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New books! Submit your requests today!

2011-10-31T05:00:00Z

...including WANDERING SON 2 by Shimura Takako (11-29-11).

Request many of these books before they hit the shelves! We will let you know when they are available for you to pick up at the MCPL location of your choice. Please note that many of these items will be "On Order" for several weeks (or more) before they are released. Is there a new release we may have missed? Suggest a Purchase!

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"Black Cat" by Crystal R.

2011-10-28T22:30:14Z

Check out our latest Teen Publishing Project submission! ...

Black cat on Witch’s broom
yawns and sleeps as most cats do.
Black cat calm as she can be
soaking in the Moons’ bright gleam.
The dreaming cat tests her claws
but much too late she is awake.
Black cat screams as she falls
curdling blood for ears around.
Children fear a murderer is near
as Halloween night stirs their fears.
Black cat remembers her previous fate
before Miss Witch took her in:
Search for food.
Fight for it.
Growing weak and thin.
Each night of her life closer to the end.
But Miss Witch saved her, fed her
gave her life, love and care.
Black cat remembers, now silently
as the Earth grows close at last.
Her final sounds, a thud, a huff.
Death is peacefully here.

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Calling all creative teens! Send us your best poetry, stories, and artwork! Accepted entries will be featured at www.mcpl.us/teenzone/publishing, with a chance to be published in Pixels & Pages, our annual Teen Magazine! Submit your work at any MCPL location, or online at www.mcpl.us/teenzone/publishing. (Official Teen Publishing Project Rules)

Rio

2011-10-28T00:00:00Z

Rating: Good (4)

The movie Rio was a great family video for all ages. Some of the parts were a little corny though. It is about a bird who is the last male of his species. He was found by a little girl and they became the best of friends. The last female of his species was found, but the two birds were stolen by theives.

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Rio

Girl Wonder by Alexa Martin

2011-10-28T00:00:00Z

Rating: Good (4)

I have just finished up the book Girl Wonder, by Alexa Martin. This book's plot focuses on Charlotte Locke, a senior in highschool with a learning disability. Because of this disability, Charlotte scores some bad test scores and is forced to go to a school that is definetally not her top choice. While her genius brother makes it into the extremely nice school filled with talent, she is left at a new public highschool. This new change does not help Charlotte for the better though. In the chaotic school she manages to find two new friends. This is where her story begins. With these friends Charlotte tries new things and is pressured into things that she would have never imagined. Overall I think that this book was good, but could have been improved. I felt that it was pretty predictable and never had me curious about what was going to happen next. I think that the theme was good, but the characters could have had a little more depth to them. Thought the characters were not top notch, I enjoyed the way that the other ended it. I think that this books would be very relatable to many young girls because it involves personal struggles that many modern day girls face. In the end I though it was a pretty good book.

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Girl Wonder by Alexa Martin

Amazing Race!

2011-11-10T05:00:00Z

Sat., 11/12, 2-4pm @ MCPL Wausau -- Fight your way to victory by sword-fighting, building a fortress, mastering the art of deception, and more—all based on Young Adult Books! Bring a team or come alone for this epic battle! (Grades 6-12.)

"Lust at First Sight" by Martina F.

2011-10-25T23:26:08Z

Check out our latest Teen Publishing Project submission! ...

In the Elizabethan era, many royals and peasants alike were considered to be romantics. This showed in their fashion styles, their manners, and their literature. Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare in 1594, demonstrates the purely romantic notion of ‘love at first sight’. In modern society, ‘love at first sight’ is considered more of a movie tag-line than an actual feeling. Many argue on whether it is possible to be in love with them based on a glance, and the magic to it only adds to the wonder.

Shakespeare was very blunt. He wrote Romeo as seeing Juliet, and knowing they were meant to be. The whole story only takes place in less than a week, and yet these two were ready to die for each other. The romantic, and tragic, plot-line brought many people to the theatre to watch it play out. This was the story everyone wanted to hear- of two people who were destined. One modern movie to show similar ideals, yet a completely different plot, was Only You, starring Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. This movie reminded me of Romeo and Juliet because of the mythical theme of love at first sight.

I do not believe in ‘love at first sight’. It has come to my attention, due to the number of movies, tv shows, tabloids, ect. that ‘love at first sight’ is often nothing more than lust. The idea that you could see someone and just KNOW seems so implausible to me. When I see someone who I think I might want to someday date, it’s because I see them doing something kind, or they are really attractive. It’s never just that I know. I do not feel that you can truly love someone by only seeing them. It takes a while to get to that place with a person.

As web-show-host Charlie McDonnell sings in his song “Chemical Love”, love at first sight is nothing more than Dopamine entering the brain. This chemical reaction is a catecholamine neurotransmitter, which means it sends a message to your brain, to tell you that the person you are looking at may be a choice for a future suitor. “Love” isn’t chemically possible until you have the reaction of Norepinephrine, which is the chemical that says you want to stay with this person forever- love. The only reason, besides guilt, that people do not cheat on their partners is because norepinephrine tells them they don’t want to. Norepinephrine is not an instant reaction. It cannot happen on sight.

