This Week at the Library: August 10 - 16

Gaming Club
Tuesday, August 12 from 1:30 - 3:30 PM

Crafts in the Teen Zone: Steampunk Goggles
Wednesday, August 13 from 3:00 - 4:00 PM

Movie Nights @ the Library: Divergent
Thursday, August 14 at 5:00 PM

Anime Club: Steamboy
Friday, August 15 from 1:30 to 3:30 PM

SYNC Free Audio Downloads - August 7 - 13

Check out these free downloadable audio books!


LIVING A LIFE THAT MATTERS

by Ben Lesser

Narrated by Jonathan Silverman and Ben Lesser

(Remembrance Publishing)

THE SHAWL

by Cynthia Ozick

Narrated by Yelena Shmulenson

(HighBridge Audio)

Spotlight on Nutmegs: My Book of Life by Angel

the cinnamon bun smell
was Mom making them for me
and the clothing stores were my
walk-in closets
and the ice cream place was my freezer
and the bathroom was my bathroom

After her mother dies, a rudderless sixteen-year-old Angel hangs out at the mall, playing an unexpectedly poignant adolescent version of house. When Angel meets Call at the mall, he buys her meals and says he loves her, and he gives her some candy that makes her feel like she can fly. Pretty soon she's addicted to his candy, and she moves in with him. As a favor, he asks her to hook up with a couple of friends of his, and then a couple more. Now Angel is stuck working the streets at Hastings and Main, a notorious spot in Vancouver, Canada, where the girls turn tricks until they disappear without a trace, and the authorities don't care. But after her friend Serena disappears, and when Call brings home a girl who is even younger and more vulnerable than her to learn the trade, Angel knows that she and the new girl have got to find a way out. (x)

Spotlight on Nutmegs: Insignia

“Those are some of the most powerful people in the world, and you swamped them in sewage! If you had real friends, they'd have told you that you're an idiot for even thinking about doing that!"

Tom bristled, indignant. "My friends do tell me I'm an idiot. All the time!”

The earth is in the middle of WWIII in Insignia, the first entry in S. J. Kincaid's fast-paced sci-fi adventure trilogy perfect for fans of Ender's Game.
The planet's natural resources are almost gone, and war is being fought to control the assets of the solar system. The enemy is winning. The salvation may be Tom Raines. Tom doesn't seem like a hero. He's a short fourteen-year-old with bad skin. But he has the virtual-reality gaming skills that make him a phenom behind the controls of the battle drones.

As a new member of the Intrasolar Forces, Tom's life completely changes. Suddenly, he's someone important. He has new opportunities, friends, and a shot at having a girlfriend. But there's a price to pay... (x)

This Week at the Library: August 3 - 9

Gaming Club
Tuesday, August 5 from 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Science in Action: Light Photography
Wednesday, August 6 from 4:00 to 5:00 PM

Librarian's Carnival!
Thursday, August 7 @ 3:00 PM

Anime Club: Drawing Manga
Friday, August 8 from 3:30 to 5:30

Watermelon Explosion!

This week in the Teen Zone we experimented with explosions - including the diet coke & mentos experiment, vinegar and baking soda, and trying to see how far we could propel a skateboard with an explosion. The final experiment? Slicing a watermelon with rubber bands! We were skeptical at first, but this video is proof that it can indeed be done... with explosive results!

Adding rubber bands...

385 rubber bands later... success!

Miss Meg got a little messy!

And last but not least - our video inspiration:

The Reapers are the Angels - Teen Book Review

The world is infested with zombies. There are a few groups of people fighting against them, and hoping to survive. Temple, a young girl, is on the run - from her past, from the zombies, and from a vengeful killer. She travels restlessly from place to place, killing zombies and looking for some place she can settle. This is a story of her journey through the only world she's ever known.

I rated this book a 3.5 because it was a good read in some aspects, but it fell a bit short in others. There was no real plot to speak of - it was more like a series of diary entries with a few smaller plots built in. The ending was very disappointing; it was almost as if the author didn't know how to end the story so he resorted to the ending that he chose. However, not everything in this book was bad, and it has some good merits. Temple was a good believable character, a strong heroine with a fatal flaw. This book dealt a lot with big, philosophical ideas, and I think there are a few passages and ideas in this book that are worth reading. I don't think you should read this book for an exciting story, but more for the life lessons and ideas and bigger questions that are asked. You can learn a lot from this book.
                                                                                                                         - Ashleigh L.