TLC this Thursday

The next Teen Library Council meeting is this Thursday, December 6th @ 7:00 pm. Stop by and help plan teen events and projects for the new year! We will be discussing the teen cooking class, new Anime Club, Wii, the design of the Teen Zone space, and much more.

Upcoming December Events:

Gettin' Saucy: Teen Cooking Class
Make and eat East African food.
December 20th @ 6:00 pm

Teen Gaming
Guitar Hero II, other video and board games
December 28th from 1-4:00 pm

Love Harry Potter? Try these books...

There is life after Harry Potter, believe it or not. So if you've got an itch for magic, young heroes, fantasy, and the like, scratch it with one of these books:

• Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
  
• The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
  
• The Green Rider series by Kristen Britain: The Green Rider, First Rider's Call, and The High King's Tomb
• His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass
  

A new book club began this week at Park View School and Golf Middle School. 7th and 8th graders are grabbing their lunch and meeting in their school library during lunch and recess. Bring a book that you want to recommend/discuss to the club. I will continue to bring treats and some of my favorite books from MGPL to discuss, too! Famished for Fiction will meet once a week until Winter Break. Stay tuned for updates, book recommendations, pictures, and news on upcoming dates for Famished for Fiction in 2008!


Golf's Famished for Fiction---

Poppy

Poppy, the publisher of Gossip Girl, The A-List, The Clique, The It Girl, Secrets of My Hollywood Life, and Poseur, has started a website to feature all of their most popular books.
Go to Poppy's site to get book excerpts, release dates for new books, discuss Poppy books with other teens, get Poppy downloads, and author Q & A's. Keep going back to enter contents to win amazing prizes- like copies of books, trips to NYC, and shopping sprees!

After you check out the site, come to the Library and check out a Poppy book.

Naruto is Changing

They already made the switch in Japan, and soon American Naruto fans will notice a change in their favorite character. Viz Media is publishing 3 new volumes of Naruto for the last four months of the year. By December 2007, volume 27 will be released and a big change will appear beginning in 2008. In the next installment of graphic novels, Naruto will be "taller, older, and wiser" according to Viz Media. Naruto will suddenly be two and a half years older.

More information will be available in the January issue of Shonen Jump Magazine--which will be available in the Teen Zone in early December.

Congratulations to our Teen Read Week Winners!

Congrats to our three raffle winners!
The winners received either a 5 inch TV or a $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble.

Teens told the Library what their favorite funny book was to enter the raffle. Here are some of their answers...

The Foot Book, Princess in Love, Half Moon Investigations, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Cool Hair, Born Confused, etc.

Gaming @ the Library

Play video and board games at the Library!
The Library will have PS2 games, Guitar Hero II, Sing Star, and board games.
You can also bring your own game consoles, video games, and board games and compete against other teens.

When?
October 24th from 6-7:30 pm

November 23th from 1-4 pm

December 28th from 1-4 pm

Where?
Activity Room @ the Library

Questions? call 847-929-5124