The wait is almost over. Twilight the Movie, based on the best selling novel by Stephenie Meyer, will be in theaters December 12, 2008. Click the link to see the official movie trailer.

The creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming, would have been 100 years old today, May 28! Fleming began his famous spy novels with “Casino Royale” in 1953 and wrote over 20 books, many of which were made into movies. Since his death in 1964, several authors have continued to pen Bond novels. The latest, called “Devil May Care”, written by Sebastian Faulks, is being launched today for what would be Ian Fleming’s 100th birthday. Mr. Faulks is the latest of several authors to have penned Bond novels in the wake of Fleming’s death. To hear an NPR interview and read an excerpt of this latest Bond adventure, click here.

Read four or more of the following titles and you will be eligible to vote next February:

After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings and Flew Away by Joyce Carol Oates

Blaming herself for the car accident on the Tappan Zee Bridge that killed her mother, fifteen-year-old Jenna undergoes a difficult physical and emotional recovery. http://jco.usfca.edu

The Bonemender by Holly Bennett

Gabrielle DesChenes, gifted Healer and one of the royal family of Verdeau, finds herself falling in love with Feolan, an Elf who arrives at her castle seeking help for his wounded friend and who warns of imminent danger from invaders who threaten the freedom of all who live in the Krylian Basin.

Catch by Will Leitch

Teenager Tim Temples must decide if he wants to leave his comfortable life in in a small town and go to college.

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Kristina Snow is the perfect daughter, but she meets a boy who introduces her to drugs and becomes a very different person, struggling to control her life and her mind. www.ellenhopkins.com

Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock

After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school’s rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her. http://www.catherinemurdock.com/

The Girls by Lori Lansens

“We’ve been called many things: freaks, horrors, monsters, devils, witches, retards, wonders, marvels. To most, we’re a curiosity. In small-town Leaford, where we live and work, we’re just ‘The Girls.’”

Hawksong by Amelia Atwater Rhodes

In a land that has been at war so long that no one remembers the reason for fighting, the shapeshifters who rule the two factions agree to marry in the hope of bringing peace, despite deep-seated fear and distrust of each other.

I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.

It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

A humorous account of a New York City teenager’s battle with depression and his time spent in a psychiatric hospital. www.nedvizzini.com

Jennifer Government by Max Barry

In a corporate-governed future world where people take the last names of the companies they work for, merchandising officer Hack Nike tries to get out of a contract that requires him to shoot teenagers, a situation that results in his unwitting involvement with an agent who is out to get Hack’s employer. www.maxbarry.com

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. www.rickriordan.com

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Sixteen-year-old Miles’ first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash. www.sparksflyup.com

A Northern Lightby Jennifer Donnelly

Sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and boyfriend, takes a job at a hotel in 1906 where the death of a guest renews her determination to live her own life. www.jenniferdonnelly.com

Peeps by Scott Westerfield

Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism, and must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected. www.scottwesterfeld.com

Raiders Nightby Robert Lipsyte

Matt Rydeck, co-captain of his high school football team, endures a traumatic season as he witnesses the rape of a rookie player by teammates and grapples with his own use of performance-enhancing drugs. www.robertlipsyte.com

Sold by Patricia McCormick

Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape. www.pattymccormick.com

Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess

Haunted by flashbacks, fifteen-year-old Meredith learns that three years in prison has not changed the abusive father who molested her. www.laurawiess.com

Taken by Chris Jordan

In a terrible instant, Kate Bickford’s young son vanishes. Racing home hoping to find her son, Kate comes face-to-face with his abductor, who wants all the money she has. If she doesn’t follow something he calls The Method, the consequences will be gruesome. www.rodmanphilbrick.com

The Tenth Circleby Jodi Picoult

Trixie Stone is only a freshman in high school when Jason, the junior she thinks she loves, dumps her. Then one night at a party, their paths cross again. A few hours later, a visibly shaken Trixie comes home to tell her father that Jason assaulted her. Daniel Stone has always done everything in his power to keep his daughter safe. But he never imagined anything so devastating could happen to Trixie–and now he’s not sure how to help her. www.jodipicoult.com

Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Timeby Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram mountains, Pakistanin 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, a mountaineer called Greg Mortenson drifted, cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. This is the story of that promise and its extraordinary outcome. www.ikat.org

The Warrior Heirby Cinda Williams Chima

After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards. www.cindachima.com

What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles

After his younger brother commits suicide, Kyle Kirby decides to exact revenge on the person he holds responsible. www.gailgiles.com

Hope to see you there!

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

News by Mrs. Thale

Get ‘em while they’re hot! Want a good book to read for over the holidays? The library is distributing 200 brand new copies of “Leaving Paradise“, a new teen novel, to the first 100 students who act quickly. The award-winning local author, Simone Elkeles, will visit our school in the Spring during National Library Week to discuss her books with us. If you enjoy her book, (and we think you will), we encourage you to pass it along to another student. Pick up your free copy of “Leaving Paradise” at the circulation desk today! Happy Holidays from the library and enjoy a good read on us!