Next Game On! December 4th!

Paper Towns Top's Teens' Top Ten Choice

NEWS
For Immediate Release
October 20, 2009

“Paper Towns” tops YALSA’s 2009 Teens’ Top Ten

CHICAGO — Teen readers across the country chose “Paper Towns” by John Green as their favorite book in the annual Teens’ Top Ten vote, sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Teens cast more than 11,000 votes online between Aug. 24 and Sept. 18, with the official list announcement during Teen Read Week, October 18-24.

The 2009 Teens’ Top Ten is:

1. Paper Towns by John Green (Penguin/Dutton)
2. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry)
5. Identical by Ellen Hopkins (Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry)
6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
7. Wake by Lisa McMann (Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse)
8. Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast (St. Martin's Griffin)
9. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (Disney-Hyperion)
10. Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Harcourt/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

The Teens’ Top Ten is a booklist created entirely by and for teens as part of YALSA’s Young Adult (YA) Galley Project, which facilitates access to advance copies of young adult books to national teen book discussion groups. These groups evaluated books published between January 2008 through April 2009 and then created a list of 25 nominations. Teen voters across the country then cast ballots for their three favorites, creating the 2009 Teens’ Top Ten. Final nominations for the 2010 Teens’ Top Ten vote will be posted on Support Teen Literature Day, April 15, 2010 at www.ala.org/teenstopten.

To learn more about the teen book groups and participating in the YA Galley program, visit www.ala.org/teenstopten. Publishers interested in participating in the program may contact Nichole Gilbert, ngilbert@ala.org, for more information.

For more than 50 years, YALSA has been the world leader in selecting books, videos, and audio books for teens. For more information about YALSA or for lists of recommended reading, viewing and listening, go to www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists, or contact the YALSA office by phone, 800-545-2433, ext. 4390; or e-mail: yalsa@ala.org.

Downtown Library Hosts 1st Annual Ghoul's Ball for Teens

Friday, October 2, 2009

Teens Invited to the 1st Annual Ghoul's Ball

Teens, you are invited to the 1st Annual Ghoul's Ball! There will be music, dancing, games, food, and a costume contest. Prizes will be awarded for the Scariest, Funniest, and Best Literary Character costumes. See you there! Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha...

What? 1st Annual Ghoul's Ball
Who may attend? Students in grades 7-12
Where? Central Library, Atrium
When? Thursday, October 29
Time? 7:00-9:00 p.m.

To register call 226-3651.

Posted by Tressa at 3:45 PM

Teen Read Week: Teens Vote for the Top Ten Books

Click the image above to find out the 2009 Top Ten Teen Books!

Beatles Rock Band Wednesday, October 7th

Beatles Rock Band at the the library, Wednesday October 7th, 4:30-6:30.

All You Need is Love, Help!, Strawberry Fields Forever, Yellow Submarine. We've got it. Come play it!

Prizes: iTunes Gift cards for the fabbest four + Door prizes galore!

Pizza, snacks and more fun than an octopus's garden in the shade!

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Friday September 4th

This Friday the Game is back ON!

We'll be battling it out with Super Smash Bros Brawl.Flying babies, egg spitting dinosaurs, and some sort of blue hedghog that buzzes all over the screen! What could be better? Howzabout Magic the Gathering between rounds?

Be at the Emmet O'Neal Library Friday, September 4th from 4:30 to 6:30 to share the pure joy that is Super Smash Bros Brawl!

Pizza from Bongiorno's, gift cards for the top three contenders and more fun than you can shake a wii-mote at! Grades 7-12 only, please.

See you at the library!

Game On! Friday, August 7th 4:30-6:30

This Friday the Game is back ON!

We'll be battling it out with Super Smash Bros Brawl.

Flying babies, egg spitting dinosaurs, and some sort of blue hedghog buzzing all around! What could be better? Howzabout Magic the Gathering between rounds?

Be at the Emmet O'Neal Library Friday, August 7th from 4:30 to 6:30 to share the pure joy that is Super Smash Bros Brawl!