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		<title>Own The Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The theme for this year&#8217;s teen summer library program is &#8220;Own The Night.&#8221;  Registration starts May 29, and weekly programs start June 13.  See our official summer page for a list of all our programs and contests this summer.
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		<title>From Good Grades to Skateboarding, There’s A College Scholarship for You</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ada Gonzales will be presenting “From Good Grades to Skateboarding, There’s A College Scholarship for You.”

Monday, September 26
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Platteville Public Library meeting room

Learn how to search for scholarships, get tips on completing the applications, and find out more about the importance of scholarships when it comes to affording college.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ada Gonzales will be presenting “From Good Grades to Skateboarding, There’s A College Scholarship for You.”</p>
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<li>Monday, September 26</li>
<li>6:00 – 7:00 pm</li>
<li>Platteville Public Library meeting room</li>
</ul>
<p>Learn how to search for scholarships, get tips on completing the applications, and find out more about the importance of scholarships when it comes to affording college.</p>
<p>Ms. Gonzales is a college access counselor from Great Lakes and works as part of the College Access Challenge Grant Program.</p>
<p>All are welcome, especially college bound students and their families. Registration is not required.</p>
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		<title>Applying to College and Acing the Admissions Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ada Gonzales will be presenting “Applying to College and Acing the Admissions Process.”

Wednesday, September 14
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Platteville Public Library meeting room

