Book Review: Betrayed

Review by Joanna, 14, Menifee County
Betrayed is the sequel to Marked in the series "A House of Night" by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast.  It is continuing Zoey Redbird's life through the house of night as a fledgling.  I thought it was sad even though it is a great book.

The book,  Betrayed, has bad language, but not much.  I would say that it would rank age 13 and older.  It is a great paranormal romance novel you'll love greatly!

Betrayed is a great book.  When it comes talking about things that are from the first book, Marked, for people who haven't read the book, it will help them catchup to what happened.  It also has a brilliant poetry that is given in the book.  The author is so great with powerful words used within the poems.

Book Review: Marked

Review by Joanna, 14, Menifee County

Marked comes from the book series “House of Night,” which talks about a school for newly, fledgling vampires.  I believe it is a good book for teens who love paranormal romance books/novels.  Although, it has some bad language and content that adults may not accept for their child to read.

The book was written by an award-winning fantasy and paranormal romance author named P.C. Cast and her daughter, Kristin Cast.

I believe she has done a good job with the poetry in the story.  It gives good, detailed poems you’ll love.

Still House Pond Kindle Offer

Amazon.com has chosen Jan Watson's novel Still House Pond to be included in the Kindle’s first Summer Reading promotion running June 1-15. For this limited time the Kindle version of the e-book will be availabe for download for only 99 cents.

For more information, visit the Amazon Still House Pond webpage.

Congrats, Jan! 

You can find all of Jan Watson's novels at the Menifee County Public Library... stop on by!

Teen Movie Night: TRON LEGACY

May 26 ~ 4 p.m.

Troublesome Creek Review/Comments

Review by Shelby, grade 8

"I loved this book!  My favorite part was when Copper and Docter Corbett go for a walk.

I also like Paw-Paw.  I was dissapointed that she didn't marry (oops, won't give that away!) It was really sad when the book was telling about the mother.

Copper's twin brothers were so funny.  I love the funny comments they made. 

I could not stop reading Troublesome Creek, it was such a great book!"

The next book Shelby is looking forward to reading is The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han.

Teen Voices’ 20 Under 20 Short Story Competition

Two winners will see their creations published online and in the Fall 2011 print edition of Teen Voices and will win a Kindle, too!

Topic is “Twenty.”  What does the word "twenty" mean to you? Write about anything that this word inspires in you! Teen Voices is especially interested in stories about growing up, succeeding, overcoming difficulty, and changing the world.

The Deadline for entry is March 21, 2011.  

For more details, visit http://www.teenvoices.com/2011/01/19/20-under-20-short-story-competition/

No Name-Calling Week 2011 Creative Expression Contest

No Name-Calling Week (January 24 - 28, 2011) is a week of educational and art activities aimed at stopping name-calling and bullying in schools.

The Creative Expression Contest is an opportunity for students to submit essays, poetry, music, original artwork, or other pieces that convey their experiences and feelings about name-calling, and their ideas for putting a stop to verbal bullying in their schools and communities.

This year, they have added a new High School category to the contest for short-film submissions that focus on anti-LGBT name-calling and bullying in school. The goal is to have students working on their art pieces during the week as a way to learn about and deal with name-calling and bullying.

For more information and for entry forms, visit http://www.nonamecallingweek.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/news/record/57.html

Entry deadline is February 28, 2011