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I thought the morfing the picture into an animal was the funniest and some of the other sources were also cute. I had trouble getting the turban image to work but oh well. The word search idea was cool. Here is the link to my morfing wedding picture.
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bloglines

Bloglines are a good source to bring various book reviews and news sources together to one source. It would also help notify librarians when popular authors or series are coming out with a new book so we can be better informed when patrons ask us.This source is also better because its one site to check opposed to many.

Genre Young adult books

Popular Young Adult Genres

Action
Alex Rider or Gatekeepers series- Anthony Horowitz
Vendetta- Chris Humphreys
Mister Monday-Garth Nix
Spy goddess- Michael Spradlin
H.I.V.E.-Mark Walden
Maximum ride: school’s out---forever- James Patterson
Airman- Eoin Colfer
Silverfin- Charles Higson
Sure fire- Jack Higgins
Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp- Richard Yancey

Chick Lit
Beauty Shop for rent- Laura Bowers
V Club- Kate Brian
Rhymes with witches- Lauren Myracle
Stealing princes- Tyne O’Connell
First Daughter- Milali Perkins
Confessions of a teenage drama queen- Dyan Sheldon
Just listen- Sarah Dessen
Love stargirl- Jerry Spinelli

Historical Fiction
Any title by Ann Rinaldi
Rebel angels- Libba Bray
Crispin the cross of lead- Avi
Behind the lines- Isabelle Holland
Trickster’s choice- Tamora Pierce
Sterkarm kiss- Susan Price
Hunted- Christopher Russell
Hattie big sky- Kirby Larson
Book thief- Markus Zusak
Sorcery and Cecelia, or the Enchanted chocolate pot: being the correspondence of two young ladies of quality regarding various magical sandals in London and the country- Patricia Wrede

Multicultural
Jack’s new power- Jack Gantos
We are so crashing your Bar Mitzvah- Fiona Rosenbloom
Scandalosa- Michele Serros
Absolutely true diary of a part- time Indian- Sherman Alexie
Whispers down the lane- Beverly Lewis
Alphabet of Dreams- Susan Fletcher
Estrella’s quinceanera- Malin Alegria

Mystery
Behind the curtain- Peter Abrahams
M is for magic- Neil Gaiman
Gilda Joyce: the ghost sonta- Jennifer Allison
The perfect shot- Elaine Marie Alphin
Runner- Carl Deuker
Artemis Fowl the opal deception- Eoin Colfer

Realistic Fiction
Hope was here- Joan Bauer
Walking on glass- Alma Fullerton
Impulse- Ellen Hopkins
The Earth, my butt, and other big and round things-Carolyn Mackler
Speak- Laurie Anderson
What my mother does not know- Soyna Sones
Vegan virgin valentine- Carolyn Mackler
Elsewhere- Gabrielle Zevin
Criss cross- Lynne Perkins
Gossamer- Lois Lowry

Scarry/ Horor/ Suspense
Cirque Du Freak-Darren Shan
Haunted sister- Lael Littke
Revenge of the witch- Joseph Delaney
I know what you did last summer-Lois Duncan
Vampirates series- Justin Somper
Tantalize- Cynthia Smith
Overboard- Elizabeth Fama
What happened to Cass McBride- Gail Giles
Story time- Edward Bloor

Sports
Slam- Nick Hornby
High heat- Carl Deuker
Off season- Catherine Murdock
Summer ball- Mike Lupica
Heat- Mike Lupica

Urban
First part last- Angela Johnson
Street love- Walter Dean Myers
Tears of a tiger- Sharon Draper
Battle of Jericho- Sharon Draper
Played- Dana Davidson
November Blues -Sharon Draper
Tyrell-Coe Booth
The skin I’m in- Sharon Flake
Monster- Walter Dean Myers
Harlem Hustle- Janet McDonald