Farmingdale Library Teens

The long list for the National Book Award in the Young People’s Literature category was announced this morning. The list of 10 titles represent a range of genres: from fantasy, memoir and mystery, to nonfiction and science fiction Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory  (Viking/Penguin) Gail Giles, Girls Like Us (Candlewick Press) Carl Hiaasen, Skink—No Surrender (Random House) Kate Milford, Greenglass House (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Eliot Schrefer, Threatened (Scholastic) Steve Sheinkin, The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (Macmillan) Andrew Smith, 100 Sideways Miles (Simon & Schuster) John Corey Whaley, Noggin (Simon & Schuster) Deborah Wiles, Revolution: The Sixties Trilogy, Book Two (Scholastic) Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming (Penguin) The list of finalists will be released October 15 and the winner will be announced at a November 19 ceremony in New York City.

If you're a teacher or parent with a child in grades 3rd-8th, enter them in the 7th annual Children's Poetry Contest for a chance to win: - A $1,000 scholarship for each winning student's classroom - A $250 gift certificate for pet products - A "by-line" in a nationally circulated magazine or online outlet Six students nationwide will win and we have made it as easy as possible to enter! Kids simply need to write a poem about a pet and the joys they bring, and post it online at PetsAddLife.org (mailed in entries are also accepted). The deadline to enter is January 31, 2015.

In case you missed the VMA's last night, here's a list of the winners: Video of the Year Miley Cyrus, "Wrecking Ball" Best Hip-Hop Video Drake ft. Majid Jordan, "Hold On (We’re Going Home)" Best Male Video Ed Sheeran ft. Pharrell Williams, "Sing" Best Female Video Katy Perry ft. Juicy J, "Dark Horse" Best Pop Video Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea, "Problem" Best Rock Video Lorde, "Royals" Artist to Watch, Presented by Taco Bell Fifth Harmony, 'Miss Movin' On" Best Collaboration Beyoncé ft. Jay Z, "Drunk In Love" MTV Clubland Award Zedd ft. Hayley Williams, "Stay the Night" Best Video With A Social Message Beyoncé, "Pretty Hurts" Best Cinematography Beyoncé, "Pretty Hurts" Best Editing Eminem, "Rap God" Best Choreography Sia, "Chandelier" Best Direction DJ Snake & Lil Jon, ...

Do you love to draw? Have a eye for taking pictures? Send your submissions to me at fdaleya@yahoo.com. They'll be displayed in a very unique way soon!

The Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list where every title is nominated and voted on by teens. Voting will start on August 15 and run until  Teen Read Week , during which the winners will be announced. Here is the list of this year's nominees: Arnett, Mindee. The Nightmare Affair.  Dusty Everhart a Nightmare, while dream-feeding, she sees the crime scene of a murder victim who attends her high school. When she arrives back on campus, she finds, to her horror, that the dream had come true. Now she must use dreams to find the killer. Banks, Anna. Of Triton.  After Emma’s mother, the long lost Poseidon princess returns to the sea, the Syrena begin to bring her identity into question. When all hope seems lost, and appears the Royals have a revolution on their hands, Emma has the opportunity to use her Gift to save those that she loves. Bardugo, Leigh. Siege and Storm.  Alina, a sun summoner on the run from the evil Darkling, is searching ...

If you attended any of our summer programs and really loved it, let me know! I will be sure to bring the class back again in the fall or winter!

The last of the Hobbit trilogy comes out this December. Here's a brief teaser trailer. I am so excited!