Category: Teens

Summer Reading Is For Everyone

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Post date May 19, 2014
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Summer Reading Clubs aren’t just for kids. Lackawanna County libraries have Summer Reading Programs for everyone, from newborns to adults. You can join one at any Lackawanna County Library System library – where everything is free! Sign-up begins Monday, June 9^th

Abington Community Library: For kids and teens! Sign up online

Albright Memorial Library: For teens! Sign up online

Carbondale Public Library:For kids and teens! Sign up online

Dalton Community Library: stop by the library to sign up!

Lackawanna County Children’s Library: For kids birth through age 12! Read Sign up online

Library Express: For kids and teens! Sign up online

Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library: For kids and teens! Sign up online

North Pocono Community Library: For kids and teens! Sign up online

Taylor Community Library: For kids and teens! Sign up online

Valley Community Library: For kids and teens! Sign up online

Albright Memorial Library Teens

Teen Reading Lounge Talk Show

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Post date May 16, 2014
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Check out the Scranton Public Library teens on the Teen Reading Lounge Talk Show!

Kids Nancy K. Holmes Branch Library Teens

Junior Battle of the Books

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Post date April 28, 2014
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Miss Amber is looking for a few good readers in grades 4-12 to join the Battle of the Books Team at the Nancy Kay Holmes Library this summer.

What is Jr. Battle of the Books?

Jr. Battle of the Books is a fun and competitive reading contest for readers in 4th-6th grade. Library teams will be quizzed on the 5 selected books at the end of the summer in a countywide contest on Thursday, August 7th at 5:30 PM at Marywood University’s Lynett Multimedia Room. Teams consist of 3-5 members and participants are quizzed on their knowledge of the selected books. There will be weekly team meetings throughout the summer. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team! Represent your library in this county-wide contest! Call 570-207-0764 to register for this competition!

This year, we will be reading and discussing the following books:

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman

Rules by Cynthia Lord

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

What is The Battle of the Books?

The Battle of the Books is a fun and competitive reading contest for students in grades 7-12. This contest is divided into two levels: 7th-9th grade and 10th-12th grade. Library teams will be quizzed on the 5 selected books at the end of the summer in a countywide contest on Thursday, August 14th at 5:30 PM at Marywood University’s Lynett Multimedia Room. Teams consist of 3-5 members and participants are quizzed on their knowledge of the selected books. There will be weekly team meetings throughout the summer. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team! Represent your library in this county-wide contest! Call 570-207-0764 to register for this competition!

7th-9th Grade Titles:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

10th-12th Grade Titles:
1984 by George Orwell
Shelter by Harlan Coben
Jump by Elisa Carbone
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Elinor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Sign up Deadline is Monday, July 7th

Join the team!

Miss Amber

Teens

Minute to Win It

Saturday / June 14^th / 2-4 PM

For Teens in Grades 7-12

Do you need a break from studying for finals? Try your hand at Minute to Win it Games. Minute to Win It game stations will be set up for you to test your skills. Earn as many tickets as you can at each game station. Use your tickets for a chance to win a raffle basket.

Sponsored by The Lackawanna County Library System as part of the PA Forward initiative promoting the value of libraries in the 21^st Century.
Social/Civic Literacy

Teens

Teen Reading Lounge Comes to LCLS

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Post date April 7, 2014
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Teens, you are invited to READ, DISCUSS, and CREATE at libraries around Lackawanna County. You will be provided with our own copy of each book. Yes we will discuss the chosen books, but this is more than a book discussion. Get your creative juices flowing with special projects based on the books you read.

Albright (Grades 7-12)
April 8^th – Coraline by Neil Gaimen
April 22^nd – Maximum Ride by James Patterson
May 6^th – Maximum Ride by James Patterson
May 20^th – Wrap Up Party
6-7:30 PM

Carbondale (Grades 6-12)
April 16^th – The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
May 7^th – Legend by Marie Lu
May 14^th – Legend by Marie Lu
May 28^th – The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Wrap Up To Be Announced
6:30-7:45 PM

Valley (Grades 7-12)
April 12^th – Will begin discussion of The Raft. Will try constructing boats to race down “rain gutters”
April 26^th – Will finish up with The Raft and vote on the next books we will share.
May 10^th – Ending Party

The Pennsylvania Teen Reading Lounge is a Pennsylvania Humanities Council program run by libraries around Pennsylvania. It’s a chance for you to talk about literature and the humanities in a relaxing environment.

The program is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and by federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds administered by the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries.