Book Buddies: Summer Session

Middle school and high school students!

Would like to volunteer at the library this summer by reading to a younger child each week? Sign up for the Book Buddies summer session begins Monday, May 18 and goes through June 15. Older Book Buddies (you guys) orientation dates are scheduled for Tuesday, June 16 at 3pm and Friday, June 19 at 10am. Stop by the library to pick up a registration form.

May Book of the Month

Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia
by Cindy Pon

After nearly being blackmailed into marriage, 17-year-old Ai Ling goes on a journey to the emperor's palace in search of her missing father. This book, set in ancient China, has it all: dragons, monsters, gods, action-packed adventure and good, strong heroine. As Ai Ling embarks on her destiny-seeking saga, readers will be sucked into this book that moves along much like a movie script. Just look at the cover - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ring a bell?

Middle School Candle Making program

Middle School students!

There is still space available in the after school craft program coming up on Monday, May 4 from 4 - 5 pm. Come make a candle or two just in time for Mother's Day! Sign up by calling or stopping the Youth Services reference desk.

Middle School Poetry Contest

Just a reminder: Winners will be announced this Wednesday, April 15 after school!!!! Stop by the Youth Services department to check out all the great poems that were entered.

April Book of the Month

Marcelo in the Real World
by Francisco X. Stork

17-year-old Marcelo has an Asperger's-like syndrome and is comfortable at his special school, where he has a job caring for ponies in the stable. When his ambitious father encourages him to work in his law firm's mailroom, Marcelo is forced to navigate through the office politics as well as the outside world. Told in a characteristically flat tone, Marcelo is at once believable and somehow relatable. Readers will find themselves engulfed in the world of someone who is both much like them, and not at all like them. Fans of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will love this one!

Writing Comics Workshop with Russell Lissau

March 28, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
6th graders to adults: come to the library and learn from DC Comics' BATMAN STRIKES writer, Russell Lissau, everything you need to know about writing a comic, from penciling sketches to creating scripts.

Book Buddies

If you are in middle school or high school and are interested in reading to younger child each week at the library, sign up to be a Book Buddy in the Youth Services department by March 31, 2009. Be prepared to commit to a 6-week program ending May 17.