Learn what to expect when completing college applications, pick up tips on application best practices, and find out what to keep in mind when choosing a college.
Ms. Gonzales is a college access counselor from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ada Gonzales will be presenting “Applying to College and Acing the Admissions Process.”</p>
<ul>
<li>Wednesday, September 14</li>
<li>6:00 – 7:00 pm</li>
<li>Platteville Public Library meeting room</li>
</ul>
<p>Learn what to expect when completing college applications, pick up tips on application best practices, and find out what to keep in mind when choosing a college.</p>
<p>Ms. Gonzales is a college access counselor from Great Lakes and works as part of the College Access Challenge Grant Program.</p>
<p>All are welcome, especially college bound students and their families. Registration is not required.</p>
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		<title>If you liked The Hunger Games&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you suffering from TEABS (The End of an Awesome Book Syndrome) and need something to read now that you&#8217;ve finished The Hunger Games?  Just looking for a little light futuristic/dystopian/revolutionary reading?  Try one of these.  All books are in the teen area of the Platteville Public Library unless otherwise noted.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you suffering from TEABS (<em>The End of an Awesome Book Syndrome</em>) and need something to read now that you&#8217;ve finished The Hunger Games?  Just looking for a little light futuristic/dystopian/revolutionary reading?  Try one of these.  All books are in the teen area of the Platteville Public Library unless otherwise noted.<br />
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<ul>
<li> <strong>Diary of Pelly D</strong> by L. J. Adlington<br />
<blockquote><p>When Toni V, a construction worker on a futuristic colony, finds the diary of a teenage girl whose life has been turned upside-down by holocaust-like events, he begins to question his own beliefs.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li><strong>Enclave</strong> by Ann Aguirre<br />
<blockquote><p>In a post-apocalyptic future, fifteen-year-old Deuce, a loyal Huntress, brings back meat while avoiding the Freaks outside her enclave, but when she is partnered with the mysterious outsider, Fade, she begins to see that the strict ways of the elders may be wrong&#8211;and dangerous.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Outpost</span> (9/2012) and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Horde</span> (date unknown)</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Feed </strong>by M. T. Anderson<br />
<blockquote><p>In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li><strong>X-Isle</strong> by Steve Augarde<br />
<blockquote><p>Baz and Ray, survivors of an apocalyptic flood, win places on X-Isle, an island where life is rumored to be better than on the devastated mainland, but they find the island to be a violent place ruled by religious fanatic Preacher John, and they decide they must come up with a weapon to protect themselves from impending danger.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Ship Breaker</strong> by Paolo Bacigalupi<br />
<blockquote><p>In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Drowned Cities</span> (5/2012).</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li><strong>Ashes</strong> by Ilsa Bick<br />
<blockquote><p>Alex, a resourceful seventeen-year-old running from her incurable brain tumor; Tom, who has left the war in Afghanistan; and Ellie, an angry eight-year-old, join forces after an electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky and kills most of the world&#8217;s population, turning some of those who remain into zombies and giving the others superhuman senses.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Ender’s Game </strong>by Orson Scott Card (downstairs in Sci Fi)<br />
<blockquote><p>Young Ender Wiggin may prove to be the military genius Earth needs to fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race that will determine the future of the human race.<br />
<em>First of ten.</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Graceling</strong> by Kristin Cashore<br />
<blockquote><p>In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace of killing and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fire</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bitterblue</span> (5/2012).</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>The Roar</strong> by Emma Clayton (in the children’s area)<br />
<blockquote><p>In an overpopulated world where all signs of nature have been obliterated and a wall has been erected to keep out plague-ridden animals, twelve-year-old Mika refuses to believe that his twin sister was killed after being abducted, and continues to search for her in spite of the dangers he faces in doing so.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Whisper</span></em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>The Hunger Games</strong> by Suzanne Collins<br />
<blockquote><p>Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Catching Fire</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mockingjay</span>.</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Matched</strong> by Ally Condie<br />
<blockquote><p>Cassia has always had complete trust in the Society to make decisions for her, but when she is being paired with her ideal mate, a second face flashes on the screen, and Cassia begins to doubt the Society&#8217;s infallibility as she tries to decide which man she truly loves.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Crossed </span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Reached</span> (11/2012).</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Maze Runner</strong> by James Dashner<br />
<blockquote><p>Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Scorch Trials</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Death Cure</span>, preceded by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Kill Order</span> (8/2012).</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li><strong>Wither</strong> by Lauren DeStefano<br />
<blockquote><p>After modern science turns every human into a genetic time bomb with men dying at age twenty-five and women dying at age twenty, girls are kidnapped and married off in order to repopulate the world.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>The Silenced</strong> by James DeVita<br />
<blockquote><p>Consigned to a prison-like Youth Training Facility because of her parents&#8217; political activities, Marena organizes a resistance movement to combat the restrictive policies of the ruling Zero Tolerance party.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Little Brother</strong> by Cory Doctorow<br />
<blockquote><p>Interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus is released into what is now a police state, and decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>City of Ember </strong>by Jeanne DuPrau (in the children’s area)<br />
<blockquote><p>In the city of Ember, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The People of Sparks</span></em><em>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Prophet of Yonwood</span>, and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Diamond of Darkhold</span>.</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>House of the Scorpion</strong> by Nancy Farmer<br />
<blockquote><p>In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Incarceron</strong> by Catherine Fisher<br />
<blockquote><p>To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sapphique</span>.</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Gone</strong> by Michael Grant<br />
