The Virtual Loft

Evanston Public Library’s Online Teen Space

Night Bites for Teen Read Week! October 6, 2008

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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!!

 

 

The Results Are In! October 25, 2007

Filed under: Read On! — Heather @ 11:39 am
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Teens all across the country voted last week for their Top 10 Books.  Here are the results:

1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006).

2. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (Viking Children’s Books, 2006)

3. How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles (Flux, 2006).

4. Maximum Ride: School’s Out – Forever by James Patterson (Hachette Book Group USA/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006).

5. Firegirl by Tony Abbott (Hachette Book Group USA/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006).

6. All Hallows Eve (13 Stories)by Vivian Vande Velde (Harcourt, 2006).

7. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Harcourt, 2006).

8. River Secrets by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury, 2006).

9. Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe (HarperCollins, 2006).

10. Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks (Chicken House, 2006).

What do you think? Agree or disagree? Let us know!

 

It’s Teen Read Week! October 16, 2007

Filed under: Programs, TAB, The Loft — Heather @ 9:50 am
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In celebration of Teen Read Week’s theme, LOL@yourlibrary, we’re doing lots of fun stuff in the Loft!

Tonight (Tues, Oct 16) @ 6pm: High School Teen Advisory Board meeting. Always a laugh-riot!

Friday, October 19 @ 4pm: Let the Games Begin! Drop-in and play Nintendo Wii in the Loft.

Saturday, Oct. 20 @ 4:30pm: Junior High School Teen Advisory Board meeting. Sure to be hi-larious! 

Also Saturday, Oct. 20 @ 2pm: LOL while watching The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

And don’t forget to take the survey. We want to know your top 10 books!!

 

Don’t forget: Chat with your flavorite author! October 10, 2007

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As mentioned last week on this blog, every day in October you have the chance to chat with a different, awesome author!

Tonight it’s Sarah Mlynowski, author of the laugh-out-loud books: Bras and Broomsticks; Frogs and French Kisses; Spells and Sleeping Bags.

Go to the readergirlz website for more information!

 

Chat with your 31 Flavorite Authors October 1, 2007

Filed under: Websites — Heather @ 9:48 am
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In celebration of Teen Read Week (Oct.14 - 20), readergirlz.com is hosting online chats with 31 different YA authors all through the month of October: that’s one every night!

Here’s how you can take part:

1. Join the readergirlz group forum on MySpace NOW. You must be a member of the forum to participate in the 31 Flavorite Author chats.
2. Friend readergirlz at MySpace
3. Chat every night throughout October (6pm in Illinois) with your 31 Flavorite Authors.
4. Win FREE books! The thirty-first person each night to comment on the Flavorite Author chat will win a FREE book.

Here’s the schedule:

Week One

October 1st: Meg Cabot

October 2nd: Tiffany Trent

October 3rd: Brent Hartinger

October 4th: Lorie Ann Grover

October 5th: K.L. Going

October 6th: Nikki Grimes

Week Two

October 7th: Ellen Hopkins

October 8th: Justina Chen Headley

October 9th: Chris Crutcher

October 10th: Ann Brashares

October 11th: Sarah Mlynowski

October 12th: Cecil Castellucci

October 13th: Kirby Larson

Week Three
October 14th: Tanya Lee Stone

October 15th: John Green

October 16th: Sara Zarr

October 17th: Deb Caletti

October 18th: Rachel Cohn

October 19th: Kirsten Miller

October 20th: Mitali Perkins

Week Four
October 21st: Sonya Sones

October 22nd: Lisa Yee

October 23rd: Carolyn Mackler

October 24th: E. Lockhart

October 25th: Janet Lee Carey

October 26th: Gaby Triana

October 27th: Lauren Myracle

Week Five
October 28th: Holly Black

October 29th: Cynthia Leitich Smith

October 30th: Dia Calhoun

October 31st: Stephenie Meyer (Special time: 9 PM PST/MIDNIGHT EST)