I love crafts! We're feeling very crafty in Teen Central this week. Today we've got Sharpie Tie Dye at four. So bring out a piece of clothing or something (as long as it's cotton) and we'll show you how to use everyone's favorite marker to make an awesome fashion statement. Then, on Friday at four, we're making H20 bracelets out of plastic tubing, glitter, beads, and, of course, good old H20.
P.S. If you aren't feeling crafty, try our Wii Tournament on Thursday at four!
28 June 2010
24 June 2010
Fun for Hunger Games Fans...
With next month's Online Book Club (Note to self: We must find a better name for that.) pick being The Hunger Games and the third book in the series coming out in August, I was excited to see this "Find Your Hunger Games Name" post on another blog I read and I thought I would share it with all of you.
22 June 2010
Create! Read!
We've got two programs for both the creative minds and my readers who just love to read this week. First, on Wednesday at two, all you writers, artists, illustrators, and poets need to come to teen central for Zine Scene. We're going to be creating our own 'zine that we'll self publish at the end of the summer and we need your creative contributions to do it. Come learn how to construct your own 'zine from scratch and meet other cool teens while you do it. Then, on Thursday, the first meeting of the Desert Island Bookclub will be meeting. All, you have to do is think of what the top three books you'd take to a desert island are and then bring one of them in to the club to discuss. It'll be a great way to talk about some old favorites and find some new ones too. Join us at four!
18 June 2010
Book Review Time!
Check out these great books at any FCPL library!
Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill S. Alexander (in about 100 words):
Austin Gray has never really felt like she fit in anywhere. After being teased (by the horrid Dean) about her lack of curves at her small town’s Christmas parade, she decides that next year she’s going to be off the curb and in the parade as the FFA Sweetheart “hood ornament”. In order to be elected FFA sweetheart, she has to successfully raise an animal to compete in the county fair and learn to hunt or fish. Will she finally find a place where she fits in? Will she figure out what it is she needs to defeat Dean Ottmer’s wisecracks? This is a great story about figuring out what truly matters.
Everwild by Neal Shusterman (in about 100 words):
First, if you haven’t read Everlost, do so before you pick up this book. This isn’t a sequel that you can pick up midstory. The premise of Everlost is that there is a place that is neither earth or heaven, where children who’ve died sometimes end up. It is a treacherous place of gangs and quicksand that will suck you down to the middle of the earth. Nick, Mary, Allie, and the reformed Mikey McGill are scattered about Everlost at the beginning of Everwild. Nick’s stealing souls (that’s right…souls) from Mary. Mary is trying to find Nick to destroy him. Allie and Mikey are trying to find Allie’s parents so just maybe Allie can leave Everlost. There are many, many twists and turns and secrets to uncover in the pages of Everwild. Fans of the first book are sure to love the sequel.
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (in about 100 words):
Auden has never really gotten to be a kid. She always had to be perfect for her parents. She made the best grades, went to the best schools, and never took chances to balance out her wild and crazy older brother. The summer after she graduates from high school, she decides to go and live with her dad, her new stepmom, and baby half-sister for a little while to see if she can break out of her restrictive life with her control freak mom. While in the small beach town where her dad lives, Auden finally deals with a lot of emotion she had pent up during her parents’ nasty divorce (while watching him make the same mistakes with his new wife) and really learns how to be a kid and interact with other teens her age by making new friendships and starting a new romance with the quiet, loner guy who works down the beach.
P.S. Don't forget to swing by Central Library at 2 tomorrow and check out the Garage Band Contest!
Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill S. Alexander (in about 100 words):
Austin Gray has never really felt like she fit in anywhere. After being teased (by the horrid Dean) about her lack of curves at her small town’s Christmas parade, she decides that next year she’s going to be off the curb and in the parade as the FFA Sweetheart “hood ornament”. In order to be elected FFA sweetheart, she has to successfully raise an animal to compete in the county fair and learn to hunt or fish. Will she finally find a place where she fits in? Will she figure out what it is she needs to defeat Dean Ottmer’s wisecracks? This is a great story about figuring out what truly matters.
