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Help Needed!! Young Adult Librarians and Fellow Bloggers

If most of you don't know I am a Young Adult Librarian and I'm getting ready for Summer Reading 2015. I know that is early but for an event that is big like SRP I have to start early. For those of you that don't know what SRP is or what goes on during that time, it is programs being held for children all the way up to adults. Everyone is being accommodated :).  We all have a kick off and through out the whole summer we have programs and activities for everyone base on the theme for that summer. For SRP 2015 the theme for Young Adults is Unmask. Everyone has the theme of Superheros it is just broken down.   I am currently at a dead end. I would like some ideas or feedback from you guys about different program ideas that I could have at the library. It doesn't necessarily have to be "superhero" because unmask can go with a lot of other things. Here are some of the programs that I have come up with so far:  1.) Unmasking my Identity.          *Each teen

Top Ten Tuesday #3

TOP TEN TUESDAY #3 TOP TEN SEQUELS I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY HANDS ON Top Ten Tuesday is sponsored by  The Broke and The Bookish .  These books have been out for a while and I still have not had the chance to get to it.  1.)Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard 2.) Splintered by A. G. Howard 3.) Dorothy must Die by Danielle Page 4.) Ashfall by Mike Mullin 5.) Partials by Dan Wells 6.) Trust Me, I'm Lying by Elizabeth Summer 7.) Alice in Zombie Land by Gena Showalter  8.) The Young Elites by Marie Lu 9.) Snow Like Ashes by Sarah Raasch 10.) Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson

Rite of Rejection by Sarah Negovetich

Rite of Rejection by Sarah Negovetich Releasing December 4th, 2014 Straight-laced,  sixteen-year-old Rebecca can’t wait for her Acceptance. A fancy ball, eligible bachelors, and her debut as an official member of society. Instead, the Machine rejects Rebecca. Labeled as a future criminal, she’s shipped off to a life sentence in a lawless penal colony. A life behind barbed wire fences with the world’s most  dangerous people terrifies Rebecca . She reluctantly joins a band of misfit teens in a risky escape plan, complete with an accidental fiancé she’s almost certain she can learn to  love.  But freedom comes with a  price. To escape a doomed future and prove her innocence Rebecca must embrace the criminal within. Pre-order Available now at Amazon , B&N , Kobo & iTunes Love the cover? Go on then and read the first chapter... One Before You Stands the Future. The dark-red banner strung across the sto