Monday, October 27, 2008

Teens Top Ten Winners 2008

YALSA's Teens' Top Ten
Where Teens Choose the Winners!
The vote is in! More than 8,000 teens voted on this year's winners. The 2008 Teens' Top Ten is:
1. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
4. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
5. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
6. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
7. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
8. Extras by Scott Westerfeld
9. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
10.Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Online Scavenger Hunt!

All About Butterflies ~
How sharp are your online searching skills?

All members of the Young Adult Summer Reading Club are invited to find the answers to the following questions using online sources and websites only!

Email your answers to yasmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us or print and drop off your answers at the Adult Reference Desk at your library. Be sure to include the web addresses of where you found your answers!

All entries must be submitted no later than Friday, August 15, 2008.

1. The legs and wings of a butterfly are attached to which body part?

2. A person who studies butterflies and moths is not a butterflyologist nor a mothologist. What are they called?

3. This butterfly's caterpillar has large fake eyes.

4. Name 4 steps of the butterfly lifecycle.

5. Name the two wings of a butterfly.

6. Do butterflies have brains and hearts?

7. How long does it take for a Monarch butterfly egg to mature into an adult?

8. What classification order do butterflies and moths belong to?

9. Name one difference between a butterfly and a moth.

10. What is the name of the process that changes crawling caterpillars into beautiful butterflies?

Email your answers to yasmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us or print and drop off your answers at the Adult Reference Desk at your library. Be sure to include the web addresses of where you found your answers!

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