Farmington Library Teen blog

Last Book Buddies of the Year

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:40:00 +0000

Thank you to all of our teen volunteers for making Book Buddies such a wonderful program this summer! You were all fantastic!! Below you will see pictures of our last project together, which was a giant cookie puzzle. Each child and teen had to decorate a sugar cookie with part of the Dream Big summer reading design.

Faux Stained Glass Jars

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:48:00 +0000

Nice job ladies. These look wonderful!

Making Dreamcatchers

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:41:00 +0000

The teen craft this week was making dreamcatchers.

Book Buddies Week 2

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:44:00 +0000

For the third year in a row Farmington teens have volunteered to be paired up with children going into grades K through 3 to foster a love of reading in the children and to help them practice their reading skills. Here are some pictures from this morning's program.

Super Smash Bro.'s Brawl Tournament

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:02:00 +0000

The Teen Store

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:12:00 +0000

This summer all Farmington teens are encouraged to register in the teen online summer reading challenge. Everyone who registers will receive an entry into the grand prize drawing for a Kindle Fire and they will be able to track the number of pages they read this summer in order to earn book bucks. Teens can then use their book bucks to "buy" items from the Teen Store.

Making Stuff With Duct Tape

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:05:00 +0000

Monster Bookmarks

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:27:00 +0000

Every Wednesday throughout the summer months we will be making crafts or playing games in the Teen Space. Yesterday we made these super cute monster bookmarks.

Making Stuff with Duck Tape in the Teen Space

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:08:00 +0000

Thank you to the volunteers from the Teen Advisory Group (TAG) for helping to coordinate the Duck Tape craft session! Great job!

Coming Soon...Insurgent by Veronica Roth

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:04:00 +0000

Place a copy on hold here.

New Books You May Have Overlooked

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:28:00 +0000

Tilt
by Alan Cumyn
Ever have your whole world flipped upside down by a girl (insert boy here if you'd prefer)? That's exactly what happens to 16-year-old Stan who's well on his way to making the JV basketball team, that is of course, until Janine.

Amazon.com Book Description: "Stan is an intense sixteen-year-old loner who desperately wants to make the junior varsity basketball team. And it seems that he may be about to do so, until he’s blindsided by the unexpected attentions of Janine Igwash. Suddenly Stan is no longer thinking about jump shots. Instead he is obsessed with Janine’s spiky hair, her milky white shoulders and the mysterious little tattoo at the base of her neck, not to mention the heat of her breath, her dark eyes, wide hips and . . . Sometimes Stan’s imagination runs so wild he wonders whether he might be going crazy. That would be par for the course given his home life. His mother is dating the feckless Gary, and his little sister, designated gifted but a holy terror, is acting out. Then Stan’s father arrives on the scene with Stan’s four-year-old half brother, and things become truly insane."

Life: An Exploded Diagram
by Mal Peet

Not Sure What to Read Next...

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:59:00 +0000

Check out the Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. It was #6 on Amazon's Best Books of the Year List and #1 on Amazon's Best Young Adult Books list. Check out the trailer below or the website daughterofsmokeandbone.com for more info about the book.

Gift Making at the Library

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:30:00 +0000

To celebrate the holidays and give Farmington teens a chance to make gifts for their friends or family members we had a Gift Making program at the library. Teens could choose to make no-sew fleece scarves, "stained glass" jars or decorate ornaments.

The Hunger Games Official Movie Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:01:00 +0000

For those of you who just can't wait for the movie to come out next year (3/23/2012, to be precise) here is a glimpse of what you can expect.

If you haven't read the books yet you still have plenty of time before the movie comes out. Reserve your copy at the library here .

Book Buddies

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:33:00 +0000

We have a lot of volunteer opportunities for part of this year's Teen Summer Sanity program and one special program is Book Buddies. For this program teens (bigs) are paired up with our elementary school kids (littles) to foster good reading and listening skills - we also have a fun craft project every week. Here are some pictures from this week's Book Buddies.

Featured Book - The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:06:00 +0000

The Infernal Devices, Book One: Clockwork Angel
By Cassandra Clare
Author of The Mortal Instruments Series

Get it at the library!

Amazon.com Product Description: "When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.

Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. What's more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own.

Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by--and torn between--two best friends: James, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and blue-eyed Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm's length...everyone, that is, but Tessa. As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world...and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all."

Team Will or team Jem?

Weekly Teen Series

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:47:00 +0000

Teen Series On Display for the Week of February 14th

The Gatekeepers (The Power of Five) series by Anthony Horowitz

Find the books in the library catalog.

Check out the Power of Five page on the author's Web Site.

Amazon.com Product Description for "Raven's Gate": "As punishment for a crime he didn't really commit, Matt was given a choice: go to jail or go live with an old woman named Mrs. Deverill in a remote town called Lesser Malling.

He should have chosen jail.

A strange and sinister plan is coming together made in Lesser Malling, with Matt at the center of it all. People who try to help him disappear . . . or die. It all ties to an evil place named Raven's Gate - a place whose destiny is horrifyingly intertwined with Matt's own."

The Calypso Chronicles by Tyne O'Connell

Find the books in the library catalog.

