​Teen Book Club

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Calling all Teens 
in Grades 7 through 10!!

The APL Teen Book Club is continuing in 2020!

Our meeting will be on
Thursday, February 13 from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

​We will have pizza and discuss the book, 

Stormbreaker
by Anthony Horowitz

​Meet the orphan turned teen superspy who's saving the world one mission at a time—from #1 New York Times bestselling author!

​The book is available now in the library.​
Please register now by calling 693-6636,
or email:  Peggym@wlsmail.org​
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"They said his uncle Ian died in a car accident. But Alex Rider knows that’s a lie, and the bullet holes in the windshield prove it. Yet he never suspected the truth: his uncle was really a spy for Britain’s top secret intelligence agency. And now Alex has been recruited to find his uncle’s killers."

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Vote for the next book club book!
Choose your favorite from the three below and email your choice to Peggym@wlsmail.org ​

Our first book to consider for March is
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Kharram
Read the synopsis and let me know what you think.
(more books to come!)


​     Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He’s a Fractional Persian—half, his mom’s side—and his first-ever trip to Iran is about to change his life. 
Darius has never really fit in at home, and he’s sure things are going to be the same in Iran. His clinical depression doesn’t exactly help matters, and trying to explain his medication to his grandparents only makes things harder.             Then Darius meets Sohrab, the boy next door, and everything changes. Soon, they’re spending their days together, playing soccer, eating faludeh, and talking for hours on a secret rooftop overlooking the city’s skyline. Sohrab calls him Darioush—the original Persian version of his name—and Darius has never felt more like himself than he does now that he’s Darioush to Sohrab.
 
Adib Khorram’s brilliant debut is for anyone who’s ever felt not good enough—then met a friend who makes them feel so much better than okay.
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Vote for the next book club book!
Choose your favorite from the three below and email your choice to Peggym@wlsmail.org ​

CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS: a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. She's a Big Deal, and she likes it that way. Sometimes Cracker remembers when she was younger, and her previous owner would feed her hot dogs and let her sleep in his bed. That was nice, too.
Rick Hanski is headed to Vietnam. There, he's going to whip the world and prove to his family and his sergeant -- and everyone else who didn't think he was cut out for war -- wrong. But sometimes Rick can't help but wonder that maybe everyone else is right.
When Cracker is paired with Rick, she isn't so sure about this new owner. He's going to have to prove himself to her before she's going to prove herself to him. They need to be friends before they can be a team, and they have to be a team if they want to get home alive.
Told in part through the uncanny point of view of a German shepherd, Cracker! is an action-packed glimpse into the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a dog and her handler. 

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Next  book to consider for March 12 is
To all the Boys I've Loved Before
by Jenny Han. 
Here's the synopsis:
What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them…all at once?
Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control.
​Hilarious and poignant, 4.6  Stars on Amazon! 

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​the best books for teens.

Kanopy offers a collection of films ranging from documentaries, indie and foreign films to must-see classics and blockbuster movies.

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OUR BOOK TALK FOR YOUNG ADULTS AND ADULTS WENT SO WELL!
C. B.  LYALL came and read some passaages from her book, 
THE ​VIRUS OF BEAUTY
We discussed the story, the making of the story, and the process of getting it published.

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What a GREAT program we had this summer!!
We had Bob Kelly of the Westchester Astronomy Club come and speak about the Space Program's
NEAR DISASTERS & AMAZING SUCCESSES!

Next Marisa came and gave us
​            Ancient Stories of the Stars with Marisa
​AND
We Launched Rockets!
On July 25th
Learned How to Facepaint   
&
Created (& Ate!) Chocolate Galaxy Bark  
                                         

  August 1st was
Movie Night: Guardians of the Galaxy
This show finished at 8:45, after regular library hours. Teens were locked in the library during the showing!
                                                               
  August 8th, our Finale

​We had Games Night
We played All Things Space Jeopardy
and then shot rubber rockets
through the holes in the game board.
Everyone had a blast, if you'll excuse the pun.

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Check out these web links…

Comics Plus is an online streaming service that provides access to thousands of digital graphic novels, comic books and manga.

Freegal is a downloadable music service that you can access using your Westchester Library card.

Hoopla offers patrons instant streaming or temporary downloading of digital video, music and audiobooks. Open an account with your library card and you're ready to browse.

Encylopedia Britannica for high school students. Helps students get quick facts and in-depth information on a wide variety of subjects. Start research projects with multiple resources in one place and find multimedia to use in projects and presentations.

The Learning Express Library School Center offers high school students free practice lessons and study aids to help them do their best in their courses.

Geared towards high school students, the leading resource for accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish.

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