Just found this cool app called Tiled and made this tribute to Divergent by Veronica Roth. 

Do you keep a book journal?

Check out this WSJ article about the importance of keeping a record of all of the books you read.  The author mentions several options for your book journal, but there is also Goodreads.com.

The Benefits of a Book Journal

Vote for your favorite YA books of all time?

NPR is doing a survey.  Vote for your Top 10 favorites of all time!

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/24/157072526/best-ever-teen-novels-vote-for-your-favorites

Powerless

Powerless is one of the best books I have EVER read! (Probably because Matthew Cody is one of the best authors in the history of the world!) Powerless is an exciting book about a boy named Daniel Corrigan who moves from Philadelphia to Noble's Green, PA, the safest town on Earth. Daniel had no friends until he meets two of the Supers, Mollie Lee and Rohan. All of the Supers have powers: Eric and Clay are Super Strong, Bud is Super Stinky, Mollie is Super Fast, Louisa is Super Light, Rose is Invisible. Eric and Mollie are the only Supers that can fly. Someone has mysteriously been zapping the Supers' powers and memories that they ever had powers when they turn thirteen. Daniel and the Supers (Eric, Clay, Bud, Mollie, Louisa, Rose, and Rohan) have to defeat this mysterious thing before all of the Supers' powers get zapped!

                                      Reviewed by Hayley A.

Click here to see the Powerless book trailer.

TumbleBooks

I know we have told you about TumbleBooks before, but we have a trial subscription for the summer, so you don't have to access it through the public library website.  Just go to:
http://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/
And login with the following info:
username: summer12
password: trial

TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.  There are even many books that you can access on your iPad.

The House of the Scorpion - 8th Grade Summer Reading Book

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Peter and the Starcatchers - 7th Grade Summer Reading Book

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