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!
Friday, May 23, 2014
Are You Ready for the 2014 Teen Summer Reading Program?!
This summer, you can sign up for the West Caldwell Public Library Summer Reading Program and read or listen to GREAT books, participate in FANTASTIC events, and be eligible to win AWESOME prizes!
SIGN UP STARTS JUNE 23! Check back for more info about programs, events and contests.
It's Guaranteed to SPARK A REACTION All Summer Long!
DON'T MISS OUT!
OPEN TO TEENS IN GRADES 6-12.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Teen Tuesday: Bad Movie Night
Bring a friend, bring your snarkiest comments, and prepare to be astounded at just how bad film making can be!
Open to teens in grades 6-12.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Teen Advisory Group Meeting May 13 @ 6:30 PM
REMINDER: Our next Teen Advisory Group meeting will be Tuesday, May 13 @ 6:30 PM.
We'll be planning the upcoming Summer Reading Program after-hours kick-off event in June!
The TAG is open to students in grades 6-12. Come help us plan upcoming library programs and choose new books, music, and DVDs for the library to purchase! You'll get fed and earn community service hours, too!
Sign-up at the West Caldwell Public Library reference desk, call 973-226-5441 or send an email to wcalref@bccls.org.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Our Shakespeare Poster Contest Winner!
Congratulations to our Shakespeare Poster Contest winner Nina Butterly! Her graphic interpretation of Othello is amazing!
Thursday, May 1, 2014
New YA Books @ West Caldwell Public Library - May 2014
The weather's warming up......so grab a book, grab a blanket, and enjoy some fresh air reading!
When teen hacker and foster child Wick Tate finds a dead
classmate's diary on her front step, with a note reading "Find me,"
she sets off on a perverse game of hide-and-seek to catch the killer.
YA FIC BERNARD
Racing against time, Jonah and Emma, who possess unique
magical gifts, work to uncover the truth about Thorn Hill, a peaceful commune
that the Wizard Guild claims is a hotbed of underguild terrorists.
YA FIC CHIMA
Nicolo Zen begins his musical career busking on the
streets of 18th century Venice with an unusual new instrument, the
clarinet. Nicolo's clarinet, however, is really unusual: it has been enchanted
by an enigmatic stage magician. But no amount of talent can make living on the
streets safe, especially for a young, beautiful boy like Nicolo.
YA FIC CHRISTOPHER
When a tough sixteen-year-old boxing champ sentenced to
an isolated boot camp discovers it is actually a mercenary training facility
turning "throwaway children" into scientifically enhanced killers, he
risks everything to save his friends and stop a madman bent on global
destruction.
YA FIC DIXON
Betrothed to the demon who rules her country and trained
all her life to kill him, seventeen-year-old Nyx Triskelion must now fulfill
her destiny and move to the castle to be his wife.
YA FIC HODGE
At seventeen, Daisy feels imprisoned by her brother
Steven's autism and its effects and her only escape is through her trumpet into
the world of jazz, but when her parents decide to send Steven to an institution
she is not ready to let him go.
YA FIC KEHOE
Oliver, known as "O", and his suddenly
ex-girlfriend Junie are known for telling little lies, but one of Junie's lies
about not winning the lottery could get her into trouble with a local mob boss.
YA FIC LYNCH
The Mirk and Midnight Hour by Jane Nickerson
Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey is spending the Civil
War with a new stepmother and stepsister and her young cousin when she comes
upon a wounded Yankee soldier, Thomas, who is being kept alive by mysterious
voodoo practitioners.
YA FIC NICKERSON
Panic by Lauren Oliver
Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a
legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the
payoff is even higher. She'd never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of
person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone,
to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought.
YA FIC OLIVER
Back in London after escaping from her father's island
and the secrets she left behind, Juliet Moreau strives to stop a killer while
searching for a serum to cure her own worsening illness.
YA FIC SHEPHERD
Born with bird wings, Ava Lavender is well aware that
love has long made fools of her family. When pious Nathaniel Sorrows mistakes
her bird wings for angel wings, 16-year-old Ava faces the man's growing
obsession, which comes to a head with the rain and feathers that fly through
the air during a nighttime summer solstice celebration.
YA FIC WALTON
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