At Your Library

Emily, 17, Plymouth
Hobbies: Listening to indie music, going to concerts with my friends, watching Michigan college football, exploring Minneapolis, reading, watching movies, going window shopping, volunteering, trying new restaurants, and (my guilty pleasure) reading fashion magazines
Favorite Books/Authors: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, anything by Robin McKinley, P.G. Wodehouse, Jane Austen or E.M. Forster. I also like the Twilight series

Rohit, 15, Plymouth
Hobbies: ping pong, skiing, swimming, reading, chess, sleeping
Favorite Authors: J.K. Rowling, H.G. Wells. Books: Harry Potter Series, The Invisible Man, other science fiction or fantasy books

Zoie, 14, Eden Prairie
Hobbies: Photography, acting, martial arts, theatre, horseback riding, cooking, baking, anime, cultural studies, music, video games, and food
Favorite Books: Bridge To Terabithia, The Hobbit, Flowers for Algernon, My Side Of the Mountain, The Thief Of Always, Where the Red Fern Grows, This Place Has No Atmosphere, From the Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, The Shadow Thieves, It's Kind Of A Funny Story, The Call Of the Wild, Science Fair, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, the His Dark Materials series, Eragon, Nothing But the Truth, A Wrinkle In Time, To Kill A Mockingbird, Abarat, Darkwing, Of Mice and Men, and The Snarkout Boys & the Avocado of Death
Favorite Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Shel Silverstein, Katherine Patterson, Marguerite Henry, Jean Craighead George, John Grogan, John Steinbeck, Phillip Pullman, Thornton Wilder, Clive Barker, Anne Ursu, Terry Pratchett, Paula Danziger, and Ned Vizzini

Lane, 14, Rogers
Hobbies: Baseball, Reading, Video Games, Watching the Vikings
Favorite Books/Authors: C.S. Lewis, Code Talkers, Harry Potter Series, Anything That Looks interesting

Sarah, 15, Bloomington
Hobbies: reading, writing, drawing, acting, listening to music, watching tv and movies, penguins, jonas brothers
Favorite Books: So B. It, Every Soul A Star, Stargirl, Love Stargirl, The End

Laura, 13, Minneapolis
Hobbies: running, reading, writing, and art
Favorite Books/Authors: Harry Potter, Twilight, and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. I like mostly fiction; dystopic, science fiction, and realistic fiction novels.

Maddy, 17, Minneapolis
Hobbies: Reading, Eating, Swimming, Hanging out with friends
Favorite Books: When Charlotte Comes Home by Maureen Millea Smith, Harry Potter, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Lewin, 15, Maple Grove
Hobbies: football, hanging out with friends, computer, basketball, swimming, and reading
Favorite Books/Authors: Pride and Prejudice/ Jane Austen in general, R.A. Salvatore, The Metamorphosis, 1984, Oliver Twist.

Paimon, 15, Wayzata
Hobbies: Soccer, Mathematics, Whittling
Favorite Books/Authors: No preference of books, I just read

Minisha, 17, Edina
Hobbies: Music, Vacations, Food, Tennis
Favorite Books: Harry Potter series

Victoria, 14, Maple Grove
Hobbies: Living, reading, writing music, watching television, hanging out with my friends, sleeping in, eating, and playing the piano. Guilty pleasures: doing impossible jigsaw puzzles with my mom and playing Nancy Drew computer games
Favorite Authors/ Books: John Green (especially Looking for Alaska), Pete Hautman, His Dark Materials series, A Great and Terrible Beauty, J.K. Rowling, Juliet Marillier, Anne Rice, Claire B. Dunkle, Defect by Will Weaver, Story of a Girl, Scott Westerfield, Kristopher Reisz, Louise Rennison, Cassandra Clare, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, Paper Moon, and Kevin Brooks

Jeff, 14, Maple Grove
Hobbies: Studying, Piano, Reading, Badminton, Eating, Sleeping
Favorite Books: His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman, The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Shining by Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (part of Different Seasons) by Stephen King, The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, and lots of others.

Hannah, 15, Eden Prairie
Hobbies: Reading, writing, volleyball, lacrosse, hanging out with friends, music, movies
Favorite Books: Harry Potter series, Twilight series, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, Speak, Night, Dairy Queen, and more. I'll read anything and everything!
Favorite Authors: Jane Austen, Jodi Picoult, Sarah Dessen, and more

Jenny, 17, North Oaks
Hobbies: Art, Fashion Design, Karate, Alto Saxophone, Snowboarding, Musicals, Painting, Dyeing my hair, Poetry, Skateboarding, Volunteering, YMCA Camp counselor, Reading, People Watching, Sewing
Favorite Books: The Bar code tattoo by Suzanne Wayn, Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse, Tithe by Holly Black, War for the Oaks by Emma Bull, Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan, The Dark Light by Mette Newth, Bone Chiller by Graham Mcnamee, Hole in the Sky by pete Hautman, Need by carrie Jones, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Favorite Authors: Tamora Pierce, Han Nolan, Brian Jacques, Laurell K. Hamilton, Holly Black, Charlaine Harris, Ann Rinaldi, Alex Sanchez, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Pete Hautman

Eugeniu, 15, Maple Grove
Hobbies: Swimming, Japanese, math, music, web design, reading, puzzles
Favorite Books:Inkheart trilogy, The Wind on Fire Trilogy, Airman, Countdown series, The Prophecy of the Stones, Redwall series, Airborn series