Fletcher Free's Teen Room Celebrates its Grand Opening!

Over 40 people were on hand to officially inaugurate the new and improved Teen Room at Fletcher Free Library. Several years after local teens were surveyed about what they wanted from the library and the first Teen Advisory Board was formed by Holly Klump, the library has followed through on many of their recommendations! This was a chance to thank everyone who has supported and contributed to the teen space, collection, and programming at Fletcher Free Library.











Youth Librarian Beth Wright briefly explained the evolution of the Fletcher Free Library Teen Room. It started as the nearby area outside the Pickering Room that now houses the ESL collection, but the YA collection was soon overflowing those bounds. The Teen Area leapt into this larger space and was spiffed up with new carpet, furniture, a display case, a beautiful mural, a bulletin board, new shelves, a catalog computer, and an expanded collection! Beth gave heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported the library's Teen Services over the years.

Co-director Robert Resnik emcees the door prizes.

Lekisha wins the Borders gift card!

Local author Tanya Stone talked with Amelia and Blaise. Stone is the author of A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl and Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald.

Chris Tebbetts, author of M or F? with Lisa Papademetriou, also spoke with the teens present, and his book was checked out the next day. Tebbetts is also the author of The Viking fantasy series. He is running a workshop this Saturday in Shelburne about Writing a Young Adult Novel. For more info, see the Flying Pig Bookstore.





Chamber music and refreshments welcomed attendees into the Teen Room.



























Ben and Wesley check out the blog











Fletcher Free Library staff members say, Thanks for Coming!

Teen Advisory Board at Work

The Teen Advisory Board, now up to 10 members, has been busy! We've been helping to plan game tournaments, coming up with a service project for Global Youth Service Day, and painting the Teen Area!

New Shelves!

The new shelves have finally arrived and been installed, helping to delineate the Teen Area and make it more official. The top of the new shelves add a lot of display space, especially for magazines and graphic novels!Come see for yourself, and pick up a March calendar while you're at it!

New Books for January

New titles are in! You can place holds online, or come browse through them on the new books shelf in the teen area on the top floor.

Head Case by Sarah Aronson -- a physical therapist from NH writes fiction about a quadrapelegic
Baby by Joseph Monninger -- a sled-dog driver and fishing guide from NH writes fiction about dogsledding
Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell -- a new version of the legend of Elaine, the Lady of Shalott
Beige by Cecil Castellucci -- a "nice girl" is plunked in the middle of the L.A. punk scene
Taken by Edward Bloor -- a kidnapping... and that's all I can tell you
Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks -- family secrets, fly fishing, and love
Gym Candy by Carl Deukit -- a young football player struggles for success. By the author of High Heat
The Last Knight by Hilari Bell -- A knight errant rescues a damsel in distress that turns out to be the distressor
Sure Fire by Jack Higgins -- 15-year-old twins are drawn into the world of their father, a spy.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Between the Sea and the Stars by Beverly Gherman -- a biography of the wife of Charles Lindbergh and her flying and writing adventures
Jinx by Meg Cabot -- a girl moving to NYC is jinxed... or cursed....
The Way by Joseph Bruchac -- martial arts and control within anger
I'm Being Stalked by a Moonshadow by Doug Macleod -- a comic look at courtship
Cassandra's Sister: Growing up Jane Austen by Veronica Bennett -- a fictionalized biography of Jane Austen when she was writing Pride and Prejudice at age 19.
The God Box by Alex Sanchez -- fiction tackling the experience of balancing homosexuality and identity as a Christian