This week's big event!

Can you name the celebrity here?

How much would you love to give him a sparkly makeover? Or maybe add a zit or two to his face?

Want to watch a movie on the big screen? Eat treats?

If any of these things sound appealing, come out to our School's Back Lock-in THIS Friday, starting at 7 pm. We'll have food and activities that will be open to those 12-19 only. We are keeping this super laid back, meaning we'll do what you want to do -- so let us know. Games? Reading? Legos? A movie? We're open to it.

No need to sign up. Just show up at 7. We'll let you in. Event ends promptly at 10 pm.

Teen Book Club

We're having a little trouble getting copies of October 6th's book club pick, Glow, by Amy Kathleen Ryan, so we're going to try something else out -- we'll discuss Jonathan Maberry's Rot and Ruin, since last week's meeting didn't work out, and we'll have a chance to talk about everything else we've been reading. So, read anything you want to and we'll talk about it.

We'll skip our reading and discussion of Glow until the winter, and at next week's meeting, we'll have copies of Want to Go Private? for you to pick up.

I'm sad because I think Glow would have been an excellent discussion, but we'll have a chance to get to it when more copies become available. Plus, I'm eager to hear what you guys are reading, and I'm eager to pass on some of the books I think you'll love to you, too.

See you next Thursday, October 6, at 3:30 pm. We'll meet upstairs, rather than in the meeting room.

What you're reading and watching

I've gotten a ton more reading logs in from summer reading and thought I'd share more of what you guys said are your favorite books, tv shows, and places/ways to read. Enjoy!

What are some of your favorite books?

Canterwood Crest: City Secrets

Party Princess

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

On the Run by Gordon Korman

Kidnapped

Graphic novels

Drizzle

Twilight

What book should be made into a movie?

Chestnut Hill

Canterwood Crest

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules

Princess in the Spotlight

On the Run 1-6

Drizzle

Where and when do you usually read?

I usually read on the couch and when it's hot outside or when I don't have anything to do.

My room

My mom's room

Outside

In the car

In my room in the afternoon

Living room at night

At night in bed

At home in my room at 7 pm

I read in the morning and at night in my bed

24/7! Anywhere, but usually in my room

What's your favorite tv show?

Shake it Up!

I Love Lucy

Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?

Good Luck Charlie

Dude, What Would Happen

Pair of Kings

Kicking It

Suite Life on Deck

House

WWE

Extreme Home Makeover

New Books at Aram Public Library for Teens

More new books for you to enjoy! Remember, if you want to request the book from home, all you need to do is click the link then request it with your library card number and pin. Easy!


Dark Souls by Paula Morris: Sixteen-year-old Miranda Tennant arrives in York, England, with her parents and brother, trying to recover from the terrible accident that killed her best friend, and while in the haunted city she falls in love for the first time as two boys, one also suffering from a great loss and the other a ghost, fight for her attentions.


And Then Things Fall Apart by Arlaina Tibinsky: Devastated by her parents' decision to split up, pressured by her boyfriend to have sex, and saddled with a case of chicken pox, fifteen-year-old Keek finds consolation in her beloved, well-worn copy of Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar."


The Blackhope Enigma by Teresa Flavin: Fourteeen-year-old Sunni, her stepbrother Dean, and an art-student friend trace the footsteps of a labyrinth built in Blackhope Tower by a mysterious and brilliant sixteenth-century artist, and suddenly find themselves trapped inside his enchanted painting, trying desperately to get out.


The Death Catchers by Jennifer Anne Kogler: Through a letter to her English teacher, fourteen-year-old Lizzy Mortimer of Crabapple, California, relates her discovery that she and her eccentric grandmother are kin to Morgan le Faye, charged with saving the last descendant of King Arthur from an untimely death that would endanger the world.


Sweetly by Jackson Pearce: When the owner of a candy shop molds magical treats that instill confidence, bravery, and passion, eighteen-year-old Gretchen's haunted childhood memories of her twin sister's abduction by a witch-like monster begin to fade until girls start vanishing at the annual chocolate festival


Death Sentence: Escape from Furnace #3 by Alexander Gordon Smith: After his failed attempt to escape from Furnace Penitentiary, Alex struggles to survive the bloodstained laboratories beneath where monsters are manufactured, with a death sentence--or worse--hanging over his head.


Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Shecter: Cleopatra Selene, the only surviving daughter of Cleopatra and Marc Antony, recalls her life of pomp and splendor in Egypt and, after her parents' deaths, capitivity and treachery in Rome.


Between by Jessica Warman: By weaving through her memories and watching the family and friends she left behind, eighteen-year-old Liz Valchar solves the mystery of how her life ended in the Long Island Sound.

This week @ APL

Join us Thursday at 3:30 pm for our teen book club! We'll be discussing Cris Beam's I am J. Here's the description:

J, who feels like a boy mistakenly born as a girl, runs away from his best friend who has rejected him and the parents he thinks do not understand him when he finally decides that it is time to be who he really is.

If you don't have a copy, there are some available at the upstairs desk to check out.

Can't make it? We'll have another book discussion September 1 @ 3:30 pm. Copies of Clarity (click the link for a description!) will be available by the end of the week at the desk upstairs.

New books at the library

Now that summer reading club is over, we're catching up on processing all of the new books that have come in lately. That means, tons of new books for you on the shelves. Here's a glimpse at some of the stuff we're putting out. Links go to the catalog record so you can place a hold on anything that looks good right from home!

Conspiricies by Mercedes Lackey: When a series of magical attacks disrupts Oakhurst Academy, a boarding school for orphaned future magicians, a suspicious alumnus is hired to secure the campus and start training the students for war.



Cryptic Cravings by Ellen Schreiber: Sixteen-year-old Raven, a vampire-obsessed goth girl, is in love with Alexander, a real vampire.

The Lucky Kind by Alyssa B Scheinmel: Having always felt secure within his small family, Manhattan high school junior Nick is unsettled to discover the existence of an older brother that his father put up for adoption many years ago.

Silhouetted by the Blue by Traci L Jones: After the death of her mother in an automobile accident, seventh-grader Serena, who has gotten the lead in her middle school play, is left to handle the day-to-day challenges of caring for herself and her younger brother when their father cannot pull himself out of his depression.

Clean by Amy Reed: A group of teens in a Seattle-area rehabilitation center form an unlikely friendship as they begin to focus less on their own problems with drugs and alcohol by reaching out to help a new member, who seems to have even deeper issues to resolve. If you like Ellen Hopkins, this is a book you must pick up.

The Babysitter Murders by Janet Ruth Young: Imaginative Massachusetts seventeen-year-old Dani Solomon confesses she has been troubled by thoughts of harming Alex, the little boy she loves to babysit, triggering gossip and a media frenzy that makes "Dani Death" the target of an extremist vigilante group.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very peculiar photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Wildefire by Karsten Knight: After a killing for which she feels responsible, sixteen-year-old Ashline Wilde moves cross-country to a remote California boarding school, where she learns that she and others have special gifts that can help them save the world, but evil forces are at work to stop them.


Small Town Sinners by Melissa Walker: High school junior Lacey finds herself questioning the evangelical Christian values she has been raised with when a new boy arrives in her small town.

The grand total is...

78.5.

What does that number mean, anyway?

That is the number of days -- yes, days -- you guys spent reading this summer. Over the course of 8 weeks of summer reading club, you read over 1,885 hours, or a total of over 78.5 days. That's over two and a half straight months of reading non-stop.

You guys rock!