TSRP Kick Off Party!

Everyone had a great time at the Kick Off Party, playing Cheeto Head, Mummy, Egg relay and more. Dirt cake was also enjoyed by all.

Elizabeth wins the Gummy Worm Bob

TEEN SUMMER READING PROGRAM!

The 2nd annual Teen Summer Reading Program has begun at the Ocean Shores Library. The theme this summer is "Creature Feature" Sign up at the Library now and you'll get a schedule, a reading list, a temporary tattoo, and a coupon for free skating at the Harborena. When you read three books, turn in three review forms, you win a rubber bracelet or dog tags (your choice). You'll also get your name in the drawing for the BIG prizes at the August 25th finale. Some of the prizes include: A set of Books 1-6 of the Harry Potter series in Hardback, sweatshirts, t-shirts, gift certificates to local businesses, journals, and more! Sign up today.

Babysitting Class a Success!

16 local teens attended the Babysitting Class at the Ocean Shores Library on Friday, June 22nd. They learned what to do in an emergency. Here on the left you see the Heimlich maneuver being learned. We hope everyone learned alot and had a good time. Keep checking this blog for more teen programs at the Library.

Read a good book

Some members of the Teen Advisory Board show that reading is cool! If you like the library and want to help make our teen services even better, join the Teen Advisory Board. For information, contact Michelle at the Library 289-3919 or mlolson@osgov.com

Free Babysitting Class

Don't let this be you!

Sign up for a free babysitting class,

Thursday, June 22nd at the library

For more information, ask the library staff.

Book Review

"My almost epic summer" by Adele Griffin

Review by Haley 7th grade

"Irene is a normal teen just getting ready for a glam summer in her mom's beauty store. But the thing is, she gets fired and ends up with lust, a little love, and a whole lot of Larkins Park. It's simply a MUST READ!"

***** (5 Stars!)

NEW BOOKS

"Manga Mania" How to draw Japanese comics
by Christopher Hart

Do you want to learn how to draw manga? Check out this new book! Some of the chapters include Action poses, manga's fantasy realm, awesome robots, designing dynamic scenes, common Japanese terms, and more.

Call # YA 741.5952 Har




"Looking for Alaska" by John Green
Green's debut YA novel follows a year in the life of high school junior Miles Halter, a friendless Floridian who begged his parents to enroll him in the Culver Creek boarding school. Miles dreams of starting anew at his elite Alabama prep school, of finding Francois Rabelais's "The Great Perhaps." At school, he falls in with a prankster of a roommate, the Colonel, and the sassy, sexy, messed-up Alaska Young. For an unforgettable 128 days, Miles learns life lessons in love, loyalty, friendship, literature, and poetry, as well as experiences the thrill of a first girlfriend. When tragedy strikes Culver Creek, Miles is forced to undertake an even closer examination of his own character and relationship with his friends.



"Scorpia" by Anthony Horowitz (An Alex Rider adventure)
Alex Rider, the 14-year-old spy and adventurer from Stormbreaker (2001), Point Blank (2002), Skeleton Key (2003), and Eagle Strike (2004, all Philomel), is back. While vacationing in Italy, he is recruited by the deadliest terrorist organization in the world, Scorpia, away from the world of M16, a British secret intelligence organization. Through a web of lies and deceit, Alex is persuaded to assassinate the deputy head of M16, a former friend and supervisor, while Scorpia plans a secret mission that will kill hundreds of thousands of British children in the blink of an eye. Missing his target and captured by M16, Rider is sent back into Scorpia, but this time as a spy. It is only with the teen's help that M16 can stop the organization's vicious threat. Of course, Alex Rider saves the day, but not without psychological mind gaming and fighting that will bring readers to the edge of their seats and keep them there until the final page

Teen Advisory Board Meeting!

The next tab meeting is Saturday, May 20th at 3pm.
Anyone who uses the library and is in 7th-12th grade is welcome to attend. We'll discuss the Teen Summer Reading Program, meeting dates for the summer and an upcoming fundraiser and book buying trip only for TAB members. Join the TAB and have your ideas heard!

