Join us for rockband, other gaming, and picture frame decorating in the Loft tonight! Friday, December 19.
(We also have Madden Football 2009 & Mario Kart)
6:30-9 pm. Doors close at 8:15 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
Curl up with a great book over winter break! Check out our list of holiday recommendations!
Chase away the winter blues with Teenreads.com 3rd Annual Holiday Basket of Cheer contest. Win a basket of 8 YA books and holiday goodies such as: a snowman mug, socks, a candle, a snow globe, a kit to make a gingerbread village, and red gloves.
To enter, read an excerpt from each of the 8 titles and tell teenreads.com which one you would most like to read and why. For eligibility requirements and information on how to enter, click here.
Deadline: December 10
Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman (Dutton, 2008 )
Antsy Bonano, wise-cracking narrator of The Schwa Was Here, is back! This time, he befriends Gunnar Umlaut, whom he meets at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan. There several men are trying to corral a runaway giant-sized raccoon balloon when tragedy strikes. That’s when Gunnar confides in Antsy (short for Anthony) that he has been diagnosed with Pulmonary Monoxic Systemia, leaving him only a few more months to live.
Lest you think the set-up is maudlin, it’s anything but. Antsy offers to donate months of his own life to Gunnar, then other students at their high school do the same, until the whole whacky premise spins out of control. Add to that Antsy’s attraction to Gunnar’s older sister, and his slow discovery that all is not as it seems with Gunnar and his family. Is Gunnar really facing an imminent death, or is there something else going on?
This is an irresistable tragicomedy, with the comedy, and Antsy’s inability to rein in his own quick retorts, running the show. (Christie, The Loft)
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