Teen Book Awards

Are you looking for something new to read? Try one of these award winning books.

Going Bovine by Libba Bray
2010 Printz Award winning book

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
(also available on CD)
2009 Thumbs Up Award winning book

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
(also available on CD)
2009 Thumbs Up Award honor book

The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (also on CD)
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
2010 Best Books for Young Adults

Have you read any of these? Leave a comment to share what you thought about them.

Gingerbread Houses

Here are some pictures of the gingerbread houses teens created Tuesday at the library.

Gingerbread House Program

Teens (6th - 12th grade) are invited to create and decorate gingerbread houses at the library Tuesday, December 15 at 4:30 P.M. Please call or stop by the library to register for this program.

Eragon's Guide to Alagaesia

Eragon's Guide to Alagaesia by Christopher Paolini is now available at the library. You can enjoy this illustrated guide to the people, places, and things of Alagaësia while you wait for the fourth book in The Inheritance cycle.

2009 Teens' Top Ten

More than 11,000 teens voted to determine the 2009 Teens' Top Ten books. The selections are:

• Paper Towns by John Green
• Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (also available as a book on CD)
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (also available as a book on CD)
• City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
• Identical by Ellen Hopkins
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (also available as a book on CD)
• Wake by Lisa McMann
• Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast
• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
• Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Click on a book's title to see if a book is available or to reserve it.

Pumpkin Carving

Join us to carve pumpkins on Monday, October 26 at 4:30 P.M. The library will provide the pumpkins and supplies. This program is for 6th - 12th graders. Please call or stop by the library to register. We hope to see you there.

"Books and Bites"

Everyone in 6th - 12th grade is invited to "Books and Bites" on Tuesday, September 29 at 4:30 P.M. We'll discuss your favorite books and eat ice cream sundaes. Did you read something great this summer? Share it with us and hear everyone else's favorites, too. You'll also hear about some of the new books in the library and help choose a book for the next "Books and Bites." Please call or stop by the library to register for this program.