Come to a special writing seminar on Saturday, May 9th just for Teens, featuring four terrific young adult authors: Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Amanda Marrone, N.A. Nelson and Courtney Sheinmel.
They will talk about their experiences in the publishing industry, lead the group in a writing exercise, take questions, and even sign books.
Another list of 10 great books for you to vote on in January – it seems you’ll have plenty of time, but really, you should start reading them now!
Accidental Love by Gary Soto
Code Orange by Caroline Cooney
Crackback by John Coy
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Epic by Conor Kostick
Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Pieces of Georgia by Jen Bryant
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
During his inauguration, President Obama asked all Americans to give back in service…so it’s time to put your money (and time) where your mouth is!
Come to the library during Spring Break and participate in some volunteer activities…it’s a fun and easy way to earn service hours, pass the time, and have an impact…
Laurie Halse Anderson just won the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contribution to the field of young adult literature.
She, of course, is the author of Speak, still one of the most popular books in the Teen Room almost 10 years after it’s original publication.
She has also written Catalyst (our favorite), Fever, 1793, Prom, Twisted, Chains, and her latest, Wintergirls, about a girl struggling with anorexia.
It is every bit as good as you’d expect it to be – even if books aren’t your thing, we have a feeling you’ll like one of Ms. Anderson’s.
The music collection needed more metal…and by that you meant more death metal…but what you really meant was progressive death metal…so, we bring you those masters of adult contemporary progressive death metal…
Check out their latest effort, which they consider ’new wave polka grunge,’ Colors, in the Teen collection.
With past hits ranging from The Outsiders to Harry Potter to Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, the idea of a teen novels being made into a movie isn’t such a big deal. But with the massive success of Twilight, you can now look forward to some of your favorite series hitting the big screen.
Yup. Not only will you see more Twilight movies, make room for Maximum Ride and even Percy Jackson…
That’s right: In 2010 you’ll get Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. The rumors are that Sean Bean will play Zeus, Pierce Brosnan will play Chiron, Uma Thurman will be ‘Auntie Em,’ and Kevin McKidd will play Poseidon. We can’t wait to see what the rest of Mt. Olympus looks like!
One Book One Town is finally here! If you haven’t read The Invention of Hugo Cabret, well, you have to! And if you are lucky enough to have gotten a ticket to see Brian Selznick at Fairfield Warde High on March 25th, congratulations!
The Teen department is putting on a special program for kids in honor of The Invention. It is called the Hugo Cabret Adventure, and is sort of like Mystery Night, but with lots of activities that relate to the book.
We need volunteers to help out – run activities, be mimes, serve snacks. Interested? Send us an email!
Now that The Twilight Saga is finished (apart from the eventual (maybe) release of Midnight Sun) is Percy Jackson and the Olympians the most popular Teen book series going? The final book is due out in May, but we are really excited about it! Re-read the first four books in the series to get ready – stop by the series section in the Teen Room.
And for you Twi-hards out there – a challenge: We recently obtained the entire series…in Spanish! That will give you something to do until the DVD release of the film on March 21st.
