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Project BookRead!

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:02:00 +0000

Project BookRead

What’s new and hot in the world of YA Lit? It’s not the weather! It’s our NEW Winter Reading Club, Project BookRead!

Pick up a book and write a very short summary in our online reading club and win some fabulous prizes.

If you read 2 books, you will get a delicious mouthwatering cookie from Swan Bakery in Patchogue! For 4 books, win a free book! And for 6 books, you will get a very useful, personal USB Flash Drive! It’s that simple!

Tell us what books are IN and what books are OUT, and win some wonderful prizes in the process! Make it work!

Calling all Patchogue-Medford Teen Artists and Filmmakers!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:09:00 +0000

It's time to prepare your entries for our Winter art and film shows!

Teen Artists: Submit your 2-D artwork (drawings, paintings, prints, photos, collages, etc.) for our upcoming exhibit OUR COMMUNITY: Portraits in Diversity. Works will be displayed in the Library Gallery during January. The deadline for submissions is December 18th.

Teen Filmmakers: Submit your film for showing at our WINTER FILM FESTIVAL to be held on Febraury 19, 2010. The deadline for submission is February 8, but the time is NOW to start writing, filming and editing.

Application packets for these programs are available at the YA Desk, or click on the links below.

Winter Art Gallery Entry Packet

Winter Film Festival Entry Packet

Vote for your favorite book!

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:09:00 +0000

Voice your choice for their favorite books by voting in YALSA’s annual Teens’ Top Ten poll! Voting is open now through Sept. 18 at www.ala.org/teenstopten. The winners will be announced during Teen Read Week in October.

This year's nominated books are:
Graceling by Kristin Cashore. Lady Katsa is born with a Grace (super talent) of killing and her uncle, the king, makes her his brute squad. When she meets Po, a rival kingdom's Graceling, she becomes more powerful as a woman of justice, self knowledge, and romance.
Untamed by Kristin and P.C. Cast. At finishing school for young vampyres, Zoey makes a shocking discovery about the school's leader, but no one will listen to her as her undead friends and 3 boyfriends turn against her. Loyalties are strained, truths are revealed, and an ancient evil is awakened in Cast's fourth House of Night novel.
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare. The second in the Mortal Instruments trilogy, this volume continues the saga of Clary and her best friend Simon as they struggle to find their place in a magical world parallel to their NYC home. Demon-fighting shadowhunters, vampires, warlocks, werewolves, faeries, and a master villain named Valentine provide a heart-pounding backdrop as Clary uncovers secrets about her past.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. To save her young sister from competing, Katniss Everdeen takes her place in the annual Hunger Games, a televised competition in which only one person, the winner, survives. By turns an adventure, a love story, and a futuristic thriller, this is the first in a planned trilogy.
Truancy by Isamu Fukui. In the totalitarian society that Tack lives in, a rebel group called the Truancy is fighting for freedom. But Tack vows revenge on the Truancy when someone he loves is killed accidentally during one of their attacks on the government.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. When a toddler wanders away from his home just before assassins slay his family, he ends up in a graveyard. Named Nobody Owens, the ghosts and other denizens of the cemetery adopt him and teach him important skills he will need to survive.
Paper Towns by John Green. When they were little, Margo Roth Spiegelman was Q’s best friend. Now, a month before high school graduation, she disappears after taking Q on a night of pranks involving dead fish and a depilatory, sending him on a quest to find her.
Runemarks by Joanne Harris. Maddie is shunned by the town because of the mysterious rune mark on her hand. This same rune mark will shatter her dull existence as it propels her into the center of a war between the new controlling religious government and the Norse gods of old.
Identical by Ellen Hopkins. Identical teenage twins, Raeanne and Kaeleigh, respond in totally opposite ways to the abuse and abandonment from their parents. One twin finds bulimia and cutting eases the pain and helps her to maintain her passivity, while the other, more rebellious twin sinks into the world of drugs and sex.
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart. When Frankie's boyfriend joins a secret society that she isn't supposed to know anything about, she surprises everyone—including herself—by trying to beat them and become the biggest prankster of them all.
Daughter of the Flames by Zoe Marriott. Zira bears scars from the battle that left her orphaned and in the care of the Ruan people. When a tyrant king threatens her home, Zira seeks help from an unlikely romantic interest and uncovers the truth about her past.
Wake by Lisa McMann. Going to sleep isn't a big deal for most of us, but for Janie, falling asleep means getting sucked into other people's dreams. The supernatural ability she's always considered a nuisance quickly becomes a nightmare when she blunders into a dream and witnesses a murder.
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. In this, the fourth and final installment of the Twilight Saga, Bella’s new life as the wife of vampire Edward Cullen is wrought with unexpected obstacles, difficult decisions, and potentially overwhelming outcomes.
Bloodline by Katy Moran. In the brutal world of Dark Age Britain, Essa fights for his life, his identity, and the lives of those he loves. Paolini and Tolkien fans will be drawn in.
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. Dangerous secrets can even be hidden in a world where all men and animals hear each others' thoughts. Because all women died shortly after he was born, Todd Hewitt is the last boy left in his town. When he learns a dangerous secret, he runs for his life with his dog and finds something even more surprising: a girl!
Evermore by Noel Alyson. Her life ripped apart by a tragic accident that killed her family, Ever struggles with her newfound ability to hear people’s thoughts. Enter Damen, the new boy who seems the perfect distraction — except he doesn’t eat or drink, and soon Ever discovers a supernatural new world of which she is now part.
Geek Charming by Robin Palmer. Dylan’s middle name is “crisis.” It seems to follow her wherever she goes. First she catches her boyfriend staring at another girl. Then her beautiful designer bag takes a swim in a fountain. However, along with crisis comes opportunity, and Dylan's Beverly Hills world is about to be turned upside-down.
Melting Stones by Tamora Pierce.All life, both plant and animal, on the Battle Islands is mysteriously dying. Stone mage Evvy responds to the islander’s call for help. They need her magic to solve the mystery. Accompanied by her friend and mentor, Luvo, she uncovers the deep secret revealed by the stones and the volcano. Will it be in time to rescue the children?
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott. Alice was kidnapped when she was young and is forced to pretend to be a little girl to please Ray. She could never escape and wishes for death. Soon her wish will become true, as she had become too old and now she must find Ray a replacement for her.
Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith. Zachary, a guardian angel has, against all rules, fallen in love with his charge. When he sees Miranda sleeping in the shadow of death, his attempt to save her hurls her into life as a vampire princess and exiles him from heaven.
Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith. Because she wants to fly and to support her soldier brother, 18-year-old Ida May Jones passes for white amidst obstacles of race and gender and joins the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II.
Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten. Two years after 16-year-old Ellie's older sister, Nina, disappeared, Ellie pieces together clues to her whereabouts and heads out on a road trip that leads to murder and mystery with her hot new boyfriend, Sean.
Impossible by Nancy Werlin. This gentle story details young teen Lucy's rape and subsequent pregnancy, with an amazingly supportive cast of a faithful boyfriend and loving parents. A fairy tale set in the present, with flashes of realism and romance.
Absolutely Maybe by Lisa Yee. Maybe (short for Maybelline, her mother's favorite mascara) leaves home and heads to California on a mission to find her biological father, and avoid her mother's planned wedding number seven.

Summer Reading Program 2009 is coming to an end!

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:48:00 +0000

It the last week of our Summer Reading Program, and that means it's your last chance to join, report on books and earn prizes! It all comes to an end on Saturday, August 15.

Report on at least one book by then to receive an invitation to our End of Summer Party!

URBAN WORD!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:36:00 +0000

Urban Word NYC is coming to Patchogue. Don't miss it!!

All teen poets, emcees, spoken word artists, ranters, and literati should come to the Patchogue-Medford Library on Friday July 31, 5 - 7 p.m. to learn to create freestyle poetry with this great group.

Founded on the belief that teenagers can and must speak for themselves, Urban Word NYC is at the forefront of the youth spoken word, poetry and hip-hop movements!

REGISTER NOW!!!! Call 654-4700, x251, or click on the calendar link on the right sidebar.