NEW BOOKS

"Identity Crisis" Brad Meltzer
(Graphic Novel)
After the tragic death of Sue Debny, the wife of the Elongated Man, the members of the Justice League of America and most of the DC superheroes are brought together to investigate. Sues murder is unsettling for a couple of reasons: she was a friend, and whoever committed the crime knew enough personal information to be able to sneak past security. Even more troubling are the letters that the family members of other heroes receive, indicating that they are the next targets. The superheroes split into teams to follow the leads that they are most suited to solve. The novel asks: how far do you go to protect your loved ones? What if everything you stand for goes against your need to protect your family?








"Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen.
Read the book before you see the movie!

Roy Eberhardt is the new kid--again. This time around it's Trace Middle School in humid Coconut Grove, Florida. But it's still the same old routine: table by himself at lunch, no real friends, and thick-headed bullies like Dana Matherson pushing him around. But if it wasn't for Dana Matherson mashing his face against the school bus window that one day, he might never have seen the tow-headed running boy. And if he had never seen the running boy, he might never have met tall, tough, bully-beating Beatrice. And if he had never met Beatrice, he might never have discovered the burrowing owls living in the lot on the corner of East Oriole Avenue. And if he had never discovered the owls, he probably would have missed out on the adventure of a lifetime. Apparently, bullies do serve a greater purpose in the scope of the universe. Because if it wasn't for Dana Matherson.

Artwork on display

North Beach High School Student, Dana McCrackin has her manga artwork on display. Come in all May and enjoy this talented artists' work. If you have artwork or a collection you would like to display, contact Michelle @ the library.

Book review!

Review by: Haley, 7th grade. Review of the book "Defiance" by Vallary Hobbs.
******SIX STARS! "Toby is normal, I guess. Besides the fact that he has cancer. On vacation with his mom, his dad is only able to see him on weekends. Toby is away for three weeks at the cabin "resort". Hes sly, so he leaves early and goes for a bike ride. He comes across a cow. Later, he finds out the cows name is Blossom, but right now, all he knows is this cow is SKINNY! So, with his courage, he travels down a dirt road to a broken down home. A gunfire...why a gunfire???Toby runs, but returns the next day with Cheerios for the friendly cow, and trys it again with the home this time. Someone answers...I read this book in one sitting. Its a gripping, emotional, and very heartaching! 6 stars. %110 amazing!"

Book Review by Haley

*****Five stars
"Four things my geeky-jock-of-a-best-friend must do in Europe"

"Brady is Jewish, is a teenage girl living in Washington D.C., USA. Her mom takes her to Europe instead of doing a bar mitzvah. They go to many different places. On the cruise ship there are teen parties every night. There is love, embarrassment, humility, and tons of fun!! I couldn't put this book down plus its written in letters from Brady to her best friend. Bradys best friend wrote four things that Brady has to do in Europe. Thus, the humiliation. You'll know what I mean. Read the book. If you're like me, you'll be walking down the hallways at school bumping into people...because you can't put this book
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NEW CDS

Yellow Card "Lights and sounds"

Jeff Foxworthy "Have your loved ones spayed or neutered"

NEW BOOKS!

