Game Night November 21st

The Library will host a Games Night on Thursday, November 21st from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Our Nintendo Wii will be available for play, along with a selection of board games and card games. No sign-up is necessary; feel free to stop in and try out a new game!

--Kifflie

New books for November

Here are some new books that have just been added to the Teen Zone collection:

Antigoddess by Kendare Blake
Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
Thin Space by Jody Casella
Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Tumble & Fall by Alexandra Coutts
Just One Year by Gayle Forman
If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth
Unbreakable by Kami Garcia
The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason
Linked by Imogen Howson
Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne
Fire & Ash by Jonathan Maberry
Shadows by Robin McKinley
Boston Jacky by L. A. Meyer
Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff
This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
UnSouled by Neal Shusterman

Stop in and check these out!

--Kifflie

October's New Books!

Here are some new teen books that we've just added to the collection:

All the Truth That's In Me by Julie Berry
Monsters by Ilsa J. Bick
The Enchanter Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
The Eye of Minds by James Dashner
BZRK: Reloaded by Michael Grant
The Sacrifice by Charlie Higson
Living With Jackie Chan by Jo Knowles
Promise Me Something by Sara Kocek
March: Book One by John Lewis
Inheritance by Malinda Lo
Mystic by Alyson Noel
Endless by Jessica Shirvington
Are You Experienced? by Jordan Sonnenblick
The Waking Dark by Robin Wasserman
Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang

Stop in and check these out!

Kifflie

September's Teen Movie

The teen movie for September is Iron Man 3, starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow. We will show this FREE film in the Library Meeting Room on Thursday, September 26th, starting at 6:15 PM. Bring your own snacks and covered beverages.

New teen books for September

Here are some new teen titles that we've just added:

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson
The Lord of Opium by Nancy Farmer
OCD Love Story by Corey Ann Haydu
Smoke by Ellen Hopkins
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle
More Than This by Patrick Ness
The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Awakening by Karen Sandler
Somebody Up There Hates You by Hollis Seamon
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

Stop in and check these out!

-- Kifflie

2013 Teens Top Ten

Teen Read Week is coming! You can participate by voting online for the Teens Top Ten! There is a selection of the nominated titles on display in the Teen Zone.

Vote for your three favorites at this link.

The last day to vote is Saturday, October 19th. Winners will be announced the following week.

-- Kifflie

New books for August

The library's summer reading program may be over, but we still have some great new books for you to check out. Find these in the Teen Zone or reserve a copy by calling the reference desk at (262) 532-8920:

A Moment Comes by Jennifer Bradbury
Born of Illusion by Teri Brown
Awaken by Meg Cabot
Kindness for Weakness by Shawn Goodman
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz, Ruth Gruener, and Jack Gruener
Vortex by S.J. Kincaid
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry
Flesh & Bone by Jonathan Maberry
September Girls by Bennett Madison
Raven Flight by Juliet Marillier
Earthbound by Aprilynne Pike
Life After Theft by Aprilynne Pike
The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney
In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters
The Program by Suzanne Young

Also, just in time for the release of the movie "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" later this month, we now have Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader available in the Teen Zone nonfiction section.

--Kifflie

New books for summer reading

Here are some new books to check out this summer:

Thousand Words by Jennifer Brown
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross
The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
Proxy by Alex London
Dare You To by Katie McGarry
A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
Rotten by Michael Northrop
The Originals by Cat Patrick
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
Perry's Killer Playlist by Joe Schreiber
Trinkets by Kirsten Smith
Icons by Margaret Stohl
Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff
Poison by Bridget Zinn

Library Job Available!

Title: LIBRARY PAGE I -- (Part-Time)

Duties: Sort, shelve books; keep materials in order

Requirements: Ability to understand and perform routine library procedures, to communicate effectively with staff and public, to follow oral and written instructions, to stand and/or be on one’s feet for extended periods of time, and to bend, stoop, carry, and stretch for shelving books.

