Last Friday we had the Murder Mystery Dinner (Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die?) at the Main Library. We had an awesome turnout of 44 people! The cast did an excellent job on dressing in their 50-styles garb and playing their parts. The killer thought they were pretty smart and almost got away with murder….almost. Thanks to Penny and a couple of smart audience members the real killer was caught! So whodunit? Well, you’ll just have to catch the encore on Wed., April 8th from 6-8pm at the branch to find out!
Murder Mystery @ Main
New Books
Here are some new books that just came in:
All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg
A Voice of Her Own: Becoming Emily Dickinson Barbara Dana
The Boyfriend Game by Stephie Davis
The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
Mudville by Kurtis Scaletta
Same Difference by Siobhan Vivian
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Printz Award Winner 2009
The stories of Jellicoe Road are not easy ones to tell. They are complicated tales that deal with car crashes, deaths, heroes, new friendships, disappearances, The War, and abandonment. Not many would dare to unravel all the riddles, but for seventeen-year-old Taylor Markham her future lies in its midst and it is all she can think about.
As leader of the Jellicoe Road Houses, her concentration should be on The War and protecting her territory from the townies and cadets. However, when the only adult she is close to disappears, her only thought is figuring out where Hannah went. To do so, she must figure out the connection between her mother abandoning her, Hannah’s rescue, a boy who haunts her dreams, words once whispered by a stranger, and five kids who lived on Jellicoe Road eighteen years ago. With the help of her friends and her so-called enemy Jonah Griggs, Taylor begins to unlock the answers Taylor has been so desperate to find. But once the puzzle is complete, will she really have what she is looking for?
Teen Tech Week
Get ready for Teen Tech week next week! At the Main Library on March 9 - 11 (3:30 - 4:30pm) we will be having different displays that will allow you to play with different technology the library has. To round out the week we will have Tech Club on March 12 (4-6pm) and Game Day on March 13 (4-6pm).
We will also be running two contests from March 8th - 14th for both libraries.
Contest One: Create Your Own Avatar
1.Create your avatar @ www.faceyourmanga.com
2. From March 8—14, submit both your avatar and picture to jplteens@gmail.com. Be sure to include name, age, and grade.
3. At the end of the contest, the avatar that looks the most like their picture will win a gift certificate!
Contest Two: Booktalk Contest
Submit a video booktalk to jplteens@gmail.com or bring a copy to the Youth Service desk. Entries should be 3 minutes or less. You may enter more than once, as long as each book talk covers a different book. The winning entry will win a gift certificate!
Since all entries will be uploaded to the teen YouTube account, please do no include any personal information in the video.
Entries should have the following info attached to them:
Name
Age
Grade
Phone number/Email Address
Book Title and Author
Don’t have a video camera? No problem! Talk to a staff member in Youth Services and we’ll record it for you!
Poem by Laurie Halse Anderson
In honor of the 10th Anniversary of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson has written a poem based on the feedback she received called Listen. Check it out below!
Also, if you're a fan of Laurie Halse Anderson keep you eye out for updates. We've, hopefully, got some exciting things in store in the future!
Stop Animation Fun
The Tech Club (former known as Filmmaker Club) experimented with stop animation last week. Watch the video below to see how it all turned out! For those interested, we meet every 2nd & 4th Thursday and are always looking for new members/ideas.