Seek the Unknown in our Teen Read Week display!

Visit the teen area of the Dundee Library and Seek the Unknown during Teen Read Week! In our book display, all the books are covered in brown craft paper so that you have no idea what is underneath.

I used quotes to decorate the book covers, but they only give you a general idea of what's contained in each book's pages.

Don't you want to check one out to see what's inside?

 

How about this one?

Teen Read Week

Teen Read Week is next week, October 13-19. The theme is Seek the Unknown @ Your Library.

Visit the Dundee Library or Randall Oaks Branch Library to recommend books you've recently read, enjoyed, and think other readers would like to read! Each recommendation you submit will enter you into the Teen Read Week drawing. We will draw ten names for $10 Target gift cards.

Plus, at the end of the week, we have the program Crafts for Bookworms on Saturday, October 19 at 2:30 p.m.

To go along with the theme, we will have a fun display set up in the teen area at the Dundee Library, which I will post about when the display is ready later today!

Sign up now for the WrestleMania Reading Challenge!

Are you a WWE fan? Do you want to win a trip to New Jersey to attend WrestleMania 29? If you are in grades 5-12 you are eligible to enter the WrestleMania Reading Challenge.

All you have to do is 1) write a letter to your favorite WWE superstar convincing him or her to read your favorite book and 2) pledge to read 5 books. You may read the 5 books anytime from now through April 7, 2013 (the date of WrestleMania 29).

Sign up at the Dundee Library's Information Desk and receive your entry forms. You may also download and print the forms from home:

Competitive Project Form
Pledge Form

Both forms and your letter are due to the Information Desk by Monday, November 15.

One finalist from each age group (grades 5-6, 7-8, and 9-12) at the Dundee Library will move on to the next round of judging. In January, 18 finalists from across the country will be selected to win a trip to East Rutherford, NJ, to WrestleMania 29.

Last year, the Dundee Library's own Sleepy Hollow teen Kenyan Gustafson was a winner and traveled to Miami to attend WrestleMania 28!

In November, I will also hold a drawing for a Target gift card and other prizes from all entry forms received.

Call the Information Desk or email Danielle (dpacini@dundeelibrary.info) with any questions.

Teens' Top Ten 2011

Teens, be sure to vote for books on the Teens' Top Ten 2011 list through September 15. The winners will be announced during Teen Read Week (October 16-22). Here is the list of nominees:
Drought by Pam Pachorz
I am J by Cris Beam
You Killed Wesley Payne by Sean Beaudoin
Zombies vs. Unicorns by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier
The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card
The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Love, Inc. by Yvonne Collins
Matched by Ally Condie
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
Lies by Michael Grant
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
Red Moon Rising by Peter Moore
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
The False Princess by Ellis O'Neal
Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel by James Patterson
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White