Happy Birthday Jackson Pearce~

Celebrate by reading one of these fantastic novels!

Super Smash Brothers Brawl Tournament only a week away!

Hey YAs,

Next Saturday from 2:00-4:00 we are having a Super Smash Brothers Brawl tournament at the library.  There will be snacks and drinks to keep up your gaming energy.  Prove that you are the *BEST* SSBB player!

Ages 12 to 18
Please register by coming in to the library, calling (860-349-9544), emailing Ms. Gardiner, or signing up here on the blog by clicking the events tab up top. 

Happy birthday Mr. Paulsen!

It's Gary Paulsen's birthday!

Here are the books of his that we have in the young adult department.  They're all in Action/Adventure!

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.

Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.

The story is about Brian's return to the forest because he can not fit in back home. He keeps diary entries of which he shares with Celeb, a psychiatrist who truly believes in Brian's calling to the woods.

The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson.

Two years after having survived a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, a sixteen-year-old returns to the wild to befriend a wounded dog and hunt a rogue bear.

Happy BDay to Lauren!

Happy birthday Lauren Myracle!

Chronicles, in "instant message" format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela.

 

Having grown up in a California commune, Bliss sees her aloof grandmother's Atlanta world as a foreign country, but she is determined to be nice as a freshman at an elite high school, which makes her the perfect target for Sandy, a girl obsessed with the occult.

 

  When her best friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her small North Carolina town.

Pics from Teen Cuisine: Chinese

Only a few pics, it got so busy and crazy, I didn't have time to take as many pics as I normally do!

Teen Advisory Group: May Meeting Notes

Hey YAs,

The Teen Advisory Group met today for our May meeting.  Here's what we talked about.

The library's annual booksale is coming up on Saturday, May 18th and we could really use some help sorting books.  Please let Miss Gardiner know if you are available at any time to help with the sorting and setting up.

Registration to be a Summer Volunteen will start on May 28th (the Tuesday after Memorial Day).  Orientation this year will be mandatory because everyone will need training for the online book tracking system.  There will be two orientation/training session in late June just before the Summer Reading Program starts.  We discussed ideas for other tasks the teens working at the SR desk could be doing, since the desk will probably be less busy this year.  We discussed doing more promotion about the program and any special events we are doing, writing bookshelf book reviews to put out in the library, and possibly making the desk also the technology help desk where patrons could get assistance with downloading ebooks.

Here are this year's teen raffle prizes for the Summer Reading Program:

Week 1: two $10 Dari Serv gift certificates
Week 2: two movies passes
Week 3: Two snack baskets  (we discussed what everyone would like there to be in these baskets and agreed that it should be a mix of sweet and savory, not just candy.  Also that the Coke that comes in glass bottles is awesome)
Week 4: 1-Day pass to Lake Compounce
Week 5: Kindle
Week 6: Everyone gets a book of their choice

We also discussed decoration ideas to go along with the summer's theme (underwater and underground).  Miss Gardiner wanted a blow up shark, but no one else seemed enthusiastic!  The summer volunteens will also be doing a large sidewalk chalk mural to kick off the program.  Decorating the YA room will be Saturday, June 22nd after the orientation/training session and the sidewalk chalk mural will be the morning of July 1st.

Next we reviewed the upcoming teen programs:

            A. Teen Knitting Club – Tuesday, May 14^th 7-8

            B. Super Smash Bros Tournament – Saturday, May 25^th 2:00-4:00

C. Teen Book Club – Tuesday, May 28^th 6:30-7:30 – Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Then we moved on to the suggestions and recommendations portion of our meeting.

Programs

-Harry Potter Halloween Party
-Harry Potter Teen Cuisine
-Other Teen Cuisine ideas: English, Pizza, Spicy, Thai, and Chocolate
-Fairy Houses

Music

Lady Antebellum
Feather & Bell
Best Coast
Spiro
Snow Patrol
Sugarland
London Suede

Books

Waiting to be Heard by Amanda Knox (Catherine)
Margot Fonteyn: Autobiography (Melanie)
Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Philip)
The Apothecary by Maile Meloy (Miss G)

Movies/TV

Iron Man 3 (Miss G)
Oblivion (Philip)
Safe Haven (Clare)
The Punisher (Catherine)
Stand By Me (Melanie)
Veronica Mars (Melanie)

Video Games

Atelier Ayesha (Miss G)
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Philip)
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (Philip)

Websites

groworganic.com (Catherine)
Armor Games (Clare)
google.com (Clare)  (Just kidding, Clare recommends Bing.  Google is obviously superior thou)
Newgrounds.com (Philip)
Polyvore (Clare)
Etsy.com (Catherine)
CourseRa.com (MissG)


Our next meeting is Saturday, June 8th

Present: Miss G, Clare, Catherine, Melanie, Philip

Pics from the Murder Mystery program

Sorry it took so long to get these up!  Enjoy!

Happy birthday to Caroline!

It's Caroline Cooney's birthday!