Fall into YA!

Wrapping up Summer!
Cover Story, the Teen Summer Library Program, was a great success! Over 300 teen players registered for the program and well over 1000 reviews were turned in! The quality of reviews this year was spectacular with many teens writing the best reviews possible in hopes of earning Bonus Reviews (and bonus chances at the grand prizes). The Final Party on August 5th included pizza, games, and the much anticipated Grand Prize Drawings! Want to know who won the ipod shuffle? Portable dvd player? Check out the TeenLinks website for a complete list of winners!

Falling into Fun!
While the Appleton Public Library will be offering a variety of different programs for teens all fall there are two big events planned for the month of October: Deborah Ellis will be visiting the Library and Teen Read Week!

Deborah Ellis is the writer of several young adult novels, including the Breadwinner trilogy. Working in cooperation with the Appleton Area School District, Deborah Ellis will be visiting the City of Appleton in early October. The Library is please that she will be speaking here on the evening of October 6th. Deborah Ellis’ inspiration for Breadwinner comes from the time she spent at Afghan refugee camps and all Breadwinner royalties are being donated to Women for Women in Afghanistan for the education of girls in the refugee camps. We are lucky to have Deborah Ellis speak at the library in what is sure to be an exciting and interesting presentation.

Teen Read Week (October 16-22) is a time to celebrate teens and the library. The Library will be offering two very different programs for teens this week. On Tuesday October 18th Teens Knit! will teach teens how to knit their first scarf just in time for the weather to turn cooler. On Saturday, October 22nd the Anime for Teens film series will have a Marathon from 11-3. While film titles are still being picked teens can count on a lot of fun and food!

TLC Looking for New Members!
The Teen Library Council (TLC) will resume regular monthly meetings in the fall. TLC members advise the library on teen trends and interests. Members also work closely with the Young Adult Librarian as volunteers for the teen summer library program. There will be an Open Meeting in September for any teens interested in finding out more about the Teen Library Council.

All teen programs are funded by grants from the Appleton Library Foundation and the Friends of the Appleton Library. For more information, dates, and times of all the programming available to teens at Appleton Public Library visit our website, TeenLinks, at http://teen.apl.org/. If you have any questions for Paula (Young Adult Librarian) or The Teen Library Council email us at teen@apl.org.