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 by John Kennedy Toole, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, and anything by Robin McKinley, P.G. Wodehouse, Jane Austen and E.M. Forster. I also like the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.

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

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 by Katherine Paterson, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, The Thief of Always by Clive Barker, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, This Place Has No Atmosphere by Paula Danziger, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg, The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu, It's Kind Of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini and more
Favorite Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Shel Silverstein, Katherine Paterson, Marguerite Henry, Jean Craighead George, John Grogan, John Steinbeck, Phillip Pullman, Thornton Wilder, and more

Lane, 14, Rogers
Hobbies: Baseball, reading, video games, watching the Vikings
Favorite Books/Authors: C.S. Lewis, Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac, Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, and anything that looks interesting

Sarah, 15, Bloomington
Hobbies: Reading, writing, drawing, acting, listening to music, watching tv and movies, penguins, the Jonas Brothers
Favorite Books: So B. It by Sarah Weeks, Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, Love Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, The End by Lemony Snicket

Laura, 13, Minneapolis
Hobbies: Running, reading, writing, and art
Favorite Books/Authors: Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares. 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 series by J.K. Rowling, 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 by Jane Austen, Jane Austen in general, R.A. Salvatore, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, 1984 by George Orwell, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

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 by J.K. Rowling

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 by Philip Pullman, A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, J.K. Rowling, Juliet Marillier, Anne Rice, Claire B. Dunkle, Defect by Will Weaver, Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr

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 (found in 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 by J.K. Rowling, Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Night by Elie Wiesel, Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, 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 Weyn, 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, Bonechiller 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 by Cornelia Funke, The Wind on Fire trilogy by William Nicholson, Airman by Eoin Colfer, Countdown series by Daniel Parker, The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor, Redwall series by Brian Jacques, Airborn series by Kenneth Oppel

Jackie, 16, Minnetonka
Hobbies: Reading, swimming, synchronized swimming
Favorite Books: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova and The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough