Attention Aspiring Filmmakers!

Want to create a film that will

showcase your skills
possibly win you acclaim (well, at least with Teen Services…)
be useful for when you DO apply to film school
AND showcase your vision for the 2012 Teen Summer Reading program at the Cold Spring Harbor Library?

The video challenge is state-wide, and open to any New York State resident between the ages of 13 and 18. You can do this solo, or with friends.

More information on the Challenge (and guidelines) can be found here.

Resources to help you create an amazing video are here.

Everything is due on March 5, 2012.

Novel Destinations: Cuba

Travel the world this summer with our Adult Summer Reading Program, Novel Destinations.

CUBA:

FICTION

Beautiful Maria of My Soul: Or the True Story of Maria Garcia y Cifuentes, the Lady Behind a Famous Song by Oscar Hijuelos

Dancing to “Almendra” by Mayra Montero

Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García

Fidel’s Last Days by Roland Merullo

Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smith

Havana Fever by Leonardo Padura

Havana World Series by José Latour

Tango for a Torturer by Daniel Chavarría

Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner

NON-FICTION

The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro’s Schoolmates from Revolution to Exile by Patrick Symmes

The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America’s Doomed Invasion of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs by Jim Rasenberger

Cuba Diaries: An American Housewife in Havana by Isadora Tattlin

Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba–and Then Lost It to the Revolution by T.J. English

The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba’s Last Tycoon by John Paul Rathbone

FILMS

Nada

Our Man in Havana

Viva Cuba

Novel Destinations: India

Travel the world this summer with our Adult Summer Reading Program, Novel Destinations.

INDIA:

FICTION

An Atlas of Impossible Longing by Anuradha Roy

The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator by Tarquin Hall

Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn

A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta by Paul Theroux

The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri

East of the Sun by Julia Gregson

English, August: An Indian Story by Upamanyu Chatterjee

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

The Girl in the Garden by Kamala Nair

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The Hero’s Walk by Anita Rau Badami

The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh

Ladies Coupé by Anita Nair

The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama

Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

The Miniaturist by Kunal Basu

The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Lekha Banerjee Divakaruni

Partitions by Amit Majmudar

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra

The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

Six Suspects by Vikas Swarup

The Splendor of Silence by Indu Sundaresan

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna

The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan

The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

NON-FICTION

Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham

Eating India: An Odyssey into the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices by Chitrita Banerji

In the Valley of Mist: Kashmir: One Family in a Changing World by Justine Hardy

India: A History by John Keay

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India by William Dalrymple

The Ramayana: A Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic by Ramesh Menon

Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India by Miranda Kennedy

Taj Mahal: Passion and Genius at the Heart of the Moghul Empire by Diana and Michael Preston

The Tiger Ladies: A Memoir of Kashmir by Sudha Koul

Two Under the Indian Sun by Jon and Rumer Godden

FILMS

3 Idiots

Aloo Chaat

Bride & Prejudice

The Darjeeling Limited

Novel Destinations: Australia & New Zealand

Travel the world this summer with our Adult Summer Reading Program, Novel Destinations.

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND:

FICTION

The Adventures of Miles and Isabel by Tom Gilling

After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld

At Home with the Templetons by Monica McInerney

Blood Moon by Garry Disher

Carpentaria by Alexis Wright

The Colour by Rose Tremain

Dead Man’s Chest: A Phryne Fisher Mystery by Kerry Greenwood

Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan

Gunshot Road by Adrian Hyland

Oscar & Lucinda by Peter Carey

The Secret River by Kate Grenville

Sorry by Gail Jones

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

Truth by Peter Temple

The Unquiet Night by Patricia Carlon

The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran

The World Beneath by Cate Kennedy

NON-FICTION

A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia by Thomas Keneally

The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes

In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson

The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race by G. Bruce Knecht

The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin

FILMS

The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Australia

Animal Kingdom

A Cry in the Dark

Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger

Rabbit-Proof Fence

The Road from Coorain

Novel Destinations: Japan

Travel the world this summer with our Adult Summer Reading Program, Novel Destinations.

