It's an Ad-Venture

Advertisments really are everywhere...even on your backpack! Do flashy ads on your favorite websites bug you? Do we really need ads to read while riding the bus? Check out http://www.admongo.gov/ and go on a real-life adventure to learn what you're being sold and what you can do about it. Or leave a note in the comments telling us about the most annoying ad you've seen lately.

Are You an Otter?

Okay, maybe not that kind. KCLS is launching OTRs, or Online Teen Readers, for those of you who love books but don't have a lot of time to share the love. Chat online with others who share your love of books, hear more about favorite authors, and meet real-live authors at events just for OTRs.

We are launching TOMORROW with a special author visit by Laurie Halse Anderson, who will be visiting the Mercer Island Library via Skype. I know Mercer Island is a bit of a trek for you Rentonites, but this is an author you won't get many chances to meet and registration is still open! Contact the Mercer Island Library for details and to register, and check Facebook or the blog for more OTR information in coming months!

I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree

Hey, young poets! Want to earn CA$H for your creativity? King County Library's Rhyme On! teen poetry contest runs through April 30. Check out http://www.kcls.org/rhymeoncontest/ for all the details.

Not a poet but still feeling the itch of creativity? Renton Libraries' teen zine still needs submissions of *your* artwork, comics, song lyrics, short stories, and other kinds of literary rambling. Bring your creations (a clean photocopy is fine) to either the Renton or Renton Highlands Library to turn them in. We'll be putting together our inagural edition during this summer's summer reading program, so stay tuned!

Teen Tuesday

Hope you're all planning to join us

Tuesday, March 30th

for Teen Tuesday! We'll have video games, snacks, and as always, free prizes just for stopping by.

Teen Tuesdays are the last Tuesday of every month at the Highlands Library.

Renton Highlands Library

2702 NE 12th St

Renton, WA 98056

(425) 430-6790

Teen Tuesday Tomorrow!

Stop by the Highlands Library tomorrow for Teen Tuesday @ 3:00! We'll be watching the anime series Negima!? and eating Japanese snacks and goodies. There will be prizes from the (infamous) prize box, and plenty of down time to hang out and chat, so bring your friends!

Your Young Adult Librarian Recommends.....

The Maze Runner by James Dashner (YA DASHNER)
For those of you who really enjoyed Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, and are biting your nails in anticipation of the next installment due this August, here's another nail-biter that will hold you over in the meantime, and offer some new and different excitement.

Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up, with no memory, in the middle of an unfamiliar place called the Glade--a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls and a vast maze. Just like Thomas, the other Gladers don't know why or how they got there. Thomas must find his role in the community and do what he can to keep himself and the others alive in this seemingly utopian but ultimately treacherous environment.

Rick Riordan Audio Jukebox

If you are on the wait list for the next installment in the Percy Jackson series, you might like listening to an audiobook of it instead. Try them out ahead of time by listening to clips of each of the books here.

Teen Reads' Grab Bag of Books Contest!

Teen Reads is offering another contest for a chance to win a Grab Bag of Books, which includes a signature tote bag! Stop by the Teen Reads site and enter their brief contest form to win goodies! The deadline is February 10th.

Write! Create! Get Published!

Now is your chance to see yourself in print! Artists and authors in 6th through 12th grades are encouraged to submit items for publication in Renton Library’s new Teen Magazine!**

Send your submissions* (including original poems, stories, artwork, song lyrics, reviews, comic strips, personal ponderings, and more) to the Young Adult Librarian or turn them in at the Children's Desk or Information Desk!

*Submissions should include your name, grade, and contact phone number or e-mail address.

**We're also looking for a title for our Literary Mag. If you have ideas for a creative or catchy title, e-mail them to the Young Adult Librarian.

The 2010 Book Award Winners are Announced!

The American Library Association has announced the winners of the 2010 book awards for kids and teens. Here are the results for Young Adult books. Check one out today!

YALSA Printz Award Winner

Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen year-old who, after being diagnosed with Creutzfeld Jakob's (aka mad cow) disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure..

Printz Honor Books

Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 by John Barnes

Newbery Medal Winner

When You Reach Me, written by Rebecca Stead

As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.

Newbery Honor Books

Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick

2010 Morris Award (honoring a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens)

Flash Burnout written by L.K. Madigan
In a tangle of life and death, love and loyalty, 15-year-old Blake emerges with a more sharply defined snapshot of himself.