<blockquote><p>In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have &#8220;The Power&#8221; and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Hunger</span></em><em>,<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Lies</span></em><em>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plague</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fear</span> (4/2012), and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Light</span> (date unknown).</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>The Enemy</strong> by Charles Higson<br />
<blockquote><p>After a disease turns everyone over sixteen into brainless, decomposing, flesh-eating creatures, a group of teenagers leave their shelter and set out of a harrowing journey across London to the safe haven of Buckingham Palace.<br />
<em>Prequel: <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Dead</span>.</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Epic</strong> by Conor Kostick<br />
<blockquote><p>On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, fourteen-year-old Erik persuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits in order to save Erik&#8217;s father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Saga</span>.</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li><strong>Legend</strong> by Marie Lu<br />
<blockquote><p>In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>The Declaration</strong> by Gemma Malley<br />
<blockquote><p>In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient &#8220;Surplus&#8221; training to become a house servant, discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li><strong>Tomorrow, When the War Began</strong> by John Marsden<br />
<blockquote><p>The lives of eight high school friends in a remote country town are suddenly and violently upended by a war that no one saw coming. Cut off from their families, these eight teenagers must learn to escape, survive and fight back against a hostile military force.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li><strong>Ashfall</strong> by Mike Mullin<br />
<blockquote><p>After the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano destroys his city and its surroundings, fifteen-year-old Alex must journey from Cedar Falls, Iowa, to Elizabeth, 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.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ashen Winter</span> (10/2012).</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Knife of Never Letting Go</strong> by Patrick Ness<br />
<blockquote><p>Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony&#8217;s true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Ask and the Answer </span>and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Monsters of Men</span>.</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Delirium</strong> by Lauren Oliver<br />
<blockquote><p>Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until 95 days before her 18th birthday when she falls in love.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pandemonium</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Requiem</span> (spring 2013).</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li><strong>The Adoration of Jenna Fox</strong> by Mary Pearson<br />
<blockquote><p>In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Life as We Knew It</strong> by Susan Pfeffer<br />
<blockquote><p>Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family&#8217;s struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Dead and the Gone</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">This World We Live In</span>.</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Fever Crumb</strong> by Philip Reeve<br />
<blockquote><p>Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.<br />
<em>Prequel to the Mortal Engines Quartet (<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mortal Engines</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Predator&#8217;s Gold</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Infernal Devices</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Darkling Plain</span>).</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Divergent </strong>by Veronica Roth<br />
<blockquote><p>In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Insurgent</span> (5/2012) and book 3 (date unknown).</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Across the Universe</strong> by Beth Revis<br />
<blockquote><p>Amy, having been cryogenically frozen and placed onboard a spaceship that was supposed to land on a distant planet three hundred years in the future, is unplugged fifty years too early and discovers that someone may have tried to murder her.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Unwind </strong>by Neal Shusterman<br />
<blockquote><p>Three teens embark upon a cross-country journey in order to escape from a society that salvages body parts from children ages thirteen to eighteen.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>Uglies</strong> by Scott Westerfeld<br />
<blockquote><p>Tally is faced with a difficult choice when her new friend Shay decides to risk life on the outside rather than submit to the forced operation that turns sixteen-year-old girls into gorgeous beauties, and realizes that there is a whole new side to the pretty world that she doesn&#8217;t like.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pretties</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Specials</span>, and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Extras</span>.</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li> <strong>The Bar Code Tattoo</strong> by Suzanne Weyn<br />
<blockquote><p>Kayla is ostracized at school because she refused to get the required tattooed bar code, and now she and her family must run to avoid the dangerous threats against them.</p></blockquote>
</li>
<li><strong>Blood Red Road</strong> by Moira Young<br />
<blockquote><p>In a distant future, eighteen-year-old Lugh is kidnapped, and while his twin sister Saba and nine-year-old Emmi are trailing him across bleak Sandsea they are captured too, and taken to brutal Hopetown, where Saba is forced to be a cage fighter until new friends help plan an escape.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Rebel Heart</span> (8/2012).</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
<li><strong>All These Things I&#8217;ve Done</strong> by Gabrielle Zevin<br />
<blockquote><p>In a future where chocolate and caffeine are contraband, teenage cellphone use is illegal, and water and paper are carefully rationed, sixteen-year-old Anya Balanchine finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight as heir apparent to an important New York City crime family.<br />
<em>Followed by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Because It Is My Blood</span> (9/2012).</em></p></blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Platteville Public Library, 28 March 2012</p>
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		<title>You Are Here!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 22:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The theme for this year&#8217;s teen summer library program is &#8220;You Are Here.&#8221;  Registration starts May 31, and weekly programs start June 14.  See our official summer page for a list of all our programs and contests this summer.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://plattevillepubliclibrary.org/teens/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ipod1.png"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-489" title="ipod" src="http://plattevillepubliclibrary.org/teens/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ipod1.png" alt="" width="267" height="356" /></a>The theme for this year&#8217;s teen summer library program is &#8220;You Are Here.&#8221;  Registration starts May 31, and weekly programs start June 14.  See our <a href="http://plattevillepubliclibrary.org/teens/summer">official summer page</a> for a list of all our programs and contests this summer.</p>
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		<title>Get ready for the ACT or SAT</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 20:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ada Gonzales will be presenting “The ACT and SAT: Prepare Yourself for a Higher Score”

