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Saturday, March 7, 2015
2015 Summer Reading Program Teen Video Challenge
Participate in the 2015 Teen Video Challenge to Promote the CSLP Summer Reading Program!
NJ is participating in the 2015 Teen Video Challenge for teens to create videos that promote reading, libraries, and the 2015 CSLP teen summer reading slogan, “Unmask.” Teens across the country are invited to create a 30 to 90 second video with their unique interpretation of the 2015 teen slogan Unmask in combination with reading and libraries. The winning video from each participating state will be named one of the CSLP 2015 Teen Videos to promote summer reading nationwide and will be posted on the CSLP website.
The deadline is March 6, 2015 to mail the video entry form to Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Specialist, NJ State Library, 185 West State St., Trenton, 08625-0520. The winner for New Jersey will be determined by March 20, 2015. The winners from each of the participating states will be announced by CSLP in spring 2015.
$150 will be awarded to the creator or creative team of the winning state video and their associated public library will receive a gift certificate for $50 from CSLP and Demco/Upstart to purchase teen incentives for the summer reading program.
For full details about the CSLP 2015 Teen Video Challenge and to find out how to enter the competition, please visit www.cslpreads.org and click on Teen Video Challenge on the right-hand side, or click here for the entry form and more information.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
New YA Books - February 2015
Hibernation season is almost over....but there's still time to curl up with one or two more good books!!
Beastkeeper by Cat Hellisen
YA FIC HELLISEN
Deep in the forest, in a crumbling ruin of a castle,
Sarah begins to untangle the layers of curses affecting her family, until she
discovers that the curse has carried over to her, too. The day she falls in
love for the first time, Sarah will transform into a beast . . . unless she can
figure out a way to break the curse forever.
City of Savages by Lee Kelly
YA FIC KELLY
After the Red Allies turn New York City into a POW camp,
two sisters must decipher the past in order to protect the future in this
action-packed thriller. After killing a camp guard, the girls take flight into
subways haunted by cannibals, the arms of a sadistic cult in the city's
Meatpacking District and, through the pages of their mom's old journal, into
the island's dark and shocking past.
A Cold Legacy: A Madman’s Daughter Novel by Megan Shepherd
YA FIC SHEPHERD
After escaping to a remote estate on the Scottish moors,
Juliet Moreau, the product of her father's animal-human experiments, uncovers
the truth about the manor's long history of scientific experimentation--and her
own intended role in it.
Girl Online by Zoe Suggs
YA FIC SUGGS
Penny has a secret. Under the alias GirlOnline, Penny
blogs her hidden feelings about friendship, boys, and the panic attacks that
have begun to take over her life. When things go from bad to worse, her family
whisks her away to New York, where she meets Noah. Suddenly Penny is falling in
love--and capturing every moment of it on her blog. But Noah has a secret, too,
one that threatens to ruin Penny's cover forever.
I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios
YA FIC DEMETRIOS
Skylar Evans yearns to escape Creek View by attending art
school, but her mother's job loss puts her dream at risk. Only a rekindled
friendship with Josh, a former Marine who lost a leg in Afghanistan, and her
job at the Paradise Motel lead her to appreciate her home town.
I’m Glad I Did by Cynthia Weil
YA FIC WEIL
It’s 1963, and sixteen-year-old JJ Green, a songwriter
interning at New York City's famous Brill Building, finds herself a writing
partner In Luke Silver, a boy who seems to connect instantly with her music. As
they start cutting their first demo with Dulcie Brown, a legend who has fallen
on hard times, they uncover a secret past that will rock all of their worlds.
Invaded: An Alienated Novel by Melissa Landers
YA FIC LANDERS
Paper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
YA FIC JACOBSON
When Ari's mother died, one of her finals wishes was that
Ari and her older brother, Gage, stay together always. So when Gage decides he
can no longer live with their guardian, Janna, Ari knows she has to go with
him. But it's been two months, and Gage still hasn't found them an apartment. How
can she keep her promise and still find a place to call home? Told in an open,
authentic voice, this story of hiding in plain sight may have readers thinking
about homelessness in a whole new way.
Seeker by Arwen Dayton
YA FIC DAYTON
After years of brutal training for what she thinks is the
noble purpose of becoming a Seeker, Quin Kincaid, learns that she will be using
the ancient artifacts and sacred knowledge as a cold-hearted assassin instead.
The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson
YA FIC JOHNSON
Book 3 of the Shades of London series. Rory’s classmate
Charlotte has been kidnapped by Jane and her nefarious organization. Evidence is
uncovered of a forty-year-old cult, ten missing teenagers, and a likely mass
murder. Everything indicates that Charlotte's in danger, and it seems that
something much bigger and much more terrible is coming. Time is running out as
Rory and her ghost squad struggle to stop Jane from unleashing her spectral
nightmare on the entire city.
Getting to Know Raspberry Pi by Nicki Peter Petrikowski
YA 004.1675 PET
A $35 minicomputer about the size of a credit card, the
Raspberry Pi has taken the world of computing by storm. This guide provides
extended, in-depth info about the Raspberry Pi, giving readers some background
on the program or language in addition to practical advice on how to get
started.
The Top 10 of Everything (2015)
YA 031 TOP 2015
Packed with unusual comparisons, special features,
awe-inspiring photographs and holographic foil histories, engineering feats, the
Top 10 of Everything 2015 has
thousands of facts and pictures that will make you go Wow!
YA 381 DON
Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt
Parker
YA 510 PAR
A mathematician and comedian offers games, puzzles, and
hands-on activities to help those with a fear of math understand and enjoy the
logical tools and abstract concepts of a complicated subject.
Filmmaking for Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts by Troy
Lanier
YA 791.43 LAN
A guidebook designed to teach young filmmakers from
beginning to end and learn everything they need about creating short films.
The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer,Activist, Spy by Peggy Caravantes
YA BIOG BAKER
This lively biography illustrates the amazing journey of Josephine
Baker's life. From her childhood in the depths of poverty to her comedic rise
in vaudeville and fame in Europe, from her outspoken participation in the U.S.
Civil Rights Movement to her espionage work for the French Resistance during
World War II, and finally, her adoption of 12 children--her "rainbow
tribe."
Friday, December 19, 2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Teen Holiday Madness Program next Wednesday @ 5:30
Teen Holiday Madness is next Wednesday, December 17 at 5:30 PM!!!
Stop by and make a t-shirt t-bone dog toy to donate to a dog at the Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter this holiday season! Bring in a can or bag of wet or dry dog or cat food and be entered to win a prize!
We'll also have some cookie-decorating action, and tons of games.
Can't make the program but still want to make the craft? Stop by the youth services or reference desk and pick up a craft-to-go bag. It's got all the supplies you need to make the t-shirt t-bone!
For more info, email ya@westcaldwell.bccls.org call 973-226-5441.
Open to teens in grades 6-12. See you there!
Stop by and make a t-shirt t-bone dog toy to donate to a dog at the Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter this holiday season! Bring in a can or bag of wet or dry dog or cat food and be entered to win a prize!
We'll also have some cookie-decorating action, and tons of games.
Can't make the program but still want to make the craft? Stop by the youth services or reference desk and pick up a craft-to-go bag. It's got all the supplies you need to make the t-shirt t-bone!
For more info, email ya@westcaldwell.bccls.org call 973-226-5441.
Open to teens in grades 6-12. See you there!
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