…and the winner of YALSA’s (Young Adult Library Services Association) Teens’ Top Ten vote is Veronica Roth’s Divergent!

Here’s the rest of the list — you’ll want to read them all!

• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Legend by Marie Lu
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
• Across the Universe by Beth Revis
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
• Where She Went by Gayle Forman
• Abandon by Meg Cabot

It’s Teen Read Week, so why not celebrate by sharing your favorite new reads with your friends?  What have you read lately that you liked, and why?  I’m loving Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone, which features a strong heroine who can manipulate light to fight flesh-eating monsters. Sound good?  Place your hold today!

Need other suggestions?  We happen to be featuring Teen titles in our weekly Top Ten list.  Enjoy!

Wow, I really want to read this now! It’s about a girl who gains special powers each time she gets struck by lightning, and two fanatical cults are after her.  Hunger Games fans, check this out!

Click on the book cover below to place a hold today!

 
Have you already read it?  Tell us what you think!

The winners of the 2012 Children’s Choice Book Awards were announced at a star-studded gala earlier this month hosted by popular “guy” author Jarrett Krosoczka, but thanks to Guys Read guru Jon Scieszka, Jarrett almost didn’t make it to the ceremony.  Watch the hilarious video below!

Brian Selznick won the nod for Best Illustrator for his fabulous book Wonderstruck, Grand Rapids’ own Gary Schmidt was honored for Okay for Now, and Jeff Kinney of Diary of a Wimpy Kid fame won Author of the Year for his latest book, Cabin Fever (no surprise there, right?)  But there were LOTS of other Guy Friendly titles that were honored as well.  Want to take a look?  Click here!

If you haven’t read Tom Angleberger’s The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, you’re missing out!  Not only is it a very cool and funny story, there are instructions about how to fold your very own origami Yoda at the end.  If you want to know more, check out this awesome video by the author himself!

Want to read Origami Yoda, or the sequel, Darth Paper Strikes Back?  Place your hold now by clicking on the book covers below.  They are also available in audio!

Read them you should!

Do you like superheroes?  Are you looking for a new series that’s fast and easy to read?  Look no further, because KDL has just added four action-packed Captain Awesome titles for your reading pleasure!  The first in the series, Captain Awesome to the Rescue is already on our shelves, but we have three–count ‘em–THREE other titles on order for you to place holds on!  Check out this video book trailer — MI-TEE!

So do you want to find out how Eugene plans to save his hometown from evil (right after he finds out where his mom packed his superhero cape, that is…)?  Click on the book cover below to have your copy sent to your favorite KDL branch!

Harry Potter fans rejoice!  The complete series is now available in Kindle & EPUB eBook and MP3 eAudiobook formats through our OverDrive site. Click here to check availability!

Good news for Harry Potter fans! All 7 of the titles in J.K. Rowling’s massively-popular series will soon be available from the library as eBooks and eAudiobooks! The series won’t officially be published in these formats until April 30, but you can place a hold now on our OverDrive site. They will be available in both MP3 audio and EPUB eBook, so click here to place your hold today!

UPDATE (3-20-12): OverDrive has temporarily removed the listings for the Harry Potter titles from our eBook site while they coordinate the official launch with Pottermore, but they have assured us that holds that were previously placed will be saved when the titles are released.

UPDATE (3-27-12): All of the Harry Potter titles are available for holds on our eBook site again, and OverDrive has announced that they will officially be “released” on Thursday, March 29!

The exciting conclusion to Rick Riordan’s Kane Chronicles won’t hit library shelves until May 1st, but you can reserve your copy now. If you prefer the audio version, click here!

The second book in Dan Gutman’s Genius Files series has been released. It’s called Never Say Genius,  and here’s Dan himself to tell you about it:

You missed the first one? It’s called Mission Unstoppable, and here’s the trailer!

Check ‘em out!