Graphic Novels & Manga

Do you enjoy graphic novels and manga? They are sometimes more commonly referred to as comic books. We recently added many brand new titles to our graphic novel and manga collections.  Interested?  Stop by the Teen Place in the library and take a look at what we've got!

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.