At Your Library

Laura, 14, Minneapolis
Hobbies: Running, cross country skiing, hanging out with friends, reading, and painting.
Favorite Books/Authors: Hunger Game series by Suzanne Collins, Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (especially book seven!), and many of the Jodi Picoult novels.

Paimon, 17, Wayzata
Hobbies: Mathematics, soccer, coin collecting, economics
Favorite Books/Authors: The Odyssey by Homer; Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Victoria, 16, Maple Grove
Hobbies: Reading, writing music, hanging out with friends, watching anime, sleeping in, and playing the piano.
Favorite Authors/ Books: Louisa May Alcott, Juliet Marillier, John Green, Jane Austen, J.K. Rowling, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Perfume by Peter Suskind, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, and many other equally amazing books that I can't think of off the top of my head.

Jeff, 16, Maple Grove
Hobbies: P iano, neuroscience research, reading, playing StarCraft (Brood War, not SC2), following anime, eating, sleeping
Favorite Books: : A Portrait of the Artist as Young Man by James Joyce, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant, His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Animal Farm by George Orwell, The Shining by Stephen King
Favorite Authors: James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Vladimir Nabokov, George Orwell, William Faulkner, Stephen King, Aldous Huxley

Hannah, 17, Eden Prairie
Hobbies: Reading, yoga, mock trial, kickboxing, walking my dog, drinking coffee, watching football, and hanging out with friends
Favorite Books: Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Split by Swati Avashti, and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I'll read anything and everything!
Favorite Authors: Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Jodi Picoult

Eugeniu, 17, 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

Iman, 15, Wayzata
Hobbies: Marine biology, science, reading, playing video games, chocolate, and swimming
Favorite Books/Authors: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott, The Secret series by Pseudonymous Bosch, The Secret Books of Gabendor by J. Michael Blumer, and The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne

Sammi, 16, Eden Prairie
Hobbies: Softball, reading, writing, fashion, and indie music
Favorite Books/Authors: The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak, Gardens of Water by Alan Drew, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, The Ugly American by William J. Lederer, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Anna, 17, Edina
Hobbies: Volleyball, badminton, biking, music, writing
Favorite Books/Authors: Ally Carter, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart, The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, and Arthur Miller