Category Archives: DaltonTeen

The teen department has some new books that are ready for check out!

• Payback Time by Carl Deuker.
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“A reporter’s job is to find the missing pieces, and high school journalist Mitch True is on the verge of uncovering those pieces and nailing his first real story. If only he can get cornerback Angel Marichal to talk. Or Coach McNulty to explain why he never allows Angel’s obvious talent–his speed and strength–to shine on the field. What is Angel’s secret? And who profits from keeping the truth hidden?”

• The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius edited by John Joseph Adams.
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“Mad scientists have never had it so tough. In superhero comics, graphic novels, films, TV series, video games, and even works of what may be fiction, they are besieged by those who stand against them, devoid of sympathy for their irrational, megalomaniacal impulses to rule, destroy, or otherwise dominate the world as we know it.

Dr. Frankenstein was the first truly mad scientist of the modern era. And what did it get him? Destroyed by his own creation. And Jules Verne’s Captain Nemo, a man ahead of his time as well as out of his head–what did he do to deserve persecution?

Even Lex Luthor, by all accounts a genius, has been hindered not once, not twice, but so many times that it has taken hundreds of comic books, a few fill, and no fewer than ten full seasons of a television series to keep him properly thwarted.

It’s just not fair. So those of us who are so twisted and sick that we love mad scientists have created this guide. Some of the names have been changed to protect the guilty, but you’ll recognize them. It doesn’t matter, though. This guide is not for you. It’s for them: the underhanded, over-brained paranoiacs who so desperately need our help.

What lies behind those unfocused, restless eyes and drooling, wicked grins? Why–and how–do they concoct their nefarious plots? Why are they so set on taking over the world? If you’ve ever asked yourself any of these questions, you’re in luck, because we are exposing their secrets, aiding and abetting their evil. It all awaits, within.”

• The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater. (Book 2 of the Raven Cycle)
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“If you could steal things from dreams, what would you take?

Ronan Lynch has secrets. Some he keeps from others. Some he keeps from himself.

One secret: Ronan can bring things out of his dreams.

And sometimes he’s not the only one who wants those things.

Ronan is one of the raven boys–a group of friends, practically brothers, searching for a dead king named Glendower, who they think is hidden somewhere in the hills by their elite private school, Aglionby Academy. The path to Glendower has long lived as an undercurrent beneath town. But now, like Ronan’s secrets, it is beginning to rise to the surface–changing everything in its wake.”

• Fragments by Dan Wells. (Book 2 in the Partials Sequence)
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“Kira Walker has found the cure for RM, but the battle for the survival of humans and Partials is just the beginning. Kira has left East Meadow in a desperate search for clues to who she is. That the Partials themselves hold the cure for RM in their blood cannot be a coincidence–it must be part of a larger plan, a plan that involves Kira, a plan that could save both races. Her companions are Afa Demoux, an unhinged drifter and former employee of ParaGen, and Samm and Heron, the Partials who betrayed her and saved her life, the only ones who know her secret. But can she trust them?

Meanwhile, back on Long Island, what’s left of humanity is gearing up for war with the Partials, and Marcus knows his only hope is to delay them until Kira returns. But Kira’s journey will take her deep into the overgrown wasteland of postapocalyptic America, and Kira and Marcus will both discover that their greatest enemy may be one they didn’t even know existed.”

• Ruins by Dan Wells. (Book 3 in the Paritals Sequence)
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“Our time is almost up.

As the clock ticks closer and closer to the final Partial expiration date, humans and Partials stand on the brink of war. Caught in the middle, thousands of miles apart, are Samm and Kira. Samm, who is trapped on the far side of the continent beyond the vast toxic wasteland of the American Midwest; and Kira, now in the hands of Dr. Morgan, who is hell-bent on saving what’s left of the Partials, even if she has to destroy Kira to do it.

The only hope lies in the hands of the scattered people of both races who seek a way to prevent the rapidly escalating conflict. But in their midst appears a mysterious figure, neither human nor Partial, with solemn warnings of a new apocalypse–one that none of them may be able to avert.”

• In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters.
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“In a city filled with the dead and dying, while a nightmarish war rages halfway across the world, the grieving look for answers in photographs and séances.

It’s 1918. San Diego. And a girl who doesn’t believe in spirits steps off the train and into a new life…”

• The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science by Sean Connolly.
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“Stand back! Genius at work! Encase your little brother in a giant soap bubble. Drop Mentos in a bottle of diet soda and stand back as a geyser erupts. Launch a rocket made from a film canister.

Here are 64 amazing experiments that snap, crackle, pop, ooze, crash, boom, and stink. Giant air cannons. Home made lightning. Marshmallows on steroids. Matchbox microphones. There’s even an introduction to alchemy. (Not sure what that is? Think ‘medieval wizard.’) None of these experiments requires special training, and all use stuff found in the kitchen or garden shed. You’d be irresponsible not to try them.”

• 15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius by Simon Monk.
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“This wickedly inventive guide explains how to design and build 15 fiendishly fun electronics projects. Filled with photos and illustrations, 15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius includes step-by-step directions, as well as a construction primer for those who are new to electronics projects.

Using easy-to-find components and equipment, this do-it-yourself book shows you how to create a variety of mischievous gadgets, such as a remote-controlled laser, motorized multicolor LEDs that write in the air, and a surveillance robot. You’ll also learn how to use the highly popular Arduino microcontroller with three of the projects.

Build these devious devices to amaze your friends and confound your enemies: Coil gun, trebuchet, ping pong ball minigun, mini laser turret, balloon-popping laser gun, touch-activated laser sight, laser-grid intruder alarm, persistence of vision display, covert radio bug, laser voice transmitter, flash bomb, high-brightness LED strobe, levitation machine, snailbot, and surveillance robot.”

• Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius: 64 Lessons with Projects, 2nd ed. by Dave Cutcher.
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“Fully updated throughout, this wickedly inventive guide introduces electronic circuits and circuit design, both analog and digital, through a series of project you’ll complete one simple lesson at a time. The separate lessons build on each other and add up to projects you can put to practical use. You don’t need to know anything about electronics to get started.

Using easy-to-find components and equipment, Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius, Second Edition provides hours of rewarding–and slightly twisted–fun. You’ll gain valuable experience in circuit construction and design as you test, modify, and observe you results–skills you can put to work in other exciting circuit-building projects.

Build these and other devious devices: Automatic night light, light-sensitive switch, analog-to-digital converter, voltage-controlled oscillator, op amp-controlled power amplifier, burglar alarm, logic gate-based toy, two-way intercom using transistors and op amps.”

Have you read any of these books?