This Week at the Library: July 31st to August 4th

Tuesday, July 31st: J.A.B. Scary Stories from 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Share s'mores and scary stories at this special Junior Advisory Board event!  It's open to all students entering grades 6 through 8.

Wednesday, August 1st: Coffee House from 6:00pm to 8:00pm 
Show off your skills at our first Booth & Dimock Teen Zone Coffee House!  It's open to participants entering grades 9 through 12.  Play an instrument, recite a poem, sing a song, or give any other kind of performance you like.  Registration is required, so sign up at the Teen Services desk today!

Thursday, August 2nd: Glow-in-the-Dark Bowling from 1:30pm to 3:30pm
The B&D Library Community Room will be transformed into a glow-in-the-dark bowling alley!  Make sure you don't miss this one!

Friday, August 3rd: The Library will be open from 1:00pm to 6:00pm.

Saturday, August 4th: The Library will be open from 10:00am to 3:00pm.

Secure Your Online Life

Make sure your e-mail, Facebook and Minecraft accounts are safe by using a secure password. Here is a great website to find out how secure your password is:

How Secure is My Password

Also, stop by the Teen Services Desk for free literature on online safety!

New Magazine Alert!

We're excited to announce that a new magazine has made its way to the Teen Zone!  Stop by today to check out Make:, a magazine all about the creative application of technology by teens!  Want to learn more? Check out their blog here!

This Week at the Library: July 24th to July 28th

This Week at the Library...:

Tuesday, July 24th: Fingerprint Mystery from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Record your fingerprints and help us solve a dastardly crime that took place in the library!  Put your sleuthing skills to service!

Wednesday, July 25th: The Library will be open from 1:00pm to 8:00pm.

Thursday, July 26th: Medieval Siege from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of European castles, then make your own miniature catapults.  We'll even fire a larger trebuchet.

Friday, July 27th: The Library will be open from 1:00pm to 6:00pm.

Saturday, July 28th: National Smash! from 10:00am to 3:00pm
Compete against other Libraries from across the country in a Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament!

Visit the Moon

Have you heard of 172 Hours on the Moon? It is a new book by John Harstad (translated by Tara F. Chance) about what happens when 3 teenagers win a contest to spend 172 hours on the moon to re-invigrate interest in space travel.

Here is a synopisis from Goodreads:

It's been decades since anyone set foot on the moon. Now three ordinary teenagers, the winners of NASA's unprecedented, worldwide lottery, are about to become the first young people in space--and change their lives forever.
 
Mia, from Norway, hopes this will be her punk band's ticket to fame and fortune.
Midori believes it's her way out of her restrained life in Japan.
Antoine, from France, just wants to get as far away from his ex-girlfriend as possible.
 
It's the opportunity of a lifetime, but little do the teenagers know that something sinister is waiting for them on the desolate surface of the moon. And in the black vacuum of space... no one is coming to save them.

In this chilling adventure set in the most brutal landscape known to man, highly acclaimed Norwegian novelist Johan Harstad creates a vivid and frightening world of possibilities we can only hope never come true.

Add this book to your reserve list at the Booth & Dimock Memorial Library! 




And, if you want to learn more about the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, We Choose the Moon is a great project from the John F. Kennedy Library complete with photographs and more to experience history.

UPDATE: FINGER PRINT MYSTERY

Due to unforeseen events, the Finger Print Mystery event scheduled for Tuesday, July 24th will now begin at 3:00pm, instead of 2:00pm.

Beat the Heat...In Antarctica!

Were you a fan of Shackleton's Stowaway?
Its available at the Booth & Dimock Memorial Library!

Synopsis from Goodreads:
On October 26, 1914, Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance set sail from Buenos Aires in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in exploration: the crossing of the Antarctic continent. The crew stood on deck to watch the city fade away. All but one.

Eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow hid below in a locker. But the thrill of stowing away with the legendary explorer would soon turn to fear. Within months, the Endurance, trapped and crushed by ice, sank. And even Perce, the youngest member of the stranded crew, knew there was no hope of rescue. If the men were to survive in the most hostile place on earth, they would have to do it on their own. 

Now, thanks to Google Maps, you can explore Antarctica and Shackleton's Hut!
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This Week at the Library: July 17th to July 21st

Our Summer events are rolling on!  How many books have you read so far this summer?

Tuesday, July 17th: Gaming Club from 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Stay in the cool library and play your favorite Wii, PS2, and PC games!

Wednesday, July 18th: The Library will be open from 1:00pm to 8:00pm.

Thursday, July 19th: The Library will be open from 10:00am to 8:00pm.

Friday, July 20th: DubStep Creation from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Use computer software to mix sounds and make your own music!

Saturday, July 21st: The Library will be open from 10:00am to 3:00pm

This Week at the Library: July 10th to July 14th

We have a busy week planned here at the Library!  How is your Summer going so far?  If you're looking for one of this year's Nutmeg Nominees, they're on the cube next to the Teen Services Desk.  Check one out today!

Tuesday, July 10th: Chess and Chess Sets from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
In this special meeting of the Chess Club, we'll be crafting and decorating our own chess sets!  It's a perfect way to personalize this legendary game, and they make great gifts, too!

Wednesday, July 11th: Stardust from 5:30pm to 7:45pm
Join us for a screening of Stardust, rated PG-13.  Popcorn will be provided, but you're encouraged to bring your own snacks and drinks!

Thursday, July 12th: Project Runway @ the Library from 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Are you Coventry's next great fashion designer?  Find out with our Project Runway @ the Library event!  Teams of teens will work together using unconventional materials to create a look ready for the runway.  Can you impress the judges with your creativity and skill?

Friday, July 13th: Board Game Bonanza from 3:30pm to 5:30pm
All of the best board and card games will be available to play in this Teen Zone favorite.  Boggle, Loaded Questions, Apples to Apples, In a Pickle, Monopoly, UNO, and countless other games are ready and waiting!

Saturday, July 14th: The Library will be open from 10:00am to 3:00pm

Stick Figure Fun!

Take a look at this great website, where you draw your own stick figure and then guide him through the trials and tribulations of living on paper!  Slay a dragon, escape sharks, and use your creativity!

Weekly Raffle

Part of the OWN THE NIGHT Summer Reading Program is the weekly raffle. Drop by the Teen Zone desk to enter each time you visit the library.

This week you can pick from two prizes : A You are Here Solar System T-Shirt or two signed ARCs (advanced reader's copies) of books by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn. Both come with $4 in Fine Funs and an Own the Night bag.  Read on for descriptions of the two books.

 

Every Day by David Levithan 

Every morning, A wakes in a different person’s body, a different person’s life. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere.

It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with—day in, day out, day after day.

With his new novel, David Levithan has pushed himself to new creative heights. He has written a captivating story that will fascinate readers as they begin to comprehend the complexities of life and love in A’s world, as A and Rhiannon seek to discover if you can truly love someone who is destined to change every day.

Beta by Rachel Cohn

Elysia is a clone, created in a laboratory, born as a sixteen year old girl, an empty vessel with no life experience to draw from. She is a Beta, an experimental model of teenaged clone. She was replicated from another teenage girl, who had to die in order for Elysia to be created.

Elysia's purpose is to serve the inhabitants of Demesne, an island paradise for the wealthiest people on earth. Everything about Demesne is bioengineered for perfection. Even the air there induces a strange, euphoric high that only the island's workers—soulless clones like Elysia—are immune to.

At first, Elysia's new life on this island paradise is idyllic and pampered. But she soon sees that Demesne's human residents, the most privileged people in the world who should want for nothing, yearn. And, she comes to realize that beneath its flawless exterior, there is an undercurrent of discontent amongst Demesne's worker clones. She knows she is soulless and cannot feel and should not care—so why are overpowering sensations clouding Elysia's mind?

If anyone discovers that Elysia isn't the unfeeling clone she must pretend to be, she will suffer a fate too terrible to imagine. When Elysia's one chance at happiness is ripped away from her with breathtaking cruelty, emotions she's always had but never understood are unleashed. As rage, terror, and desire threaten to overwhelm her, Elysia must find the will to survive.

*Book Descriptions from Goodreads

Own the Night: Week 2

We had so much fun last week in the Teen Zone celebrating the first week of the OWN THE NIGHT Summer Reading. And we have some great things in store for week 2!



Here are Evan and Clair with Teen Librarian Kristi, hard at work on last week's Library Challenge--BINGO.


This week's challenge is Undead Mad Libs!





Also last week we had a great time at Ninja Olympics where Coventry's Ninjas in training were tested on Stealth, Composure, Agility, Patience, Accuracy and Endurance. The hardest were Patience (building a house of cards) and folding Ninja Stars for the Accuracy test. Here is the Laser Obstacle Course for the Agility test. It was fun to set up, solve and of course destroy!



Check the blog each week for our THIS WEEK AT THE LIBRARY feature listing the events, and be sure to drop by the Teen Zone desk to visit the Teen Librarians, register for the OWN THE NIGHT Summer Reading Program, enter the weekly raffle, talk to us about Coventry Teen Read and of course play Undead Mad Libs!

This Week at the Library: July 3rd to July 7

Even with sweltering heat outside, the Library is cool and refreshing!  Don't forget to take a look at our Summer reading section, located right in front of the Teen Services Desk.

Tuesday, July 3rd: Gaming Club from 4:00pm to 6:00pm
It's the first Gaming Club meeting of the Summer.  If you're not a member, pick up a signup sheet at the Teen Services desk.

Wednesday, July 4th: The Library will be closed for Independence Day.

Thursday, July 5th: The Library will be open from 10:00am to 8:00pm.

Friday, July 6th: Make Your Own Dream Journals
Make a journal to record your dreams, and learn a little bit about what they might mean.

Saturday, July 7th: The Library will be open from 10:00am to 3:00pm.