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Featured New Teen Lit for November 2011
Girls Don't Fly by Kristen Chandler
YA Fiction
Myra, a high school senior, will do almost anything to win a contest and earn money for a study trip to the Galapagos Islands, which would mean getting away from her demanding family life in Utah and ex-boyfriend Erik, but Erik is set on winning the same contest.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
YA Fiction
In 2044, the real world is an ugly place. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia. And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of discovering the ultimate lottery ticket. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, the creator of OASIS has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune—and remarkable power—to whoever can unlock them.
Unforgettable by Loretta Ellsworth
YA Fiction
When Baxter Green was three years old he developed a condition that causes him to remember absolutely everything, and now that he is fifteen, he and his mother have moved to Minnesota to escape her criminal boyfriend and, Baxter hopes, to reconnect with a girl he has been thinking about since kindergarten.
Fragment by Warren Fahy
YA Fiction
When the cast and crew of a reality television series arrives on a picturesque island, the dangers posed by its exotic and deadly predators lead to them to decide to destroy the island with a nuclear bomb.
The Girl is Murder by Kathryn Miller Haines
YA Fiction
In 1942 New York City, fifteen-year-old Iris grieves for her mother who committed suicide and for the loss of her life of privilege, and secretly helps her father with his detective business since he, having lost a leg at Pearl Harbor, struggles to make ends meet.
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
YA Fiction
Rory, of Boueuxlieu, Louisiana, is spending a year at a London boarding school when she witnesses a murder by a Jack the Ripper copycat and becomes involved with the very unusual investigation.
Ashfall by Mike Mullin
YA Fiction
After the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano destroys his city and its surroundings, fifteen-year-old Alex must journey from Cedar Falls, Iowa, to Illinois to find his parents and sister, trying to survive in a transformed landscape and a new society in which all the old rules of living have vanished.
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
YA Fiction
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
The Secret Kingdom by Jenny Nimmo
YA Fiction
Timoken and his sister, Zobayda, under the protection of a forest jinni but pursued by evil viridees, straddle the world of men and the world of enchantments, seeking a home while remaining young by drinking a potion called Alixir.
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
YA Fiction
Budding costume designer Lola lives an extraordinary life in San Francisco with her two dads and beloved dog, dating a punk rocker, but when the Bell twins return to the house next door Lola recalls both the friendship-ending fight with Calliope, a figure skater, and the childhood crush she had on Cricket.
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber
YA Fiction
Perry's parents insist that he take Gobi, their quiet, Lithuanian exchange student, to senior prom but after an incident at the dance he learns that Gobi is actually a trained assassin who needs him as a henchman, behind the wheel of his father's precious Jaguar, on a mission in Manhattan.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa and Noizi Ito
YA Fiction
On the first day at a Japanese high school, an irrepressible girl announces her lack of interest in "ordinary humans" and proceeds to form a club dedicated to finding aliens, time travelers, and other forms of supernatural life, with the intention of having fun with them.
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
YA Fiction
Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters--the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known.
The Watch that Ends the Night by Allan Wolf
YA Fiction
Recreates the 1912 sinking of the Titanic as observed by millionaire John Jacob Astor, a beautiful young Lebanese refugee finding first love, "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, Captain Smith, and others including the iceberg itself.
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
YA Fiction
Told from their own viewpoints, seventeen-year-old Jill, in grief over the loss of her father, and Mandy, nearly nineteen, are thrown together when Jill's mother agrees to adopt Mandy's unborn child but nothing turns out as they had anticipated.
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia De Rossi
"Anorexia was my first love," de Rossi declares in her memoir of her early Hollywood career and the eating disorders that went along with it. She was a cripplingly self-conscious young Australian in LA overwhelmed by the pressure to be thin. Never comfortable in her own skin, a by-product of her status as a closeted lesbian, de Rossi was sure if she ever gained weight (or came out as being gay), the shooting star she'd been cultivating would turn to lead.
Earth (the Book) by Jon Stewart
A guide to Earth and human civilization, from the Parthenon to reality TV, addressed to the aliens who will arrive in the wake of humankind's looming self-destruction. By the writers of the Daily Show.
Batman: Arkham City by Paul Dini, Derek Fridolfs, Carlos D'Anda, et. al
Arkham City: an entire section of Gotham given over to the criminals and the insane -- a place where they can develop their own society freely, no matter how chaotic. Sensing unseen players manipulating events to unknown ends, the World's Greatest Detective infiltrates the privately run prison city. Smashing his way through the gathering armies of the Penguin, Two-Face, and even a recovering Joker, he'll either unravel the secret the mayor's hiding, or watch the entire city be swallowed whole by the strange days ahead.
Kill Shakespeare, vol. 1: A Sea of Troubles by Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Cor, Andy Belanger, Ian Herring, et. al
This dark take on the Bard pits his greatest heroes (Hamlet, Juliet, Othello, Falstaff) against his most menacing villains (Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Iago) in an epic adventure to find and kill a reclusive wizards named William Shakespeare.
