These covers are actually pretty cool looking and got me wondering– how does someone actually make papercuts? I checked out some of the books we have in the Library on paper cutting and let me tell you, you need some serious scissor skills. However, they aren’t as complicated as you might think. Part of the trick of papercutting is folding the paper to make more than one cut at a time. There are also different cutting tools you can use to create more detailed cuts.
Here are some of the most recent Teen novels that feature papercuts on their covers, click on the cover or the title link to find more information about the book:
Shiver, Linger, Forever (The Wolves of Mercy Fall trilogy)
by Maggie Stiefvater
If you want to find out more about how to create papercuts, check out this books at the Library! (just click on the cover or title link to find it in the Library):
Check out all the most recent news about teen books that are being made into movies:
Unwind, a compelling and issue heavy novel by Neal Shusterman, has been optioned by Constantin Films to be adapted into a movie, according to the “Hollywood Crush” blog on MTV.com. Unwind is a dystopian, sci-fi novel set in a future where teens can be unwound, or be taken apart and have their organs harvested, if they don’t fit into society’s norms.
Over a year ago, Universal announced that it was going to make Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone into a movie. Last month, the studio announced that they were going to push forward and now have a producer for the movie, according to Deadline.com. Daughter of Smoke and Bone is a fantasy novel that centers on Karou, a seemingly normal teen except that she was raised by a family of Chimaera. With questions about how she came to be a human raised by demons, Karou gets swept up in a world where a dangerous war is being waged between angels and demons.
If you are a huge fan of Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy, then you should be happy with the news that writer Daniel Water’s has finished the script for the movie! (according to Hollywood Crush) I am definitely looking forward to seeing who is cast in the movie, as I am a huge fan of the book series. The first book in the series, Vampire Academy, introduces us to Rose and Lissa. Lissa is a vampire of royal blood and Rose is the dhampir (part human, part vampire) who is bonded to protect her. Together they attend St. Vladimir’s Academy, where they have recently returned after running away, and where they will both be trained for life outside the school’s walls.
According to Deadline.com, Monument 14 will be adapted to the big screen. The rights have recently been acquired and there is a writer and director already attached to the project. Monument 14 is an amazing novel about what it would be like to be trapped with fourteen other kids and teens inside a Walmart-like store at the end of the world. It is action packed and there is a thrilling suspense with every turn of the page. Click here to check out my earlier review of the book.
I have also decided to jump on the band wagon and get excited about the first Mortal Instruments movie. It happened after I just recently watched the movie trailer:
It has already started! Amazon’s blog, Omnivoracious, has been the first site that I have seen to post its picks for the best teen books of 2012. Click here to read the original post. Check out the list below, and click on the title to find the book in the Library to judge for yourself if it is truly one of the best books written for teens in 2012.
If you want to read the series before the movie comes out, then you should start now! Below is the series list for the five of The Mortal Instruments books that are on bookshelves now and the prequel series, The Infernal Devices. Just click on the cover or the title to find them in the Library today!
This year’s Teen Summer Reading program theme was “Reading is So Delicious!”. When you completed a teen log you got to cast your vote for your favorite place to eat in Mount Propect. We tallied all the votes and the place where teens like to eat the most in Mount Prospect is…
Subway
(Image courtesy of flickr user theimpulsivebuy)
What do you think!? Is this one of your favoite places? Below is the complete list of the remaining favorites in order of the preferences of the teens who participated and cast their vote. Remember even though we did have 479 teens register for the Teen Summer Reading program, this is only a small sampling of what teens like you think of the best places to eat in Mount Prospect.
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