Our STABcast this week is of the creepy What happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles. This book is espcially for fans of CSI and shows of that type.

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Our STABcaster, Leslie, even discussed this particular book at ALA when it was in Seattle which no doubt had a great deal with it making the Best Book for Young Adults 2007 list.

My little Daemon.

The Golden Compass movie is coming! And on the official website you can find out what your daemon is. Here is mine:

A new STABcast.

Our STABcaster, Jennifer, chose 2007 Printz Award winning book American Born Chinese by Gene Yang to review this week.



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You can place a hold, read reviews and look at the cover of American Born Chinese from our catalog.

MacBeth Themes Booklist
For the Room 9 Community School
Ambition, Betrayal, Guilt, Relationships, Supernatural, Symbolism

Akhenaten Adventure
By P.B. Kerr A,B,R, Su

American Gods
By Neil Gaiman A, B,G, R, Su, Sym

Amulet of Samarkand
By Jonathon Stroud A, B, R, Su

Artemis Fowl (series)
by Eoin Colfer A, B, Su

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing
By M.T. Anderson A, B, G, R, Sym

Black Duck
by Janet Lisle Taylor A, B, G, R

The Book Thief
By Markus Zusak A, B, G, R, Sym

Courtesan’s Daughter
By Priscilla Galloway A, B, R

Cry of the Icemark
By Stuart Hill A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Devilish
By Maureen Johnson A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Double Helix
By Nancy Werlin A, B, G, R,

Ender’s Game
By Orson Scott Card A, B, G, R, Sym

Fellowship of the Ring (series)
By J. R. R. Tolkein A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Freaks! Alive on the Inside
By Annette Curtis Klaus A, B, G, R, Sym

Golden Compass
By Phillip Pullman A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Goose Girl
by Shannon Hale A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

A Great and Terrible Beauty
By Libba Bray A, B, G, Su

Harry Potter (series)
by J.K. Rowling A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Hattie Big Sky
by Kirby Larson A, B, G, R

The Hero and the Crown
By Robin McKinley A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Holes
By Louis Sacher A, B, G, Sym

The Hollow Kingdom
By Clare B. Dunkle A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

House of Stairs
By William Sleator A, B, G, R, Sym

Ithaka
By Adele Geras A, B, R, Su

Keeper
by Mal Peet A, R, Su, Sym

The Killer’s Tears
By Anne-Laure Bondoux B, G, R, Su, Sym

Kite Rider
By Geraldine McCaughrean
A, B, G, R, Sym

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
By C.S. Lewis A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
By Gary D. Schmidt A, B, G, R, Sym

London Calling
By Edward Bloor A, Su, Sym

Love Curse of the Rumbaughs
By Jack Gantos B, R, Sym

Mimus
By Lilli Thal A, B, G, R, Sym

Monster
By Walter Dean Myers A, B, G, R

Montmorency ; thief liar gentleman?
by Eleanor Updale A, B, G, R

Northern Light
By Jennifer Donnelly A, B, G, R, Sym

Ophelia
By Lisa Klein B, G, R

Oracle Betrayed
By Catherine Fisher B, Su

Over Sea, Under Stone (series)
By Susan Cooper A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Pirates
By Celia Rees A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Poet Slave of Cuba
By Margarita Engle A, B, Sym

Power of One
by Bryce Courtenay A, B, G, R, Sym

Private Peaceful
By Michael Morpurgo B, G, R, Sym

Rag and Bone Shop
By Robert Cormier A, B, G, R

Sabriel (series)
By Garth Nix A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Samurai Shortstop
By Alan Gratz A, G, R, Sym

Sea of Trolls
By Nancy Farmer A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Shade’s Children
By Garth Nix A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Shades of Simon Gray
By Joyce McDonald A, B, G, R, Su

Silver Donkey
By Sony Hartnett A, B, G, R, Sym

The Thief
By Megan Whelan Turner
A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Tithe
By Holly Black
A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

Tomorrow, When the War Began (series)
By John Marsden
A, B, G, R, Sym

Trigger
by Susan Vaught G, B, R

Troy
by Adele Geras A, B, R, Su

Uglies
By Scott Westerfield A, B, G, R, Sym

Warchild
by Karin Lowachee A, B, G, R, Sym

The Wreckers
By Iain Lawrence A, B, G, R, Sym

Wrinkle in Time
By Madeleine L’Engle
A, B, G, R, Su, Sym

The Year of Secret Assignments
By Jaclyn Moriarty A, B, R

The Young Royals (series)
by Carolyn Meyer A, B, G, R

STABcast of the week!

