The Murder Mystery Night was alot of fun! 21 teens showed up to try out their detecting skills and the grand prize winner was Anthony Hill. Runner's up were Evan Whipple and Narvarre Kerr. Much thanks goes out to: the Ocean Shores Friends of the Library for sponsoring the Teen Summer Reading Program, Bill and Shannon of NBTV for filming and editing the 'Suspect Interviews' and Officer P High of the Ocean Shores Police Department for being our tough interrogation officer. See you at the auction on August 22nd at 7 p.m. Check out our myspace for more photos.

Look what's going on for teens in Ocean Shores!

Murder Mystery Night

Friday, July 25th from 7-9 p.m. join us at the Ocean Shores Library for a Murder Mystery Night for all 7-12th grade teens. You will investigate crime scenes, find clues, watch suspect interviews, and solve a murder for prizes. You can work alone or in teams of two. Hope to see you there!

New Books!

Your library has got the nominees for Young Adult Library Services Association 2008 Teen's Top Ten books of the year...there are some great titles on this list so check them out!
Before I Die. Jenny Downham.
Tessa, who has terminal cancer, creates a list of ten things she wants to do in
the months she has left to live. This fierce and devastating novel explores end-oflife
realities with honesty and grace.

Daemon Hall. Andrew Nance and Colin Polhemus, illus.
One night, five contestants: scariest night ever! Five writers think they are
getting the chance to publish their stories. What they don't know is that this
seemingly friendly competition could lead to their worst nightmares coming true
and haunting them forever. Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Jeff Kinney.
Greg Heffley knows he’s not popular, but he tries hard to fit in. He records his
observations about life in middle school in his journal (NOT a diary, he says)
along with frequent drawings. Realistic and laugh out loud funny!

Eclipse. Stephenie Meyer.
In the third installment of "The Twilight Saga," Bella continues her struggle in
determining what life direction to take and with whom. She is pulled romantically
in one direction by vampire Edward and in the other direction toward her long
time friend Jake who is a werewolf. Decisions must be made as Bella prepares to
graduate from high school and move forward in her life as an immortal. Tension
is high and charged with emotion as Bella grapples with choices that will result in
decisions that will affect her into eternity.Extras. Scott Westerfeld.
A few years after Tally Youngblood brought down her highly ordered society of
Uglies, Pretties, and Specials, popularity reigns supreme. Everyone is doing all
they can to get the most buzz. In the midst of the chaos, Aya Fuse is ok with
being unknown. But then she meets a secretive clique, and she wants to show
the world how cool they are, but doing so would put her in the spotlight – a
dangerous place she might not be ready for.

Jinx. Meg Cabot.
Unlucky Jinx hopes that moving in with her aunt and uncle in New York will help
her escape the bad luck that caused her so much trouble in her hometown. But it
isn’t to be. Her bad luck is actually a curse, and avoiding magic doesn’t seem to
help. Jinx’s glamorous cousin Tory and her coven of Uptown witches feel
threatened by Jinx’s gift. Jinx must learn to control her power to turn the curse to
her advantage and stop Tory before she causes too much damage.

The Luxe. Anna Godberson.
Gossip Girl meets Age of Innocence in this lushly-detailed period piece. Four
teenage girls weave a web of catty gossip, lies, backstabbing and secrets in late
nineteenth-century Manhattan. This tangled web includes not one but two sets of
star-crossed lovers; an upstairs/downstairs romance; a scheming social climber;
a bitter servant girl; and oodles of money, all set in a Edith Wharton via
Hollywood vision of Old New York.
Wildwood Dancing. Juliet Marillier.
Jenica and her four sisters have a delightful secret: they can enter into a fairy
world of dancing, light, and music. When their father is called away on business,
however, all of that is threatened when the dreaded cousin Cesar movies into the
house.Unwind. Neal Shusterman.
In the future, being a troubled teen means something worse than being sent to a
boot camp to get straightened out. Abortion is illegal, but when a child is between
the ages of thirteen and eighteen, a parent may choose to retroactively "abort"
the child through "unwinding," in which their body parts are harvested for use by
other people. Connor, Risa and Lev, who are all scheduled to be unwound, are
literally running for their lives: if they can evade capture and survive until the age
of 18, they will be spared a terrible fate.

Wicked Lovely. Melissa Marr.
Everything would have been okay for Aislinn – her relationship with Seth, her
normal life – except for the fairies noticing that she was one of the few humans
with “the Sight.” She begins to be “tracked” by fairies that have noticed her
unwanted gift of seeing the normally invisible fairies. Now Keenan, the fairie
Summer King, believes Aislinn is the bride he has been seeking for nine
centuries…and he won’t take no for an answer because summer itself might die.

Food Fear Factor Challenge

Friday, June 20th 7 pm at the Library...test your skills and see if you can endure the gross, disgusting foods at Food Fear Factor. Prizes will be awarded to the bravest eaters. This is the first program of the Teen Summer Reading Program open to any 7-12 grade North Beach Students. See you there!

Teen Summer Reading!!

Coming soon...Fun programs, great books, awesome prizes. Sign up starting June 13th.

TAB Meeting

There is a Teen Advisory Board Meeting this Saturday, April 26th at 3 p.m. Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend. Being on the Library's TAB looks great on job resumes and college applications. You can even count your meeting time for volunteer hours. See you there

NEW MUSIC!

Your library rocks! Check out these new titles. If you have a suggestion for music that we just have to get because it is so so so good, let us know, we want to hear from you.

New Books!

"The complete Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi: Here, in one volume, Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed memoir-in-comic-strips.Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trails of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming--both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a young life entwined with the history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys of growing up.