Biomega, vol. 1 by Tsutomu Nihei
Zoichi Kanoe plunges into the depths of 9JO--an island city in the middle of the Pacific Ocean--in search of Eon Green, a girl with the power to transmute the N5S virus. He's not the only one looking for her, though... Agents of the Public Health Service's Compulsory Execution Unit are also in hot pursuit. Zoichi and his transhuman allies have no time to waste; the countdown to the zombie apocalypse has begun!


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NO PRESSURE: Lynx head into district clash with Boone as underdog
WEBSTER CITY – The pressure valve on the Webster City baseball team has been released.
Nobody outside of the Lynx dugout and on their side of the bleachers will pick Webster City to knock off Boone in a Class 3A District 14 semifinal tonight on the Toreadors' home field at 7 p.m.
Boone (20-10) beat WCHS twice during the regular season – 8-1 on June 13 in Boone and 7-1 on July 9 in Webster City – and the Toreadors controlled both games.
But in the one-and-done format that is the postseason, Lynx head coach Troy Smock has preached one simple fact: Anything can happen.
"Boone is a really good team and they hit tremendously, but when we look back (on the two previous meetings) there are things that we could have done to be in those games," Smock said. "Everything counts this time."
WCHS (8-18) left nine runners stranded on base in the first encounter and 10 in the rematch. Get a key hit or two this time around and who knows what will happen.
"Leaving the runners on, part of that is a huge credit to them, but if we can just get that timely hit that will give us a chance," Smock said.
The Toreadors possess one of the more potent offenses in the class. They hit ..344 as a team – the fifth-best average in 3A – and lead the class in home runs with 18.
Brett Slight sets the table for Boone. He hit .433, cranked five home runs and drove in 25 during the regular season.
The Toreadors boast seven everyday players that hit .308 or better.
Smock will turn the ball over to sophomore right-hander Daniel Halko to try to shut down the Toreadors. Halko – the ace of the Lynx staff – owns a 3-3 record and 5.53 earned run average. He fanned 46 batters in 441?3 innings of work during the regular season.
Halko is also one of the staff leaders in command of his pitches. He walks only one batter every two innings on average, and that type of control could help turn the tide from the previous meetings.
"In the first game, six of their eight runs reached base by walk or hit by pitch, and in the second game they got four (runs) on errors, walks or hit by pitches," Smock said. "Maybe they get a base hit in some of those situations, but I feel like we gave them more than they needed."
Halko hasn't faced Boone this season. Conversely, the Toreadors' top two arms – Ryan Sunstrom (7-3, 1.75 ERA) and Alex Davis (5-2, 1.85 ERA) – never stepped on the mound against the Lynx.
Sunstrom and Davis own a combined 120 strikeouts.
Smock says his team has spent the majority of the week working on its approach at the plate. The Lynx take a .265 average into the postseason.
"We've really worked on hitting and getting that timely hit because that's the way we're going to beat them," Smock said. "At this point in the season your defense is what it is."
Juniors Ben Mossman (.378), Trey Tesdahl (.359) and Dylan Fielder (.357) lead the charge for the Lynx. Fielder leads the team in home runs (4) and RBIs (18).
Doug Stoakes is second on the team in RBIs (14).
WCHS will take the field with four losses in its last five games, but the schedule wasn't exactly kind. The Lynx suffered setbacks against second-ranked (3A) and North Central Conference champion Clear Lake, formerly ranked (1A) Algona Bishop Garrigan and Boone during that stretch.
"As far as the win-loss record at the end, that's tough," Smock said. "But I think it showed our kids that we can hang with those teams,"
Humboldt (21-6) and Iowa Falls-Alden (15-9) will square off in the other District 14 semifinal, which will start at 5 p.m. in Boone.
The two semifinal winners will meet in the district final on Monday at 7 p.m. in Boone.


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Skip to comments.Newt Gingrich on CNN Piers Morgan 9 P.M. EST 2/24/12
Posted on 02/24/2012 6:01:37 PM PST by kristinn
Newt Gingrich on apologies following Quran burnings in Afghanistan: "Our troops get killed, nobody apologizes"
This evening on "Piers Morgan Tonight", GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich joins the program for an honest and engaging interview on topics ranging from foreign affairs to energy policy.
On the heels of the recently reported Quran burnings in Afghanistan, the former House Speaker shares his candid opinions on the apologies issued first by President Obama, and then by General John R. Allen.
"Look around the region. Churches get burned in Nigeria. Does anyone apologize? Churches get burned in Egypt. Does anyone get apologized?" asks Gingrich. "There is a one-sided traffic in outrage which we tolerate and frankly we help enable."
(Excerpt) Read more at piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com ...
