Teen Interviews:

Christene-Age 15:  My friends read The Twilight Series and I got hooked on them.  I enjoy reading the romance and also the powers that they have.  Edward can read minds and Alice can see the future.

I  would use a blog to find out more books on supernatural and other genres.

Monica-Age14:  I like supernatural books and I tell my friends about them.  I read "Wake" which is about a girl who can see people's dreams.  She finds out about their secrets and learns how to cope with this power.

I would use a blog.  I would want to read other people's comments and learn about the story of the book.

ODallaz-Age 15: I like reading crime, mystery, suspense stories.

Jasmine-Age 15: I also read "A Child Called IT" very emotional and who could do this to their children?

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Mead, Richelle. Vampire Academy. New York: Penguin Group, 2007. Print.

Awards: Teen Top Ten List-#4--2008

Annotation: Rose and Lissa attend St. Vladimir's Vampire Academy. Rose and Lissa must fight to save themselves and St. Vladmir's.




Book Talk: I am Rose and I am a dhampir.  I am a proctor of my best friend Lissa who is a Moroi-a living vampire and comes from a royal family.  Two years ago, we escaped from St. Vladmir's Academy because we warned that that there were enemies coming after Lissa.  I protected Lissa until we got caught by other St. Vladmir's dhampirs.  We were brought back to the academy to continue our education and to be watched.  St. Valdimir's Academy is for dhampir and living vampires only.  Lissa could be our next Queen and the academy wants to protect her.  Along with my kickbutt defense classes led by the jaw dropping-way too handsome for his own good Dimitri, royal intrigue and the usual gossip of who is dating who, Lissa and I discover there is someone after Lissa but we don't know who.  Am I strong enough to protect Lissa and myself and also discover who is after Lissa?  Can I trust Dimitri to help us?  I will do anything to proctect Lissa.



Theme: Supernatural romance,vampires, mystery


Jessica-Age15-I have read Vampire Academy, Twilight, Morganville Vampires

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Caine, Rachel. The Morganville Vampires-Volume 1-Glass Houses and The Dead Girls Dance.  New York: New American Library/Penguin Group, 2009. Print.

Awards: Texas Tayshas List (Glass Houses)--2009

Annotation: Morganville, Texas is ruled by vampire but Claire Danvers does not know that until she meets Eve, Shane and Michael.


Book Talk:  I am Claire Danvers and 16 years old and I am an intellectual mutant.  Meaning I am called dork and nerd and I attend a local college which is where my problems begin.  I am constantly bullied by Psycho Monica and the Monickettes. They love to humiliate and physically hurt me.  I see an add for a housemate off campus and I go and see if the people will accept me.  I meet Eve-Goth Queen, Shane-all muscle and Michael-handsome but something is different about him.  They will let me live in their big house and they tell me the strangest story that Morganville is ruled by vampires and I have to be careful.  I looked at them and laughed and I realized later I wished I hadn't.





Theme:Supernatural romance, vampires, ghosts, mystery

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Smith, L.J. The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and the Struggle. New York: Harper Collins, 2007. Print

Awards: None

Annotation: Elena is the popular girl at school.  Stefan Salvatore is the new, dark and brooding guy that Elena vows to get.  Damon is Stefan's brother who wants revenge on Damon.



Book Talk:  Elena has no idea what she is getting herself into when she meets Stefan who is a vampire.  Strange things start to occur and Stefan is being blamed for them because he is new in town.  Enter Damon, Stefan's brother who hates Stefan and wants revenge on Damon from things done in the past.  Elena is caught between them and it becomes difficult when she realizes she is falling for both brothers.



Theme: Supernatural romance,vampires, mystery, revenge, murder

Jasmine: Age 15: Growing up I like the scary stuff!

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Clare, Cassandra. ClockWork Angel:The Infernal Devices-Book 1. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010. Print.
Awards: North Carolina Young Adult Book Award
Nominee--2011-2012
RITA Award Finalist--2011
Teen Top Ten List-#1--2011

Annotation: The story is about Tessa Grey going to London to meet her brother Nate.  In London she discovers she has powers and that a Supernatural world exists.


