Thanks to all the guys and their families who braved the winter weather to attend our Guys Read Kick-Off celebration. Whether they were defending a castle from dragons with a Nerf bow or flinging giant underpants, a great time was had by all. Here are some of the highlights:

Guybrarian Josh Bernstein unveils the new Guys Read website.

 

Representatives from the John Ball Park Zoo brought skulls, furs and a live opossum!

 

One of our three lucky Kindle e-reader winners!

 

Ruff Reader Missy LOVES a good story!

 

Caricaturist Corey Ruffin

Click here to place your holds on the hottest upcoming teen titles!

The much-anticipated conclusion to Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle will be released on November 8th, but you can place your hold now! Click here for the print version, or here for the unabridged audio book.

It won’t be released until November 28th, and it doesn’t even have a title or cover art yet, but you can place your hold on the latest installment of Jeff Kinney’s blockbuster hit series today! Haven’t read the rest of the books? Click here to see how it all began…

The wait is over! Our copies of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth have arrived at our Service Center and will be making their way to the branches tomorrow.  Haven’t placed your hold yet? Click Here!

Greg Heffley is in the building!

It is indeed an Ugly Truth, but the fifth Wimpy Kid book won’t be out for over a month!  Luckily, we have suggestions for books that you might like that are sitting on the shelf just waiting for you to check them out!  While you’re waiting, try Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze by Alan Silberberg or Big Nate: In a Class By Himself by Lincoln Peirce. Greg Heffley would approve!

For the first time in history, all seven authors of the 39 Clues books will be in one place and ready to answer YOUR questions via WebCast! This awesome event will take place on Tuesday, August 31st at 4:00 pm. Click here to submit your video question, to vote for your favorite question, or just for more info.  Haven’t read the books yet? Click on the image below to get started with 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones.

The final volume in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy won’t be published until August 24th, but you can place a hold by clicking here!

Haven’t read The Hunger Games yet?  Click on the book cover to place your hold.

Calling all Wimpy Kid fans! KDL has received its shipment of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days. The bad news? We are under STRICT instructions from the publisher not to release it until Monday, October 12th.  But fear not, we have ordered TONS of copies, and they will be hitting the shelves as soon as that Monday (depending on where you live).  WHAT? You say you haven’t placed your hold yet? Well, what are you waiting for? The list isn’t getting any smaller! Click on the book cover to place your hold today!

I just finished Tim Wynne-Jones’ “The Uninvited”, and I really liked it a lot. I picked it up for the cover, but stayed with it for the creepy plot. After a disastrous first year at NYU, fiesty Mimi is looking forward to regouping at her father’s remote Canadian cabin. The only problem? There’s already someone living there, and he’s none too happy about sharing. If you like lots of suspense and rollercoaster plots, this book is for you!  Check it out!