Lastly, ‘love at first sight’ does not mean that the love will last. In my opinion, Juliet and Romeo were lucky to die, before they had a falling through and got stuck with eachother. They died loving eachother, which is more than I can say for if they’d lived, gotten to know eachother, and bickered like banshees for the rest of their days. Love doesn’t always last. You can fall in and out of love plenty of times. I know people who can love multiple times over again, as well. I do believe that you can love someone without knowing it, and then find out one day. (Demonstrated in Petals in the Wind, by V.C. Andrews, where Cathy finds men who have similar traits to a man she dancing when she was 12, only to have an affair with later in life, and find out that he was her true love the whole time.)

So no, I do not believe in ‘love at first sight’ as Shakespeare wrote it. I believe that love is a lot more complicated than that. It takes time to nurture and achieve, and one cannot feel that deeply about a person by just seeing them. That is why ‘love at first sight’ is never portrayed or heard of happening to obese, ugly, distorted, or any other less-than-attractive people. I do not feel that this romantic notion is anything but that- a notion, not an emotion.

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"Lend Me" by Martina F.

2011-10-25T23:26:08Z

Check out our latest Teen Publishing Project submission! ...

I, Martina my title,
Fifteen my caption,
First lent from Family,
To member one,
Member two,
Member three,
They leave stamps,
Bookmarks,
Notes,
Highlights,
They tear my pages,
Leave creases in my words,
And crosses in my heart.
Some return from the beginning,
Some wait ‘till the climax,
Some are over before it began.
I wait,
Spine dusted,
Cover pretty,
For the one who will stay.
Who will read the final credits?
Who will see my Acknowledgements?
Who will hold my hand at The End?

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"Aye, Love" by Martina F.

2011-10-25T23:26:08Z

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Petals peeling back to show vast, my love

As if you were but an ebullient rose

The softness of you, all I can write of

I think of thee as the sweetened wind blows

I am the canoe and you are my oar-

Lost in the night without your guiding hand

I will take you 'round home, just as I swore

In sight now, the beaches of golden sand

Thou art the treasure and I am the chest

Bottles of rum for the beautiful sight

And as you well know, forever we're blessed

We'll join by blood on this excellent night

For the day when we'll no longer be two

All for one and one for all; I love you.

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Movie Night

2011-10-23T04:00:00Z

Tue., 11/8, 6pm @ MCPL Wausau -- Join us for a free movie on the Library's 3rd floor! (PG-13 | 101min) We can't advertise the movie's title online, but if you call 261-7200, or send us your email, we'll tell you: Required. Invalid.

Airhead by Meg Cabot

2011-10-23T00:00:00Z

Rating: Terrible! (1)

Putting it bluntly, this book was one of the worst I've ever read. The dialogues were pointless, the characters were shallow, and the plot dragged like there was no tomorrow. I mean, why write a book if there is no story to it?! A girl is hit by a falling TV, her brain is transplanted into the body of Nikki Howard, a famous supermodel, and she has to live Nikki's life while the general public thinks that the girl who was hit by the TV was killed. Tragic. I don't really care that she has to keep up with all of Nikki's endorsement deals or that her former best friend who she secretly had a crush on thinks she's dead! Reading this book is a complete waste of time, so please take my advice and spare yourself the torture of reading it.

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Airhead by Meg Cabot

Twisted by Sara Shepard

2011-10-23T00:00:00Z

Rating: Excellent! (5)

What happened in Jamaica? Who is this new A? Will the lives of Rosewood teenagers Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily never return to how they used to be before the four girls were befriended by Ali? Twisted is the ninth book in the Pretty Little Liars series and is DEFINITELY worth reading. The writing quality does not quite match up to the other books', but there are more than enough plot twists and cliffhangers to compensate. You will be hooked till the very last word, and then you will have to wait in suspense till December, when the next book will be released. If you haven't read the first eight books in the series, then you should get in your car and head to the library right now, because you are missing out on one of the best book series' that has ever been written.

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Twisted by Sara Shepard

New books! Submit your requests today!

2011-10-24T05:00:00Z

...including THE REAL ACT by Inc. Act (11-22-11).

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How To Build A Robot Army by Wilson Daniel H

2011-10-22T00:00:00Z

Rating: Excellent! (5)

How to Build a Robot Army
In the book How to Build a Robot Army they had talked about the apocalypse and saving the world with robots. The book was surprising and confusing at first, but as I got closer to the end it got more understandable.
At first it had talked about using mini vacuums, turning them into kill bots and having them save the world.
Save the world from what you might ask, pirates zombies mummies aliens vampires, werewolves and ninjas is what the robot army is for.
Closer to the end it talked about mini robots maybe? Ah eh giant ninja slsying robots is what it talks about.
My over all reaction is wow I thought this was goin' to be worse. This was a realy great book. I highly recommend this to many.