Book Talk: I am Tessa and I am going to London to meet my brother Nate.  When I arrive I am kidnapped by the Dark Sisters who use magic on me that reveals my power.  I am rescued by William and he takes me to the Shadow Hunters.  I meet other Shadow Hunters and they say they will help me find Nate.  I hope I can trust them.


Theme: Supernatural romance, steampunk, vampires, ghosts

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Hocking, Amanda. Switched. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2010. Print.

Awards: None

Annotation: Wendy Everly was six years old when her mother attacked her and said she is not her daughter.  When she was 17 she finds out she is a changeling and was switched with a human baby. 



Book Talk: Wendy Everly life is changed when she finds out she is a changeling and she is brought to the world of the Trylle, her people.  She discovers she is a princess and her real mother is the Queen.  She is torn between the new world and the human world where her aunt and brother live.  She must make a decision to either stay and become Queen or leave everything behind and go back to the human world.




Theme: Supernatural, mystery

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Briggs, Patricia. Moon Called. New York:Ace Books/Penguin Group, c2006. Print.

Awards: Paranormal Pearl Ward (Author)-2006

Annotation: Mercy Thompson is a VW mechanic and her life turns upside down when Mac enters her life.






Book Talk: I am Mercy and I can turn into a coyote. All hell breaks lose in my life when Mac shows up at my car shop looking for work.  I sensed he was a new werewolf so as to not anger him I hired him.  Things go bad quick when some men enter my shop and try to take Mac away.  I changed into a coyote and attack one of the men and kill him.  I called Adam the local Alpha Werewolf  and told him what happened.  He takes Mac home and introduces him to his pack.  Things don't go well when Adam's house is attacked, Mac is dead and Adam's daughter Jesse is kidnapped.  This is just the beginning of my story wait until you read what happens next!





Theme: Supernatural romance, vampires, werewolves,  mystery, Native American mythology

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Meyer, Stephanie. New Moon. New York: Little, Brown & Company, c.2006. Print.

Awards: Teen Top Ten List--#1--2007
               South Carolina Young Adult
               Award--2008-2009
               Pacific Northwest Library Association
               Young Reader's Choice--2009

Annotation: Bella's  birthday party does not go well and this leads to Edward and his family leaving.  How will Bella survive without him?

Book Talk: Bella's 17th birthday party is at the Cullen's house and while she is opening her presents she gets a paper cut.  Jasper sees it and goes to attack her. Edward stops him.  A few days after the attack, Edward tells Bella that he and his family are leaving and he does not love her.  Bella is devestated. Life is empty without Edward and she turns to Jacob for support.  Alice Cullen sees Bella do something dangerous and comes back to check on Bella. While she is with Bella, she sees a vision of Edward going to the Volturi and asking them to kill him since he can't live without Bella.  Can Alice and Bella arrive in time to stop Edward and if they do, what will happen between Bella, Edward and Jacob?



Theme: Supernatural romance, vampires, wolves,

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Meyer, Stephanie. Twilight. New York: Little Brown & Company, 2005. Print.

Awards: ALA's Best Book for Young Adults-2006
              School LibraryJournal Best Books-2005
              Teen Top Ten List-#2--2006
              South Carolina Young Adult
              Award--2007-2008
              Texas Lone Star Book Awards--2006-2007
              Michigan Library's Association
              Thumbs Up Award--(Honor-2006)
             
Annotation: This story is about Bella and Edward and how she finds out that he is a vampire.

Book Talk:  I am Bella Swan and I moved to Forks, Washington from Phoenix to be with my dad.  At school, I noticed a handsome boy named Edward Cullen.  One day, Edward saves my life from an on coming van with his hands.  I realized then that there is something unusual about him.  I eventually learn that he is a vampire.  I do not care about that, all I care about is Edward and our love.





