Between by Jessica Warman
Elizabeth Valchar looks down off of her parents’ yacht and spots a body in the water. She remembers drinking with her friends on the yacht to celebrate her eighteenth birthday. The body looks familiar…wait that’s her! How can she be in the water and on the boat? This page turner will keep you guessing who killed the body floating in the water and how did Jessica get to this point in her life.
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Are you a person who likes to make a difference in your community? The DeKalb County Library Board is seeking a teen to serve on the Board as the teen representative. The goal of appointing a teen library board representative is to provide the Trustees with a teen perspective on library issues under discussion. Here is an article that was written about the 2010-2011 teen Library Board representative.
What are the requirements? You must be between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years of age, and live or go to school in DeKalb County. You must commit to full participation in the discussion during Library Board of Trustees meetings. (These meetings are generally held one Tuesday a month for approximately two hours starting at 4:30 p.m. , usually in the Decatur Board Room. The meetings are normally set for the following months: January, March, May, July, August, October and December) You must be interested in personal development of leadership skills and community trusteeship.
Are you still interested? Here is what you need to do:
1. Print and fill out the application located here.
2. Attach at least two letters of reference.
3. Fill out the application. Type or print legibly.
4. Do not use additional pages.
5. Return the application to the address on the application.
The deadline to apply is Friday, June 1, 2012.
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Frankie Landau-Banks just wants people to take her seriously. She didn’t start her sophomore year at an uber-elite boarding school in New England planning to infiltrate its exclusive, guys-only secret society by assuming an undercover identity. But everyone around her – from her parents to her handsome, popular, senior boyfriend – seems intent on telling her what she can’t do, and Frankie would much rather focus on what she can. In the process, she challenges the traditions and power structures which have long ruled her school, and does her best to be someone other than the cute, non-threatening girl everyone around her believes her to be. Full of grand-scale school pranks and a biting wit, this National Book Award finalist and Printz Honor book is that rare gem – an easy-to-read heavy-hitter.
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The Library has a variety of events planned for teens for the month of May. Below are a sampling of these programs. To check all of the programs offered for the month, check out the teen events calendar.
Movies
May 15, 2012 from 5:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. the Redan Library will be showing a movie. Contact the branch the week before to find out the title.
Clubs
Anime
May 8, 2012 the Redan-Trotti’s Anime Club will meet from 6:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m.
May 21, 2012 the Covington’s When Otakus Attacks Anime Club will meet from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Book Club
May 5, 2012 at the Stonecrest Library , the Teen book club will meet from 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. They will be reading, Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why.
May 8, 2012, at the Hairston-Crossing Library, the Teen book club will meet from 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. and discuss Sharon Draper’s Romiette and Julio.
Miscellaneous
May 15, 2012 from 5:00 p.m. -6:00 p.m. The Writers Group for Teens will meet at the the Stonecrest Library.
May 21 & 22 from 4:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. at the Stonecrest Library, you will have additonal space available to study for finals.
Crafts
May 15, 2012 from 5:00 p.m. -6:30 p.m. the Salem-Panola Library’s Designing Teens will create 3-D stars.
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Attention teens. It's Teen Tech Week! Celebrate by letting us know your opinions about your library. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey so we know what is important to you.