Thursday, June 2nd
6:00 – 6:45 pm
Platteville Public Library meeting room

She’ll cover the following topics about the ACT and SAT:

the importance of taking them and scoring well
how they differ
test taking tips
using free test prep resources

Ms. Gonzales is a college access counselor from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ada Gonzales will be presenting “The ACT and SAT: Prepare Yourself for a Higher Score”</p>
<ul>
<li>Thursday, June 2nd</li>
<li>6:00 – 6:45 pm</li>
<li>Platteville Public Library meeting room</li>
</ul>
<p>She’ll cover the following topics about the ACT and SAT:</p>
<ul>
<li>the importance of taking them and scoring well</li>
<li>how they differ</li>
<li>test taking tips</li>
<li>using free test prep resources</li>
</ul>
<p>Ms. Gonzales is a college access counselor from Great Lakes and works as part of the College Access Challenge Grant Program.</p>
<p>All are welcome, especially students planning to take the ACT or SAT this June or next fall. Call 348-7441 ext 4 for more information.  Registration is not required.</p>
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		<title>New teen books &#8211; spring 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These books are brand-new to the Platteville Public Library this spring:


Gathering by Kelley Armstrong

by the author of The Summoning


Last Good Place of Lily Odilon by Sara Beitia
Chime by Franny Billingsley
Red Glove by Holly Black

sequel to White Cat, second in the Curse Workers trilogy


Strings Attached by Judy Blundell

by the author of What I Saw and How [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>These books are brand-new to the Platteville Public Library this spring:</h3>
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<ul>
<li><b><i>Gathering</b></i> by Kelley Armstrong
<ul>
<li>by the author of <i>The Summoning</i></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Last Good Place of Lily Odilon</b></i> by Sara Beitia</li>
<li><b><i>Chime</b></i> by Franny Billingsley</li>
<li><b><i>Red Glove</b></i> by Holly Black
<ul>
<li>sequel to <i>White Cat</i>, second in the Curse Workers trilogy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Strings Attached</b></i> by Judy Blundell
<ul>
<li>by the author of <i>What I Saw and How I Lied</i></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Stolen</b></i> by Lucy Christopher</li>
<li><b><i>City of Fallen Angels</b></i> by Cassandra Clare
<ul>
<li>fourth in the Mortal Instruments series</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Sugar and Spice</b></i> by Lauren Conrad</li>
<li><b><i>FitzOsbornes in Exile</b></i> by Michelle Cooper
<ul>
<li>sequel to <i>A Brief History of Montmaray</i></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Body Finder</b></i> by Kimberly Derting</li>
<li><b><i>Entwined</b></i> by Heather Dixon</li>
<li><b><i>Anastasia&#8217;s Secret</b></i> by Susanne Dunlap</li>
<li><b><i>Lonely Hearts Club</b></i> by Elizabeth Eulberg</li>
<li><b><i>Where She Went</b></i> by Gayle Forman
<ul>
<li>sequel to <i>If I Stay</i></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Sweetness of Salt</b></i> by Cecilia Galante</li>
<li><b><i>Black Hole Sun</b></i> by David Macinnis Gill</li>
<li><b><i>Lies</b></i> by Michael Grant
<ul>
<li>third in the Gone series</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Afterlife</b></i> by Claudia Gray
<ul>
<li>fourth in the Evernight series</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Sierra Jensen Collection, volumes 1 &#038; 2</b></i> by Robin Jones Gunn
<ul>
<li>by the author of the Christy Miller series</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Unearthly</b></i> by Cynthia Hand</li>
<li><b><i>Blood Feud</b></i> by Alyxandra Harvey
<ul>
<li>sequel to <i>Hearts at Stake</i></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Big Crunch</b></i> by Pete Hautman</li>
<li><b><i>Hex Hall</b></i> by Rachel Hawkins</li>
<li><b><i>A Countess Below Stairs</b></i> by Eva Ibbotson</li>
<li><b><i>Five Flavors of Dumb</b></i> by Antony John</li>
<li><b><i>Iron King</b></i> by Julie Kagawa</li>
<li><b><i>Jane</b></i> by April Lindner
<ul>
<li>retelling of <i>Jane Eyre</i></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Knife That Killed Me</b></i> by Anthony Mcgowan</li>
<li><b><i>Cryer&#8217;s Cross</b></i> by Lisa McMann
<ul>
<li>by the author of the Wake trilogy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Twilight Saga : The Official Illustrated Guide</b></i> by Stephenie Meyer
<ul>
<li>the official book of everything you could ever want to know about everything Twilight</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Trash</b></i> by Andy Mulligan</li>
<li><b><i>Kick</b></i> by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman </li>
<li><b><i>Delirium</b></i> by Lauren Oliver
<ul>
<li>by the author of <i>Before I Fall</i></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>False Princess</b></i> by Eilis O&#8217;Neal</li>
<li><b><i>Half Brother</b></i> by Kenneth Oppel</li>
<li><b><i>Anna and the French Kiss</b></i> by Stephanie Perkins</li>
<li><b><i>Harmony</b></i> by Project Itoh</li>
<li><b><i>Fever Crumb</b></i> by Philip Reeve
<ul>
<li>prequel to the Hungry City Chronicles</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Across the Universe</b></i> by Beth Revis</li>
<li><b><i>Mostly Good Girls</b></i> by Leila Sales</li>
<li><b><i>The Year I Turned Sixteen</b></i> by Diane Schwemm</li>
<li><b><i>Latte Rebellion</b></i> by Sarah Jamila Stevenson</li>
<li><b><i>End of Days</b></i> by Max Turner
<ul>
<li>sequel to <i>The Night Runner</i></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Where the Truth Lies</b></i> by Jessica Warman</li>
<li><b><i>Rival</b></i> by Sara   Bennett-Wealer</li>
<li><b><i>Havoc</b></i> by Chris Wooding
<ul>
<li>sequel to <i>Malice</i></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b><i>Blink &#038; Caution</b></i> by Tim Wynne-Jones</li>
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		<title>New teen books &#8211; winter 2011</title>
		<link>http://plattevillepubliclibrary.org/teens/new-teen-books-winter-2011</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These books are brand-new to the Platteville Public Library as of the very end of 2010:


  The dark days of Hamburger Halpin  by 	Josh 	Berk
  Perfectly dateless: a universally misunderstood novel  by 	Kristin 	Billerbeck
  The demon&#8217;s covenant  by 	Sarah Rees 	Brennan

Book two of the trilogy, follows The demon&#8217;s lexicon


 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>These books are brand-new to the Platteville Public Library as of the very end of 2010:</h3>
<p><span id="more-362"></span></p>
<ul>
<li> <strong><em> The dark days of Hamburger Halpin </em></strong><em></em> by 	Josh 	Berk</li>
<li> <strong><em> Perfectly dateless: a universally misunderstood novel </em></strong><em></em> by 	Kristin 	Billerbeck</li>
<li> <strong><em> The demon&#8217;s covenant </em></strong><em></em> by 	Sarah Rees 	Brennan
<ul>
<li>Book two of the trilogy, follows <em>The demon&#8217;s lexicon</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Awakened </em></strong><em></em> by 	P. C 	Cast
<ul>
<li>Book eight of the <em>House of Night</em> series</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Is it night or day? </em></strong><em></em> by 	Fern Schumer 	Chapman</li>
<li> <strong><em> Dash &amp; Lily&#8217;s book of dares </em></strong><em></em> by Rachel Cohn &amp; David Levithan
<ul>
<li>by the same authors as <em>Nick &amp; Norah&#8217;s infinite playlist</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Matched </em></strong><em></em> by 	Allyson Braithwaite 	Condie</li>
<li> <strong><em> The miracle stealer </em></strong><em></em> by 	Neil O 	Connelly</li>
<li> <strong><em> Accomplice </em></strong><em></em> by 	Eireann	Corrigan</li>
<li> <strong><em> Girl parts </em></strong><em></em> by 	John 	Cusick</li>
<li> <strong><em> The painted boy </em></strong><em></em> by 	Charles	De Lint</li>
<li> <strong><em> The healer&#8217;s apprentice </em></strong><em></em> by 	Melanie 	Dickerson</li>
<li> <strong><em> Annexed </em></strong><em></em> by 	Sharon 	Dogar</li>
<li> <strong><em> Revolution </em></strong><em></em> by 	Jennifer 	Donnelly</li>
<li> <strong><em> Wildthorn </em></strong><em></em> by 	Jane 	Eagland</li>
<li> <strong><em> Sapphique </em></strong><em></em> by 	Catherine	Fisher
<ul>
<li>Sequel to <em>Incarceron</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Gool </em></strong><em></em> by 	Maurice 	Gee
<ul>
<li>Book two of the <em>Salt</em> trilogy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> A girl named Mister </em></strong><em></em> by 	Nikki 	Grimes</li>
<li> <strong><em> Blank confession </em></strong><em></em> by 	Pete	Hautman</li>
<li> <strong><em> Wicked girls: a novel of the Salem witch trials </em></strong><em></em> by 	Stephanie 	Hemphill</li>
<li> <strong><em> Girl, stolen </em></strong><em></em> by 	April 	Henry</li>
<li> <strong><em> You wish </em></strong><em></em> by 	Amanda 	Hubbard</li>
<li> <strong><em> Devilish </em></strong><em></em> by 	Maureen	Johnson</li>
<li> <strong><em> Please ignore Vera Dietz </em></strong><em></em> by 	A. S. King
<ul>
<li>2011 Printz honor award-winner</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Whisper </em></strong><em></em> by 	Phoebe 	Kitanidis</li>
<li> <strong><em> Things I know about love </em></strong><em></em> by 	Kate 	Le Vann</li>
<li> <strong><em> The body at the tower </em></strong><em></em> by 	Y. S. Lee
<ul>
<li>Book two of <em>The Agency</em> series</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Real live boyfriends: yes, boyfriends, plural, if my life weren&#8217;t complicated I wouldn&#8217;t be Ruby Oliver </em></strong><em></em> by 	E 	Lockhart
<ul>
<li>Fourth and final Ruby Oliver book</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Hothouse </em></strong><em></em> by 	Chris 	Lynch</li>
