Middle School Book Club

Join us as we read Fablehaven Book 1 this month! New and old members are welcome to attend our next meeting on Monday, March 16th from 3:00-4:00 PM in the Pickering Room! Snacks and soda will be provided.

Teen Advisory Board

The Teen Advisory Board is active again, starting with our first official meeting on Wednesday, February 18th, from 7-8 PM in the Teen Area of the library. New and old members are welcome! Come to discuss how we can improve the teen section of the library, learn about teen programing, and earn community service hours! Free snacks will be provided.

Teen Book Club

We had our first meeting of the Fletcher Free Teen Book Club on Monday, February 9th! We have decided to read the Fablehaven series and therefore our book for this month is Fablehaven, Book One. For a brief synopsis of the book, check out this site:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44652.Fablehaven

We are still looking for new members and would love to have you join us! Don't worry about not having the book, I have extra copies! Simply come to our next meeting which will be Monday, February 23rd, from 3-4 PM in the Pickering Room. Free snacks will be provided.

Teen Programs are Starting Again!!

We have a new Teen Literacy Coordinator named Trish who is an intern from UVM! She is in the process of getting the Teen Book Club, the Teen Advisory Board, as well as the gaming tournaments started up again. If you have any interest in joining the Teen Book Club, there will be a meeting on Monday, February 9th from 3-4PM in the Pickering Room at the Library. Old and new members are welcome! There will be snacks, soda, etc.

Keep checking back for information on the first Teen Advisory Board meeting and when the gaming tournaments will begin!

Teen Programs Suspended

For a short while, teen programs and events will be suspended as of 12/31/08. Stay tuned for more information... and check our website for upcoming programs!

Vampire Book Club: It's all about the ginger cookies, root beer, chips, salsa... oh yeah, and FREE BOOKS!

Yesterday the Vampire Book Club received their very own fresh new copies of The Edge Chronicles: Beyond the Deepwoods, which is the first book in this beautifully-illustrated fantasy series by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell! Above is an, er, interestingly-aligned photo that Lyle took of Rachel and Sequoia! (Taking photos on a diagonal is a new trend in digital photography, so I hear).

From the back of the book: "Far, far away, jutting out into the emptiness beyond, lies the Edge. Filled with strange peoples and terrifying creatures, this is a world unlike any other, where action - and danger - wait at every turn... When thirteen-year-old Twig discovers that he was abandoned at birth by an unknown outsider, he leaves his woodtroll family behind and sets off on a journey through and beyond the dangerous Deepwoods. As he makes his way through a nightmarish world of goblins and trogs, blood-thirsty beasts and flesh-eating trees, only two things keep Twig going: the mystery of his identity and the promise of a heroic destiny..."

Sound awesome? Yeah, we think so too. Join us for our next book club on December 17 from 3pm - 4pm. We'll have snacks, we'll hang out, talk (sometimes, we talk in Textmessagese like OMG and TTYL - hope that's ok with you), and maybe even play a game. Copies of the second book have already been ordered, but if you'd like your very own FREE copy of the next book in the series (made possible by glorious, glorious grant $) then let Rachel know ASAP! E-mail her at rdingfelder@gmail.com or call 865.7228.

Check out The Edge Chronicles on the internetz... here.

One more thing: you might be wondering why our book club is called the VAMPIRE Book Club. It's funny, 'cause we don't read books about vampires and none of us ARE vampires (at least I hope not), but at one time the book club read quite a few books about vampires, hence the name. The name stuck.. 'cause vampires are pretty rad (although I have to admit, they suck sometimes). Hardy har har.

Amazing Book: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie!

I want to suggest an awesome book to you guys - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney (illustrator). Previous Americorps*VISTA Cara gave it to me before she left, and I read almost all of it last night after work! I just learned that this book really is "absolutely true," and based on poet/short-story writer/and first-time young adult writer Shermen Alexie's life - read his bio here.

Alexie writes as Junior, a witty, Native American budding cartoonist who lives on the Spokane Indian reservation and gets bullied for being a "retard." Junior was born with too much spinal fluid in his brain which caused him to suffer all sorts of physical problems, but he's incredibly smart, hopeful, and knows he needs to go beyond his poor reservation if he wants to live up to his potential. Junior transfers to an all-white school miles away from his reservation, and has to deal with racism, resentment from the Native American community, and allllllllll that other crazy stuff you have to deal with in high school. I absolutely love this book so far - it's beautiful throughout, sad at times, and there are laugh-out-loud cartoons (like, seriously, I LOL'd in the middle of a coffee shop last night) every few pages which makes me feel like I'm getting a peek at the extra-secret thoughts of this incredible character. Here is a great book review from The New York Times. We have copies at the library! Check it out.