This week, Molly STABcasts Scott Westerfeld's The Midnighters: Volume 1, The secret hour.



This is a first book in the Midnighters trilogoy . The trilogy also includes Touching Darkness and Blue Noon.

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This week's STABcast

Our STABcast this week is Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill.

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Cry of the Icemark is available from KCLS in audio, large print, as a traditional book and also as an enhanced book (which includes a CD-ROM with maps, timelines and an author interview).

On a personal note, Cry of the Icemark was my favorite fantasy novel of 2005. Nonetheless, this review was not coerced from Jackie. (Though I probably would have paid her to give the book a favorable review.) In fact, this is all the payment Jackie will receive: Thanks for the review!

Our newest STABcast!

Our STABcast this week is a review of The Silver Donkey by Sonya Harnett .


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Thanks, Chelsea, for providing the review.

Sorry, but I canceled the meeting for today, Tuesday, April 3rd. However, we will have 2 more meetings this month:

a STABBBYA Meeting on April 10th

and

a STAB meeting on April 17th

Both are from 4-6pm.

Hope to see you there!

How Brian Michael Bendis stole my baby. (Or what I learned at Emerald City Comiccon.)

To begin with, the title is completely inaccurate. I didn’t learn anything at the Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC). No, wait. That part is right. It was that Bendis didn’t technically “steal” my baby. It was more like I tried to trade her for a comic, but he didn’t wouldn’t take her. But more on that later . . .

So, back to what I learned:


1. Bring a baby stroller with you so you have a place to put all the stuff you buy.
I was fortunate to have Aidan with me so I didn’t have to just bring an empty baby stroller to throw stuff in. Cuz’ I’ve done that before and it looks creepy. You can also use the stroller as a battering ram to get to the good stuff.

2. Bounty Hunters take too many breaks.
We swung by the the 501st Legion’s booth to have my picture taken with characters from the Star Wars movies. However, the magic of the event was somewhat diminished when “Darth Vader” whipped off his helmet and talked about how he couldn’t breathe. (I thought he had some kind of mechanism for that kind of thing in that big old can on his head.) So, Aidan and I stood in line to have our picture taken and I was very pleased becausebo one of my favorite characters from the Star Wars films was there: Boba Fett. However, as they leant me a light saber (I left mine at home) and a Jedi robe I noticed that Mr. Fett had gone away and he was not to be found. I hated to be a pain, but I asked if it would be possible to find him or we could wait. They did a quick search, but couldn’t find him anywhere. But that was when Darth stepped up.

3. Darth Vader isn’t such a bad guy and Storm Troopers are pretty friendly too.
Darth asked if a Strom Trooper and a Darth Vader would work for the picture. “Sure,” I said. So off we went. I figured Darth was kind of mean based on the movies, but I guess that is just another liberal media ploy to vilify the Empire. The Storm Trooper chatted with me while we were waiting for Darth to put his helmet back on. I asked him why he was wearing desert gear in Seattle and he said that he wanted to be prepared. It makes me curious as to whether or not the Boy Scouts and the Storm Troopers share training techniques.

4. Comic book writers and artists don’t want to trade their wares for kids.
Usually I’m not a geek when it comes to meeting famous people. I give them their space and just admire their work. Plus, I never have anything interesting to say. But there is something about being at a comic convention where you just let your geek out. And so I stood in line to have some artists and writers I admire sign some books. One of the individuals signing was a guy named Brian Michael Bendis. He is currently working on a series at Marvel called Civil War. Anyways, I was grabbing one of his books to sign and I said something to the effect of “Do you mind . . . ?” while shifting Aidan on my hip. BMB jumped up and said “Sure” and gestured for Aidan. “Uh. OK” was my sterling response as I handed over my child. He then started to make googly eyes at her which was actually really cute. Aidan seemed to be pretty happy with the arrangement. I almost asked if he wanted to watch her while I wandered around a bit more, but he had a line. Maybe next time.

5. Bounty hunters like to shop for toys.
On my way out, I was wandering by a booth and found Boba Fett shopping for action figures. So I had to stop and ask if we could have a picture. I thought, “Hey, he isn’t pointy like the Tuscan Raider” (pictured above), “Why doesn’t he hold Aidan?" However, when I tried to hand Aidan over, she started crying. Apparently, Aidan must think she has a price on her head. (Which she doesn’t as far as I know.) Regardless, we got our picture with Boba Fett.
6. It is always more fun to hang out with someone else at a costume competition.
Aidan and I made one last stop at the costume competition on our way out. We were accompanied by one of my librarian co-workers, Dawn. More than two-dozen people showed off their creativity at the competition. However, as Dawn and I noted, some people were perhaps “too creative”. When designing a costume, one should refrain from highlighting parts of the body that cellulite can, uh, collect in unpleasant ways. Plus, thigh high boots and hot pants may look good in a comics, but may not look so good in real life. Also, in my opinion, flesh colored tights can cover a multitude of sins.