Thank you, watching.
Newt is taking no prisoners! Watch!
Thank you... watching now.
Newt just name-dropped Allan West. Do I smell a cabinet position?
Thank you, watching.........I am sure CNN will not connect the dots as to why their ratings are up
Dang-—missed the beginning! Heading there...
Woohoo. Love Newt!
Joint apology appearance with the Afghans...good parry by the Newtster!
Piers cannot hide his Liberalism. He accuses Speaker Gingrich of saying something he didn't say.
No wonder the ratings of this Liberal Circus are in the toilet.
What a tool.
PLEASE post comments on the CNN page..............before the other side starts
I love when Newt smiles!!! He just gave the biggest grin when asked about Obama talking about bringing down gas prices.
CNN ratings are up? I watch CNN all the time (kind of a keep your enemies closer thing), and it's still the same lousy biased channel it used to be. They spent the whole day calling Newt's infanticide comment a lie, and explaining how gas prices aren't Obama's fault.
Ya gotta love the CNN triler on the bottom of the screen It said thus:
Gingrich: Obama is a left wing radical"
Now WE all know that it is true...but you have to know the liberals are vaporlocking LMAO!
I've been so upset about what's been going on, I actually cleaned my fridge!!
Now that's bad news babe! =)
Do you have a link? Thanks!
NEWT, IS ON FIRE.... CNN, is so confused/bewildered! :-D
He will make a good President and he is just right for the times.
Yes, that's horrid!
He has to win the nomination!
I think Piers actually is seeing Newt as telling the truth. The Newt's answers on oil and algae had Piers nodding his head.
It scares them to death.... terrorizing them! :-D
Newt was smiling about his rhetoric of Iran being bad, which also pushes gas prices higher according to Morgan.
I smiled too since that was an easy question to answer. Morgan didn't think that would trap Newt did he? LoL.
Newt seems......... "cheerful". ;>)
He is smiling again talking about Solyndra. I have a perpetual smile on my face. :)
Can you keep an eye out for the inevitable youtube video of this interview? I can't stand CNN and I've probably missed too much anyway to bother putting it on now.
AND..... he's "cheerful".
I hope the females of America set aside their fixation with looks as a necessary presidential requirement and focus on substance, honor, dignity and the things that REALLY matter when it comes to fixing the problems America faces resulting from voting for all the wrong reasons in 2008. Hey ladies, what about Paul Ryan for VP? Is that better?
Newt/Ryan 2012
Piers seems to be fair, so far...
yes he is. And he's keeping that way...in spite of the sourpuss interviewing him.
You can post a comment at the bottom of this...I did :)
If he doesn't, we're screwed....and must take the unfortunate steps and willingtude we must to endure.
It's so clear to me, that Newt Gingrich is the candidate with the well thought out solutions that are needed to save and restore our Republic.
Go Galt.
LOL. Yes, "cheerful"!
STARWISE will find the you-tube for you!
Thanks for posting this. I would never had known otherwise.
I was a little squeamish when I saw it was an interview with Piers Morgan. But he was o.k. as an interviewer.
Newt knocked it out of the park, as usual.
I did too. I found it right after I asked. Hadn't scrolled down enough.
Newt was great and also was super when he called into Mark Levin Show earlier this evening!
Now looking forward to seeing him on with Greta tonight!
Yes, indeed and I'm waiting to watch him on Greta's!
Thank you again for his schedule!
Vice President is not a Cabinet position. #;^
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The only thing I would add to what Craig and Kelly mentioned, is to check the expatriation date on the package. In my experience, fresh mozzarella cheeses become soggy the closer they are to the expatriation date. Jim
Is this the same cheese that was recently discussed here as being past it's "prime" after only a few days? Is there a low moisture Buffala available here in the States?


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Gourmet on the Go: Is This Puerto Vallarta...or Paris?
Housed inside the lovely Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit Resort, just north of Puerto Vallarta, Piaf Restaurant presents French fare with a nod to fresh Mexican ingredients in a stunner setting.
Try Piaf's simple yet elegant seared scallops with bacon beurre blanc and coriander or the puff pastry tartelette and duck confit over mushroom with champagne sauce. I also enjoyed the classic but not too garlicky bourguignonne escargots. On the heartier side, executive chef Claudio Hotter offered a perfect rack of French lamb marinated in Provence herbs and drizzled with foie gras sauce. For dessert, many items looked wonderful but I opted for the Grand Marnier chocolate soufflé adorned with hazelnuts and white chocolate. So decadent.
This is a supremely refined space; glass sculptures accent its majestic marble floors and its walls of mauve, dark woods and black soothe the eye. Everything is spotless and impeccably designed, and the view of the gorgeous Bay of Banderas doesn't hurt. Piaf at Grand Velas is a major find, and it welcomes anyone, not just resort guests. If you're in the area, don't miss it. —Bob Ecker
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