This Week at the Library - June 29 - July 5

Hey everyone! Don't forget that the library will be closed for the Holiday on Friday July 4 and Saturday July 5 - but we still have plenty of events planned for the rest of the week!


Gaming Club
Tuesday, July 1 @ 1:30 PM

Duct Tape Bow Ties
Wednesday, July 2 @ 11:00 AM

Galaxy Cuffs
Wednesday, July 2 @ 4:00 PM

Creative Writing Group
Thursday, July 3 @ 11:00 AM

Movie Nights at the Library: 
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Thursday, July 3 @ 5:00 PM
Dinner provided by Husky Pizza!

Summer Reading - 20,000 pages and going strong!

We're not even into July yet and together you've already passed 20,000 pages read, in total - WOW! Check out these reviews from your fellow teens of books they read over the past two weeks. Don't forget to log and review your own books, and stop by to collect your prizes - and say hi!

SYNC Free Audio Downloads - June 26 - July 2

Check out these free downloadable audio books!

FORGIVE ME, LEONARD PEACOCK 

by Matthew Quick

Narrated by Noah Galvin 

(Hachette Audio)

OCTOBER MOURNING: A Song for Matthew Shepard 

by Lesléa Newman

Narrated by Emily Beresford, Luke Daniels, Tom Parks, Nick Podehl, Kate Rudd, Christina Traister 

(Brilliance Audio)

Spotlight on Nutmegs: Don't Turn Around

“For most people, home was represented by four walls and a roof. Not for Noa. She preferred a motherboard to a mother, a keyboard to house keys. Nothing was more comforting than the hum of a spinning hard drive.” 

Sixteen-year-old Noa has been a victim of the system ever since her parents died. Now living off the grid and trusting no one, she uses her hacking skills to stay anonymous and alone. But when she wakes up on a table in a warehouse with an IV in her arm and no memory of how she got there, Noa starts to wish she had someone on her side.

Enter Peter Gregory. A rich kid and the leader of a hacker alliance, Peter needs people with Noa’s talents on his team. Especially after a shady corporation threatens his life in no uncertain terms. But what Noa and Peter don’t realize is that Noa holds the key to a terrible secret, and there are those who would stop at nothing to silence her for good. (x)

Spotlight on Nutmegs: Boy21

“You don’t always get to pick the role you’re going to play in life, but it’s good to play whatever role you got the best way you can.”

Basketball has always been an escape for Finley. He lives in gray, broken Bellmont, a town ruled by the Irish Mob, drugs, violence, and racially charged rivalries. At home, he takes care of his disabled grandfather, and at school he’s called “White Rabbit”, the only white kid on the varsity basketball team. He’s always dreamed of getting out somehow with his girlfriend, Erin. But until then, when he puts on his number 21, everything seems to make sense.

Russ has just moved to the neighborhood. A former teen basketball phenom from a privileged home, his life has been turned upside down by tragedy. Cut off from everyone he knows, he now answers only to the name Boy21—his former jersey number—and has an unusual obsession with outer space. As their final year of high school brings these two boys together, “Boy21” may turn out to be the answer they both need. (x)

Robotics Booklist

Excited about our very own 3-D Printer? Love a new take on an old story? Check out these robot-themed books and pick one up at the library today!

This Week in the Library - June 22 - 28

Hey everyone!

School is almost out - and that means it's time for our summer reading programming to officially begin! We've got some great events lined up for the end of this month.

Gaming Club

Tuesday, June 24 @ 1:30 PM

Perler Bead Art

Wednesday, June 25 @ 11:00 AM

3-D Printer Demonstrations

Wednesday, June 25 @ 4:00 PM

Ice Cream Social

Wednesday, June 25 @ 2:00 PM

Recycled Robots

Thursday, June 26 @ 10:30 AM

Movie Nights at the Library: A.I. Artifical Intelligence

Thursday, June 26 @ 5:00 PM
Dinner provided by Coventry Pizza!

Anime Club: Neon Genesis Evangelion

Friday, June 27 @ 3:30

Survival Booklist

Did you like The Raft? Do you want to know how to survive the apocalypse? Check out these teen reads on survival:

SYNC Free Audio Downloads - June 19 - 25

Check out these free downloadable audio books!

I’D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU, BUT THEN I’D HAVE TO KILL YOU 

by Ally Carter

Narrated by Renée Raudman 

(Brilliance Audio)

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES 

by L.M. Montgomery

Narrated by Colleen Winton 

(Post Hypnotic Press)

House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus Book #4) - Teen Book Review

Percy and Annabeth fell into Tartarus, so they cross the underworld to get to the Doors of Death. While they are there, Piper, Hazel, Leo, Jason and Frank are also trying to get to the doors of death on their side, to try and get them out. Piper gets information from a god to follow her path to the Doors of Death. Annabeth and Percy have no food and water and are traveling through the underworld fighting off monsters. They find the Titan Bob and he helps them to the Doors. While that's happening, Leo and his friends have to fight off monsters on their side to reach the Doors. Down in the Underworld, Bob fights off the monsters while he holds the up arrow on the elevator to get Percy and Annebeth up. After they get to the top they give the Romans the statue they found to stop the fighting between the camps.

I rated the book a 4 out of 5 stars because I love Rick Riordan's series. He also went into very good detail about the situations that happened. I also picked to rate it a 4 because I love Greek mythology and would like to learn more about it. Rick Riordan is also one of my favorite authors. Finally, I picked 4 out of 5 stars because I wanted to show that his series is really good and that other people should read his books.

                                                                                                               - Zachary W.

Tangerine - Teen Book Review

In this book Paul (the main character) and his family move from Texas to Florida because of a job switch. In Paul's new school, Lake Windsor Middle School, he joins the soccer team. But when his team finds out he has an IEP he gets kicked off the team. After that a sinkhole occurs and destroys part of their school so the students have a choice to switch schools from Lake Windsor to Tangerine or a private school. Paul takes the choice of switching to Tangerine so he can play on their soccer team, and then there is a murder and Paul's brother is really mean to him. In the end they almost leave you hanging.

I rated it a 4 out of 5 stars because the story had really good foreshadowing and good flash-backs, like when Paul remembered a time where he almost got hit with a car. Also I enjoyed reading about the difficulties Paul faced with his vision impairment. Overall it was a decent book.
                                                                                                   - Marielle B.

The Testing - Teen Book Review

Malencia wanted to go to University to get a job, but she had to go through the Testing first. So, she tried very hard in school and got chosen for the Testing. When she found out that the Testing included extremely long and grueling tests, she wasn't scared. But when her father informed her that her life was at risk, and that a wrong or misjudged answer could lead to death, she started to look at things in a new way. Will she survive the Testing? Read the book to find out.

I rated this book a 4 out of 5 because of many things. I rated it a 4 because, for one, the book itself is very interesting and intriguing, as is the concept of the book. I also rated the book this way because throughout the book there is constant suspense. The reason i did not give this book a 5, though, was because in the beginning the book takes a while to get started or interesting.

                                                                                                                - Jerred G. (7th grade)

SYNC Free Audio Downloads - June 12 - 18

Check out these free downloadable audio books!

CODE NAME VERITY 

by Elizabeth Wein

Narrated by Morven Christie and Lucy Gaskell 

(Bolinda Audio)

THE HIDING PLACE 

by Corrie Ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill

Narrated by Bernadette Dunne 

(christianaudio)

1984 - Teen Book Review

Winston Smith is a man living in Oceania, a country controlled by the Party and Big Brother. He questions the Party and thinks against it, committing thoughtcrime. When he has a love affair with Julia, he is caught by the Party. He is brought before O'Brian, a Party member, and is cured of his internal rebellion. He comes to love Big Brother.

This book is a prime example of a dystopian novel. It makes you think about Man's lust for power, and what that may cause. It shows you how a government can go to great lengths to achieve ultimate power. Concepts like doublethink and thoughtcrime are creative ways of displaying how people can be controlled by government. Overall, the novel gets you thinking about government, and does this in a way that engages you and makes you not want to put the book down.

                                                                                                                         - Ben C.

SYNC Free Audio Downloads - June 5 - 11

Check out these free downloadable audio books!

ALL OUR YESTERDAYS 

by Cristin Terrill

Narrated by Meredith Mitchell 

(Tantor Audio)

JULIUS CAESAR 

by William Shakespeare

Performed by Richard Dreyfuss, JoBeth Williams, Stacy Keach, Kelsey Grammer, and a full cast 

(L.A. Theatre Works)

This Week in the Library - Beginning of June

Hey everyone!

These will be the last programs before the Summer Reading Program begins!

Tuesday, June 3 @ 3:00 pm
Cork Jewelry






Thursday, June 5 @ 3:00 pm
Anime Club








Friday, June 13 @ 3:00 pm
Gaming Club






Tuesday, June 17 @ 4:30 pm
YA for All Book Club