December Teen Schedule

Posted by on December 6, 2011

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No Couch Potatoes Needed [11–18 years] Physical Therapist Natalie Sykes leads you in stress relieving aerobics, martial arts or meditative exercises. Learn to make healthy snacks at each program. ■ The Edge Thu    Dec 8, 22    3:30–4:30 pm Save Your Self  [12–18 years] Get inspired, educated and empowered at this series of monthly guest speakers. [...]

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2011 National Book Award: Young People’s Literature

Posted by on December 5, 2011

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The National Book Award is an American literary prize given to writers by writers and administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization. There are prizes awarded in the categories fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young people’s literature. See all the winners here. The winner of the Young People’s Literature award is: Inside Out & [...]

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Teen Musicians Wanted

Posted by on November 14, 2011

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It’s a great time to be a young musician in Topeka! There are awesome opportunities for all levels of voice and instrumental performers to show off their skills.

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Wrestlemania Reading Challenge

Posted by on October 25, 2011

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Get extreme and do the 2011 Wrestlemania Reading Challenge! Read five books, graphic novels, or magazines between October 25 and November 1 and fill out the log to win a WWE poster.

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Teens 2011 Top Ten Books

Posted by on October 24, 2011

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The Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. Nominators are members of teen book groups in sixteen school and public libraries around the country. The top twenty-five nominations are posted online during National Library Week, and teens across the country vote on their [...]

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Book Review: Wrapped

Posted by on October 3, 2011

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Agnes Wilkins dreams of adventure beyond the boring society parties that take up most of her time. When one of the parties features a real Egyptian mummy as a parlor amusement, Agnes finds an artifact in the wrapping that propels her into a dangerous mystery.

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Book Review: Divergent

Posted by on September 24, 2011

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Divergent by Veronica Roth Beatrice has a gut-wrenching decision to make. At sixteen, she must choose which faction of her dystopian society she will join for the rest of her life. She has always lived in the Abnegation sector where everyone puts the needs of others ahead of their own. And while she loves the [...]

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Book Review: Ruby Red

Posted by on September 5, 2011

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A time traveling gene runs in Gwen’s family, pulling the gene carrier uncontrollably into the past sometime during their sixteenth year. Everyone expects Gwen’s cousin Charlotte to become the time traveler, so Gwen is shocked when she is the one that feels the warning symptoms of time travelling at age sixteen instead of her cousin.

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For Teens, By Teens: TAB Gavel an Original

Posted by on September 4, 2011

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The sound of a gavel calls Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library’s Teen Advisory Board (TAB) to order. But the gavel that TAB president, Colleen Kelly, uses isn’t just some run-of-the-mill gavel. This gavel was hand-carved by one of TAB’s very own members. Learn about this unique gift to the library’s Teen Advisory Board.

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DC Comics Relaunch

Posted by on August 15, 2011

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DC comics is making big changes to the DC Universe in September 2011 by restarting 52 of their titles.  Popular comic books like Superman, Batman, Green Lantern and Justice League will be going back to issue number 1.  The new versions are supposed to introduce readers to a more modern and diverse DC Universe and [...]

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Sync YA Audiobooks

Posted by on June 27, 2011

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Do you listen to Young Adult audiobooks? If not, this summer is a perfect time to start! You can check out audiobooks from the library and check out the SYNC program.

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