Affairs of the Heart

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Novels featuring breakups

Novels featuring dating

Novels featuring dating violence

Novels featuring GBLT

Novels featuring relationships

Novels featuring romance

 Authors with novels about relationships and romance

Series books

	A-List
	Clique
	Gossip Girl
	Sweet Valley High

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Websites

Teen Romance
Book reviews and discussions about new teen romance through YA Reads.

Best Teen Romance
From goodreads.com, this is a growing list based on reader votes.

Fantasy

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Fairy tale novels

Fantasy short stories

Humourous fantasy novels

Novels featuring Arthurian legends

Novels featuring dragons

Novels featuring faeries

Novels featuring magic

Novels featuring time travel

 Fantasy Authors 

Fantasy Series

	Great Tree of Avalon  T.A. Barron		Sisters of Isis  Lynne Ewing
	Good Neighbors  Holly Black		Ranger’s Apprentice  John Flannigan
	The Mortal Instruments  Cassandra Clare		Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica  James A. Owen
	Monster Blood Tattoo  D.M. Cornish		Inheritance  Christopher Paolini

Staff Picks

Science Fiction and Fantasy Children’s Page

Science Fiction and Fantasy Adult Page

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Get a Library Card

With a library card, you can:

• borrow books, cds, dvds, and magazines... for free!
• add comments to the web blogs
• use library computers
• get magazine and newspaper articles for school projects from the information databases (HINT: teachers are really impressed when you use articles from these)

It's a no brainer.

It's easy to get a card.  If you're 16 and over, go to your local library with personal and address ID and tell us that you'd like a card.  If you're 15 and under, your parent(s) should accompany you and use their address ID for your card.

Either way, it just takes a couple of minutes to get a card... not a lot of time to gain access to so much.

If you choose, you may print off one of the applications below, fill it in, and bring it to the Library to get your card.

Library Card Application - 16 years and over
Library Card Application - 15 years and under

The Legal Stuff

Any person may use, on the premises, many of the materials and services of London Public Library without obtaining a Library card. Library cards are:

• required to borrow library materials and use certain library computers
• free to residents of the City of London
• free to residents of Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin Counties (excluding the towns of Woodstock and Tillsonburg) under reciprocal borrowing agreements. They must present proper address identification and a current County, Strathroy or St. Thomas library card.

To qualify for borrowing privileges, a person must provide identification, both personal and address.  Borrowing privileges are granted by the London Public Library Board to applicants who provide proper identification, sign the borrower's card, and thereby take on the responsibility of following the rules and regulations of the library system.

If the applicant is 15 and under, a parent’s address identification may be accepted.  The parent/ legal guardian signs the library card to accept responsibility for items borrowed.  Library cards may be obtained at any Library location.

Graphic Novels

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All graphic novels (newest first)

Graphic nonfiction

Japanese graphic novels

Science fiction graphic novels

Superhero graphic novels

Graphic Novel Series

	Batman		Marvel Comics
	Bone		Maximum Ride
	Fruits Basket		Minx GNs
	DC Comics		Naruto
	Elemental Gelade		Runaways
	Fullmetal Alchemist		Yu-Gi-Oh!
	Manga Shakespeare		Ultimate X-Men

 Websites

Anipike.com 
This site brings together international resources on manga and anime.

Archie Comics 
The latest comics, puzzles, and contests.

Cartoon Brew
A blog where you can view news and articles about a wide range of topics dealing with cartoon and animation.

Cartoon Factory
Search for your favourite cartoon at this fun site.

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Controversy in the comic world.

Comic Book Resources
Special sections with hundreds of links regarding Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and independent and self published comics.

GoComics.com
More than 300 popular comic strips, panels, and editorial cartoons.

Dark Horse Comics
Provides news, information, artwork, and publishing for Dark Horse Comics, publisher of Star Wars, Aliens, and many more titles.

DC Comics
Download the latest cover images from DC comic books, watch QuickTime movies of some of your favourite characters, follow links to other sites where you can buy comic merchandise, and join a chat to discuss your love of comic books.

EX: The Online World of Anime and Manga
Dedicated to Japanese anime and manga.

Homemademech
Get reviews for anime, manga, games, and toys. There are lots of great articles too!

Karmatoons
Anyone interested in considering a career in animation will want to check out this site!

Marvel Comics
Home of Spiderman, the Hulk, Captian America, and other famous superheroes.

No flying, no tights
Graphic novel review site for teens.

Horror

 At the Library

Horror graphic novels

Horror short stories

Novels featuring demons

Novels featuring ghosts

Novels featuring monsters

Novels featuring vampires

Novels featuring werewolves

Novels featuring zombies

Staff Picks - Stephen King Read Alikes

Staff Picks - Stephenie Meyer Read Alikes

Horror Authors 

Horror Series

	Dark Secrets  Elizabeth Chandler		Circle of Three  Isobel Bird
	Daughters of the Moon  Lynne Ewing		Sweep  Cate Tiernan
	Fingerprints  Melinda Metz		Demonata  Darren Shan
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer		Changeling  Steve Feasey
			Cirque Du Freak : The Saga of Darren Shan

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Websites

DCPL’s Teen Horror Booklist
Booklist of nineteen YA horror novels. One of fourteen award-winning Booklists for Teens, created by librarians at DC Public Library in Washington, DC.

Life Struggles

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Novels about bullying

Novels about death and grieving

Novels about emotional struggles

Novels about experiencing racism

Novels about gangs

Novels about homelessness

Novels about living in foster care

Novels about living with a disability

Novels about living with an eating disorder

Novels about running away

Novels about sexual abuse

Novels about sexual identity and homosexuality

Novels about teen pregnancy

Novels about using drugs

Teen Health and Wellness
Teen Health and Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers is a comprehensive database for researching health-related issues important to your well-being.

Authors with novels about life struggles

Series books

	Everwood		Orca Soundings
	Bluford High		New Series Canada
	Clearwater Crossing		Series 2000

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Magazines

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Magazines you can borrow from the Library

Websites

BAMboozled
The purpose of this e-zine is to change the impressions and perceptions of teens.

Broken Pencil
A magazine of zine culture and the independent arts.

Crud Magazine
Offering an irreverent look at the world of international indie rock and alternative music, featuring music downloads, music charts, interviews, events, and reviews.

Face Up
A magazine for teenagers, which features music, lifestyle, and advice.

J-14
Cool celebs, girl stuff, fun and games, quizzes, and star style.

Scene
London's entertainment, arts, and news site.

Seventeen
Look up information on fashion, health, beauty, and real life stuff.

Spank! Youth Culture Online 
A worldwide, online community for 14 to 24 year olds, focusing on youth issues and interests.

Sports Illustrated
All the sports you love!

Teen People
People magazine for teens. 

Thrasher Magazine
All about skateboarding.

YO!
Youth Outlook chronicles the world through the eyes and voice of young people between the ages of 14 and 25.  

Mystery

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Mystery Stories - general  

Mystery Authors

Mystery Series

1-800-where-r-u	Dead Is ...
Midnight Twins	Death by ...
Scarlet Wakefield	Forensic Mystery
Gemma Doyle	Gallagher Girls
Shelby Belgarden Mystery

Red Maple™ 2012

About the Red Maple™ AwardThe Red Maple™ Award reading program is offered by the Ontario Library Association for the enjoyment of students in Grades 7 and 8. The program, like the Association's Silver Birch® Awards reading program, gives students who have read a minimum number of nominated titles the opportunity to vote with a large group of their peers for thenominated title that they feel should win the Red Maple™ Award each year.

FICTION

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Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom	Dust City	Fanatics
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Fly Boy	Half Brother	Haunting Violet
Home Truths	No Safe Place	Thunder Over Kandahar
Torn From Troy:  Odyssey of a Slave

Science Fiction

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Novels featuring Armageddon

Novels featuring artificial intelligence

Novels featuring dystopias

Novels featuring global warming

Novels featuring imaginary societies

Novels featuring post apocalyptic society

Novels featuring science experiments

Novels featuring space and time

Novels featuring Steampunk

Novels featuring virtual reality

Science Fiction Authors

Science Fiction Series

Carbon Diaries

The Declaration

Fire-Us

The Hunger Games

Incarceron

Looking Glass Wars

The Maze Runner

Mortal Instruments

Tomorrow

Traces

Uglies

Staff Picks

Science Fiction and Fantasy Children's Page

Science Fiction and Fantasy Adult Page

White Pine Award 2012

The White Pine™ Award 2012

Fiction Nominees

Ashes Ashes	Beat the Band	Blood Red Road
Chance to Dance for you	Death Benefits	The Fifth Rule
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The Gathering	Motorcycles and Sweetgrass	Something Wicked
The Way It Is

Nonfiction Nominees

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The Book of Awesome	Call Me Russell	Canada's Wars
Hockey Now	I.D.:  Stuff That Happens to Define Us	Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit
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Nice Recovery	Stick to Your Vision	Two Generals
Will to Live