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Teen Summer Library Program

Programs and Guidelines

Monday, June 2 – Saturday, July 26
Anyone going into Grades 6-12

Register anytime between June 2 and July 26 at any library location.  Read any book you want to, and then fill out an entry slip to win great prizes like gift certificates to Best Buy, Target, and Barnes and Noble.  Don’t miss all the great programs just for teens!

Book Bites

Grades 6-12 - Join with other teens to talk about the best and worst books you are reading this summer.  Come prepared to share your opinions about books, movies, and more.  Feel free to bring your lunch; desserts will be provided.  Sign up is required.

Guitar Hero

Grades 6-12 - “We will rock you” if you come to the Guitar Hero program.  Bring a friend and test your guitar prowess against other teens.  Whether you can beat the game on “expert” or are just learning which buttons to press, you’ll have an outrageous time and maybe learn some new songs.  R U Ready 2 Rock?  Sign up is required.

Industrial Style

Grades 6-12 - If you think that jewelry can be more than diamonds and jewels, then join us for Industrial Style.  Learn how to make fashionable and affordable chokers and other accessories out of items commonly found in a tool box.  Create something unique and fun for yourself or surprise someone else.  Instructions and supplies will be provided.  Klutz-friendly assistance will be available.  Sign up is required.

Movie and Popcorn

Grades 6-12 - It’s movie mania time at the Library!  We’ll drop the big screen, dim the lights and enjoy some snacks – bring a pillow and get comfy.  Call one of the locations below to sign up and find out what PG-13 movie is playing.  Sign up is required.

Playing Cards and Duct Tape

Grades 6-12 - Need an unusual container for your keepsakes, treasures and stuff?  Come and see how ordinary duct tape and playing cards can be made into a clever and unique carrier for all of your favorite things.  Instructions and supplies will be provided.  Klutz-friendly assistance will be available.  Sign up is required.

Sticky Note Airplanes

Grades 6-12 - Come to this high flying program and test your skills at turning brightly colored sticky notes into aerodynamic jets.  Follow our simple instructions to engineer your own tiny flying machines.  Will your creations break the sound barrier or drop like a rock?  No pilot’s license required.  Instructions and supplies will be provided.  Klutz-friendly assistance will be available.

From “Twilight” to “Breaking Dawn”
Thu. July 31  Main Library  6-8:30 PM

Grades 6-12 – Are you “thirsting” to find out what happens in the final book of Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” saga?  Help celebrate the publication of Breaking Dawn at the library with a night of “Twilight” games, treats, and more … and we’ll give YOU a chance to predict what the future holds for Bella and Edward … or Jacob.

Library Building Contest

Transformations 

Grades 6-12 - Tired of being you?  Then come and be transformed by special effects makeup artist, Daric Singingwind.  Volunteers will be selected from the audience and changed into something else entirely.  With Daric Singingwind’s step-by-step instructions you too can change your identity.  Sign up is required.

Super-Duper Water Shooter

Grades 6-12 - Sizzling summer temperatures make this the perfect program for you!  Using basic materials available at local do-it-yourself stores, you will make your own “super-duper water shooter.”  After customizing the shooter, test out your aim with a little water and some target practice.  Instructions and supplies will be provided.  Klutz-friendly assistance will be available.  Sign up is required.

Beach Party 
Fri. July 25    Main Library  5-7:30 PM
Enjoy the best of the beach—rain or shine.  Try your hand at beach volleyball, sand art, lei making, coconut bowling, ring the flamingos, and of course, the hula hoop contest.  Snacks will be provided for all participants.  Sign up is required.

Teen Games: 

Featuring a Gullibility Quiz, a Recycled Taj Mahal, an Amazing Maze, a Crazy Car Match-up, Pictographs Identification, a Buggy Word Search, a First Lines Contest, and Offensive/Defensive Bugs

Grades 6-12 - Can’t make it to any of the planned programs, but you still want a chance to participate in something more during the Teen Summer Library Program?  Then these quizzes and games are just for you.  Come in anytime during the Summer Library Program and ask for the current teen quiz.  Turn in a completed form, and possibly win a prize.

Teen Upcoming Titles for 2008

Tons of great new teen titles are coming out this year, like Christopher Paolini’s final book in the Inheritance Trilogy, Brisingr, and Stephenie Meyer’s final book in the Twilight Series, Breaking Dawn.  Check the list below to see if any of your favorite authors or series have anything new out this year.  Call or stop by your local library to place these items on hold so you can be among the first to read these awesome new books!

June 2008

• Airhead by Meg Cabot
  
• Alicia – Clique Summer Collection Book 3 by Lisi Harrison
  
• City of Time (sequel to The Navigator) by Eoin McNamee
  
• The Magician - Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Book 2 by Michael Scott
  
• Outcast – Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Book 4 by Michelle Paver
  
• The Quest Begins – Seekers Book 1 by Erin Hunter

July 2008

• The Dead and the Gone (sequel to Life As We Knew It) by Susan Beth Pfeffer
  
• Kristen – Clique Summer Collection Book 4 by Lisi Harrison
  
• A Not So Simple Life – Diary of a Teenage Girl by Melody Carlson
  
• Stop in the Name of Pants – Confessions of
• Georgia Nicolson Book 9 by Louise Rennison
  
• The Time Paradox – Artemis Fowl Book 6 by Eoin Colfer

August 2008

• Breaking Dawn – Twilight Book 4 by Stephenie Meyer
  
• Claire – Clique Summer Collection Book 5 by Lisi Harrison
  
• Monsterology: The Complete Book of Monstrous Creatures by Ernest Drake
  
• The Rise of Chernabog – Kingdom Keepers Book 2 by Ridley Pearson

September 2008

• Beautiful Stranger – A-List Series by Zoey Dean
  
• Brisingr – Inheritance Book 3 by Christopher Paolini
  
• Impossible by Nancy Werlin
  
• Paper Towns by John Green

October 2008

• Love and Peaches – Peaches Book 3 by Jodi Lynn Anderson
  
• Necropolis – Power of Five Book 4 by Anthony Horowitz
  
• Stolen by Vivian Vande Velde