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How To Build A Robot Army by Wilson Daniel H

ELDEST by Christopher Paolini

2011-10-22T00:00:00Z

Rating: Excellent! (5)

This is the second book Christopher Paolini wrote. it`s about a world called Alagaesia. It`s a magical world with dragons, dwarfs, elves, urgals and many other creatures in this world there is a man his name is Eragon. He is one of the few dragon riders still alive. He and his dragon Saphira have come far. Almost all the way across Alagaesia. Just to join the varden. It`s a secrete organization formed of the few people who are left to rebel against the evil king Galbatorix. His goal is to rule all of Alagaesia and destroy the varden. In the end of the book there is a huge battle and Eragon finds himself facing an unexpected opponent a red dragon and his rider will Eragon survive the battle read the book to find out.

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ELDEST by Christopher Paolini

House On Hackmans Hill by Joan Lowery Nixon

2011-10-22T00:00:00Z

Rating: Excellent! (5)

In the book, House on Hackmans Hill, a boy named Jeff and his cousin, Debbie are seeking to find this mummy. He tries to persuade Debbie to find the mummy with him. After Persuading Debbie they go to visit Paul Kartsen, he tells them about the house on Hackmans hill. He says it was in the year of 1911 when he and his mother went to live with Dr. Hackman. Dr Hackman didn't like Paul as much as he liked Paul's mother. He was so rude to Paul he gave Paul the worst room in the house A tower room. Later on that week Dr. Hackman show Jeff His collection. Jeff is terrified. Dr. Hackman says that he wants to make his house a museum One day. Will Jeff and Debbie find what they came for or will they leave

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House On Hackmans Hill by Joan Lowery Nixon

The Gypsy Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

2011-10-22T00:00:00Z

Rating: Excellent! (5)

The Gypsy Game by: Zilpha Keatly Snyder. Will Toby ever come back to his dad and his best friends? Or will he die of starvation and freeze to death? This story is about six friends who start a game/club and they are all Gypsies (in the game). (The main characters)"¦ Melanie and April notice that Toby (the other main character) is acting a little weird so they decide to do some investigating on Toby to see what's wrong. April and Melanie go to their club (the storage yard) and find Toby there and they ask him what's wrong. He tells them that his mom's parents want to adopt him since the grandparents other son has the last name Mayfield and he does not want to have any kids. So then he tells April and Melanie that the last name Mayfield won't carry on through the family anymore so if the grandparents adopt him they would change his last name to Mayfield and the family's last name would keep on going. Toby is scared to death that his dad will give him up and he will never see his family again. The next day the friends get a call that's says Toby ran away.

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The Gypsy Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

2011-10-22T00:00:00Z

Rating: Excellent! (5)

The red pyramid is a great book. Carter and Sadie try to bring back their dad with was trapped inside a coffin .
In the story Carter and Sadie learns that they both have a god inside them and they learn how to use their power to save their dad. When they got sent to their grandparents they saw someone who told them to fallow him onto this boat. Then in just seconds they get to his house which does not look much but in the inside it is as big as a two tower mansion. When they got in they saw this monkey who takes them to their room. When Sadie woke up she saw a huge white alligator. The guy says the reason he has it is because so he can get magic because if you have those the more magic you can get. I like this book I think you should too.

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The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

Camping Catastrophe by Abby Klein

2011-10-22T00:00:00Z

Rating: Excellent! (5)

Camping catastrophe is about a boy named Freddy, who is going camping with his dad, and Freddy's friends Robbie is coming to. Once Freddy, Robbie and the dad got to the camp ground, the kids remember what their friend said back at the school about the two "ss"?while there looking around the area. So as the day is dragging on things keep happening not as planned, but the kids keep making the best of the situation. But there always on the lookout for those "s's"?. While reading this book I relies there is a message and that message is that you should always be positive even if things keep not going as planned, if you want more information get this book Camping Catastrophe.

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Camping Catastrophe by Abby Klein

Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda

2011-10-22T00:00:00Z

Rating: Excellent! (5)

In the book Deltora Quest these people live in a castle and a rule is you can't go outside of the walls. So no harm comes to them, and the belt. The belt that is made out of jewels, and the belt has been past on generations. The king had just died and the son is now king. Now the rule changed that you have to wear the belt only when a new king is in charge. And now there is this one kid named jarred and he reads a book about the belt and is trying to tell the king to break the rule. So if you want to read this action packed book it's by Emily Rodda.

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Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda

Babe Ruth by Matt Christopher

2011-10-22T00:00:00Z

Rating: Excellent! (5)

Babe Ruth book is a book that tells about his whole life time, from when he was a kid to when he died. Ht author is Matt Christopher. The author tells that Babe Ruth never really had parents and that he could do whatever he wanted to. The main characters in the book are Babe Ruth, and the manager Huggins. One year Ruth was staying up all hours of the night and he was told not to so he got suspended. Well he didn't come back for the year. But the next year he did great and then"¦ well if you want to know what he did you'll have to read the book yourself to find out. I would hilly recommend this book.

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Babe Ruth by Matt Christopher