Welcome to West Caldwell Public Library's official Teen Space blog! Check back here for info on events, book lists, and all things teen-related!
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Secrets to Getting College Financial Aid...No Matter Your Income
WHEN: Tuesday, May 6 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
WHERE: West Caldwell Public Library Meeting Room, 30 Clinton Road, West Caldwell NJ 07006
Worried about college bills? Here's an event you won't want to miss!
Join college funding expert Ian Welham as he shares tips on how to navigate the financial aid system and lower the cost of college.
This free program is open to all high school students and parents, but registration is required. To sign-up, call 973-226-5441 or click here to register online.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Pics from our Earth Day Program
A good time was had by all at our Teen Earth Day T-Shirt Craft and Book Swap! Here's a couple of pics of our completed projects and the group hard at work. (Best of all: No scissor-related accidents to report!). :)
Monday, April 14, 2014
New YA Books @ West Caldwell Public Library - April 2014
Looking for something new to read? Look no further! Check out one of these brand new titles for April:
YA FIC ZEVIN
Trapped in his bedroom by a father who fills his mind
with mysterious tales and warnings, Billy Dean goes outside for the first time
when his father disappears, and he discovers his abilities to heal the living
and contact the dead.
YA FIC ALMOND
Never Ending by Martyn Bedford
Traumatized by grief and guilt after her younger brother
dies during a family vacation, fifteen-year-old Shiv is sent away to an
exclusive clinic that claims to "cure" people like her.
YA FIC BEDFORD
Goodbye, Rebel Blue by Shelley Coriell
Rebecca "Rebel" Blue, a loner rebel and budding
artist, reluctantly completes the bucket list of Kennedy Green, a do-gooder classmate who dies in a car accident following a stint
in detention where both girls were forced to consider their morality and write
bucket lists.
YA FIC CORIELL
Alliance by Mark Frost
Will West stays at the Center
over the summer to explore his newly developing physical and mental abilities.
Meanwhile, his roommates investigate the Knights of Charlemagne shadowy purpose and discover
unsettling information about their own backgrounds.
YA FIC FROST
Before My Eyes by Caroline Bock
Dreamy Claire, with her complicated home and love life, shy Max, a state
senator's son whose parents are too focused on the next election to see his
pain, and paranoid schizophrenic Barkley teeter on the
brink of destruction.
YA FIC BOCK
Alex Rider: Russian Roulette by Anthony Horowitz
Presented with an unexpected assignment, Alex Rider's
greatest nemesis, Yassen Gregoravich, recalls his life and the path that led
him to become an assassin while his one-time friend, Alex's uncle, became a
spy.
YA FIC HOROWITZ
Minders by Michele Jaffe
Sadie, a wealthy, success-oriented sixteen-year-old joins
the prestigious Mind Corps Fellowship program as an observer in the head of
Ford, a troubled, possibly murderous boy, with whom Sadie falls in love.
YA FIC JAFFE
An Infidel in Paradise by S.J. Laidlaw
Set in Pakistan, this is the story of a teen girl living
with her mother and siblings in a diplomatic compound. As if getting used to
another new country isn't enough, she must cope
with an increasingly tense political situation that becomes dangerous with
alarming speed.
YA FIC LAIDLAW
Alienated by Melissa Landers
When Cara’s family agrees to act as a host for an alien
exchange student, she never thought he’d be this arrogant….or this gorgeous.
Aelyx is unlike anyone she’s ever known, and soon Cara finds herself torn between her community and the out-of-this
world guy she’s fallen for.
YA FIC LANDERS
The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer
After a meteor knocks the moon off course, society breaks down completely. Jon Evans and his family
leave Pennsylvania, hoping to find a safe place to live, yet Jon remains
haunted by the deaths of those he loved. Can Jon risk doing what is right in a
world gone so terribly wrong?
YA FIC PFEFFER
Bright Before Sunrise by Tiffany Schmidt
For Jonah, every aspect of his new life reminds him
of what he has had to give up. Brighton is popular, pretty, and always there to
help anyone . . . but has no idea of what she wants for herself. When they
are thrown together over the course of one night, anything can happen!
YA FIC SCHMIDT
In the Age of Love and Chocolate by Gabrielle Zevin
Now eighteen, life has been more bitter
than sweet for Anya. Her nightclub becomes an enormous
success, and Anya feels like nothing will ever go wrong for her again. But
after a terrible misjudgment leaves her fighting for her life, she is forced
to let people help her for the first time in her
life.
Monday, April 7, 2014
Earth Day T-Shirt Craft & Book / DVD / CD Swap!
NEED SOME NEW STUFF? WANT TO GET RID OF OLD STUFF?
DO BOTH AT OUR EARTH DAY PROGRAM!
Turn an old t-shirt into an awesome scarf or bag! Pick up
some new books, movies and music at our swap!
It’s Easy! Just bring in an old t-shirt, and up to FIVE books,
graphic novels, dvds and cds in good condition to swap.
For more info, call 973-226-5441, email wcalref@bccls.org or stop by the library to
sign-up.
OPEN TO TEENS IN GRADES 6-12.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 22 2014 @ 5:30 PM
WHERE: West Caldwell Public Library Meeting Room, 30 Clinton Road West Caldwell NJ 07006
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Teen Advisory Group meetings
We're Looking for New Members to Join Our Teen Advisory Group!
If you're in 6th through 12th grades, and have ideas on how to make the Library a better place for teens, come to our monthly Teen Advisory Group meeting!
The group gets together, has some snacks, and
talks about ideas for events and what books, DVDs, manga, or music you’d like to
see the library purchase.
All members of the group receive community service hours.
UPCOMING MEETING DATES:
·
Tuesday, April 15, 6:30 PM
·
Tuesday, May 13, 6:30 PM
·
Tuesday, June 10, 6:30 PM
Sign-up at the reference desk, call 973-226-5441 or send
an email to wcalref@bccls.org.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
College Essay Program with Randy Levin
Thanks to students and family members who made it to the Top 5 Mistakes Students Make on Their College Application Essay program presented by Randy Levin last Tuesday night! It was a great, (funny!), informative session.
Check back for more college-related programs at the West Caldwell Public Library!
Check back for more college-related programs at the West Caldwell Public Library!
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