Final weekly winners, plus more recommended reads!

Saturday was the last day to turn in Recommended Read entries for summer reading. Since we received so many great recommendations throughout the program, I'm going to continue to highlight the books you enjoyed this summer. First up are our final two weekly winners for summer reading:

 

Kailey recommends The Nancy Drew Files: The Black Widow by Carolyn Keene: "It is very interesting. The mystery will keep you on the edge of your seat. I couldn't stop reading it!"

Emma recommends Wonder by R.J. Palacio: "It shows that you shouldn't judge people because it hurts their feelings. It also shows how others feel in the book."

Kailey and Emma both win $10 Target gift cards!

Hannah recommends Legend by Marie Lu: "It is a dystopian work, different than others, which tells of a North America different than the United States we now know. The characters and setting are very interesting."

Celine recommends Across the Universe by Beth Revis: "This book is about a girl who her and her parents believe that there will once be a new planet. When the girl wakes up she's alone with a guy in a small room. She also discovers someone tried to murder her while asleep."

Tanya recommends The Kane Chronicles: The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan: "Really, the sequel to these chronicles was awesome! The challenge of awakening Ra, then finding he had gone senile over the last couple of eons made me want to read more!"

Teddy recommends Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: "I recommend this book because it is exciting and is a very good story."

Deniz recommends Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys: "It takes on a completely different perspective on WWII: people being deported by the Soviets. There are always books being made on Jewish people being deported by the Germans, but this was a completely different point-of-view and allows readers to see how other people were affected by the war."

Olivia recommends The Slippery Slope by Lemony Snicket: "It is very interesting. The plot is full of mystery and suspense. On every page something new and exciting is happening. Just when you think a person is safe from the villian, he catches them again. I would rate this book 5 stars. I love it."

Glorielly recommends A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks: "It's totally romantic and 10x better than the movie. Although most of it is nowhere near realistic is always good and fun to read through these fantasies of Nicholas Sparks' romance books."

Serena recommends Black Boy, White School: "It's about racism and how growing up in a different environment can change how people look at others and society. It's filled with life lessons and written perfectly."

Marissa recommends Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs: "It is very intriguing and mystifying."

Teen Crafts and Book Tasting this week

We have a couple teen programs coming up this week. Tomorrow afternoon is Teen Crafts at 3 p.m. We will reuse maps from old atlases to make recycled flowers:










If you missed our previous Teen Crafts session in June, you can still make your own map buttons too!

On Wednesday night, join us for a Book Tasting at 7 p.m. You'll be able to skim books in a variety of genres and hopefully come away with at least one title you're interesting in reading!

Book recommendations for teens, by teens

Let's start off with our two latest winners in the weekly gift card drawings:

Bailey recommends The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak: " It had lots of figurative language and was narrated in an interesting way."

Deniz recommends The Key to the Golden Firebird by Maureen Johnson: "It is a heart-warming story of how three sisters cope with the death of their father. They each handle it in different ways and separate from each other, but in the end, the love of family never ceases, and brings them back together. It's a very cherishable story."

Bailey and Deniz both win $10 Target gift cards! Get your recommendations in -- we will have one more drawing at the end of this week! 

Grace recommends Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: "It's about four sisters who are just regular girls and all the adventures they had together."

Teigan recommends The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter: "This story gives you a different look at the Greek gods and how they interact in Kate's life. You also see Hades as a different person and hear how it really went when he kidnapped Persephone."

Shane recommends City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare: "The series is about Shadowhunters who are of angel descent and they fight demons."

Jennifer recommends Tempest by Julie Cross: "It is exciting, it's a romantic book. It has to do with the CIA and about people time-traveling."

Brooke recommends 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson: "The library reading program this year is all about travel and so is the book. The main character Ginny goes on a long travel that her aunt sends her on."

Aynur recommends Bakuman by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata: "It talks about their different goals and dreams and what they do to achieve it. Also, it tells you to keep trying even if you failed or a family member failed."

Merci recommends Salvation by Anne Osterlund: "It's a romantic story between the most popular guy falling for the girl that is the walking disaster of high school."

Aiden recommends The Loners by Lex Thomas: "It has high intensity, and is very hard to put down."

Daniel recommends The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan: "It is action-packed and makes you think. It's full of suspense and awesome to the end. I can't wait to read the next book!"

Want a good book to read? Teens recommend...

Here are the books recommended by last week's weekly winners:

Bhavya recommends Where the Mountains Meet the Moon by Grace Lin: "It's a magical tale about a girl and a dragon's friendship. It's a good read for people who like fantasy."

Rose recommends The Year the Wolves Came by Bebe Faas Rice: "It is a really good book and also it is a mysterious book. It is awesome book and I know lots of people will like it."

Keep reading for even more recommendations:

Celine recommends The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen:
"This story is a heart warming book because it tells about a girl who loves to run but from a terrible accident loses her foot. The girl learns the meaning of life and to never give up throughout the story.

Glorielly recommends Dork Diaries 6: Tales of a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker by Rachel Renee Russell:
"It's really funny, and pretty realistic too when it comes to teenage dramas like boys, bullies, and popularity."

Deniz recommends Pieces by Chris Lynch:
"It is a touching story of a grieving brother who wants to meet the people his dead brother's organs have helped. He had just wanted to meet them, but he ends up creating a weird bond with all of them…"

Shane recommends Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare:
"It is about a girl named Tessa who was kidnapped and got help from a shadowhunter named Will and she tries to find out who or what she is."

Aiden recommends Dead Cat Bounce by Nic Bennett:
"It was almost impossible to put down, has lots of suspense. Takes modern day life and turns it into an adventure."

Nathan recommends Fractured Fables:
"It was a very interesting and fresh look at classic stories."

Book recommendations for teens, by teens

Enrique recommends Shadowlands by Kate Brian: "The book is great. It got me engaged as soon as I picked up the book. It's a great book, it always keeps me thinking of what will happen next."

Stephanie recommends Keep Holding On by Susane Colasanti: "It really shows how everything you do and say can affect anyone and even destroy a life of a person. Also how to stand up for yourself and not let people bully you."

Deniz recommends A World Away by Nancy Grossman: "It gives the reader a different atmosphere. I've personally never read a book from an Amish person's point of view, so it was definitely an experience that I'm glad I read about. I'm sure others would feel the same way!"

RJ recommends Son by Lois Lowry: "It ties all the books together, it's magical, mysterious, adventurous, and answers all the questions you have had for the series."

Bailey recommends The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen: "It has lots of adventure. Great fully-developed characters and a GIGANTIC plot twist that I did not see coming!

Mia recommends Divergent by Veronica Roth: "The word choice is really descriptive and it helps make the book really suspenseful. You'll never want to put it down!"

Summer reading weekly winners recommend...

The winners of last week's Have Book - Will Travel drawing have some books to recommend!

Mia recommends Messenger by Lois Lowry: "The author uses a lot of imagery and figurative language that make you not want to put the book down! It also teaches you that you have the power to change your life, because Jonas used to have no freedom but now leads a free community."

Foster recommends E. Aster Bunnymind and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth's Core by William Joyce "because of the very strange and mysterious new characters and the battle at the earth's core."

Congratulations to Mia and Foster, who both win $10 Target gift cards! Keep reading the blog to read more recommendations from other teens!

Summer reading weekly winners recommend...

Teens at the library are reading books left and right this summer! We have our first two weekly winners today. They filled out Recommended Read entries for books they've enjoyed during the Have Book - Will Travel summer reading program.

Thomas recommends Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling because "it includes magic, fun, some parts are funny, but others are serious."

Merci recommends Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl: "The most lamest town is in for a surprise with the arrival of Leena Duchanes, but little does Ethan know she has magic powers. Her fate will affect the world."

Congratulations to Thomas and Merci! They will both receive a $10 gift card to Target.

Teen Crafts this Wednesday at 3 p.m.!

Sign up for our Teen Crafts program on Wednesday, June 12 at 3 p.m. We will make crafts re-using old maps.

Where do you want to travel? Select a city or geographic area and create your own buttons. Here are a few I made:

Another craft we have is a hanging geometric decoration:


How is it made? You'll have to come to the program on Wednesday to find out!