Come to AniManga Club This Monday, April 6th!
Come to AniManga Club this Monday at 4pm. We'll be watching Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 3 and eating lots of Pocky!
Come to AniManga Club this Monday at 4pm. We'll be watching Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 3 and eating lots of Pocky!
This week's book pick is Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film About the Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman.
Mitchell and David are on the outer edge of the school social stratosphere, but can still show up to parties without too much damage. But that's before David tells Mitchell he's gay, Mitchell nearly gets expelled from school due to a film he made for class, and it girl Danielle starts paying attention to Mitchell. Mitchell has no idea how everything will turn out, but he's hoping everything will be normal by the time prom rolls around. If only high school could be that simple ...
April is almost here! Check out what will be going on for young adults at the library:
Monday, April 6th, 4pm ~ AniManga Club! We'll be watching Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 3 and eating lots of Pocky!
Friday, April 10th, 6:30-9:30pm ~ Rock On: Nintendo Wii & Rock Band tournament play for ages 12 & up.
Monday, April 13th, 4pm ~ It's Bizarre ...
Tuesday, April 14th, 4pm ~ Young Adult Council meets to discuss plans for the summer! We'll have pizza and this will count as volunteer time for everyone.
Monday, April 20th, 4pm ~ AniManga Club!
Friday, April 24th, 6:30-9pm ~ Late Night at the Library! After the library closes it's time for our monthly young adult night of fun. Come for an evening of games, Internet, Rock Band, Wii, and Guitar Hero. Snacks will be provided. Ages 12 and up.
Monday, April 27th, 6:30pm ~ Young Adult Movie Night: Come watch Twilight, eat cheesy popcorn, and win Twilight prizes.
April is National Poetry Month! Do you have a poem lurking on your MySpace or in a notebook somewhere? Enter our poetry competition! Write a poem and submit either a paper entry to Youth Services or via e-mail to the teen librarian. Poems can be as short as you like or as long as you like, and don't need to follow any particular format (i.e., it doesn't have to rhyme if you don't want it to). Please write your name, age, phone number, and title of your poem (if it has one) on your entry. One entry per person. Your entry must be completely original and thought up only by you. Entries will be judged on creativity and originality. Winners will be chosen and awarded prizes. Questions? Please call Youth Services at (708)-485-6917, extension 140. We'll accept entries throughout the month of April, and announce a winner in the beginning of May.
Check out these new books on the young adult bookshelf:
Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston Weatherford
Black Cat Vol. 19 by Kentaro Yabuki
The Death of Captain America: Vol. 2, The Burden of Dreams by Ed Brubaker
Dumped by Elisabeth Rein Conley
Lamplighter by D.M. Cornish
Naruto Vol. 39 by Masashi Kishimoto
Naruto Vol. 40 by Masashi Kishimoto
Naruto Vol. 41 by Masashi Kishimoto
Punisher War Journal Vol. 2: Goin' Out West by Matt Fraction
Stargazer by Claudia Gray
Superman: Brainiac by Geoff Johns
30 Days to Getting Over the Dork You Used to Call Your Boyfriend by Clea Hantman
Trigun Maximum Vol. 13 by Yasuhiro Nightow
Ultimate Spider-man Vol. 17: Clone Saga by Brian Michael Bendis
Vampire Knight Vol. 6 by Matsuri Hino
This week's book pick is Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher.
15-year old Ruby Jacinski knows what it's like to have it tough. Her father died several years ago, and her mother's rheumatoid arthritis has made her unable to work. That means Ruby has had to quit school and go to work herself. Working in the packinghouse is no picnic, and Ruby doesn't see how she'll ever pay the bills with her low salary. But when cute Paulie Suelze tells her how she can make real money - by working at a dance "academy," dancing with paying male customers - Ruby's convinced she's got everything figured out. Getting paid to dance sounds like the best job Ruby could ever have, until she realizes that nothing is what it seems.
Check out this book trailer of Ten Cents a Dance.