JAPAN:

FICTION

The Cloud Pavilion by Laura Joh Rowland

Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka

Country of Origin by Don Lee

Fear and Trembling by Amélie Nothomb

Girl in a Box by Sujata Massey

The Masuda Affair: A Sugawara Akitada Mystery by I.J. Parker

On Parole by Akira Yoshimura

The Pearl Diver by Jeff Talarigo

The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

The Tale of Murasaki by Liza Dalby

The Tales of the Heike translated by Burton Watson

The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery

Tokyo Year Zero by David Peace

Volcano by Shusaku Edno

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Villain by Shuichi Yoshida

NON-FICTION

Geisha: A Life by Mineko Iwasaki

The Great Wave: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan by Christopher Benfey

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix

The Japanese Experience: A Short History of Japan by W.G. Beasley

Japanese Hot Pots: Comforting One-Pot Meals by Tadashi Ono & Harris Salat

Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life by Lafcadio Hearn

Samurai: The Story of Japan’s Great Warriors by Stephen Turnbull

Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein

Writings from Japan: An Anthology by Lafcadio Hearn

FILMS

The Ballad of Narayama

The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor & Humanity

Novel Destinations: Africa

Travel the world this summer with our Adult Summer Reading Program, Novel Destinations.

AFRICA:

FICTION

The African Queen by C.S. Forester

Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin (Rwanda)

Beneath the Lion’s Gaze by Maaza Mengiste (Ethiopia)

The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton (Kenya)

The Crocodile’s Last Embrace: A Jade del Cameron Mystery by Suzanne Arruda (Kenya)

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (South Africa)

Djibouti by Elmore Leonard (Djibouti)

A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson (Kenya)

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. (Nigeria)

The Impostor by Damon Galgut (South Africa)

In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar (Libya)

The In-Between World of Vikram Lall by M.G. Vassanji (Kenya)

Let the Dead Lie by Malla Nunn (South Africa)

Links by Nuruddin Farah (Somalia)

The Lovers of Algeria by Anouar Benmalek (Algeria)

Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela (Sudan)

The Madonna of Excelsior by Zakes Mda (South Africa)

The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna (Sierra Leone)

Oil on Water by Helon Habila (Nigeria)

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Congo)

Salamander Cotton by Richard Kunzmann (South Africa)

The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith (Botswana)

Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan

The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo by Peter Orner (Namibia)

The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu by Michael Stanley (Botswana)

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin (Nigeria)

The Storyteller of Marrakesh by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya (Morocco)

The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien (South Africa)

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)

Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer (South Africa)

True at First Light by Ernest Hemingway (Kenya)

Unconfessed by Yvette Christiansë (South Africa)

Wife of the Gods by Kwei J. Quartey (Ghana)

NON-FICTION

African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe by Doris Lessing (Zimbabwe)

Africa’s Animal Kingdom: A Visual Celebration by Kit Coppard

Black Livingstone: A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century Congo by Pagan Kennedy (Congo)

The Black Nile: One Man’s Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World’s Longest River by Dan Morrison (The Nile)

Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart by Tim Butcher (Congo)

Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo by Vanessa Woods (Congo)

Born Wild: The Extraordinary Story of One Man’s Passion for Africa by Tony Fitzjohn (Kenya)

Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life by J.M. Coetzee (South Africa)

Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux

Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller (Zimbabwe)

The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood by Elspeth Huxley (Kenya)

The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa by Alexander McCall Smith

God Sleeps in Rwanda: A Journey of Transformation by Joseph Sebarenzi (Rwanda)

In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall (Tanzania)

Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone by Martin Dugard

Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene (Liberia)

Kenya: A Country in the Making, 1880-1940 by Nigel Pavitt (Kenya)

Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda by Rosamond Halsey Carr (Rwanda)

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (Sierra Leone)

Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir by Neely Tucker (Zimbabwe)

Notes from the Hyena’s Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood by Nega Mezlekia (Ethiopia)

The Orphan Girl: And Other Stories, West African Folk Tales retold by Buchi Offodile

The Price of Stones: Building a School for My Village by Twesigye Jackson Kaguri (Uganda)

Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival by Dean King (The Sahara)

The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and Flavors of Africa by Marcus Samuelsson

There Is No Me Without You: One Woman’s Odyssey to Rescue Africa’s Children by Melissa Fay Greene (Ethiopia)

The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari (Sudan)

Traversa: A Solo Walk Across Africa, from the Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean by Fran Sandham

Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai (Kenya)

West with the Night by Beryl Markham (Kenya)

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin (Zimbabwe)

FILMS

Blood Diamond (Sierra Leone)

Changing Times (Morocco)

The Constant Gardener (Kenya)

Days of Glory (Algeria)

Disgrace (South Africa)

Dreams of Dust (Burkina Faso)

Hotel Rwanda (Rwanda)

Invictus (South Africa)

The Last King of Scotland (Uganda)

Moolaade (Burkina Faso)

Nowhere in Africa (Kenya)

Out of Africa (Kenya)

Raja (Morocco)

Tsotsi (South Africa)

Xala (Senegal)

SYNC YA Literature into your earbuds

Hey everyone! The Teen Summer Reading Club has kicked off, and starting on Monday, you can come in and earn book bucks!

In case you dig audiobooks (and yes, they count – just find out how many pages the book has), SYNC is offering free audiobook downloads ALL SUMMER LONG. (You know who else offers free audiobooks? We do. Oh yeah).

SYNC YA Literature into Your Earphones

2 Free Audiobook Downloads Each Week

June 23 – August 17, 2011

Teens and other readers of Young Adult Literature will have the opportunity to listen to bestselling titles and required reading classics this summer. Each week from June 23 – August 17, 2011, SYNC will offer two free audiobook downloads.

The audiobook pairings will include a popular YA title and a classic that connects with the YA title’s theme and is likely to show up on a student’s summer reading lists. For example, Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver, the first book in a popular series with strong allusions to Romeo & Juliet, will be paired with Shakespeare’s classic.

To find out when you can download titles to listen to on the run this summer, visit www.AudiobookSync.com or text syncya to 25827

There will be posters up all summer in the Young Adult Audiobook Area, along with bookmarks, about what book will be released when.

Summer Assignments, East Woods School

Congratulations, it is summer time!

And you have summer reading.

The Cold Spring Harbor Library has copies of the 2011 summer assignments for the East Woods School, grades 7 through 9.

To make your life easier, here is a list of the books you may be required to read this summer (check your assignment). Each title is a link to the catalog, where you can a) see what’s on the shelf and b) request a copy.

Entering 7th Grade

Students must read ONE of the selections below:

My Brother Sam is Dead
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
I Am Regina
Belle Prater’s Boy

In addition, students should read THREE other books

Entering 8th Grade

In addition to your assignment, you should read THREE OTHER BOOKS from the list below.

True North
Dragon’s Gate
Counting on Grace
Bread and Roses, Too
Will’s War
Monkey Town
The Grapes of Wrath
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Your Eyes in Stars
Code Talker
Slap Your Sides
Catch-22
Weedflower
House of the Red Fish
The Bomb
Double Play
Sources of Light
Countdown
Peace is a Four Letter Word
Dream Freedom
911: The Book of Help
The Usual Rules
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Saving Sky
Sunrise Over Fallujah
O Pioneers!
The House of the Scorpion
The Great Gatsby
Lord of the Flies
Olive’s Ocean
Life of Pi
Criss Cross
The Golden Compass and sequels
Dracula
The Hobbit

Entering 9th Grade

You must read ONE of the selections below:

Things Fall Apart
Thirteen Days: a Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
1984
This Boy’s Life: a Memoir

In addition, you should read THREE OTHER BOOKS:

Emma
Fahrenheit 451
Childhood’s End
Whale Talk
Oliver Twist
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
The Perfect Storm
Fallen Angels
The Fellowship of the Ring

You Are Here Bibliography

Looking for a book that is not from around here? Here are some* around-the-world titles for you to enjoy.

(*and these are not the only world-wide books in Young Adult! We’ll be highlighting different titles all summer in the Young Adult section of the library!)