Working Conditions: Office Setting

Hours: 12 Hours per week – evenings and Saturdays (currently scheduled for Monday through Thursday, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with some flexibility as to which days).

2013 Salary: $8.50 per hour

Application: All interested candidates must obtain and complete an official application. Applications are available at the Library Circulation Desk in the lobby. The library will accept applications until 5PM Saturday, June 29, 2013


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First pass packet is now available

We have received the first set of passes from the Waukesha County system office for the Teen Summer Reading program.

Once you finish your first book and fill out your entry form, you can pick up a Pizza Hut coupon and a Brewers coupon from the adult reference desk on the second floor of the library.

The first weekly drawing for prizes will take place at 2:00 PM on Friday, June 21st.

-- Kifflie

Summer Reading Suggestions

If you're looking for something new to read, like for the Teen Summer Reading Program (hint, hint!), here are some books that have just come in:

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Formerly Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham
The Dark Shore by Kevin Emerson
The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door by Karen Finneyfrock
School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins
Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland
The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa
Yellowcake by Margo Lanagan
If I Should Die by Amy Plum

-- Kifflie

2013 Teen Summer Reading Program: "Beneath the Surface"

The 2013 Teen Summer Reading Program is underway! You can sign up at the adult reference desk on the second floor of the library. Read one book per week and enter to win a free book or a book bag. Drawings will be held Friday afternoons starting June 21st and ending August 2nd. The last day to turn in your entry forms is Saturday, August 3rd. The grand prize this year is an iPod Shuffle.

Spring into Reading with New Books!

Here are some new books recently added to the teen collection:

Infatuate by Aimee Agresti
Quicksilver by R.J. Anderson
Being Henry David by Cal Armistead
The Rising by Kelley Armstrong
The Sin-Eater's Confession by Ilsa J. Bick
Soul-Bound by Heather Brewer
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
Not Exactly a Love Story by Audrey Couloumbis
The Lives We Lost by Megan Crewe
Vortex by Julie Cross
Sever by Lauren DeStefano
Homeland by Cory Doctorow
Darkwater by Catherine Fisher
Obsidian Mirror by Catherine Fisher
Strangelets by Michelle Gagnon
Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington
Imposter by Jill Hathaway
When We Wake by Karen Healey
The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson
Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers
In Darkness by Nick Lake
Butter by Erin Jade Lange
Hattie Ever After by Kirby Larson
Game by Barry Lyga
Pieces by Chris Lynch
Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta
How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
Requiem by Lauren Oliver
Fox Forever by Mary E. Pearson
Scrivener's Moon by Phillip Reeve
Code by Kathy & Brenda Reichs
Shades of Earth by Beth Revis
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Live Through This by Mindi Scott
Midwinter Blood by Marcus Sedgwick
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington
Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons
Execution by Alexander Gordon Smith
This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
Apollo's Outcasts by Allen Steele
Passion Blue by Victoria Strauss
Fragments by Dan Wells
Mind Games by Kiersten White

Stop in and check these out! Summer reading is just around the corner!

-Kifflie

Teen Movie "The Hobbit"

The library will have a special showing of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" on Saturday, March 30th, at 1:30 PM in the Meeting Room.

Admission is FREE. Bring your own snacks and drinks.

New Books

Here are some new books recently added to the Teen collection:

Outpost by Ann Aguirre
Everbound by Brodi Ashton
All Good Children by Catherine Austen
Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Second Chance (Slayer Chronicles #2) by Heather Brewer
The Selection by Kiera Cass
Janie Face to Face by Caroline B. Cooney
Rise by Andrea Cremer
Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles
Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Rootless by Chris Howard
Adaptation by Malinda Lo
Prodigy by Marie Lu
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Leslea Newman
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum
Sons of the 613 by Michael Rubens
Break My Heart 1000 Times by Daniel Waters
Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff

Stop in and check these out!

--Kifflie