December

What's there to do in December at the library?

Gaming
Cultural Exposure
Anime Club
Holiday Movie
Holiday Party
& More

What about after the new year?
Check back here to get the latest!

Have an idea for a program that you want to see at Freedom?
Let us know!

NaNoWriMo is HERE

NaNoWriMo is HERE!

What is it?
It's National Novel Writing Month!

What will I do?
You'll write your heart out along with thousands of other teens who are trying to write a book in a month!

When is it?
Every Monday in November from 3-4pm

Why should I?
If you've ever wanted to write a book, do you need another reason? Well, OK, there will be a pizza party at the end of the month for all participants!

Make sure you're at the first meeting on
Monday, November 2nd @3pm!

New Arrivals

Check out these new materials that will hit the shelves in a library near you:

Teen Books
More Teen Books
Comics & Graphic Novels
More Comics & GNs
CDs: Music & Shows
DVDs

Sign up for Wowbrary and they'll e-mail you each week
to let you know what the library has ordered and find out
what else the library has to offer you!

Program Pics

Here are some pictures from a few of our programs so far this year...

Guitar Hero

Chess Club

Meet a Fantasy Writer: Carrie Ryan
Teen Read Week 2009


Our Teen Summer Volunteer

Teen Read Week

Teen Read Week: Read Beyond Reality
Events at Freedom

Tuesday - Meet a Fantasy Author
Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Thursday - Board games
Play all of your favorites with your friends

Friday - Far Out Film Night
Watch "Coraline" and check out our graphic novels

Teen Read Week Party
Saturday, October 24
7-9pm
ImaginOn
Get your ticket at your local library!

Carrie Ryan Visits Freedom

In celebration of Teen Read Week 2009 - Read Beyond Reality - we had an author visit today from the very talented Carrie Ryan who writes beyond reality. Over one hundred teens were lucky enough to participate in her visit. Teens watched a book trailer of The Forest of Hands and Teeth, learned more about her book, the writing process, and zombies (of course!). Three lucky teens walked away with a signed copy of her book. Everyone else had a chance to get a signed bookmark.
Thank you, Carrie!

We hope you'll come back to talk to us about The Dead-Tossed Waves!
To learn more about Carrie Ryan and her work, visit her website.

Events this Week

Events this Week

Tuesday - Financial Fitness for Teens
Learn how to open an account and save money

Wednesday - Banned Books and Bites
Find out what books have been challenged or banned and eat snacks

Thursday - Call of Duty 2
Play video games against your friends

Friday - Cultural Exposure
Learn about a new culture by watching a movie and eating cuisine

Booktalks

I visited both Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology and Harding University to promote Banned Books Week. I booktalked titles that were either banned or challenged in the last year, which included titles such as Go Ask Alice, Shooter and The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things. After talking with hundreds of teens about banned books and censorship, I was excited to see so much interest in reading. Remember that you can come in anytime and I'd be happy to help you find a book that's right for you.

Events this Week

What's going on this week?
Tuesday (9/22) - Financial Freedom for Teens
Thursday (9/24) - Unplugged (Board Games)
Thursday (9/24) - Teen Advisory Council (TAC)

New Arrivals

The library has ordered more new books for teens!

Teen Fiction
More Teen Fiction

Comics & Graphic Novels
More Comics & GNs
Even more Comics $ GNs

iPhone Apps

YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) posted the "Best iPhone/iTouch Apps for Teens" on their blog yesterday, so I thought I'd share it with you. Also, feel free to check out "10 Best and Worst iPhone Apps for Teens and Parents" by Radical Parenting which is mentioned in the blog post. What do you think?

Battle Slam Jam 2009

The library was at Battle Slam Jam 2009! Were you?

Want to see what you missed? Check out our Flickr account!

Welcome Back

Welcome back, Berry students!

Can you believe the summer is over already?
Wondering what will be going on at the library?
Check out our calendar of events...

Coming up this week:
Thursday, September 3rd
2:30-4pm
Guitar Hero
Registration required

Next week:
Wednesday, September 9th
3-4:30pm
Anime Club

Have a teen program that you would like to see here?
Ask for Ms. Holly or Ms. Pam and we'll see what we can do to make it happen!

Wowbrary

Do you know how I'm always posting new books here?

Well, you don't have to wait for me!

All you have to do is sign up at Wowbrary

and they'll send you an e-mail whenever PLCMC orders materials.

You can find out more info about each item and you can request it,

so that when it does come in, you'll be at the top of the list!

Sound good?

Check it out: http://www.wowbrary.org/

New Arrivals

Just because summer reading is coming to an end, doesn't mean that you have to stop reading. And when school starts in just a few weeks, remember there's still time to read.

What should you read?

The library just ordered more new books!
Click here and here to look at the new TEEN BOOKS,
and here and here to browse the COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS...

I'm looking forward to Libba Bray's new book,
Going Bovine.

What will you read next?

Teen Summer Reading

Teen Summer Reading ends on August 6th!
Be sure to complete your hours and collect your prizes before this Friday!
What did you like best about Express Yourself @ your library?

New Arrivals

Looking for something new to read this summer?
Click here to see what TEEN BOOKS the library has ordered for you!
Into COMICS and GRAPHIC NOVELS? Check these out!
Make sure you record your reading time, so that you can
collect prizes from the library!

New Arrivals

We have more new books!

Click on a book cover to find out more info or to place a hold on it...

