Did You Like the Hunger Games?

If you liked (or LOVED) the Hunger Games here are some other books with a dystopian theme that you should check out!

Matched  by Allie Condie – Cassia goes to her Matching Banquet on her seventeenth birthday and finds out she is matched with her best friend Xander, but then the face changes…..  Who is her real match? 

Divergent by Veronica Roth – Tris is 16 and she must choose her future faction (community) but is it possible that there isn’t one where she truly belongs?

Graceling by Kristin Cashore – Some people are born with a special ability or Grace.  Katsa’s Grace is killing… and a corrupt king is ready to exploit it.

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher – Finn, a prisoner in the vast Incarceron, believes there is an outside and with the help of Claudia, the warden’s daughter, he plans to escape.

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8th Graders planning on attending Columbia ...

Early registration for Columbia High School begins April 2, 2012 and runs through April 5, 2012.  Early placement testing will run from April 9^th thru April 12^th.

Registration packets should be picked up at the Board of Education and returned to the District Registrar at the Board Office as soon as possible.

General registration begins on May 7, 2012.

For more information contact: Tiffani Barnes at (973)762-5600 ext. 1830.

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Hilton Teen Cooking with Whole Foods ...

Hilton Branch – Ages 12-16

Kristine Nicholson, Healthy Eating Specialist for Whole Foods Market, will teach simple cooking techniques based on their Healthy Eating Program.  We will be making a healthy breakfast at this very hands-on session.

Teen Advisory Group

Main Library

Stop in to hear about what’s happening at the library.  There will be reviews to read so YOU can help choose books for the library’s young adult collection.  We plan programs for the Summer Reading Club and choose prizes.  Refreshments will be served.

Tech Zone

Main Library – Grades 6 & up – Thursday afternoons when school is in session.  Join us in Memorial Hall to play Wii and Playstation2, use laptops or just hang out.

The Future of Us by Jay ...

It’s 1996, Emma’s dad feels guilty about moving away with his new wife, so he gives Emma a computer.  Josh lives next door and used to be Emma’s best friend, but something happened in November and they barely speak. Things get really strange when Josh’s mom sends him over to Emma’s with a free AOL CD-ROM to install for internet access.  They are immediately logged on to Facebook.  The only thing is….. Facebook hasn’t been invented yet. Emma and Josh see themselves and their friends fifteen years in the future, but their futures in Facebook change as they make choices in their present lives.  The duo starts to second guess their daily decisions as they discover the impact those decisions have on their futures.  This is a wonderful page turner with suspense, romance with a touch of science fiction.

Matched by Ally Condie

This well paced dystopian novel takes us into the future where the Society decides what you will eat, your profession and who you will marry.  Cassia goes to her Matching Banquet on her seventeenth birthday and finds out she is matched with her best friend Xander, but then the face changes…..  Who is her real match?  This is only the first of many questions that start to plague Cassia about the Society.  The suspense unfolds as Cassia must decide whether she will continue to be controlled by the Society or determine her own destiny.  This is the first of a trilogy.

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