation or the "philosopher of adolescence" as Roger Ebert put it died Thursday in Manhattan of a heart attack while on a walk. He was 59 years young.
John Hughes was the writer-director of a string of hits like 'Vacation', 'Sixteen Candles', 'Breakfast Club', 'Home Alone', my personal favorite - 'Pretty in Pink' and many others. Just last week I saw a tween-aged girl with an "I love Jake Ryan" t-shirt on and it made me smile. I'm glad he's still reaching the youth of today. I think this weekend calls for a John Hughes marathon.

For articles about John Hughes:
Variety
LA Times
Movies

Michelyn

Teen Summer Reading Grade Level Winners!!!

The following participants read the highest number of books in their grade:

6th - Sarah Resha

7th - Jordan Cotney

8th - Tom Speers

9th - Ashley Stiefel/Emma Otwell

10th - Andrea Alexander

11th - Jack Speers

12th - Kayla Carlisle

A huge congratulations to all of our winners!!!

Teen Book Review by Nikki S.

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

I read My Side of the Mountain. I thought it was a pretty good book, and I don't typically like the whole "wilderness survival" theme, but I thought this book was somehow interesting. It is about a boy named Sam who runs away from home and lives in the wilderness for a whole year! I would recommend this book.