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TEEN SCENE Newsletter <> <> <> <> August 2020
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Remember: to use the library you must, by order of the State of Mississippi and the CMRLS Board of Trustees; answer health questions, wear a mask, wash or sanitize your hands, stay six feet away from others, and move any item you touch to the designated area the library has set aside for items to be cleaned.
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Unlimited streaming trough the summer!
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Learn Something New! Here are just a few of the many things you can find on your library shelves or CMRLS.Freading.com to learn.
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Q: What did one math book say to the other? A: Don't bother me I've got my own problems! Q: What did the calculator say to the other calculator? A: You can count on me!
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Programs @ your Library Summer programs will be posted until August 7, and you can see them on the Groups page of Facebook. You may see your librarian or several from other CMRLS libraries in the videos! We would love for you to join them and participate. Leave a comment on Facebook!
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*Young Adult Books on Netflix: READ THEM NOW! - All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven - Told in alternating voices, when Theodore Finch and Violet Markey meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school--both teetering on the edge--it's the beginning of an unlikely relationship, a journey to discover the "natural wonders" of the state of Indiana, and two teens' desperate desire to heal and save one another.
- The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne - Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
- Dumplin' by Julie Murphy - Questioning her plus-sized body for the first time when an athletic boy appears to return her affections, Willowdean enters her city's beauty pageant and uses her sassy styles and talents to compete against thinner contestants.
- iBoy by Kevin Brooks - Sixteen-year-old Tom Harvey was an ordinary Londoner until an attack that caused fragments of an iPhone to be embedded in his brain, giving him incredible knowledge and power, but using that power against the gang that attacked him and a friend could have deadly consequences.
- The Kissing Booth by Beth Reekles - Meet Rochelle "Elle" Evans: pretty, popular--and never been kissed. Meet Noah Flynn: badass, volatile--and a total player. When Elle decides to run a kissing booth at her school's Spring Carnival, she locks lips with Noah and her life is turned upside down. Her head says to keep away, but her heart wants to draw closer. This romance seems far from a fairy tale. Is Elle headed for heartbreak or will she get her happily ever after?
- Let It Snow by John Green - In three intertwining short stories, several high school couples experience the trials and tribulations along with the joys of romance during a Christmas Eve snowstorm in a small town.
- P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han - Lara Jean didn't expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren't. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean's feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once?
- To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han - Lara Jean writes love letters to all the boys she has loved and then hides them in a hatbox until one day those letters are accidentally sent.
- Trollhunters by Guillermo del Toro - Everything changes for San Bernardino teenage suburbanite Jim Sturges when a 45-year old mystery resurfaces, threatening the lives of everyone in his seemingly sleepy town. Soon Jim has to team up with a band of unlikely (and some un-human) heroes to battle the monsters he never knew existed.
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Both of these series should interest anyone who grew up listening to fairy tales or watching Disney movies; but these take the stories just a bit further. Enjoy!
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Fairest of All : a tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino What it's about: Examines the life of the Wicked Queen of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to find out just what it is that makes her so evil that she would want to cut out her teenage step-daughter's heart and have it delivered back in a locked keepsake box.
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A whole new world
by
Liz Braswell
In an alternate take on the Disney film, Jafar, not Aladdin finds the lamp and uses it to attain power while a poor Aladdin and displaced Jasmine must unite the common people in rebellion against the evil usurper.
The series: This is the first book in A Twisted Tale series that also includes Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Mulan, Ariel, Snow White, Anna and Elsa, with hopefully more to come!
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Central Mississippi Regional Library System
100 Tamberline Street
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
601-825-0100
http://www.cmrls.lib.ms.us
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