Just click on the link above and it will take you directly to it! You can search for “YA-Teens” under Event Type or you can select “Teen” under age group - or whatever else floats your boat.
Are you ready??
There’s so much to do!
If you need service hours, stop by the Help Desk - we still have a few slots available.
Register on June 3rd and get a FREE SUNDAE!
Super tasty!
And of course, think of all the prizes you can win when you finish your goals:
Last, but not least, programs galore!!
So this site is currently down for maintenance due to some spam, but keep an eye out for it when it comes back up!
On Emotional Baggage Check you can “check in” your baggage by writing a post about whatever you need to vent about. If you don’t have baggage to check in, you can opt to “carry” someone’s baggage. You will receive their post and then you send them a song of your choice along with a personal message.
As usual, this is a super easy site to use, you just need an email to sign up. What a great way to get all your pent up feelings out and/or reach out to people who need an ear or shoulder to lean on. All multiplied by the power of music. Rock on!
What is figment?Figment is a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. Whatever you’re into, from sonnets to mysteries, from sci-fi stories to cell phone novels, you can find it all here.
If you’re a writer or a fan of writing and reading, this is the perfect place for you! Signing up is totally free and easy. You can post your original stories, or if you are not sure about it, you can browse their library and give writers comments on their stories. It’s a whole community centered on reading and writing! And the people who are on it have a huge range of interests - from classic literature to Harry Potter and Hunger Games, you’ll find it all on here.
So what are you waiting for? Join up! (You can like them on Facebook, too.)
So, yet another post from author Kate Hart’s blog - this time with TONS of infographics about YA book covers.
You can check out infographics about color again, or about the ethnicities of the models on YA books (90% of models were white, while another 10% were “ambiguous” - less than 1.5% each were latin/a, asian, or black) and how the models are posed. Almost 7% of models appeared to be dead or dying, a little disturbing, no?
So here’s something a bit more fun, all kinds of objects on book covers!
At the top: filigree, flowers, trees, water, hearts and moon. Yay, nature!
Author Kate Hart has a neat blog with lots of info about YA books. Check out this slightly older post about YA Book Cover Colors, which came about after some comments in the NY Times that claimed YA books are “so dark”.
From Goodreads:
Young love has always had its challenges, but even so, the world falling apart at its seams is a pretty big obstacle. This stellar collection of YA dystopian tales explores survival of the fittest in terms of love, passion, and humanity. When the survival of the human race is at stake, what will it take for the bond between two people to hold strong together? Featuring some of the most well known and best-selling names of the dystopian genre, as well as the hottest up-and-coming authors, this anthology includes works from Jeanne DuPrau (City of Ember), Kiera Cass (The Selection), William Sleator (Interstellar Pig), Jesse Karp (Those That Wake), Diana Peterfreund (Secret Society Girl), Carrie Vaughn (The Kitty Norville Series), and Carrie Ryan (New York Times bestseller The Forest of Hands and Teeth).
Find it at our library here.
Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back.
Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera isn’t dead.
Not this time.
But she is being held against her will in the dim, twilit world between heaven and hell, where the spirits of the deceased wait before embarking upon their final journey.
Her captor, John Hayden, claims it’s for her own safety. Because not all the departed are dear. Some are so unhappy with where they ended up after leaving the Underworld, they’ve come back as Furies, intent on vengeance…on the one who sent them there and on the one whom he loves.
But while Pierce might be safe from the Furies in the Underworld, far worse dangers could be lurking for her there…and they might have more to do with its ruler than with his enemies.
And unless Pierce is careful, this time there’ll be no escape.
Don’t forget to read the first book in the series, Abandoned, which you can find in our online catalog right here.
Couldn’t make it to the Vans Off The Wall Spring Classic in Varraze this year? No worries, here’s a recap of what you missed.