"Bad Kitty" By Michele Jaffe: Jasmine Callihan, her father, and stepmother are vacationing in Las Vegas at the posh Venetian Hotel. All the 17-year-old really wants to do is sunbathe by the pool, write in her journal, and attempt to be a Model Hallmark Card daughter, all the while avoiding her perfect cousin Alyson and her Evil Hench Twin, Veronique. Her plans go awry, however, when a small boy and his cat make Jas a central character in a murder investigation. Soon Jass best friends come from LA to join her adventure and all attempt to solve the murder of Len Phillips, business manager of world-famous photographer Red Early. "Poison Apples" by Lily Archer: Alice, Reena, and Molly meet at an elite boarding school in rural Massachusetts. It takes them a while to realize that they've all landed there primarily because of their wicked stepmothers, but once discovered, this fact binds them in friendship and their shared desire to exact revenge on the new women in their lives during Thanksgiving break.

More New Music!!

TAB Meeting

Where are the coolest kids in Ocean Shores going to be on Saturday, January 26th at 3 p.m.? At the Ocean Shores Library Teen Advisory Board Meeting! Anyone grade 7-12 is welcome to attend. We will be discussing upcoming programming ideas and much more. See you there!

Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament

On Thursday, January 3rd...local teens come to the Ocean Shores Library to battle...Super Smash Brothers style! Congratulations to the winners, 1st place; Tyler Cole, 2nd place; Robby Ramiskey, and 3rd place; Andrew Hoang.

New CDs at your library!

TAB Meeting

The next meeting of the Teen Advisory Board will be on Saturday, December 15th at 3 p.m.
If you like the library and would like to see more teen programming and services, you are welcome to attend.

Library Closed

Your library will be closed Thursday, November 22nd through Saturday, November 24th for the Thanksgiving holiday....enjoy your turkey day!

Attention **New Books**

**Staff Pick** I read this book and I LOVED it! If you like creepy, suspenseful, exciting, books with a little humor thrown in, read this book. It is the story of 17 year old Duncan. He just got a job in a subway lost and found. It is a boring job, and not the way he wants to pass his last summer of high school. One day while working, he finds a strange leather book, with no title. He looks inside and finds out, its the journal of a psychopathic killer! This killer is using the subway to stalk women that he plans on killing. Duncan decides he can find the women and warn them. When that doesn't work, he thinks maybe, with the help of his friends, he can find the killer and stop him. What if the killer finds him first? "Acceleration" by Graham McNamee. If you like to listen to books on CD, we have this one in that format also. ----Michelle Olson

"Beyond cool" by Bev Katz Rosenbaum. This is the sequel to "I was a teenage popsicle" Apparently being frozen for ten years hasn't made Floe any cooler... The next in the hot series about a girl whose life is really on the rocks. Floe Ryan was frozen at sixteen because of a rare disease. Now she's been thawed back to her normal self-but everything else has changed: her little sister's older than her, her teachers are holograms, and she's learning to drive a hovercar. Plus, with her boyfriend acting distant and having to deal with all the cliques, high school is becoming an even colder place. She's also learned that those who were frozen are susceptible to illnesses, and the one doctor who can cure them has gone AWOL. Floe must find him. But she's learning that someone might be hunting for her too-and she could be iced for good this time.

Can't get enough of vampire books? Then try, "Eight grade bites: the chronicles of Vladimir Tod" by Heather Brewster. Junior high really sucks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: his mother was human, but his father was a vampire. With no idea of the extent of his powers, Vlad struggles daily with his blood cravings and his enlarged fangs. When a substitute teacher begins to question him a little too closely, Vlad worries that his cover is about to be blown. But then he faces a much bigger problem: he’s being hunted by a vampire killer.

TAB Meeting

The next Teen Advisory Board meeting is on Saturday, September 22nd at 3 p.m. This meeting is mandatory for anyone who wants to be a part of the TAB for the 2007-08 school year. We will discuss the TSRP, what was a success, what we want to change, etc. We will also schedule for group photos! See you then.

Teen Summer Reading Program Auction

Friday, August 24th, the last program of the TSRP was held. We had an auction of all the prizes donated by local businesses. Everyone had a great time bidding and there were some bidding wars. It was Michelle's first time as auctioneer and she appreciated everyone's patience! The auction was a hit and we will do it again next year! This year 36 teens signed up and read over 120 books!

Reviews from Teen Summer Reading!

Here are some book reviews from North Beach teens...

Name Chelsey
Title: "Chew on this"
Author: Eric Schlosser
Review: "The book told me everything I don't want to know about fast food and it was pretty informative"
Rating: three fingerprints

Name: Savannah
Title: "Sloppy firsts"
Author: Megan McCafferty
Review: "It was good, it leaves you hanging at the end so you want to read the sequel"
Rating: four fingerprints

Name: Chloe
Title: "Princess in the spotlight"
Author: Meg Cabot
Review: "I loved this book and I can't wait to read the next books in the series"
Rating: Three fingerprints

Name: Rachel
Title: "Elsewhere"
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
Review: "It's a fun story about a girl named Liz who hates Elsewhere at first but learns to love it!!!!
Rating: Four Fingerprints

Murder Mystery Solved!

Everyone had a great time Saturday Night solving the "Cracks in the Wall" Murder Mystery. Congratulations to the winners who followed the clues, and brought a killer to justice. Special thanks to Evan, Skyler, Robby, Dana, Navarre for playing 'suspects' you did a great job! Big thanks also goes out to the Ocean Shores Police, especially Officer High, for helping us out and Bill and Shannon at North Beach TV for filming the 'suspects' interviews. The next TSRP event is the finale Auction on Friday, August 24th at 3pm. Bring your library cash and bid on awesome prizes. See you @ the Library.