New Christopher Paolini book

The cover image has finally made it's way onto bookstore websites. Here's what the newest book in the Inheritance cycle looks like:

Any huge Eric Luper fans out there?

Author Eric Luper is running a pretty cool contest for his fans and readers. He wants YOU to make a book trailer for his novel "Big Slick." For contest details, check out Luper's livejournal.

Prizes include naming a horse in his upcoming novel. (For those of you that didn't know, Luper's second novel is a story about horseracing set in 1934 Saratoga.) The winner would also get an advance copy of the book!

The deadline for this contest is March 1, 2008.

BREAKING NEWS! Printz Awards announced!

Okay, maybe not so breaking since they were announced roughly 4 hours ago, but many of you are currently in school, so it's still news for you!

We currently have all five books in the library... but they are getting pretty Printz stickers right now, so they'll be available shortly.

THE WINNER of the Michael L. Printz award for 2008 is.....

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The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean YA FIC MCC

The four Printz honor books are:

Dreamquake, by Elizabeth Knox YA FIC KNO
One Whole and Perfect Day, by Judith Clarke YA FIC CLA
Repossessed, by A.M. Jenkins YA FIC JEN
Your Own Sylvia, by Stephanie Hemphill YA 811.6 HEM

Congratulations go to the winners. There were a ton of amazing books for teens that came out in 2008, and these titles represent the cream of the crop. It's a diverse group, with winners coming from Australia (Judith Clarke), United Kingdom (Geraldine McCaughrean), and New Zealand (Elizabeth Knox).

(Side note from the librarian: A lot of the titles this year were sleepers, so I actually haven't read them yet. I'll try to read them in the next couple of months and post my reviews. Honestly, I expected Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" to win. Oh well!)