Metamorphosis, our teen Summer Reading Program, is now underway. I’ve created a new blog specifically for keeping up with the events of the week and posting reviews written by those who attend. Check it out by clicking here.
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Would you like to join the REBELUTION? Nineteen year old twin brothers Alex and Brett Harris from Oregon have started a rebelution – a teenage rebellion against low expectations. They feel that sometimes people have such low expectations for teens that teens simply have little choice and sink accordingly. In their book Do Hard Things they encourage other teens to actively resist cultural lies that limit their potentials. They started a blog in 2005 about their rebelution. Their website www.therebelution.com has many links to articles and essays, events, and blogs. They even seem to be making this into a career as they make public appearances around the country. They have partnered with some young ladies met through blogging to include the “female” perspective on their site and through blogging. It is all Christian based and may seem a little bit preachy at times, but there is good content to give you food for thought. The book includes experiences of many other teens they have come to know. An extensive reading list is mentioned as assigned by their homeschooling father on a wide variety of topics – The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edmund Morris; The World is Flat, by Thomas Friedman, and many others. Several of their main points involve sometimes working outside your comfort zone, doing things without immediate expectations. doing several small hard things to get to one big one, and more. This is one of those books that you don’t have to read cover to cover, just browse and flip, then go back and read the parts that really interest you. Ok, I know this may seem tooooo preachy coming from someone who’s almost old enough to be your grandmother, but give it a try anyway.
- Anniesse
GHOSTHUNTERS: On the Trail of Mediums, Dowsers, Spirit Seekers and Other Investigators of America’s Paranormal World by John Kachuba
Published March 10, 2008 Uncategorized Leave a CommentJohn Kachuba aka “The Ghosthunter” investigates haunted locations throughout the country and interviews people who have had paranormal encounters. The author has discovered a growing interest in ghosts today, which has spurred an American pop culture phenomenon based on the supernatural. The TV shows Ghosthunter, Most Haunted, and Ghost Whisperer testify to that fact. Combining his case reports of actual hauntings, disucssions with leading figures in paranomral world, and stories about releated subjects such as buying ghosts on eBay, buying and selling haunted houses, and ghost tourism, Ghosthunters presents an intriguing and witty look at America’s paranormal world. One of the places mentioned in the book is the home of the Bell Witch in Tennesse. He has his own website where you can relate your own experiences of the paranormal.
-Eddie
I would like to recommend the book The Wish by Gail Carson Levine. The book is about a girl named Wilma who makes a wish to be popular. Her wish was granted and she became instantly liked by the populars. The problem is, though, that she only wished to be popular at Claverford, her middle school, and she is going to graduate in three weeks. Will she continue to be popular, or will the wish end? You’ll have to read to find out!
-Darci
We’ve added a lot of new music recently at both our Greenville and Central City locations. We’ve got classic rock, hard rock, indie rock, and everything In between. If it has been a while since you’ve last browsed our music rack you might want to take another look.
We’ve got more music that will appeal to teens on the way, so, stay tuned!
- Wesley
The Muhlenberg County Public Libraries will be celebrating Teen Tech Week on March 4th and 5th at our Central City location. Stop by on those days from 4:00 to 6:00 pm for free pizza, tech based discussion, trivia, and hands-on experience. Those interested in promoting should click here for a full-sized flyer that you can print up and distribute.
For more information contact Wesley by calling 338-4760.
It’s becoming quite popular for television shows utilize a different form of media to tell part of its story. Comics, novels, video games and more are all factored in the Hollywood marketing machine now more than ever. During the first season of NBC’s Heroes, those behind the show produced an online series of beautifully drawn graphic novels that told tales that played directly into what occurred during the program.
Heroes: Volume One compiles those aforementioned graphic novels into hardback book form. They are presented in chronological order, so, if you have the DVD set, you could easily watch the shows and read the book in sequence. Each chapter fits along nicely with the show’s overall mythology by giving new insight into the backstory of some of the more mysterious characters and showing events that were too expensive for them to film.
If you missed these while they were posted on NBC’s website, picking this up is highly recommend. It really helps clear up some of the more confusing aspects of the show.
- Wesley
TAB teens speak out about books they really liked
Published October 2, 2007 Uncategorized Leave a CommentLots of readers at the 2nd TAB – Teens and Books. We had pizza again, but not a trivia game this time, too many different titles read in this extensive series. (Unlike Harry Potter where the trivia was fast and furiously competitive.)
Also, the moms, who were the teens’ invited guests and indeed Miss Pockets, had read more Nancy Drews than our current set of teens. We had a book discussion about Nancy Drews and other books that made memories for us and here are some of the results of the discussion.
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Scully wrote:
Mystery at the Ski Jump , a Nancy Drew: it took me to Canada. It was neat reading about her adventures in Canada.
I read My Friend Flicka, that took me out west. It is a very exciting and emotional book. I loved it.
