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Teen Read Week 2008Teen Read Week will be celebrated Oct. 12-18, 2008. This year’s theme is Books with Bite @ your library. Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Teens can vote online for their top ten during Teen Read Week. Go to www.ala.org/teenstopten to vote for your top ten. Check out reviews of titles nominated for the 2008 Teens' Top Ten. Check out reviews of titles nominated for the 2008 Teens' Top Ten. NOVELLO Festival of Reading Each October PLCMC celebrates books with its Novello Festival of Reading. Games and storytelling, a family street festival, and talks by popular regional and national authors are just some of the events we look forward to each year. In this booklist, we present reviews of books by some of our Novello authors past and present. Learn more about the Novello Festival of Reading Apparitions, Spirits and Ghosts, Oh My! Ever wonder what it would be like to be in the presence of a ghost? These books are full of characters that not only see, feel and hear these spirits but talk to and help these paranormal specters find their "light". Mystical leanings abound in this selection of adult and young adult books with a paranormal penchant. Featured Review: 
Eclipse by Meyer, StephenieIt’s a big year for Bella Swan, graduating from high school, finding her one true love, and soon she’s to become one of the undead. It’s just another day in the life of your average teenage girl right? With her boyfriend as a vampire and her best friend a werewolf things are never dull but suddenly Seattle is being ravaged by a string of mysterious murders. And the killings look strangely similar to the work of newborn vampires. Since Bella is still human and hunted by Victoria, a vampire out for revenge and the powerful Volturi coven she has to take any threat seriously. Will Edward be able to save her this time or will the feud between vampires and werewolves finally lead to bloodshed?  
Here is an excerpt from News Anchor, Paul Cameron's review of The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov:
The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov is one of my favorite books. I've always thought that the best science fiction is that which closely parallels reality. It begins with Hari Seldon - a genius who invents the science of psychohistory. Seldon makes educated guesses about mankind's future and decides to establish twin "Foundation" worlds at opposite ends of the galaxy. Like the decline of the Roman Empire, Asimov's Galactic Empire falls into ruin. But, because of Seldon's vision, the Foundation outposts help pull the galaxy through its dark ages to a time of Renaissance. The story ends with mankind establishing a second and greater Galactic Empire. When you consider Asimov writing much of the trilogy just after the horrors of World War II, it's no wonder his view of man's future is so intriguing. Read more Celebrity Reviews  
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Scott Turow is the author of seven best-selling novels including Presumed Innocent. He was born in Chicago in 1949. He graduated with high honors from Amherst College in 1970. That year, he received an Edith Mirrielees Fellowship to the Stanford University Creative Writing Center, which he attended from 1970-1972. From 1972-1975, Mr. Turow taught Creative Writing at Stanford, as E.H. Jones Lecturer. In 1975, he entered Harvard Law School, graduating with honors in 1978. From 1978-1986, he was an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago. He was a prosecutor in the trial of Illinois Attorney General William J. Scott, who was convicted of tax fraud. Mr. Turow was also lead government counsel in a number of the trials connected to Operation Greylord, a federal investigation of corruption into the Illinois judiciary.
Mr. Turow continues to work as an attorney. He has been a partner in the Chicago office of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, a national law firm, since 1986, concentrating on white collar criminal defense, while also devoting a substantial amount of time to pro bono matters. In one such case, he represented Alejandro Hernandez in the successful appeal that preceded Hernandez’s release after nearly twelve years in prison, including five on death row, for a murder he did not commit. Mr. Turow has three adult children. He lives outside Chicago and is working on a sequel to Presumed Innocent. Read our Scott Turow Interview  
This month Reader's Club spotlights Cassandra, a librarian at Mint Hill Branch Library, who is also a member of the Reader's Club Team. Cassandra has reviewed a variety of fiction and non-fiction titles for adults.
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