<li> <strong><em> Hold me closer, necromancer </em></strong><em></em> by 	Lish 	McBride</li>
<li> <strong><em> Pegasus </em></strong><em></em> by 	Robin 	McKinley</li>
<li> <strong><em> Last sacrifice </em></strong><em></em> by 	Richelle 	Mead
<ul>
<li>Sixth and final book of the <em>Vampire Academy</em> series</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Nobel genes </em></strong><em></em> by 	Rune 	Michaels</li>
<li> <strong><em> The eternal ones </em></strong><em></em> by 	Kirsten	Miller</li>
<li> <strong><em> Crazy </em></strong><em></em> by 	Han 	Nolan</li>
<li> <strong><em> The gift </em></strong><em></em> by 	James	Patterson
<ul>
<li>Sequel to <em>Witch &amp; Wizard</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Wings </em></strong><em></em> by 	Aprilynne 	Pike</li>
<li> <strong><em> Thirst. No. 1 </em></strong><em></em> by 	Christopher	Pike</li>
<li> <strong><em> Streams of Babel </em></strong><em></em> by 	Carol	Plum-Ucci</li>
<li> <strong><em> Zen &amp; Xander undone </em></strong><em></em> by 	Amy Kathleen 	Ryan</li>
<li> <strong><em> Grace </em></strong><em></em> by 	Elizabeth	Scott</li>
<li> <strong><em> Freefall </em></strong><em></em> by 	Mindi 	Scott</li>
<li> <strong><em> The lying game </em></strong><em></em> by 	Sara	Shepard
<ul>New series by the author of <em>Pretty Little Liars</em></ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Bruiser </em></strong><em></em> by 	Neal 	Shusterman</li>
<li> <strong><em> Night world No. 1 </em></strong> and <strong><em> Night world No. 2 </em></strong> by 	L. J. 	Smith</li>
<li> <strong><em> Blood on my hands </em></strong><em></em> by 	Todd 	Strasser
<ul>
<li>Sequel to <em>Wish you were dead</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> The ring of Solomon </em></strong><em></em> by 	Jonathan 	Stroud
<ul>
<li>Prequel to the <em>Bartimaeus trilogy</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Brilliant </em></strong><em></em> by 	Rachel 	Vail</li>
<li> <strong><em> Paranormalcy </em></strong><em></em> by 	Kiersten 	White</li>
<li> <strong><em> Beatle meets Destiny </em></strong><em></em> by 	Gabrielle 	Williams</li>
<li> <strong><em> The curse of the Wendigo </em></strong><em></em> by 	Richard 	Yancey
<ul>
<li>Sequel to <em>The Monstrumologist</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Guardian of the Gate </em></strong><em></em> by 	Michelle 	Zink
<ul>
<li>Book two of <em>The prophecy of the sisters</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>These books came in during November and are still pretty new!</h3>
<ul>
<li> <strong><em> Starcrossed </em></strong> by	Elizabeth C	Bunce</li>
<li> <strong><em> The exiled queen </em></strong> by	Cinda Williams	Chima
<ul>
<li>Second in the <em>Seven Realms</em> trilogy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> The Scorch Trials </em></strong> by	James	Dashner
<ul>Book two of the <em>Maze Runner</em> trilogy</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Return to Paradise </em></strong> by	Simone	Elkeles
<ul>
<li>Sequel to <em>Leaving Paradise</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Crescendo </em></strong> by	Becca	Fitzpatrick
<ul>
<li>Sequel to <em>Hush, hush</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Beautiful darkness </em></strong> by	Kami	Garcia &amp; Margaret Stohl
<ul>
<li>Sequel to <em>Beautiful creatures</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Torment </em></strong> by	Lauren	Kate
<ul>
<li>Sequel to <em>Fallen</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> I am number four </em></strong> by	Pittacus	Lore</li>
<li> <strong><em> Empire of night </em></strong> by	Justin	Somper
<ul>