Theme: Supernatural romance, vampires, wolves, Native American mythology

The Supernatural genre has been around for a long time dating back to Mary Shelly's Frankestein and Bram Stoker's Dracula.  In the past few years Supernatural stories have become popular in Young Adult Literature expecially if romance is involved.  The Twilight Series that came out five years ago became very popular in Young Adult literature and are now movies.  There have many more supernatural stories that have become popular such as Morganville Vampires and the resurgence of Vampire Diaries which has become a television series.  This is the genre that I picked for my eight books- Supernatural Romance.  Each story has two characters-one human and one who is beyond human that fall in love and try to be together when the odds are not in their favour.  I picked out some well known books and some that are new.  Enjoy!

The books that I chose are listed below:

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Switched by Amanda Hocking
Clockwork Angel: The Infernal Devices-Book 1- by Cassandra Clare
Morganville Vampire Series: Book 1: Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and the Struggle by L.J. Smith
Vaimpire Academy by Richelle Mead

NOTE: The Twilight video was downloaded from YouTube.  I have no legal rights to YouTube or the Twilight book series or movies.  The movies are the legal property of Summit Entertainment and the books are the legal property of Stephenie Meyer.

The self-made videos were made at Extranormal.com.

ODallaz- Age 15- Twilight is about true love and life lessons but it is also a fantasy.

Jessica-Age 15-I would use a blog to read other people opinon's.

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L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. United States: Ariel Books/Farrar, Straus, and Company, c1963. Print.

Awards:  Newberry Award-1963
                School Library Journal Best Book of the
                Year Award--1962

Annotation: Margaret and Charles learn about time traveling from three unique women.  Will they help Margaret and Charles find their father?



Book Talk: Margaret Murray is the oldest of four siblings. There are the twins Sandy and Denny and the youngest Charles Wallace who is considered "Dumb" because he does not talk much. Their mother is a scientist and so is their father. Their father was working on a science project for the government until he mysteriously disappeared. They wonder what has happened to him. Charles Wallace has a friend named Mrs. Whatsit. He introduces Margaret and their friend Calvin to her. She tells them about The Wrinkle in Time which allows you to travel through space in the shortest amount of time. This makes them curious and they wonder if their father used this for his science experiment. Will they use the Wrinkle to find their father? If they do find him, will they be able to come back home.


Theme: Science Fiction

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Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. New York: Vintage Contemporaries, c2009. Print

Awards: Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award-1985

Annotation: Ezperanza lives on Mango Street and through her eyes we see her family life and the lives of the people that live here.



Book Talk: Mango Street, just another street in Chicago. A street full of life, life that is happy, sad, bittersweet and lost. Through Ezperanza's eyes, we learn about all these different lives that live here and also of Esperanza's. She tells herself that when she gets older she will leave Mango Street and start a better life, but she does not realize is that she will come back for the "Ones that I left behind. For the ones who cannot out." Read and find out what happens to Esperanza, her family and friends on Mango Street.


Theme: Multicultural Literature, Hispanic Literature

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Hale, Shannon and Dean. Rapunzel's Revenge. Illustrated by Nathan Hale. New York: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, c2008. Print.

Awards: ALA Notable Children's Award-2009

Annotation: Rapunzel is held by Mother Gothel and she finds out that she is not her real mother.  Mother Gothel locks Rapunzel in a tree but in time Rapunzel escapes and seeks revenge!



Book Talk: Rapunzel's Revenge is not your ordinary fairy tale. When Rapunzel was 12 she found out that Mother Gothel is not her real mother and asks Mother Gothel where is her mother? To keep Rapunzel from looking for her mother, Gothel locks Rapunzel in a magical tree. Over a few years, her hair grew long and she used it to escape and look for her real mother. Along the way she meets Jack. Not exactly your Prince Charming but she lets him tag along to help her get revenge on Mother Gothel. Rapunzel is one tough girl who can use her hair like a lasso or whip and no one gets in her way while she is seeking revenge!




Theme: Graphic Novel