Everwild by Neal Shusterman (in about 100 words):
First, if you haven’t read Everlost, do so before you pick up this book. This isn’t a sequel that you can pick up midstory. The premise of Everlost is that there is a place that is neither earth or heaven, where children who’ve died sometimes end up. It is a treacherous place of gangs and quicksand that will suck you down to the middle of the earth. Nick, Mary, Allie, and the reformed Mikey McGill are scattered about Everlost at the beginning of Everwild. Nick’s stealing souls (that’s right…souls) from Mary. Mary is trying to find Nick to destroy him. Allie and Mikey are trying to find Allie’s parents so just maybe Allie can leave Everlost. There are many, many twists and turns and secrets to uncover in the pages of Everwild. Fans of the first book are sure to love the sequel.
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (in about 100 words):
Auden has never really gotten to be a kid. She always had to be perfect for her parents. She made the best grades, went to the best schools, and never took chances to balance out her wild and crazy older brother. The summer after she graduates from high school, she decides to go and live with her dad, her new stepmom, and baby half-sister for a little while to see if she can break out of her restrictive life with her control freak mom. While in the small beach town where her dad lives, Auden finally deals with a lot of emotion she had pent up during her parents’ nasty divorce (while watching him make the same mistakes with his new wife) and really learns how to be a kid and interact with other teens her age by making new friendships and starting a new romance with the quiet, loner guy who works down the beach.
P.S. Don't forget to swing by Central Library at 2 tomorrow and check out the Garage Band Contest!
15 June 2010
Delicious!
Are you bored and just surfing the internet aimlessly? Check out our delicious site. We've got sites for everything from fashion to books to music. Check it out.
P.s. Another good way to kill summer boredom would be to come to our Teen Double Feature Movie tomorrow. There will be free popcorn!
P.s. Another good way to kill summer boredom would be to come to our Teen Double Feature Movie tomorrow. There will be free popcorn!
09 June 2010
Teen Summer Reading
Our Teen Summer Reading Program officially kicked off on Saturday. You should come down to teen central (or your local Forsyth County branch library) and get your reading log today. It's simple, easy, and fun. You read three books, you turn your card in on one of the prize redemption dates, and get a bag full of cool coupons to local businesses and other prizes. Oh, and bonus, each time you fill out a reading log you get entered into the end of the summer prize drawing. We've got gift cards, itunes cards, an mp3 player, and a digital camera to give away in that drawing.
07 June 2010
Next month's Online Book Club selection...
Our July book club selection is going to be The Hunger Games. So, if you haven't read it already, start reading now and join the discussion on July 1st!
03 June 2010
Garage Bands Rule...
We're having a garage band competition on the 19th and I still need a couple bands to come play. So, if you're a teen with a band in Forsyth county, fill out an entry form and get it back to me by email (teencentral@rocketmail.com) or in person (I'm at Central, but you can turn it in at any FCPL service desk). You can find more information and the entry form here.
01 June 2010
Online Book Club #1
Uglies in (about) 100 words:
What would you give up to be pretty? Your friends? Your family? Yourself? Tally is born into a world where everyone gets an operation to become perfectly pretty on their sixteenth birthday. It seems like that’s all she’s ever wanted. But after her friend Shay runs off to join a rebel group, all of that might be endangered unless Tally becomes a government spy and goes after her. This book has tons of action, danger, and suspense. Westerfeld’s writing sucks you into Tally’s tricky, high tech world from the first page. The final cliffhanger ending will have you running back to the library to get Pretties, the second book in the series.
Now, go and read it if you haven’t already. If you have read it or are reading it, join in the discussion below. Remember to check back each week for a fresh question.
Book Club Question of the week (courtesy of Scott Westerfeld's website: www.scottwesterfeld.com):
At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Book Club Question of the week (#2):
Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Book Club Question of the week (#3):
To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Book Club Question of the Week (#4):
The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
What would you give up to be pretty? Your friends? Your family? Yourself? Tally is born into a world where everyone gets an operation to become perfectly pretty on their sixteenth birthday. It seems like that’s all she’s ever wanted. But after her friend Shay runs off to join a rebel group, all of that might be endangered unless Tally becomes a government spy and goes after her. This book has tons of action, danger, and suspense. Westerfeld’s writing sucks you into Tally’s tricky, high tech world from the first page. The final cliffhanger ending will have you running back to the library to get Pretties, the second book in the series.
Now, go and read it if you haven’t already. If you have read it or are reading it, join in the discussion below. Remember to check back each week for a fresh question.
Book Club Question of the week (courtesy of Scott Westerfeld's website: www.scottwesterfeld.com):
At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Book Club Question of the week (#2):
Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Book Club Question of the week (#3):
To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Book Club Question of the Week (#4):
The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
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