New books for August

The library's summer reading program may be over, but we still have some great new books for you to check out. Find these in the Teen Zone or reserve a copy by calling the reference desk at (262) 532-8920:

A Moment Comes by Jennifer Bradbury
Born of Illusion by Teri Brown
Awaken by Meg Cabot
Kindness for Weakness by Shawn Goodman
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz, Ruth Gruener, and Jack Gruener
Vortex by S.J. Kincaid
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry
Flesh & Bone by Jonathan Maberry
September Girls by Bennett Madison
Raven Flight by Juliet Marillier
Earthbound by Aprilynne Pike
Life After Theft by Aprilynne Pike
The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney
In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters
The Program by Suzanne Young

Also, just in time for the release of the movie "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" later this month, we now have Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader available in the Teen Zone nonfiction section.

--Kifflie

New books for summer reading

Here are some new books to check out this summer:

Thousand Words by Jennifer Brown
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross
The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
Proxy by Alex London
Dare You To by Katie McGarry
A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
Rotten by Michael Northrop
The Originals by Cat Patrick
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
Perry's Killer Playlist by Joe Schreiber
Trinkets by Kirsten Smith
Icons by Margaret Stohl
Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff
Poison by Bridget Zinn

Library Job Available!

Title: LIBRARY PAGE I -- (Part-Time)

Duties: Sort, shelve books; keep materials in order

Requirements: Ability to understand and perform routine library procedures, to communicate effectively with staff and public, to follow oral and written instructions, to stand and/or be on one’s feet for extended periods of time, and to bend, stoop, carry, and stretch for shelving books.

Working Conditions: Office Setting

Hours: 12 Hours per week – evenings and Saturdays (currently scheduled for Monday through Thursday, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with some flexibility as to which days).

2013 Salary: $8.50 per hour

Application: All interested candidates must obtain and complete an official application. Applications are available at the Library Circulation Desk in the lobby. The library will accept applications until 5PM Saturday, June 29, 2013


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First pass packet is now available

We have received the first set of passes from the Waukesha County system office for the Teen Summer Reading program.

Once you finish your first book and fill out your entry form, you can pick up a Pizza Hut coupon and a Brewers coupon from the adult reference desk on the second floor of the library.

The first weekly drawing for prizes will take place at 2:00 PM on Friday, June 21st.

-- Kifflie

Summer Reading Suggestions

If you're looking for something new to read, like for the Teen Summer Reading Program (hint, hint!), here are some books that have just come in:

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Formerly Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham
The Dark Shore by Kevin Emerson
The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door by Karen Finneyfrock
School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins
Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland
The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa
Yellowcake by Margo Lanagan
If I Should Die by Amy Plum

-- Kifflie

2013 Teen Summer Reading Program: "Beneath the Surface"

The 2013 Teen Summer Reading Program is underway! You can sign up at the adult reference desk on the second floor of the library. Read one book per week and enter to win a free book or a book bag. Drawings will be held Friday afternoons starting June 21st and ending August 2nd. The last day to turn in your entry forms is Saturday, August 3rd. The grand prize this year is an iPod Shuffle.

Spring into Reading with New Books!

Here are some new books recently added to the teen collection:

Infatuate by Aimee Agresti
Quicksilver by R.J. Anderson
Being Henry David by Cal Armistead
The Rising by Kelley Armstrong
The Sin-Eater's Confession by Ilsa J. Bick
Soul-Bound by Heather Brewer
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
Not Exactly a Love Story by Audrey Couloumbis
The Lives We Lost by Megan Crewe
Vortex by Julie Cross
Sever by Lauren DeStefano
Homeland by Cory Doctorow
Darkwater by Catherine Fisher
Obsidian Mirror by Catherine Fisher
Strangelets by Michelle Gagnon
Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington
Imposter by Jill Hathaway
When We Wake by Karen Healey
The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson
Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers
In Darkness by Nick Lake
Butter by Erin Jade Lange
Hattie Ever After by Kirby Larson
Game by Barry Lyga
Pieces by Chris Lynch
Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta
How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
Requiem by Lauren Oliver
Fox Forever by Mary E. Pearson
Scrivener's Moon by Phillip Reeve
Code by Kathy & Brenda Reichs
Shades of Earth by Beth Revis
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Live Through This by Mindi Scott
Midwinter Blood by Marcus Sedgwick
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington
Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons
Execution by Alexander Gordon Smith
This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
Apollo's Outcasts by Allen Steele
Passion Blue by Victoria Strauss
Fragments by Dan Wells
Mind Games by Kiersten White

Stop in and check these out! Summer reading is just around the corner!

-Kifflie