Fiction

Angry Management
YA Crutcher
Full Moon
YA Hawthorne
Graceling
YA Cashore

Here's How I See It, Here's How It Is
YA Henson

Graphic Novels & Comic Books

Cirque du Freak Volume 1
YA 741.5 Shan

Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel Original Text
YA 741.5 Colby

Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel Quick Text
YA 741.5 Colby

T-Minus: The Race to the Moon
YA 741.5 Ottavian

Avengers: The Initiative Volume 3 Secret Invasion
YA 741.5 Slott

Pixie Volume 1
YA 741.5 Mariolle

House of M: Civil War
YA 741.5 Gage

Non-Fiction

China: Land of Dragons and Emerors
YA 951 Mah

I Don't Know What I Want, But I Want to Be Happy
YA 158 Kirberge

New Arrivals

Looking for books to read this summer?
Need a start for Teen Summer Reading, or looking to wrap it up?
Well, the library just ordered more books just for you!
Click here to see the new TEEN BOOKS
and click on "Borrow" to make sure you're the first person to read it!
Into COMICS and GRAPHIC NOVELS? Click here to see 'em!
Need a good book and can't seem to find one?
Come on in and we'll help you!

For Teens Only

For Teens Only: I Am Worth Saving
An Educational Conference for Teens and Parents
Saturday, August 15, 2009
www.forteensonly.net

The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (PLCMC)
will be there with giveaways, gaming and more!
Check back for more info on what we'll be doing...
www.plcmc.org
www.libraryloft.org

Don't forget to sign up for Teen Summer Reading here.
You get prizes just for signing up, then again after you read for 15 hours, and again after reading for 25 hours! I know you read all the time anyway, so you might as well get prizes for it! Happy summer reading!

New Arrivals

The library has ordered more new books just for you!

To see what COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS we'll be getting in soon, click here.

To see what other TEEN BOOKS are coming soon to a library near you, click here.

Don't forget to sign-up for Teen Summer Reading,
so you can win prizes and have some of your library fines waived just for reading!

Teen Summer Reading - Express Yourself!

What is it?

It's a chance for you to win prizes
and get fines waived (if you have any)
just for doing what you already are doing this summer -
READING!

How do you sign up?

Simple. It only takes a minute.
Click here to register or
come on in and we'll show you how easy it is.

What else?

Check out http://www.libraryloft.org/tsr/
for more info on the rules,
what to read and programs
that you can attend this summer at the library.
We always have books on display for teens,
but if you can't find anything,
find me (Ms. Holly) and I'll help you
get a good book in your hands!

Read On!

Teen Summer Reading

Express Yourself

For the past two weeks, I have been visiting English classes
at Phillip O. Berry to promote
Teen Summer Reading at the library.
The booktalks I gave featured books on the creative arts.
Be sure to sign up online starting June 11th by following this link.

Early Dismissal

Getting out of school early this week?
Need something to do?
Come to Freedom!

Tuesday - Unplugged Gaming
Wednesday - Make Crafts
Thursday - Teen Finances
Friday - Teen Summer Reading Kick-Off Party

Hot off the Presses

New Teen Fiction

Chasing Romeo
Kimani Tru Series
Byrd, A.J.

The Carbon Diaries 2015
Lloyd, Saci

Royal Blood: A Vampire Kisses Novel
Schreiber, Ellen

Play Me

Ruby, Laura

My Vicksburg
Rinaldi, Ann

After the Moment
Freymann-Weyr, Garret

Always Watching
Collins, Brandilyn and Amberly

Sleepaway Girls
Calonita, Jen

Creature of the Night
Thompson, Kate

Skunk Girl
Karim, Sheba

Purge
Littman, Sarah Darer

Cashay
McMullan, Margaret

Messed Up
Lynch, Janet Nichols

No Such Thing as the Real World
Stories about Growing Up and Getting a Life
Various Authors
YA No

Cathy's Ring

Stewart, Sean

Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Dayton, Anne

New Graphic Novels

The Eternal Smile
Gene Luen Yang & Derek Kirk Kim

Nightschool
Svetlana Chmakova

Blue Beetle
Boundaries
DC comic

20th Century Boys Volume 2
Naoki Urasawa

Neighborhood Symposium

The Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library was at the
14th annual Neighborhood Symposium at the Convention Center.
We had an altered books craft - teens transformed pages of
books into colorful poems. In addition, we had
giveaways and information available.
Check back for pics soon!

Hot off the Presses

Click on the book cover to find out more info, to see if it's checked-in or to place a request on it! Also, be sure to check out our monthly book display in May - Mental Health Awareness Month.

New Teen Non-Fiction

30 Days to Finding and Keeping Sassy Sidekicks and BFFs
A Friendship Field Guide
YA 158.25
Hantman

Locked Up: A History of the U.S. Prison System
YA 365.973
Edge

Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration
YA 325.73
Bausum

New Teen Fiction

Peer Pleasure
Danita Carter

The Way We Roll: A Beta Gamma Pi Novel
Stephanie Perry Moore

Reality Check
Abrahams, Peter

Bloodhound: Beka Cooper Book Two
Pierce, Tamora

The Reformed Vampire Support Group
Jinks, Catherine

The Awakening
Armstrong, Kelley

Seeing Red
MacDonald, Anne Louise

Breathing
Herbsman, Cheryl Renee

Soldier's Secret: The Story of Deborah Sampson
Klass, Sheila Solomon

New Graphic Novels

Uzumaki, Volume 2 Spiral into Horror
Junji Ito

High School Debut, Volume 2
Kazune Kawahara

Crime and Punishment: A Graphic Novel
Illustrated by Alain Korkos