Teen Film Festival, Art Gallery, Talent Show and Rock It! Band Showcase

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:58:00 +0000

The sign up information and rules for our 2009 Film Festival, Teen Talent Show and Rock It! Band Showcase are now available. Use the links below to access the audition forms, rules and information packets.

Film Festival
Our 2009 Teen Film Festival will be held on Wednesday, August 19 from 5:00 - 8:30 p.m. Deadline for submission is August 8. Fill out this application, and bring it in to the YA department.

Art Gallery
We will be holding a Teen Art Gallery in August. Deadline for submission is August 1. Here are the gallery rules and application.

Teen Talent Show
The Teen Talent Show will be held at Alive After 5 on Main Street in Patchogue on August 7. Here is the audition application form, and here are the rules.

Rock It! Band Showcase
Rock It! Teen Band Showcase will be held at Alive After 5 on Main Street in Patchogue on August 14. Here's the entry form.

Summer Reading - Express Yourself!

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:43:00 +0000

Our Teen Summer Reading Program starts on June 26. Our theme is EXPRESS YOURSELF. Sign up, and come to our Karaoke Kick-off that evening, featuring D.J. Daddy-O. Call the YA Desk at 654-4700, x251 to sign up for the Karaoke Kick-off.

Come into the library to sign up for summer reading, or do it from home on your computer. The link will be on this blog, and on the library webpage, www.pmlib.org . Get a prize just for signing up!
Read a book each week to earn a weekly prize. The more books you read and report on, the more chances you have to win one of our great raffle prizes. Write book reviews to earn chances to win a special prize.

You only need to read and report on one book this summer to be invited to our fabulous end-of-summer event!

Don't forget to check our program calendar (the link is on the sidebar) and sign up for some of the programs we have scheduled this summer:
Movie Night * Anime Programs * Battle of the Bands *
Battle of the Books * Teen Talent Show * Dungeons and Dragons *
Urban Word Poetry Workshops * Craft Programs * Game Nights *
and more!

Exam Assistance

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:11:00 +0000

The end of the school year is almost here, and the Patchogue-Medford Library is offering several regents review classes to help you prepare.

Call the Young Adult Department to register to attend these classes - 654-4700, x251, or register online at www.pmlib.org

EARTH SCIENCE - Thursday May 28, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
LIVING ENVIRONMENT - Saturday, May 30, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
CHEMISTRY - Saturday, May 30, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
GLOBAL HISTORY - Saturday, June 6, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
U.S. HISTORY - Saturday, June 6, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
ENGLISH - Tuesday, June 9, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
MATH B - Friday, June 12, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
GEOMETRY - Saturday, June 13, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
INTEGRATED ALGEBRA - Saturday, June 13, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Our Math Tutor is also here at the the library every Thursday through June 11 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. No registration is necessary.

We also offer an on-line tutoring service that you can access using your home computer or a library computer. Tutors are available on-line in English, Writing, History, Math and Science from 2:00 - 11:00 p.m. daily. Look for the Homework Help icon on our homepage, www.pmlib.org.

More Science Fiction!

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:57:00 +0000

For those of you who missed our Science Fiction book talks, here they are in no particular order:

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
In the not-too-distant future, biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible, although total replacement is illegal. Jenna, seriously injured in an accident at age 17, awakens from a coma and needs to relearn about herself. In the process, she discovers a startling secret. How much of a person can be synthetic before he or she is no longer human? And how does that affect society?

Skinned by Robin Wasserman
Lia Kahn was perfect, rich, beautiful and popular until an accident nearly killed her. Now her mind has been downloaded into a new body that only looks human. She will never feel pain, she will never age, and she will never really live or die. She is rejected as a freak by her friends, betrayed by her boyfriend, and makes her family uncomfortable. People hate and fear what she has become. She has only one human friend, an outcast she would never have looked at before. Can she live a human life, with human friends, or should she give it all up and stay with others of her kind, using her new capabilities?

Epic by Conor Kostick
New Earth is a colony world based on a video role-playing game. Your status in the game determines your status in the world. Fourteen-year-old Erik persuades his friends to aid him in some unusual game strategies to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.

Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
Fourteen-year-old Giannine is playing a total immersion virtual reality when demonstrators damage the equipment she is connected to. She must defeat the game, or be hurt or suffer probable damage herself.

Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
In this first in the Hungry City Chronicles, we learn of a post-apocalyptic future where wheeled cities travel the earth battling and cannibalizing each other for slaves, materials and spare parts. London is now a huge 7-tiered city where Tom, an apprentice historian, saves a famous man’s life only to be left for dead in the mud of an earth he has never touched before.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
In a future North America, there are only 12 districts. In retribution for a long-ago war by the districts again them, the ruling city of Panem stages the annual Hunger Games where 2 children from each district are selected by lottery to compete in a fight to the death. The event is televised nationally – both participation and watching are compulsory. The terrain and rules change as decreed by the rulers to keep the game interesting.

Time’s Chariot by Ben Jeapes
In an overcrowded future, Earth’s surplus population lives on colony worlds. The Home World lives in the Home Time, a place in space and time that is thought to be coming to an end in about 40 years. People travel back in forth in time, as students and as tourists. Field Operatives try to keep everything in order. Field Operative Rico Garron’s difficulties start when a Commissioner’s supposedly accidental death looks like murder to him. It’s possible that not everyone is following the Home Time Rules and Regulations.

Feed by M.T. Anderson
"We went to the moon to have fun, but it turned out to really suck…" is the first line of this book set in the future. A trip to the moon usually meant a party in low gravity. But some crazy hacker made the implants in the teens' brains malfunction, sending all of them to the hospital to have their feeds repaired. Without the feeds, their heads were empty, with no info on the latest trends.

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Ender is only 6 when he is sent to battle school on a space ship. He grows up playing simulated battle games, and at 11 is the youngest in command school. He is the one selected as the earth’s best hope to overcome the alien buggers and save the human race.

The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper
The colony planet Fremont has grass that can cut people to ribbons and predators bigger than anything humans ever dealt with on earth. The colony has existed for 200years. Then a new group arrives, genetically enhanced to deal with the environment. A war between the two groups drives off the newcomers, but six genetically enhanced children are orphaned and left behind. The winners want no part of genetic modification, and as the children grow, so does their mistrust of both the youngsters and their powers. As teens, the abandoned children need to either find a way to live with people who hate them, or find a way to use the abandoned spaceship to take them away.

Unwind by Neal Shusterman
In the future, following a war between Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies, termination of pregnancy is illegal. But the “Bill of Life” allows parents to send their teens to be “unwound” – they can be taken apart and their parts used for transplants. Unruly teens, unwanted teens and religious offerings are all sent to the same fate. Some escape, and seek a way to survive in a world that wants them gone.

Larklight by Philip Reeve
In an alternative Victorian England, a young brother and sister are separated from their parents and leave their home in space, called Larklight, and travel through the universe after discovering a plot to destroy the solar system.

House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
In this vision of the future, humans hate clones, who are created as laborers and have their intelligence destroyed at birth. But in his home, Matt enjoys special status as the hidden clone of a rich and powerful man, not realizing that his destiny is to provide spare parts for the old man as necessary.

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Seventeen-year-old Marcus and his friends are arressted and held secretly after a terrorist attack in San Francisco. Marcus decides to use his technical expertise to get back at a Department of Homeland Security that has virtually taken control of the city.

Teen Tech Week

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:12:00 +0000

For this year's teen tech week, March 8 - 14, we are celebrating SCIENCE FICTION.

On March 11, Brian and Jeri will flash talk a selection of science fiction books in our SCI-FI SPEED DATING program from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Bring your favorites to share. We'll have prizes for the people who meet the most books.

Also on March 11, from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m., Melissa will lead a book discussion of Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. Don't have a copy? Download it at Cory Doctorow's website: http://craphound.com/little brother/

On Friday, March 13, from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M., Brian will host a SUPER VIDEO GAME COSPLAY TOURNAMENT. Come dressed as your favorite video game character, have fun and win prizes!

