Teens, vote for your favorite books for the Teen Top Ten NOW!

Click on the “VOTE YOUR CHOICE!” link above to cast a ballot for your favorite books of the year. Voting opens Monday, August 24th and will be open until Friday, September 18th! All teens, ages 12-18 are welcome to participate.

Fruit of the Library!

McArthur Teen Advisory Group Needs YOU!

Interested in becoming part of McArthur Library’s Teen Advisory Group (TAG)? If you are 12-18, can make a monthly meeting and have ideas about good programs, events and library materials for teens, then this is the group for you! Please contact Brooke for more information at 284-4181 or bfaulkner@mcarthur.lib.me.us.

Food for Thought Summer Reading Program

Teens, make sure to sign up for FOOD FOR THOUGHT, our summer reading program here at the library. This is a great way to find good stuff to read and win prizes AND there are lots of fun activities scheduled throughout the summer. Get a complete calendar when you sign up!

Teen Pizza Taste-Off

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at McArthur Library, from 6:00-7:00.

Teens, please come on out to take part in a blind taste test of area pizzas and vote on your favorites in the categories of Best Crust, Best Sauce and Best Cheese. All teens in grades 6-12 are welcome at this free event!

Pizza Taste-Off

February Vacation!

Tape for Teens Craft Program

Teens, make sure you join us on Tuesday, February 17 from 1:00 – 2:30 to make a duct tape wallet or to knit a bag out of old VHS tape. Materials supplied!

Teen Gaming

Friday, February 20 from 2:30-4:30, drop in for board games, card games, and games on the PS2 — laptop computers will be available during this time, too.

Printz Award Winners Announced!

The Michael L. Printz Award is given each year for excellence in Young Adult Literature. 2009 Winners were just announced. They are:

WINNER: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

HONOR BOOKS:

• Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Vol. 2: The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
• Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
• Nation by Terry Pratchett

Also, yay for Neil Gaiman, who has been awarded the 2009 Newbery Award for his novel The Graveyard Book!

Click on any book cover to see if it is available or to put a copy on hold. Happy reading!

Teen Top Ten 2008

The official count is in and the winners of the 2008 Teen Top Ten are:

                      

                     

Click on any of the book covers to see if they are available in our catalog!

Vote NOW for your favorites for the Teen Top Teen!

 

 

In case you can’t make it to our Books with Bite voting party on Tuesday, October 14 (though how could you possibly miss the chance for so much fun?!), you can still vote for your favorite books. Just click here to be redirected to the voting ballot for this year’s Teen Top Ten Booklist.

Books with Bite: Teen Read Week 2008

National Teen Read Week is coming right up this October 12th through 18th. In keeping with this year’s theme, Books with Bite, we’ll be having a party on Tuesday, October 14th from 6:00 -7:30 for teens with crafts, games and snacks all with a “bitey” theme. There will also be computers available at this time for voting for this year’s Teen Top Ten booklist! Hope you’ll drop in and have some fun. All teens in grades 6 – 12 are welcome!