All in all, it was a good bonding experience between a father and daughter. Remember, it is never too early to introduce your younglings to nerd-dom.

The new Harry Potter cover is out. Looks a little too happy for a title like Deathly Hallows to me.

Our first STABcast!

Hopefully this will be our first of many STABcasts! What is a STABcast you ask? A STABcast is podcast book review preformed by members of the Shoreline Teen Advisory Board.

This week we are happy to have Leslie review The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation ; v. 1 The Pox party taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources ; collected by M.T. Anderson of Boston by M.T. Anderson.



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This book is also available on audio.

Fun fact- Octavian Nothing won a Printz Honor this year.

Another fun fact-this is the longest title of any book. Ever. Probably.

If you missed the STAB meeting, or even if you went and want to relive it, here are some abbreviated notes:

First off we talked about the articles in the PI about STAB @ ALA . Max mentioned that he was quoted in later article dealing with Millennials and computer use. According to the article, Max never leaves his computer.

I also asked you to give me your thoughts on STAB on the blog I’ll leave it up until the end of the month. Hope you get a chance to make a few comments what you think.

I reminded everyone that STAB is on MySpace and I would like to be your “friend”—in a non-creepy way, of course.

We’re thinking of having a Harry Potter Party probably on July 21st. Stay tuned for details.

In regards to volunteering, I’ve got about as many volunteers as I can handle. A few things to remember:
Please come to meetings prepared.
If you have any questions, talk to me before the meeting. That means reviewing books for the “classic” STAB Meetings and reading and commenting on books for the STABBBYA meetings .
Also, we’ve had some issues with volunteers in the back room. Please only come into the staff area if I am there. Please go the Information Desk, and ask them to call me to come out if you don’t see me. Thanks!

Our next STABBBYA meeting is April 3rd, from 4-6pm.

Did I miss anything?

STAB Survey

In an effort to serve you better, I’d like you to post a few comments on the STABlog about your thoughts on our little group.

There is no form, so I’ll give you some suggested topics to discuss:

What do you like most about STAB?

What do you like least about STAB?

Has STAB helped you in your school/work/life?

Why did you join STAB? And why do you continue to attend?

What STAB services do you use? ie: STABlog, MySTAB; STABucket, etc.

Doe STAB encourage you to visit the library more/read more/make new friends?

Does STAB encourage you to use library services (checking out books, use databases, etc.) or come to events (like SAT prep program, Manga classes)?

You should be able to post to the STABlog anonymously, so I would appreciate any comments you have, both good and bad. When you post it, it will say something about seeking administrator approval, which just means that they send me an e-mail telling me that I have a comment.

I’d like to have them done by March 30th, so you have some time to think about what you want to say. Thanks!

The Seattle STAB Intellgencer!

STAB is front page news on the PI! And there was some other stuff in the article as well.

Here are a couple of my thoughts on the articles, though I’ll limit my comments to STAB related stuff.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/306531_teenlit08.html

First off—Leslie! What are you doing at LFP? Why are you going to another library? Seriously though, nice picture.

And Jennifer? You are going to something called the Shoreline Teen Advisory Group? Why are you people going to other library’s and library programs? You’re starting to hurt my feelings.

And I’m quoted! Don’t I sound knowledgeable and such! I can tell when my book shelves are empty. Stellar performance!

Also nice to see Holly quoted. Eloquent as always.

Glad to see that Zeno sharp fashion sense is just as keen as his taste in books,

Victor—Stop picking on Delta Force. You don’t want to make them angry.

Terry Pratchett is not a comic genius, Feather, he is a comic demigod!

And Angie! The gang is all here! And you were the guys talking about titles that were more than just the run of the mill popular stuff!

For the other article:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/306478_teenlitsplit08.html

Interesting idea of separating the teen collection. I’ll have you guys start on that at the next STAB meeting. Of course, that would mean that we would have to have a STAB for each collection. So SYAAB, SMSAB, SCAAB? It could work . . . We’ll work on itl

What do you guys think?

When does the New Harry Potter come out? And the movie? Oh, here it is.