National Library Week April 8-14, 2012

National Library Week Scavenger Hunt Contest

Students in grade 5 and up are invited to hunt through the library for the answers to a variety of challenging questions.  You can find a copy of the contest in the library's Teen Space.  Bring your answers to the Youth Services Desk by April 14, and you will be eligible for a chance to win an iTunes gift card.  One winner will be selected from all the correct entries.  Good luck!

Teen Tech Week Winner!

Iris C. was the winner of our Teen Tech Week Contest, and received a $25 gift card to the Caldwell Cinemas.  Congratulations!  Thank you to everyone who participated. 

Teen Tech Week March 4-10

Students in grade 5 and up are invited to test their tech knowledge by taking the Name that Acronym Quiz anytime from March 5 to March 15.  Visit the library's Teen Space to find a copy of the quiz. One winner will be selected from all the correct entries.  The winner will receive a gift card to the Caldwell Cinemas. 

Love is in the Air

Check out the new display in the Teen Space.  Celebrate Valentine's Day with one of the featured romantic reads.

New Books!

Epic Fail  by Claire LaZebnik

In this modern take on "Pride and Prejudice," Elise Benton, who has just moved to California, is a junior at an exclusive prep school where, in spite of her initial bad impression, she finds herself attracted to the moody and handsome son of Hollywood's most famous celebrity couple.



IBOY by Kevin Brooks

Sixteen-year-old Tom Harvey was an ordinary Londoner until an attack that caused fragments of an iPhone to be embedded in his brain, giving him incredible knowledge and power, but using that power against the gang that attacked him and a friend could have deadly consequences.



A Long Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan

Sixteen-year-old Rosalinda Fitzroy, heir to the multiplanetary corporation UniCorp, is awakened after sixty years in stasis to find that everyone she knew has died and as she tries to make a new life for herself, learns she is the target of a robot assassin.



Love? Maybe.  by Heather Hepler

Wary of romance following her mother's second divorce and resistering her friends' attempts to fix her up with the hottest guy in school, Piper's life gets complicated when she receives a series of Valentines from a secret admirer.



The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder

Having spent several years in and out of hospitals for a life-threatening illness, pragmatic sixteen-year-old Cam is relocated by her miracle-seeking mother to a town in Maine known for its mystical healing qualities.



The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers by Lynn Weingarten

When her boyfriend ends their relationship, high school sophomore Lucy thinks she will never recover from the heartbreak until she meets three magical girls who say they can heal her, but at a cost.

Astronomy for Everyone

Thursday, January 19 at 6:30 pm

Adults and children in grade 4 and up

Registration is required
Please register at the Reference Desk

Astrophysicist Kevin Manning will discuss the totality of space, time, matter and energy.

Following the program, there will be an outdoor viewing of celestial objects in the night sky with

a high powered telescope.

Miniature Snowman Contest

Create your own miniature Snowman and enter it in the West Caldwell Library's contest for a chance to win a prize!

Entry Categories

Age 12 and under

Ages 13-17

Family or Groups (Scout Troop, 2nd grade class, etc.)

Adult

See Librarian for contest rules and for an entry form.  Forms must be submitted by Wednesday, December 7, and judging will be held Saturday, December 10 between 12pm -1pm.

New Books! October 2011

The Apothecary by Maile Meloy

Follows a fourteen-year-old American girl whose life unexpectedly transforms when she moves to London in 1952 and gets swept up in a race to save the world from nuclear war.



Bunheads by Sophie Flack

Hannah Ward, nineteen, revels in the competition, intense rehearsals, and dazzling performances that come with being a member of Manhattan Ballet Company's corps de ballet, but after meeting handsome musician Jacob she begins to realize there could be more to her life.



Fateful by Claudia Gray

When seventeen-year-old Tess Davies, a ladies' maid, meets handsome Alec Marlow aboard the RMS Titanic, she quickly becomes entangled in the dark secrets of his past, but her growing love puts her in mortal peril even before fate steps in.



The Look Book by Erika Stalder

Over the last century, celebrities have been at the forefront of fashion. Now teen girls can find out where these looks came from--and get them for themselves. This book celebrates 50 beauty icons and examines when each one ushered in a unique look



The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.

Try Tall Story...

Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

Sixteen-year-old Bernardo, who is eight feet tall and suffers from a condition called Gigantism, leaves the Philipines to live with his mother's family in London, much to the delight of his thirteen-year-old half sister Andi, a passionate basketball player.

Talk It Up and More!

What happened to the honey bees?  Why are they vanishing?  We will be discussing The Hive Detectives by Loree Griffin Burns on Thursday, July 21 at 6:30 PM.  Copies of the book are now available at the Youth Services Desk.  Join us!

Talk It Up and More!

The first meeting will be on Thursday, June 30 from 6:30-7:30.  We will be discussing Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett.  Copies are now available at the Youth Services Desk.  If you are in grades 6-8, you are welcome to join us for conversation, refreshments and fun. 

Looking for a New Book to Read?

Look no further.  Check out one of these new books!



Abandon by Meg Cabot  





A near-death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Pierce's life upside-down, but when she needs him most John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the Underworld.


Delirium by Lauren Oliver





Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.


How They Croaked:  The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous 
by Georgia Bragg







The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen





When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.


What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen





Following her parents' bitter divorce as she and her father move from town to town, seventeen-year-old Mclean reinvents herself at each school she attends until she is no longer sure she knows who she is or where she belongs.

Create Your Own Story @ Your Library Writing Contest

In celebration of National Library Week, the Library is holding a writing contest for students in grades 6-12.  Write an essay entitled "Why My Library Book is Overdue" and enter it into the contest.  First prize will be a $25 gift card to the Caldwell Cinema.  Visit the Library for an official entry form and contest rules.

Make a Beaded Bracelet

Join us at the library, and make a beaded bracelet.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

2:00-3:30 

Registration is required and is limited to 15 attendees.

There is a $5 fee for this program.

Ages-Middle School through Adult

To register please contact the Reference Department  973-226-5441

Valentine House Craft---Yum!



Saturday, February 12---A sweet time was had by all!



New Books!

Lena, almost sixteen, has always felt drawn to the waters of San Francisco Bay despite the fears of her father, a former surfer, but after she glimpses a beautiful woman with a tail, nothing can keep Lena from seeking the mermaid in the dangerous waves at Magic Crescent Cove.



Thirteen-year-old Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a dangerous quest that brings new threats from those who would either control his destiny or kill him.



Eighth-grade sportswriters Stevie and Susan Carol up to solve a mystery at the famous Army-Navy football game.



Erin Channing and her two best friends try to use a crystal ball she inherited from her aunt to predict their futures and find success in dating.

The West Caldwell Library Teen Space-Check it Out!