Friday Night Gaming and Cupcake Decorating! October 22, 2008
It’s back – Friday Night Gaming, and Spooky Cupcake Decorating! 
October 24, 6:30 – 9 pm – Ages 13-18 only!
Free Bus Ride Home
This event is sponsored by:
Evanston Public Library Young Adult Services
City of Evanston Youth Engagement Initiative
Evanston Parks/Forestry & Recreation Department
Whole Foods Market
National Book Award Finalists October 20, 2008
National Book Award Finalists for Young People’s Literature, 2008
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (Simon & Schuster)
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt (Atheneum)
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell (Scholastic)
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (Hyperion)
The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp (Alfred A. Knopf)
Last Day to Vote for Your Favorite Books! October 18, 2008
This is the last day to vote for your favorite books from the list of Teen Read Week Nominated Titles. Readers ages 12-18 can vote online anytime today.
It’s also the last day to get bites of Halloween candy when you stop by the Loft and submit a book review!
Celebrate Teen Read Week: Books with bite @ your library, October 12-18!
Notecards with a bite today! October 17, 2008
Today we are making Halloween notecards in the Loft at 4 pm!! Here are a few samples of what we will be making. Register in the Loft or call 847-448-8625. There is only 1 space left. For teens in middle or high school! Celebrate Teen Read Week!!
Today is the deadline for the vampire short story contest! Drop your story off in the Loft, at the branches, or email it to cchandler-s”at”cityofevanston.org.
Celebrate Teen Read Week: Books with a Bite @ your library and Read for the fun of it!
Teen Read Week! October 12-18 October 10, 2008
Read for the fun of it!!! This week in the LOFT and at the Branches:
- Vote here for the teens’ top ten books from this list of nominated titles!! Must be ages 12-18.
- EVERY DAY: Stop by the Loft & get bites of candy if you submit a book review!
- Monday, October 13: Create Podcast Reviews of books (and get bites of candy)! 2-5 pm, in the Loft.
- Wednesday, October 15: Spy School 101, at 4:17 pm, at the NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY.
- Friday, October 17: Make Halloween Notecards with a bite, at 4 pm, in the Loft. (Please register)
- Friday, October 17: Turn in your Vampire Short Story for blood-tastic prizes!
- All week at SOUTH BRANCH LIBRARY: Stop by, check out a book, and sample the daily bites (food!)
- Night Bites (all week) on Readergirlz MySpace: Chat with young adult authors!
Read for the fun of it!!!
Jellicoe Road October 9, 2008
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (HarperTeen, 2008 )
I can’t think of the Mississippi River without imagining Huck Finn on his raft. Jellicoe Road is like that. It’s a name and a place that I will forever associate with Taylor, Briggs, Santangelo, Raffy, Jessa, Narnie, Jude, Webb, Fitz and Tate. If I could get to Australia soon, I would visit it, and I would look for the poppies planted on the side of the road, and of course the club house.
Melina Marchetta, author of Saving Francesca, has written a novel so stunning that I’m sure I was really there on Jellicoe Road through the tragedy and the hard-earned triumphs. There’s a lot going on at first, and it is a bit confusing with alternating narratives, a large cast of characters, and clues that only seem to point to more clues.
When Taylor Markham’s mother abandons her at age 11, Taylor is brought to the Jellicoe school. Now 17, Taylor is her dorm’s leader and ready to engage in the annual territory wars against the “townies” and the “cadets.” But then the one adult who has been a constant in her life disappears. While searching for clues to Hannah’s disappearance, Taylor reads more of the story that Hannah has written. Somehow, the story is connected to Taylor’s past. And she crosses the boundaries of the territory wars, getting to know Santangelo and his family. And Briggs. Things aren’t always what they seem, and Taylor gradually uncovers the mysteries surrounding her past and present. (Christie, The Loft)
Night Bites for Teen Read Week! October 6, 2008
Join readergirlz for live chats with young adult authors during Teen Read Week, October 12-18!
Don’t miss all of our activities during teen read week, and, vote for your favorite book!!
Wii R here Friday Afternoon! October 3, 2008
Drop by the Loft today between 3:30 and 5:30 (Friday, October 3) for Nintendo Wii, Guitar Hero, and more games!
