Friday, June 26, 2009

The Next Book Club Meeting

The next meeting of the teen book club is July 6th from 3PM-4PM in the Pickering Room! See you there with free snacks, soda, and fun!

Video Game Tournament

Just a reminder to everyone that the video game tournament which was scheduled for Saturday, June 27th (tomorrow) from 11AM-3PM has been rescheduled to Saturday, July 11th from 11AM-3PM. Thanks guys!

Friday, June 12, 2009

New Teen Literacy Coordinator!

Hi everyone! I' hope that you're all as excited as I am about this summer! The new person behind our teen events is Will Sedlack. He will be running the Video Game Tournaments and the Teen Book Club this summer. All other teen programming will be on hold until the start of the school year.

The next video game tournament will be on Saturday, July 11th from 11 AM-3 PM in the Community Room at the library.

The teen book club meetings will occur on Mondays from 3-4 PM on the following dates: June 22nd, July 6th, and July 20th.

We are reading Stoneheart by Charlie Fletcher. Here is a description:

On a school trip to the Natural History Museum in London, a 12-year-old loner named George is banished for something he didn't do. Angry, he lashes out and breaks off a dragon's head carved onto the wall of the museum. Next thing he knows, a pterodactyl carving comes to life and begins to chase him. From Gunner, a walking, talking statue, George learns that he has entered another layer of reality, and that his arrival has started a new war between good spits (statues that are imbued with a soullike essence by their inspired makers) and evil taints (soulless carvings). With the advice of various spits, and the companionship of a girl named Edie, George seeks answers from two Sphinx statues, whose enigmatic clues lead the pair into a terrifying adventure. Creatively building on the plentiful gargoyles and other creepy stonework of its urban setting, this lengthy novel, the first in a planned trilogy, will draw capable readers for its suspenseful chase scenes, scary creatures, and highly original premise.