Think you know everything about the Hunger Games? Take our Hunger Games Trivia challenge for a chance to win gift cards to see the Hunger games movie. Entry forms are available in the Teen Area and online. Bring completed forms to the Adult Services desk by March 2. Contest is open to teens ages 13-19 years old.
Enter our new teen contest, "Picture This: Book Cover Caption Contest." Write a witty caption for one of our selected book covers. Enter as many times as you like for a chance to win prizes! Contest is open to teens ages 13-19 years old. Bring completed entry forms to the Adult Services desk by October 31. Don't forget to visit our book displays in the Teen Area.
Banned Books Week, launched in 1982 by the American Library Association, raises awareness of censorship, celebrates the freedom to read, and the importance of the First Amendment. More than 11,000 books have been challenged since 1982, click here for a map. People challenge books that they believe have offensive language and/or subject matter in schools and libraries. Look for our display of banned books in the Teen Area and Adult Services. Visit our guide to Banned Books Weekand celebrate your freedom to read!
Attention All Teens! Want to vote for your favorite books of the year? Here is your chance!
Join us in celebrating YALSA's Teens' Top Ten list this year. Pick your favorite books from the 2011 Teens' Top Ten Nominees list. Vote online for which books deserve to be in the top ten! Last day to vote is September 16. Winners will be announced during Teen Read Week, October 16-22.
Read as many as you can! Visit our display of the nominees in the Teen Area. Check out our guide to the Teens' Top Ten.
Teen Tech Week: Mix & Mash @ Your Library (March 6-12)
In celebration of Teen Tech Week, here is the winning entry for the "Express Yourself: Guest Blogger Contest.". Congratulations to the winner, Pamela, for her book review of Sweethearts, by Sara Zarr.
Book review: Sweethearts, by Sara ZarrReviewer: Pamela
I was never bullied or picked on when I was in middle school, but the novelist
made me feel as if I had been there right along with main character Jennifer Harris.
The story of how as a child Jennifer was ridiculed and bullied. But making it through with her one and only friend Cameron Quick. Then suddenly he disappears.
Express yourself! Submit up to three original blog posts for the library'steen blog. Winning entries will be posted online during Teen Tech Week (March 6-12). All entries will be entered into a raffle drawing for prizes. One lucky winner will receive a$75gift card! Entries need to be received by March 4, 2011. More details availablehere. Not sure what to blog? Look at the teen blog for ideas.
Celebrate 
Free Your Mind: Read a Banned Book 
