Brisngr SEPTEMBER 20, 2008

For all Eragon fans, check out the cover art for the third volume of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle. The book will be released on September 20th. The series will now be 4 books, instead of the originally planned 3

The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean, published by HarperTempest, an imprint of HarperCollins has won the 2008 Michael L. Printz Award. The award announcement was made during the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, January 11-16.

Fourteen-year-old Symone's exciting vacation to Antarctica turns into a desperate struggle for survival when her uncleís obsessive quest leads them across the frozen wilderness into danger.

McCaughrean has won numerous awards for children's literature in her native England. Celebrated for her novels, picture books and folklore adaptations, The White Darkness is her first contemporary young adult novel.

"Symone's unforgettable voice propels this journey of discovery in a book that is intricately plotted, richly imaged and brings new meaning to the term unreliable narrator," said Printz Award Committee Chair Lynn Rutan. "Readers will need to hang onto their snow goggles in this compelling book in which nothing is as it seems at first glance."

You Think Our Winters are Cold . . . READ

2008 Teen Nutmeg Nominee
In 1914, Ernest Shackleton set out to reach the South Pole. He did not return to civilization until 1917! Soon after the men reached Antarctica, the ship was crushed by the ice and the men were stranded in Antarctica with no shelter or way home. Amazingly, these men survived for nearly two years and absolutely no one died. Amazing story but the fact that it is true is quite impressive. This is a fictionalized account of 18-year-old Perce Blackborow who stowed away on the ship. I guess he picked the wrong ship to stow away on!

Anyone who likes adventure must read Shackleton's Stowaway by Victoria Mckernan

Circus Dreams

Ever dreamt about running away and joining the circus. Sara Gruen's new novel, Water For Elephants, takes place in the Great Depression. Jacob is a veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.

Create Your Own Web Page

WANT TO CREATE YOUR OWN WEB PAGE. The first step is to find space for your own webpage. Many sites offer free space. Google page creator makes it easy. Geocities is another free site. AOL or your school may also give you space. You can either use a tool to create your page, like google page creator or you can start one from scratch using HTML--the language of webpages. Google also lets you alter your webpage using HTML. If you want to code your own page and see how pages work try this site http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-page.htm It's lots of fun. Try a website for starting a business. How about a website about your school or town.Or how about your hobby--say horsebackriding or your favorite pets. Do you know why, you will find yourself in Google's first page search. Its based on popularity. Where you are linked, how many people have accessed your webpages. One of the best tricks is to have yourself linked to popular webpages or to each of your own pages.

Zombie Yoga Even Zombies Exercise

Boing Boing TV

Zombie Yoga: 100 undead, doing poses in the park
Posted on October 30, 2007 11:00 PM | permalink
http://tv.boingboing.net/2007/10/30/zombie-yoga.html

* Download video (.mp4)
* Embed episode:


The invite said "Bring a Yoga Mat - Dress Like a Zombie." When filmmaker and Boing Boing pal Jason Wishnow set out to create a trailer for Scott Kenemore's new book "The Zen of Zombie : Better Living Through the Undead" (yes, people make video trailers for books!) a vision came to his brrraiiiiinns. Why not gather 100 people in a Brooklyn park, dress them as zombies, and film them all doing yoga? There's no inner peace like undead inner peace.

So today on Boing Boing tv, in honor of Halloween, we've produced a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Jason's Zombie Yoga trailer. Watch out for flying guts when they do "downward decapitated dog" or "corpse pose." (Music by T.bias.) -- XJ
Favorite this! (

Become a Babysitting Guru

This link is recommended for ages 14 and up. However, it is
a great link for anyone interested in starting a business
or helping to take care of a younger sister, brother or cousin.
Learn about Ages and Stages, Caring for Kids, Creating Your Own
Flyer and Doing Business