<li>Fifth in the <em>Vampirates</em> series</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <strong><em> Confessions of the Sullivan sisters </em></strong> by	Natalie	Standiford</li>
<li> <strong><em> Passing strange </em></strong> by	Daniel	Waters
<ul>
<li>Third in the <em>Generation dead<em> series</em></em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><em><em> <strong><em> Extraordinary </em></strong> by	Nancy	Werlin </em></em></li>
<li><em><em> <strong><em> Behemoth </em></strong> by	Scott	Westerfeld </em></em>
<ul>
<li><em><em>Sequel to <em>Leviathan</em></em></em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><em><em> <strong><em> The replacement </em></strong> by	Brenna	Yovanoff </em></em></li>
<li><em><em> <strong><em> Zombies vs. unicorns </em></strong> </em></em></li>
</ul>
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		<title>Financial Aid for Your Collegeland Adventure</title>
		<link>http://plattevillepubliclibrary.org/teens/financial-aid-for-your-collegeland-adventure</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teen programs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been thinking about school after high school?  Are you working on college applications?  Wondering how you&#8217;ll pay for your education?
Ada Gonzalez, college access advisor from Great Lakes Education, will present &#8220;Financial Aid for Your Collegeland Adventure.&#8221;  The presentation provides a look at the types of financial aid available and walks [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you been thinking about school after high school?  Are you working on college applications?  Wondering how you&#8217;ll pay for your education?</p>
<p>Ada Gonzalez, college access advisor from Great Lakes Education, will present &#8220;Financial Aid for Your Collegeland Adventure.&#8221;  The presentation provides a look at the types of financial aid available and walks students through the process of how to apply for financial aid and how financial aid is awarded. </p>
<ul>
<li>Tuesday, December 14
<li>6:00 &#8211; 7:00 p.m.
<li>Platteville Public Library
</ul>
<p>All parents and students are welcome to attend, especially juniors and seniors and their families.  The program is free and open to the public.  Registration is not required. </p>
<p>For more information, visit the Platteville Public Library at 65 S Elm St, call the library at 348-7441 ext 4, or email us at reference@plattevillepubliclibrary.org.</p>
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		<title>Penultimate* Potter Party: in the kitchens of Hogwarts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teen programs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Join the library house elves as we put on the Wizard Rock and cook up some sugar quills, cauldron cakes,  and other Dobby-worthy treats to celebrate the release of the next to the last Harry Potter movie.

Saturday, November 13
2:00 &#8211; 3:30
grades 7-12

Space is limited, so be sure to register!  To register, stop by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Join the library house elves as we put on the Wizard Rock and cook up some sugar quills, cauldron cakes,  and other Dobby-worthy treats to celebrate the release of the next to the last Harry Potter movie.</p>
<ul>
<li>Saturday, November 13</li>
<li>2:00 &#8211; 3:30</li>
<li>grades 7-12</li>
</ul>
<p>Space is limited, so be sure to register!  To register, stop by the Information Services desk at the library or call 348-7441 ext. 4.</p>
<p>*<em><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penultimate">penultimate</a> : next to the last&#8230;but you knew that.</em></p>
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