Book Review - Deception by Lee Nichols

Six weeks after Emma Vaile's parents, owners of an antiquities store, suddenly leave in a hurry for what appears to be a business-related trip, a growing sense of the unimaginable sets in when she can't reach them: her parents have vanished, the manager of their shop has quit, and her brother is in another country. She is all alone and having visions that she hasn't had since "The Incident" when she was seven years old. As if seeing people that aren't really there was bad enough, touching an ancient relic that recently arrived in her parents' shop has Emma dizzyingly whisked away into visions of the past - someone else's past. The police are about to place her in a foster home when her brother's old college friend, Bennett, produces papers stating that Emma's parents gave him legal guardianship before they left. What she knew about her life fades into the distance on an airplane from San Francisco to Boston. Bennett drives her to Echo Point to stay at a museum his parents' own and enrolls her in the prestigious private school Thatcher Academy. It is here that she discovers her true identity and her family's relationship to the paranormal realm.

The first book in the Haunting Emma trilogy, Lee Nichol's debut YA novel is a refreshing change from the popularity of supernatural thrillers focused on vampires, werewolves, and zombies. It is a quick, light read with plenty of secrets to keep you curious and a surprise ending that leaves you wondering about the rest of the story that has yet to be told.

Recommended Grade Level: 7-12

Genre: Paranormal Suspense

Series: Haunting Emma, Book#1

Pages: 336

This book review was written by Adult Services Librarian, Chryssi Gumina.

Lunch Bunch

Our next visit to MAMS for Lunch Bunch will be Thursday, December 1st.  Stop by the media center to sign up and hear about some excciting books while eat! We'll also be doing a fun craft!

Lock-In cancelled

Due to low registration, the Teen Lock-In that was scheduled for tomorrow evening is cancelled.  If you have any questions, please give us a call @ 732-583-9100.

October Teen Lock-In

We'll be hosting our Fall Teen Lock-In on Friday, October 21st from 6:30-10:30PM.  Along with our regular activities of gaming, crafts and a scavenger hunt, we'll also be having a special "MAPL Project Runway" event during our lock-in.

Registration and a permission slip are required to attend this event. Registration is available on our website@ http://www.matawanaberdeenlibrary.com/ .

Permission slips are available in the Teen Place and online @: http://www.lmxac.org/mata/lockinpermissionslip.pdf

Permission slips can be returned to the Children's Room or the front desk. Hope to see you there!

Iron Chef MAPL!

At our Lock-In on Friday, August 5th, we incorporated an Iron Chef portion of the evening. All of the teens that attended the lock-in were given the choice of participating and we had 13 teen chefs. The "pantry" consisted of rice crispie treats, twizzlers, maraschino cherries, sugar cones, fluff, colored goldfish crackers, sprinkles, and a few other things. The "secret ingredient" which every chef was required to use, was graham crackers. Each chef made 6 portions so that there could be taste-testing and voting. We had 3 top winners!

Check out the fun that was had in the pictures below!

Candy Olympics!

On Monday, July 18th we had Candy Olympics! We went fishing for swedish fish, did gumball relays, sorted M&M's by their color, and played several rounds of CANDY (BINGO but with the names of different kinds of candy.) A fun time was had by all- and there were even some prizes in the end!


Below: A challenging game of CANDY.

August Teen Lock-In

Join us for our Lock-In on Friday, August 5th from 6:30-10:30PM.


Registration for the Teen Lock-In is available online:

Teen Lock-In Registration



Both a permission slip and registration are required to attend this program.

Teen Lock-In Permission Slip



Permission slips must be handed in no later than Wednesday, August 3rd @ 9PM in order to participate. They can be dropped off in the Children's room or at the front desk. Permission slips are also available in the Teen Place.

Our New Teen Place is here!

On Wednesday, June 15th the furniture for the new Teen Place was installed thanks to the Friends of the Library! A reception to annouce the opening of our Teen Place will be held Tuesday, June 21st @ 6:30PM. All are welcome to attend. While the library will be open for the reception, there will be no computer access of circulation services. Check out the pictures below! But...it's even better in person!

Teen Lock-In

Join us for our first Lock-In to kickoff summer reading with a scavenger hunt, crafts, ice cream sundaes, and gaming! This event is for teens entering grades 7-12.

Registration for the Teen Lock-In on June 24th begins on Friday, June 10th and is available online:
Teen Lock-In Registration

Both a permission slip and registration are required to attend this program.
Teen Lock-In Permission Slip

Permission slips must be handed in no later than Wednesday, June 22nd @ 9PM in order to participate.  They can be dropped off in the Children's room or at the front desk. Permission slips are also available in the Children's room and on the YA table upstairs.

Volunteer for the Summer!

We've been getting many inquiries about volunteering @ the library for the summer. This year's Volunteer Recruitment sessions will be held at the library on Wednesday, June 1st @ 5PM and Thursday, June 2nd @ 5PM.  If you have never volunteered at the library before and are interested in doing so, please make your best effort to attend one of these meetings.  We are looking for volunteers that can donate 2-3 hours of their time a week and be entering grades 7-12 in the fall.

If you cannot attend one of these meetings, but are interested in volunteering, please stop by the Children's room to see Miss Chrissie or Miss Linda the last week of May or the first week of June.

If you are a returning volunteer, keep your eyes peeled- we'll be sending out the volunteer paperwork in the mail sometime in the middle of May.

New Playaways!

We just added some new titles to the YA Playaway collection! If you haven't yet tried a playaway, I encourage you to do so. A playaway is an MP3 player that contains a recorded book and it is small enough to fit in your pocket. Unlike a Book on CD, you do not need a device to play the audiobook. The only thing you need for a playaway is a set of headphones to listen- we have them available at the circulation desk if you need a pair.  My favorite part about playaways is that you can make the narrator talk slower or faster!
Here is a list of our newest playaways in the YA collection:

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Betrayed by P.C. Cast
Chosen by. P.C. Cast
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Mockinjay by Suzanne Collins
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President by Josh Lieb
Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Reckless by Cornelia Funke
Born to Rock by Gordon Korman
Murder at Midnight by Avi
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
 
 

We want to know what you think!

Want to share your ideas about the teen space we are planning for the library? Stop by Kimberly's (our library director) office anytime Tuesday, March 1st afterschool to have a snack and share your thoughts. Her office is in the very front of the library next to the magazines. Can't make it but have an idea? Send it to cmcgovern@lmxac.org.