"Criss cross" Lynne Rae Perkins : "Debbie and Hector are having a time of it. Let's talk about Debbie first, though. She's fourteen and feeling particularly dull and uninteresting. She likes boys (she likes a football player boy for one) but she freezes up when she talks to them. Fortunately she has her old friends, friends since childhood, to help her out of being uncomfortable. She has Mrs. Bruning, the old German lady neighbor, to help out when the woman's arthritis is acting up. And she has Mrs. Bruning's cute grandson to get to know in the midst of what turns out to be a particularly big emergency. Then there's Hector. Hector, in a burst of not wanting to consider himself roly-poly and dull too, is learning the guitar. He likes a girl who is also learning, but at the same time he's resentful of her other admirer. Still, in spite of everything he's seeing the world in different ways and trying to figure out how he fits into it. It makes for a unique little summer. "
"Twilight" Stephanie Meyer: "As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he's a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship."
"Peeps" Scott Westerfield: "Nineteen-year-old Cal, a Texas transplant, lost his virginity–and a lot more–when he first arrived in New York City. He became a parasite-positive, or peep–he prefers not to use the v-word. Now he works for the Night Watch, a secret branch of city government dedicated to tracking others of his kind. Unlike the rare natural carriers like Cal, who has acquired night vision, superhuman strength, and a craving for lots of protein, most peeps are insane cannibals lurking in darkness. But now the teen has found the young woman who infected him–and learns that something worse than peeps is threatening the city, and he is on the front lines.
"Poison" by Chris Wooding: "Pale and thin, with long black hair and violet eyes, the sullen, moody girl named Poison is an appropriate heroine for this over-the-top gothic horror fantasy. The 16-year-old has never been out of the Black Marshes, one of the remote backwaters settled by humans in a Realm ruled by phaeries and inhabited by a cast of foul creatures that includes trolls, daemons, and a particularly nasty Spider Woman. When her baby sister is kidnapped and a changeling is left in her crib, Poison sets off for the Realm of Phaerie to rescue her."
"Upstate" by Kalisha Buckhanon: "Poignant, compelling, luminous, this novel told in epistle form is a moving account of a young couple in love and their struggle to maintain a relationship while the young man, seventeen years old, is incarcerated for a horrendous crime. The first words Antonio writes to Natasha is "Baby, do you believe I killed my daddy?" Thus begins a correspondence that spans almost ten years."

MOVIE REVIEW

Review by Evan, grade 10. Review of "Cinderella Man" Movie starring Russell Crowe
. !!Four Stars!! "Great Movie, some language that adds to the characters. Excellent acting!"

Psychic website!

Okay, this website freaked me out. Thanks to Niko for showing it to me.
Follow the directions and watch it read your mind!
http://just.com/psychic.swf

If you have a cool website you want to share, email it to me at
mlolson@osgov.com or tell me about it.

Anime Review

Inuyasha
I like this show because of the characters and weapons

Review by Niko
Grade 9

New CDs

"Breakaway" Kelly Clarkson

"From under the cork tree" Fall out boy
















"Love Angel Music Baby" Gwen Stefani

"Be here" Keith Urban

"The breakthrough" Mary J Blige

"Back to bedlam" James Blunt

TAB MEETING

The next Teen Advisory Board meeting is this Saturday, March 11th at 3pm...in the library meeting room. Any teen in 7th-12th grade who is interested is welcome to come and check it out. We will be talking about the upcoming Teen Summer Reading Program and this blog. See you there!

New Books

"Four things my geeky-jock-of-a-best-friend must do in Europe" by Jane Harrington

What's black and huge and written all over my--Hand? Instructions from my dear, darling best friend Delia. Instructions to do four things I would never, ever in a million years do. But I have to. Just because dumb, old me promised Delia I'd pull off each one while I'm on this wacked-out Mediterranean cruise with mio madre (i.e. my mother.) At least I'm keeping some sanity by writing letters to Delia all about my thrilling adventures, including the episodes about the other teens on the cruise ship. Delia would SO love these guys from all over the world--maybe even the ones from another planet (well, maybe NOT). And if she WERE here, maybe she could help me find once of those code-red Euro-hotties she SWEARS are easy to spot. (One of those four things on my hand.) Four things. Sounds easy, huh? WHATEVER.

"Ask my no questions" Marina Budhos

Nadira, 14, relates how her family left Bangladesh, came to the U. S. on a tourist visa, and stayed long after the visa expired ("Everyone does it. You buy a fake social security number for a few hundred dollars and then you can work."). Their illegal status is discovered, however, following 9/11, when immigration regulations are tightened. When the family hurriedly seeks asylum in Canada, they are turned back, and Nadira's father, Abba, is detained because his passport is no longer valid. The secrets are dramatic ("Go to school. Never let anyone know. Never."), and so are the family dynamics, especially Nadira's furious envy of her gifted older sister, Aisha. But Aisha breaks down, and Nadira must take over the struggle to get Abba out of detention and prevent the family's deportation.