HCPL Teen Blog

Hey Teens!
You still have some summer left, but the first day of school is right around the corner.  To help you get excited for the new semester, the library will be offering more for teens after school.
Beginning August 11 teens, ages 13-19, will be able to check out video games and play them in the Teen Room, Monday-Thursday, 3:00-6:00 p.m.  Make sure to bring your library card in order to check out games for the Nintendo Wii or Xbox 360.  All games are rated T for Teen or below.  Only library video games can be played in the Teen Room so you don’t have to bring your own and risk damage or loss.
Also beginning August 11, the computer lab will be open for teens, ages 13-19, each week Monday-Wednesday, 3:00-5:00 p.m.  Teens will have exclusive access to the computers in the lab for homework, social networking, and even games.
I hope this helps you get excited for the new school year!

~Christy  (currently reading Hero-Type, by Barry Lyga)

Hey Teens,
It’s not too late!  You can still sign up for the Teen Summer Reading Club.  It’s SO easy!  Just click on the link and register online.  When you read a book all you have to do is sign back in and enter it in your log.  That’s it!  You’ll earn a free book for reading just 5 books this summer!  Each book you log earns you an entry into our prize drawings just for teens.  We’ve already given away some really cool weekly prizes, but there are still several prizes to go.  We’ll also hold final grand prize drawings for an iPod Touch and $100 Visa gift card!
You can read what you want, earn a free book, and possibly other cool prizes.  Why wouldn’t you participate?! 

–Christy
(currently reading The Diamond of Drury Lane: A Cat Royal Adventure, by Julia Golding)

Hey Teens!
You’re more than halfway to our goal of 600+ teens signing up for HCPL’s teen summer reading club!  If you haven’t signed up already, sign up here.  Then take this online poll and decide what I have to do if more than 600 teens register for the club.
It’s so easy!  Sign up and log your books online this summer and you could win some cool prizes!  You’re guaranteed to earn a free book with the first 5 books you log online.  You earn an entry into our weekly and final prize drawings for EVERY book you log online.  You could win free movie tickets, bowling passes, food coupons, games, and other cool stuff weekly!  Two lucky teens will have their names drawn for the grand prizes; an iPod Touch and a $100 Visa gift card!
Good luck to all!

~Christy (currently reading Graceling, by Kristin Cashore)

Hey Teens!
The summer reading club has begun!  You can sign up online any time between now and August 1.
If 600 or more teens sign up for the library’s summer reading club this year, I have agreed to do something in return.  Oh, and did I mention YOU GET TO CHOOSE what I do?  Take this poll and vote on what I have to do if more than 600 teens register.  Will I be going goth for a day?  Dressing like an old-fashion librarian?  Throwing you all an extra video game program?  Or dancing like Napoleon Dynamite and posting it on YouTube?  You decide!  After voting, you can sign up for the summer reading club if you haven’t already and help us reach 600!

~Christy (reading Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia)

Hey Teens!
Don’t let your brain go to mush this summer, join the library’s Teen Summer Reading Club!  Sign up online beginning June 1 at www.hcplibrary.org.  Read the books you want to read and keep a log using our online system.  Every book you log will earn you entries into our prize drawings.  You could win cool prizes and free stuff from Starbucks, Quizno’s, Pizza Hut, Strike Force Lanes, Mama Nita’s, and more in our weekly drawings!  Two lucky teens will go home with an iPod Touch or a $100 Visa gift card at the end of the club!  Everyone can earn a free book for reading just 5 books this summer!
That’s not all…we’ve got some fun programs lined up for teens this summer at the library!  Take a look at our event calendar and sign up for the programs you’d like to attend.  All programs are free and put on for teens entering the 6th grade up to age 19.

~Christy (currently reading Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia)

Hey Teens!
HCPL is holding its first Teen Book Trailer Contest this summer!  Book trailers are similar to movie trailers, but they promote books instead of films.  You can see examples by searching for “book trailers” on YouTube.
To find out more about the contest, take a look at the guidelines on the library’s teen website.  You can also watch the Book Trailer Contest Announcement on YouTube for more information.  Come to the Book Trailers 101 program on Monday, June 7, 3:00-5:00 p.m., at the library to find out how to go about making your own video.  The finalists’ videos will be shown at a special awards night in July and a grand prize winner will be named.  The winner and all finalists will receive prizes for their hard work and may even see their videos on TV, thanks to Hancock Telecom!  Get creative Hancock County teens!

~Christy

(currently reading The Maze Runner, by James Dashner)

Hey Teens!
You’re invited to the Monday Movie & Pizza Night at the library on Monday, May 10, 4:00-6:00 p.m.!  We’ll order in some pizzas and watch the new “Sherlock Holmes” movie, rated PG-13, on the big screen.
If you can’t make this movie night at the Main Library, there will be another showing at our Sugar Creek Library Branch on Wednesday, May 19, 4:00-6:00 p.m.  Either way, make sure to sign up ahead of time using our Events Calendar.  We don’t want to run out of pizza!

~Christy

Currently Reading: The Maze Runner, by James Dashner

Hey Teens,
Are you on Facebook?  You can get the latest HCPL information sent straight to your news feed by choosing to “like” the library!  The Hancock County Public Library Facebook page includes helpful information like hours, locations, events, and frequent updates with other important news and reminders.  Our photo albums are pretty cool too!  We’ve got pictures from the After-Hours Rock Show back in February and the Battle of the Books that took place just last week!  Plus, I have been known to post something just for teens now and then. 

~Christy (who is reading, Goth Girl Rising, by Barry Lyga, but is a little creeped out by the cover)

CONGRATULATIONS Greenfield-Central High School Team #2 for winning the 2010 Battle of the Books!  Greenfield Middle School Team #2 came in 2nd and Greenfield-Central High School Team #1 came in 3rd.
ALL of the teams did a great job and worked hard to prepare for the competition.  Thank you all for participating and making this year’s Battle a success!

P.S. All teens are invited to the Movie & Pizza Night on Monday, April 19, 5:30-8:00 p.m.  We’ll be watching “The Blind Side”, rated PG-13.

Good luck to all Battle of the Books teams!
This year’s Battle of the Books will take place Monday, April 12, 2:30-7:00 p.m.  Ten teams of 8th and 9th graders from Doe Creek Middle School, Eastern Hancock Middle School, Greenfield-Central High School, Greenfield Middle School, Maxwell Middle School, and St. Michael’s will be battling it out and testing their knowledge of the 10 books listed below.
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott, YA SCO
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, YA ZUS
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, YA AND
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart, YA LOC
Firegirl by Tony Abbott, YA ABB
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix, YA HAD
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, YA PAU
I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter, YA CAR
The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale, YA MAC
Repossessed by A.M. Jenkins, YA JEN

~Christy