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Jon T Tay reported on W.E.B. Griffin’s
Behind the Lines: it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time I read it – you will love it.
It’s an adult World War II novel…lots in the series for those interested in military history and fiction.
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ah12 said:
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It took me to a time before I was born. The Little House on the Prairie books let me see how people lived before the world started inventing technology. Julie of the Wolves is another memory maker.
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beepleased cheerfully shared this:
I read Savanah’s Journey. The girl lost her father and her “sister” Its one of the best books I’ve read.
Nancy Drew, don’t remember the title but they went to Florida and it was good, that’s about all I remember.
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“General George first pres”
The Mutt by Rodney Mullen
He always looked at the technical side of skateboarding and appreciated all the styles and personality of all the other skaters.
— note this title was not at MCPL but sounds like one we need to get so it will go on the “Needs and Wants list.” The library keeps a daily list of requests and suggestions, so please, let staff know about titles and authors you would like to see the libraries offer.
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Sam Sprite
I read a Nancy Drew graphic novel. It was freaky how the house kept moving. I thought Nancy was crazy to follow the house when it showed her death. Nancy Drew: The Haunted Dollhouse.
I really suggest Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: The Nixie’s Song.
Suggestion already taken care of – both HM and CC have a copy and they were both checked out. Book was only published Sept. 18, 2007, so MCPL was ready for you to be excited about this title. Just put your name on the reserve list and it will be in your hands soon. Reserve books are for all ages, so if it is out and you want it, please ask the staff to “Reserve” it for you.
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JP48driving
I read a few Nancy Drews, but wasn’t a major fan. So I don’t have many memories there.
One of my favorite books is “Shadow Spinner.” I love to travel, and would love to go to the exotic places mentioned in the book: Afghanistan, India, Persia, and Pakistan; but the book took me there and there was a lot of culture and history in the book as well.
“The Flames of Rome” is another fave of mine. It involves a lot of history and is very vivid and descriptive.
Suggestions – for the teen space – I would enjoy Brio magazine and Contemporary Gospel music added to the cd collection – Casting Crowns, Mark Harris or Matthew West and similar artists…
SaraLeeh
Nancy Drew: Diamond Deceit. If I can remember Nancy & George went to California to see Bess. Well, I have read tons of books about California.
Book suggestion: Nancy Drew: Sea of Suspicion
(this is #85 – an older title we don’t have at MCPL, maybe someone will donate one – we do accept books as gifts to the library)
Stickyfingers
A while back I read a book called The Cabin Faced West. It was interesting to read about living in a cabin on a farm.
penguinsfriend
I remember one Nancy Drew where it took place in a creepy castle or manor with a rose in the center of the floor. It intrigued me. (Probably “In Search of the Black Rose” set in England and including Oxford University – it is one of the Nancy Drew On Campus series in the Teen Space, not with the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys collection that is on the new spinner rack at the Central City Library.
Note: Series titles such as these and other special groups have display boxes in the J Fiction section at Harbin Memorial.
The Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman. It was a very good book and made me feel afraid, happy, curious and sad. I fully realized the horrible opium addiction that plagued that time period. It was well written and a splendid novel.
More Phillip Pullman books please.
SPsant
Snow Dog by Jim Kjelgaard. It’s about a trapper and his dogs and how they live off the land.
Teens at the TAB meeting will probably understand our internet code names. If you wish to be a TAB member or blog author please email tech.hmlib@gmail.com for more details. Personal details will not be posted but you must verify Muhlenberg County library membership in order to attend TAB or post on the blog.
Join us in October for the featured title: Eragon, Friday, October 26, 2007, 5:30-7:30 pm.
Teens and Books at MCPL starts Friday night August 25, 2007. After hours 5:30-7:30 pm, we will serve pizza and drinks and begin our books and movies discussion with
the all time favorite Harry Potter.
Harry Potter books 1-7 will be up for discussion and trivia games. Prizes and food are there to put icing on the cake of just getting together with other Harry fans and talking Harry Potter. Which book was the best? Which movie was most like the book? What do you feel about how it ended?
This is for true Harry Potter readers. If you have only read one book or seen one or two of the movies, you may find this discussion too intense. We have a lot of well read (all 7 and sometimes more than once ) Harry Potter fans in Muhlenberg Co. If you have not yet read # 7 you may not want to come, because the evening is sure to be full of “spoilers” as they refer to plot details.
Because the TAB program is after hours at the library – it is limited to those who have pre-registered, have library cards and a parent or guardian must sign permission at first event. Please call 754-4630 to register and for more details. Later 4th Friday TAB events will feature Nancy Drew, Eragon, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. You may register for just one if that book or date is good for you.
Next spring’s schedule will be decided by the teens in the program. Old books, new movies, whatever you want to discuss. So sign on early and help guide the program to make it what you want it to be.
Miss Pockets/Donna F. Slaton, Children’s Programmer II