The Calypso Chronicle's Web Site

Amazon.com Product Description for "Pulling Princess": When Calypso returns from Los Angeles to her English boarding school for the summer term, she is determined to fit in with the popular crowd. Her plan is to pretend her mother's gay assistant back home is her boyfriend. And to her surprise, the trick works...at least at first. She makes a whole batch of new friends, and even finds herself winning the unwritten contest to woo the prince at the boys' school next door. But one girl, Honey, undermines all her efforts. When Calypso and Prince Freddy end up in the tabloids and everything seems set to go down the drain, it's Calypso's parents and sense of humor that save her from utter humiliation.

From Print to the Big Screen

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:11:00 +0000

"Thirteen Reasons Why" Movie in the Works

Jay Asher's hit realistic fiction book for teens, "Thirteen Reasons Why" is going to become a movie starring Selena Gomez.

In the book a girl (Hannah) commits suicide and leaves tapes detailing her reasons for doing so to a boy named Clay. The book is narrated in alternating chapters by Hannah and Clay.

Want to read the book before you see the movie? Check it out from the library.

Weekly Teen Series

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:17:00 +0000

Start the Year Off With a New Series

Here are some suggestions to get you started:

Midnighters series, book 1 "The Secret Hour" by Scott Westerfeld

Uglies series, book 1 "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

Vampire Kisses series, book 1 "Vampire Kisses" by Ellen Schreiber

Wicked Lovely series, book 1 "Wicked Lovely" by Melissa Marr

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series, book 1 "Eighth Grade Bites" by Heather Brewer

Darkest Powers series, book 1 "The Summoning" by Kelley Armstrong

"Wake" by Lisa McMann. This book is followed by "Fade" and then "Gone"

Salt Trilogy, book 1 "Salt" by Maurice Gee

The Mortal Instruments series, book 1 "City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare

House of Night series, book 1 "Marked" by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast

Magic in Manhattan series, book 1 "Bras & Broomsticks" by Sarah Mlynowski

Chaos Walking, book 1 "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

All of the above books and the subsequent books in the series' can be found in the library catalog.

Weekly Teen Series

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:11:00 +0000

Teen Series on Display for the Week of January 3, 2011.

The Demonata by Darren Shan

"The Demonata" is a ten-book series which will take readers into new realms and universes, all of them populated or threatened by demons. Fast-paced and bloody, horrific and fantastic, frightening and exciting. You might never look at the world in the same way again ..."(Shan, 2005)

1. Lord Loss

2. Demon Thief

3. Slawter

4. Bec

5. Blood Beast

6. Demon Apocalypse

7. Death's Shadow

8. Wolf Island

9. Dark Calling

10. Hell's Heroes

Find the series in the library catalog.

Check out the trailer for book six "Demon Apocalypse"

Sweet Seasons by Debbie Viguie

Amazon Product Description: "Most people think The Zone is an amusement park, but Candy Thompson knows it's really a slave labor camp. What else would you call a summer job that requires a sixteen-year-old girl to set aside her whole social life for the privilege of standing out in the hot sun selling cotton candy? Still, there are perks---particularly the mysterious hunk in the Lone Ranger costume. Behind that mask are the most amazing eyes Candy has ever seen. Who is that masked man? But someone else is just as interested. And romantic competition isn't the only problem. Besides being hard work, The Zone is eating up major time. How is Candy supposed to stay involved in church? Worse yet, will she lose her best friend, Tamara, who resents how Candy's job limits their time together? This is NOT the summer Candy hoped for! But as she is about to discover, the summer of cotton candy will be the greatest summer of her life."

1. The Summer of Cotton Candy

2. The Fall of Candy Corn

3. The Winter of Candy Canes

4. The Spring of Candy Apples

Find them in the library catalog.

Debbie's blog the Inkwell

Weekly Teen Series

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:43:00 +0000

Teen Series on Display for the Week of December 27th

Crank series by Ellen Hopkins
If you like seriously gritty realistic fiction then this series is for you. It is not for the faint of heart.

1. Crank - Find it in our library catalog
2. Glass - Find it in our library catalog
3. Fallout - Find it in our library catalog

Teen Made Trailer for Crank

Ellen Hopkins talks about writing

Ellen Hopkins' Official Website

Ellen Hopkins' Dedication Wall: Here all you Hopkins' fans can post about what her books mean to you or how they have impacted your life.

Seven Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima

1. The Demon King - Find it in our library catalog
2. The Exiled Queen - Find it in our library catalog
3. The Gray Wolf Throne (September 2011)

Cinda Williams Chima discusses the Demon King

Amazon Product Description for The Demon King: "Times are hard in the mountain city of Fellsmarch. Reformed thief Han Alister will do almost anything to eke out a living for himself, his mother, and his sister Mari. Ironically, the only thing of value he has is something he can’t sell. For as long as Han can remember, he’s worn thick silver cuffs engraved with runes. They’re clearly magicked—as he grows, they grow, and he’s never been able to get them off.

