Game Tournaments in the Community Room

We rocked out in the library's basement again last Friday...

And are planning either a Videogame Triathalon or a championship series to earn points in tournaments towards a grand prize. Thoughts? Ideas?

Summer Reading Program Volunteers are Stylin'

The shirts volunteers get for free sport this year's Catch the Reading Bug artwork by local cartoonist Harry Bliss.

We decided to let volunteers individualize their shirts a bit this year...





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Generation T : 108 ways to transform a T-shirt
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Poetry Slam

Young poets jammed and slammed last Friday with Vermont's slam champion, Geof Hewitt. Geof explained the general dynamic and rules to the many newbies present, and all came away with a feel for the possibilites of performance poetry.




Kate shared two poems, reading with rhythm and grace.


















Bailey took home a prize pen with two poems read at the speed of light....














Ryan read some new poems and was given Geof's book "Only What's Imagined"










And Wesley took home the best prize of all, a nose flute...

Book Drive Success!

The book drive for Books for Africa as part of Global Youth Service Day yielded hundreds of books. Students from Hunt Middle School brought in many, and the BHS library donated a ton!

We had raised $50 from our two bake sales, which paid for the shipping of many books! However, there are still more that could be shipped, if we can raise the money!










Blaise feels badly for Gloomy Gus...

RockBand Tournament

And the winners are.....

PRANK


(Ben, James & Solomon)

For rocking the stage

They won $25 each at Best Buy

Their high levels of difficulty and concurrent overdrives also helped their score


They played In Bloom by Nirvana and Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash.




The Super Awesome Red Power Rangers (Wes, Matt & Alex) took second, with special kudos for drum skills








The Three Fires (Tony, Will, & Skylar) took third, with a special commendation for Missippi Queen.



Will sang the incredibly difficult song, but the photographer was too impressed to remember to document the moment.












The illustrious judges rate bands with volunteer Dave Carlson's scorecards

Super Smash Bros Brawl

MarioKart Double Dash

And Dance Dance Revolution always provides a workout!

Thanks to Best Buy for donating the prizes, and thanks to Leonardo's for donating the pizza!

Vacation Gaming on the last Saturday!

RockBand made its debut at Fletcher Free Library!

James rocks out on the drums, arguably the most bodacious instrument

RockBand can have both bass and guitar playing together

CJ is all about the vocals

Volunteer David scrambles to keep up with two-mat DDR

Volunteer Emilie finds that RockBand vocals might be her calling


















Guitar Hero I-III is always an option


















Joe decided playing some Smash wasn't a bad way to celebrate his birthday!

Friends join him and battle it out on the big screen













Getting comfy in the Community Room







Enjoying the pizza generously donated by Big Daddy's

Peer Reviews

Here's what some high schoolers have found in the library recently....

Throwing Like A Girl shows what it takes to be part of a team: courage, confidence and accepting your losses while learning from your mistakes.
It has a strong sense of moving to a new school and starting afresh.
Also, Weezie shows how relationships make a difference in our lives!... It's powerful!
~Olivia



I recommend Case Closed for awesome sleuthing and detective action.







I recommend The Odyssey for fascinating mythological action

~Ben






If you like Sarah Dessen, read books by Deb Caletti. Very real emotions are displayed by the characters in her books. She creates girls you can relate to and guys you'll want to meet. Great realistic fiction for teenage girls.




If you enjoyed reading His Dark Materials, get the book on tape. It's a full cast recording. The voics capture the characters well and it's a great way to listen to the book.
~Natalie