Come in and join us! While you're here, take advantage of the library's music and media resources, including cds, dvds, audiobooks, playaways, video games and internet access. Use your library card at home to access online materials and download e-books, audiobooks, movies and music.

Advanced Battle of the Books

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:37:00 +0000

It's that time again - The Patchogue-Medford Library Advanced Battle of the Books Team is forming.

Like to read? Competitive? Or just looking for fun? Come join our team.

Read three great books and demonstrate your knowledge in a battle against other Suffolk County libraries.

This year, our battle titles are:

THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF FAN BOY AND GOTH GIRL by Barry Lyga

DAIRY QUEEN by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

THE BODY OF CHRISTOPHER CREED by Carol Plum-Ucci

The battle will be held at Sachem Public Library on March 20, 2009.

Come to the YA Desk, sign up and pick up the books. Even better - come to our next meeting on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 3:30.

Want to join, but can't make the meeting? Call 654-4700, ext. 257 for more information.

Happy New Year!

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:45:00 +0000

Happy New Year from all of us in the Young Adult Department.

We have more great programs planned for the new year! Check out our Valentine Karaoke Party on February 13.

If you like anime or manga, animangamania is continuing to meet monthly. We are also doing a program of 16 bit pixel art - create a character using plastic fuse boards.

Dungeons and dragons is meeting in January and February, as is Random Acts of Kindness and Fiber Freaks.

Into the Mic is continuing its work on their oral history project.

We also have craft programs, video and board game nights, yu-gi-oh, and the teen bake-off scheduled.

Advanced Battle of the Books is having its first team meeting on January 12. Teens in grades 9 - 12, come in and pick up the books to start reading.

Of course, we have the weekly math tutor and S.A.T. prep classes, and don't forget the Safe Boating Class

And all of this is just for January and February. Click on the calendar link on the right sidebar for more information or to register for programs, or call us at 631-654-4700, ext. 251.

Remember, registration is required for many programs.

Book Trailers

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:27:00 +0000

Book Trailers are like movie trailers - short video clips about books. Try some of these, or go to your favorite author websites and see what they've got!

Graceling by Kristen Cashore

Airman by Eoin Colfer

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

The Alchemyst by by Michael Scott

Missing Persons

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:11:00 +0000

Every so often, a trend appears in what I'm reading. Right now, it seems to be missing people.

Gone by Michael Grant
Everyone over the age of 14 suddenly disappears, setting off a power vacuum between factions of kids.

Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks
A night out with some people he knew from high school turns into a nightmare for Pete. His best friend disappears, as does a young model they went to high school with. His friend is a suspect - and so is he.

Paper Towns by John Green
Quentin's beautiful next door neighbor disappears, leaving a trail of clues he is determined to follow.

As Simple as Snow by Gregory Galloway
Meeting a girl named Anastasia changes a boy's life. But when she mysteriously disappears, he is left with many questions.

Absolute Brightness by James Lecesne
Life changes after Phoebe's cousin Leonard comes to stay with them. Then he disappears, and Phoebe realizes that things and people are not as she thought.

The Invisible by Mats Wahl
A Swedish teenager is missing, and a local detective is determined to find out what happened.

Click on the "Our Book Reviews" link at left to see our Library Thing book reviews.

Our book reviews and links

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:24:00 +0000

Remember to check out our book reviews at Library Thing, and our favorite web links on Delicious. Send a comment, and let us know what you think! What links should be add? What books should we be reading? Do you agree with us on the books we've read?

The links on on the right-hand sidebar, along with links to the library's homepage, and our calendar, so you can sign up for programs.

Teen Read Week - earn library dollars or prizes

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:14:00 +0000

It's teen read week. Come on in and visit us for some "Books with Bite" themes activities. Tonight, we are showing Blood and Chocolate. See how the movie is different than the book. Wednesday, bring your favorite book with bite for a book discussion with Melissa. And Friday, Brian is running Monster Trivia.