Han’s life gets even harder after he takes a powerful amulet from the son of the High Wizard. The amulet once belonged to the Demon King, the wizard who nearly destroyed the world a millennium ago. With a magical piece so powerful at stake, the Bayars will stop at nothing to reclaim it from Han.

Meanwhile, Raisa ana’Marianna, Princess Heir of the Fells, has her own battles to fight. Although Raisa will become eligible for marriage after her sixteenth name-day, she isn't looking forward to trading in her common sense for a prince with a big castle and tiny brain. Raisa aspires to be like Hanalea—the legendary warrior queen who killed the Demon King and saved the world. But it seems like her mother has other plans for her—plans that include a suitor who goes against everything the Queendom stands for.

The Seven Realms will tremble when the lives of Han and Raisa collide in this stunning new page-turner from best-selling author Cinda Williams Chima."

Learn more about the series, the characters, the places and even the history of the Seven Realms on Cinda Williams Chima's website.

Weekly Teen Series

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:39:00 +0000

Teen Series on Display for the Week of December 20th

Avatars by Tui Sutherland

Amazon Product Description for the first book in the series: "Something was different. She stepped hesitantly out of the subway car, her boots sounding even louder now. What was it?

The graffiti. Had that been there before?

Emblazoned across the far wall in huge silver letters:

The end has come.

In New York, Kali wakes to an empty subway car, and an even emptier city. Venus and Gus survive an earthquake in Los Angeles and realize they have to deal with more than just the aftershocks. In Chile, Tigre finds himself in an unfamiliar jungle, and strangely not alone. And Amon, in Egypt, can see his path but is blind to the full picture.

They are suddenly trapped in a deserted world, five teenagers with no hope of escape. Why have they survived? What force—or intelligence—connects them? Drawn inexorably toward one another, they only know their future involves an experience outside anything they could have imagined. Fantasy newcomer Tui T. Sutherland creates a future in which teens have the power to complete the destruction of Earth—or to save it."

More about the books and author:

Find the books in the library catalog

Tui Sutherland's official Web site

The Vampire Diaries by L. J. Smith

Think because you watch the show you know what happens in the books...think again. This is one tv series that strays far, and I mean to the ends of the earth kind of far, from the books.

More about the books and the author:

Find the series in the library catalog

L. J. Smith's official Web site

1. + 2. "The Awakening & The Struggle"

3. +4. "The Fury & Dark Reunion"

5. "The Return: Nightfall"

6. The Return: Shadowsouls

7. The Return: Midnight (comes out March 15, 2011)

Weekly Teen Series

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:11:00 +0000

Teen Series on Display for the Week of December 13th

The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray

Amazon Product Description for the first book in the trilogy:
"It’s 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma’s reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she’s been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence’s most powerful girls—and their foray into the spiritual world—lead to?"

More about the book(s) and author:

Find the books in the library catalog

Teen Book Video Award winning trailer for A Great and Terrible Beauty on YouTube.

Readergirlz blog posts talking about the series and talking with the author.

Libba Bray's blog at LiveJournal.

and

The Deptford Mice Series and The Deptford Histories by Robin Jarvis

Amazon Product Description for the first book in the Deptford Histories Trilogy:
"The year is 1664 when young Will Godwin comes to London. In order to survive, he becomes an assistant to a wicked alchemist, Elias Theophratus Spittle. On an errand one freezing night, Will finds a mother cat and her three kittens, and brings the family back to his master's lab. Among the bubbling bottles and evil smelling jars of his master's apothecary shop unfolds an extraordinary tale of villainy, sorcery, and murder. The Deptford Mice trilogy witnessed the harrowing battles between the mice of Deptford and Jupiter, lord of darkness and treacherous disguises. Now in this gripping prequel, Jupiter's secret history is revealed."

Amazon Product Description for the first book in the Deptford Mice Trilogy:
"In the "Dark Portal", Albert Mouse squeezes through the Grill and disappears. Thinking he's been captured by the rats in the sewers, his children embark on a treacherous journey to find him."

More about the book(s) and author:

Find the Deptford Histories in the library catalog

Find the Deptford Mice Trilogy in the library catalog

Robin Jarvis' Web site

What to Read - Spotlight on Teen Series

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:10:00 +0000

How many times have you asked yourself, "What do I read now?" Maybe you've finished all the Harry Potter books or all the Twilight books and now you're ready to tackle another series, but you don't know how to find the right one.

There are a lot of series out there, especially those geared towards young adult readers. To help you all find the next great series we created a display at the library dedicated to highlighting teen series. Each week the display will be home to two different series and will contain the first few books of each series.

We will also write a weekly blog post that will name the two series that are on display and link to the library catalog, book reviews, book trailers and anything else we can find out about the books (like whether or not it is being made into a movie, or already has).

If you have suggestions for series to put on display please either leave a comment on the blog, email the teen librarian intern (lpeowski@farmingtonlibraries.org) or call the library (860-673-6791) and ask for Laura.

Food and Games

noreply@blogger.com (Farmington Libraries since 1901) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:18:00 +0000

Mondays are always rough, especially after a long holiday weekend, so to help get the week off to a positive start we made no-bake chocolate/peanut butter bars and played games.