How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

Daisy no longer feels like she fits in her father’s home, with his new wife and a baby on the way, so she travels to England to live with her mom’s sister and her four cousins whom she has never met. Upon arrival, Daisy feels an almost immediate connection with this family, and can’t explain why. Shortly after her arrival though, the world decides to intervene on her new found happiness. London is attacked and the world is suddenly at war. The five kids are left on their own in the English countryside. At first the kids don’t feel the effects of the war, but soon their tranquil atmosphere is disrupted by soldiers who take over their home and separate the kids into foster homes across the country. Daisy and her younger cousin end up working on a farm, helping soldiers care for the cows that desperately need milking. With the help of some of the soldiers, will Daisy be able to plot their escape and return to the family’s farm house?

2005 Printz Award Winner

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Pssssst!

Guess what! The Waupaca Area Public Library is hard at work organizing the first annual Waupaca Book Festival! The festival will be October 1st and 2nd, 2010. I'm so excited to tell you that we have confirmation from JOHN GREEN and PATRICK JONES. They will be here!

John Green is the author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and Let it Snow (with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle). He has just finished writing another book, with David Levithan, which will be available in April. Keep your eyes open for Will Grayson, Will Grayson. You can find John online in many different places. He and his brother Hank Green have been communicating by video for the past three years, and you can watch their interactions on YouTube--they even have their own channel (VLOGBROTHERS). They also have an online community, called Nerdfighters, a worldwide group that works towards both having fun and eliminating worldsuck. Anyone can create an account on Nerdfighters to follow along.

Nerdfighters (John and Hank Green's online community): http://nerdfighters.ning.com/

John's Website: www.sparksflyup.com

John's Blog: www.sparksflyup.com/weblog.php

John and Hank Green's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers




Patrick Jones is a former librarian for teenagers who now concentrates on writing fiction for teens. His books include: Nailed, Chasing Tail Lights, Cheated, Stolen Car, The Tear Collector, and Things Change. You can find Patrick on Facebook, Myspace, and Wikipedia!

Patrick's Website: http://www.connectingya.com/




Stay tuned to the blog for more details!

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Hunger Games Trilogy News

Check out the cover image I found online! The third Hunger Games book finally has a title! Now doesn't that make waiting until August 24 so much harder?

Keep watching the blog for news about our Hunger Games events this summer!

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Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd

A guest review from Teen Room Staff Cat!

Geektastic is a collection of stories all about geeks. They are written by all your favorite authors, Holly Black, M.T. Anderson, Garth Nix, and John Green, among others. Every author covers a different spectrum of geekdom, from a Star Wars convention, to a viewing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, quiz bowl preparations and more. Some are funny. Some are serious. All are worth the read.

--Cat

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