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July 16, 2008

In this Issue
Film, Clay, Anime - Action! Feeding Hungry Ears with Playaways Common Ground Foundation Launches The Corner Book Club Summer Author Chats Event in Teen Second Life Saved By the Bell - Sixty Second Tech Tips - Chunky Is Cool Again with ChunkIt!	The Debut - Tonya Hurley, Ghostgirl

Can it possibly be halfway through the summer? All around the country reading programs are wrapping up, campers are returning home, and school reading lists are being distributed. Take a break by showing a movie, or have teens make their own. Turn dreaded classics into entertainment by switching up the format. And enjoy the fact that The Dark Knight keeps coming back to battle nasty and fascinating villains like the Joker, ensuring that Gotham can sleep soundly once again. – Dodie Ownes, Editor

In This Issue

• Film, Clay, Anime - Action!
  Highland Township Public Library (MI) is kicking off its first ever Teen Film Fest this summer in style. With a fun and friendly challenge – “All right, Spielberg, M Night, Coen & Coen. Think you can make an award-winning movie?” – and the promise of $50 and a tour of the local PBS television production studio for the winner, Dawn Dittmar, teen and adult services librarian, is hoping her teens are ready to roll it and can it. more » » » 
• Feeding Hungry Ears with Playaways
  Thanks to a generous grant from Bank of America, Baxter County Library (AR) now has 30 new audio titles to offer its teens, all in the self-contained Playaway digital format. Kim Crow Sheaner, Teen Librarian, noted that while the library has always had audiobooks available for its teen patrons, the two ounce, pre-loaded Playaways were immediately popular with the “grab and go” generation. more » » » 

• Common Ground Foundation Launches The Corner Book Club
  The Common Ground Foundation, founded by Grammy award winning hip-hop artist and rising film star Common has recently launched The Corner Book Club, an online and interactive book club that provides a way for teens and young adults to learn about and discuss relevant reading materials. more » » » 
• Summer Author Chats Event in Teen Second Life
  The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (PLCMC), TeachingBooks.net, and Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries and Information Services have announced a very special series of three events, "Summer Author Chats," discussions that will take place in Teen Second Life. These programs will give selected authors and teens the opportunity to interact online in a safe and creative way on PLCMC's virtual island, Eye4You Alliance. more » » » 
• Saved By the Bell - Sixty Second Tech Tips - Chunky Is Cool Again with ChunkIt!
  Chunky Is Cool Again with ChunkIt!  There is so much information on the Internet that looking for an exact website has become much like finding a needle in a haystack. A friend suggested I try ChunkIt! You are going to love it! more » » » 

SLJ Talks To ...

• The Debut - Tonya Hurley, Ghostgirl
  Charlotte User is a high school looser who returns for her senior year with a plan: to become one of the "it girls" and nab the hottest guy in school. Things are looking good until Charlotte suddenly dies—chokes on a gummy bear!—and ends up in a high school for dead kids. SLJTeen speaks with first time author Tonya Hurley about Ghostgirl (Little, Brown.)
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Teens Know Best

• Hurley, Tonya. Ghostgirl. Little, Brown. August 2008. ISBN: 978-0316113571.
  Gr 8-12. When I read the back cover, I was pretty sure this was just going to be another stereotypical “popularity book,” with a slight twist, seeing as the character is dead.  Quite frankly, it was much more original than I expected.  The characters were wonderfully written, and the ending was kind of predictable, but in a good way.
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• Colasanti, Susane. Take Me There. Penguin. May 2008. ISBN: 978-0-670-06333-8.
  There was too much crammed into these 290 pages. Teens CAN and DO read more than that.  Abuse, two failing/failed relationships, two budding relationships, one disturbing relationship, family issues, school issues, plotting to bring down a queen bee, at least two parties, an elderly neighbor, and a class president election.
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• McLaughlin, Lauren. Cycler. Random House. August 2008. ISBN: 978-0-375-95191-6.
  Gr 9 and up. The cover was the first reason I picked up the book.  It's not too often that a girl in a bra and boxers is the main image on a teen novel. Then I turned it over and was very intrigued by the image on the back, and the summary was why I decided to read it. The idea and the concept of a girl who turns into a boy is very interesting, but this book fails to do anything that hasn't been done at least a thousand times before. more » » » 

Multimedia

• Media Mania: Book Tie-ins to High Interest Movies, TV Shows, and More
  The buzz is building for The Dark Knight (PG-13), a live-action movie from Warner Bros. that debuts in theatres on July 18, 2008, and features the DC Comics hero created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger almost 70 year ago. more » » » 

Digital Whirl

• Tech Trends & Teen Lives - the latest from the web
  Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
  "This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use."
  
  U.S. Army Attracts 70 Percent of Prospects with Online Video
  "MRM, a digital ad agency owned by Interpublic Group, produced videos for the online Army Strong campaign that highlight and demystify the Army experience."
  
  Has The Cafe Moved Online?
  "I believe the Internet is slowly taking the place of the cafe as the congregation point. It is drawing more and more artists to it as the place to showcase the work, to debate its merits, and to meet and collaborate with other artists." more » » »

Opportunities

• Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Grants Now Available
  The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy's grant making program for 2009 seeks to develop or expand projects supporting development of literacy skills for adult primary caregivers and their children. Maximum award: $65,000. Apply now!
  more » » » 

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