All week long, you can earn library dollars to pay off your fines, or to purchase earbuds or memory sticks from the main desk. All you need to do is report on a book - any book. Reporting cards are on the YA librarian's desk. Pick one up and complete it. When you're done, give it to the librarian, and tell him/her whether you want a library dollar or a prize. We have a selection of vampire books and some fun "bite-themed" prizes to give away.

downloadable books, music and movies

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:54:00 +0000

did you know that the library offers downloadable books, music and movies? Using the Suffolk Wave service you can download audiobooks, music and videos to your computer or portable device. A second service, Net Library, offers a wide selection of audiobooks to be downloaded. Both services can be accessed via our website www.pmlib.org - check for the link at right.

My favorite audiobook at the moment? Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher. This book was MADE for audio, and the performances by Debra Wiseman and Joel Johnstone are outstanding. The main character, Clay, receives a box of audiotapes in the mail, sent by a classmate named Hannah who committed suicide. On the tapes, she explains her 13 reasons for killing herself. We have this book available on cd and as a download through Suffolk Wave. Try it!

The Teen Friends Get New Officers!

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:42:00 +0000

The Teen Advisory Board of the Patchogue Medford Library has elected a new group of officers!

Our new president is Rebecca G.

Our returning vice president is Deanna L.

Our new secretary is Amber T.

Our returning treasurer is Christina H.

Come and find out what the Teen Friends are! Our meetings are the 1st and third Friday of every month!

--Brian

Back to School

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:39:00 +0000

It's September, and school has started again.

Don't despair - there's still plenty of fun and activity here at the library!

We have game nights, knitting/spinning/crocheting, crafts, dungions and dragons, PML Players Theatre, kite construction, book discussions, trivia and more. On the serious side, we have SAT and ACT prep classes, as well as math tutoring. If you need volunteer hours for honor society, confirmation or civics, call us about our Random Acts of Kindness group, book buddies and tech buddies.

Check the library newsletter, the on-line calendar or call us for more information on any of our fall programs!

Summer Reading Club is Ending!!!

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:11:00 +0000

It's the last week of Summer Reading Club! If you haven't signed up yet, this week is your last chance - it's all over on August 16.

If you want to come to our invitation-only End-of-Summer DJ Party, be sure to log at least one book. We'll have music, food and fun!

Remember that each book you log gives you an extra chance at winning one of our great raffle prizes. The raffles will be held at the party, though you don't need to be there to win. For even more chances to win, write reviews of your favorite books.

Sign up, report on books and write reviews! Use the link for Metamorphosis Teen Summer Reading Club from the right sidebar.

Breaking Dawn Release

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:04:00 +0000

Have you signed up for our Breaking Dawn Release Party? It's on August 4 from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. We'll discuss the book, make Bella bracelets, get glittery and have a snack. Call the YA desk at 654-4700, ext. 251 to register, or register on-line using the link to our calendar on the right hand sidebar ------->

Also on our sidebar, check the Twilight Saga Fortune Teller. Ask any question, and receive an answer from one of the Twilight books. (Many thanks to Joseph Wilk of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh for creating and sharing the fortune teller!)

Strictly Broadway and Battle of the Bands

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:54:00 +0000

Want to sign up for Strictly Broadway or Battle of the Bands 2008? Scroll down on the sidebar to the right for pdfs of the entry forms.

If you need more information, call the Young Adult Department at 654-4700, ext. 251.

Ready to Rock???

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:49:00 +0000

Sign up for our Summer Reading Program ROCK BAND kickoff event!

Kick off the summer with our favorite DJs and MCs from 2-Xtreme entertainment presenting Rock Band game sessions for you and your friends! Sign up for the Summer reading Club, get wild with Rock Band!

There are still some openings for this great program.

Sign up on-line (see the program calendar link to the right), or call the YA department at 654-4700, ext. 251

PML Happenings!

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:09:00 +0000

Summer Reading Club

noreply@blogger.com (PML YA Yakkers) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:42:00 +0000

Did you sign up yet? Click on the link at right to join. Start reporting on books on June 27. Each week that you report on a book, you are eligible for a weekly prize. The more books you read, the more chances you have to win our raffle prizes at the end of the summer. Read and report on only one book this summer, and you will be invited to our end-of-summer party.

If you like to review books, submit book reviews on the site (beginning June 27) to be eligible for even more prizes!