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The Teen Summer Reading Program runs May 30-July 31. Register and be eligible to win a Wii and other great prizes!

Pick up a booklist of great nonfiction to read this summer. Or check out the Library's online booklists for reading suggestions.

New in May

The Princess and the Bear
By Mette Ivie Harrison

In the follow-up to The Princess and the Hound, a hound who was once a princess and a bear who was once a king travel back in time to save a kingdom and find their human selves.

Vampire Kisses: The Beginning
By Ellen Schreiber

Sixteen-year-old Raven, an outcast who always wears black and hopes to become a vampire some day, falls in love with newcomer Alexander Sterling, who turns out to be a vampire, and their relationship faces a variety of challenges.

The Sorceress
By Michael Scott

While armies of the Shadowrealms gather and Machiavelli goes to Alcatraz to kill Perenelle Flamel, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman accompany the Alchemist to England to continue their search for the Codex.

Being Nikki
By Meg Cabot

After a horrific accident that resulted in her brain being transplanted into the body of a teen supermodel, everything in the world changes for Emerson Watts as she struggles to come to terms with living a celebrity lifestyle, managing a crazy modeling schedule, and dealing with an entirely new clique of egocentric friends.

A Kiss in Time
By Alex Flinn

After a horrific accident that resulted in her brain being transplanted into the body of a teen supermodel, everything in the world changes for Emerson Watts as she struggles to come to terms with living a celebrity lifestyle, managing a crazy modeling schedule, and dealing with an entirely new clique of egocentric friends.

The Last Olympian
By Rick Riordan

The greatest monster of all, the storm giant Typhon, is on the loose, wreaking havoc and destruction across the US - while Kronos' army lays siege to Manhattan. Soon Percy Jackson must make the hardest choice of his life - a choice that will save or destroy the world.

The Secret Keeper
By Mitali Perkins

When Asha's father goes off to America and leaves his daughters behind in Calcutta, they feel constrained by their life with their traditional uncle and his family, but a friendship with a local boy helps to ease Asha's pain.