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Why Not? - 13 things to read until the next Jay Asher book

Okay all you SLO county fans of Jay Asher's book 13 Reasons Why, here are 13 websites that will fill the gap until Jay's next book:

1. http://www.thirteenreasonswhy.com/
   
2. http://hannahsreasons.blogspot.com/
3. http://discomermaids.blogspot.com/
4. http://www.razorbillbooks.com/
5. http://jacketwhys.wordpress.com/
6. http://mowillemsdoodles.blogspot.com/
7. http://www.thirteenreasonswhy.com/hannahsmap.html
8. http://www.classof2k7.com/interviews/authors/jay_asher/
9. http://community.livejournal.com/classof2k7/
10. http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/9781595141712.asp
11. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=137729071
12. http://brimstonesoup.blogspot.com/2007/05/13-reasons-to-get-excited-about-jay.html
13. http://www.imvite.com/video/rgz-TV-Jay-Asher-amp-13-Reasons-Why--/t/7244421
    

National Gaming Day - November 15th

Join the SLO Library for National Gaming Day - Play a board game at your library and try to break the Guinness Record for most people playing a game on a single day!

College Football Is Upon Us

College Football Is Upon Us

So there are other sports, and then…there is football. Since bowl games ended last January, we have waited months for the pigskin’s return. Packed stadiums, marching bands, and mascots all fire up tomorrow night as the 2008 college football season gets under way. Whether you’re a Cal Poly Mustang, Aggie, Fighting Irish, or Hawkeye fan the football season brings regional and national rivalries. As the season progresses and you find yourself watching game after game, grab one of these fine books enjoy the love of grass, gridiron and pigskin.

Tim Green’s Football Genius

Elena Yates Eulo’s Great Receiver

Tiki Barber’s football series Go long, Kickoff

Pat Flynn’s Out of His League

Chris Lynch’s Inexcusable

John Madden's John Madden's heroes of football : the story of America's game

My greatest day in football : the legends of football recount their greatest moments
Pat Palmer's The ESPN pro football encyclopedia

Free College Practice Tests

Check out the following websites for free SAT, ACT, GRE test prep and more!

testprepreview.com - practice tests and questions for every entrace test imaginable

Number2.com - Free SAT, ACT, and GRE tests online

collegeboard.com - Sample tests and questions

World War II Books for Teens

A boy at war : a novel of Pearl Harbor / Harry Mazer

A foreign field / Gillian Chan

B for Buster / Iain Lawrence

Don't talk to me about the war / David A. Adler

Don't you know there's a war on? / Avi

Elephant run / Roland Smith

Fire in the hills / Donna Jo Napoli

For freedom : the story of a French spy / Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow / Susan Campbell Bartoletti

My chocolate year : a novel with 12 recipes / by Charlotte Herman

On the wings of heroes / Richard Peck

Postcards from no man's land / by Aidan Chambers

Room in the heart / Sonia Levitin

Slap your sides : a novel / by M.E. Kerr

Soldier X / Don Wulffson

Tamar / Mal Peet.

The book thief / by Markus Zusak

The gadget / Paul Zindel

The green glass sea / Ellen Klages

Under a war-torn sky / L.M. Elliott

When my name was Keoko / Linda Sue Park

Great Scary Books for Teens

Acceleration by Graham McNamee - While working during the summer a young man finds a journal of a serial killer


Coraline by Neil Gaiman - Did you ever wish for different parents?


Finding Daddy by Louise Plummer - When Mira finally tracks down her birth father, she doesn't get what she expected.

Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy - Three children walked away from the cottages on Berwick Waters, only two of them came back...


My swordhand is singing by Marcus Sedgwick - What happens when the dead return?

The Dreaming by Queenie Chan - You never knew Manga could be so frightening


The haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding - Thaniel and Cathaline must rid the streets of London of a dangerous infestation


What Janie found by Caroline B. Cooney - What can you find out when your parents aren't who you think they are.

Extreme Pumpkins

Want to add a little pumpkin spice to your Halloween?

Get some inspiration from www.extremepumpkins.com

Job Help for Teens

I just discovered this website that’s especially for teen job seekers: http://www.myfirstpaycheck.com/

Search for jobs by category or location, and get job advice from pros.

Manga buying club

Lots of libraries have a Manga buying club that meets once a month to pick which Manga series their library should buy. Let me know if you are interested - include what day and time you think would be best for this club. You could even earn service hours while you shop for books!