Tuesday, May 22, 2007

New YA books!

Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdoch
After her father is injured, 15-year-old D.J. Schwenk takes over the lion's share of work on her family's small Wisconsin dairy farm. Between milking cows, mucking out the barn, and mowing clover, this erstwhile jock takes on training Brian, the rival high school's quarterback. Dairy Queen will appeal to girls who, like D.J., aren't girly-girls but just girls, learning to be comfortable in their own skins.
-Amy Pickett, Ridley High School, Folsom, PA amazon.com




It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
When Craig Gilner gets into Manhattan's exclusive Executive Pre-Professional High School, it's the culmination of a year of intense focus and grinding hard work. Now he has to actually attend the school with other equally high-performing students. Oops. And so the unraveling begins, with a depressed Craig spending more time smoking dope and throwing up than studying. Although medication helps his depression, he decides to stop taking it. Soon after, he makes another decision: to commit suicide. A call to a suicide hotline gets him into a psychiatric hospital, where he is finally able to face his demons.
Ilene Cooper-amazon.com

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Tie Dye

Do you want to tie dye a shirt?
Thursday, June 14
6:00 pm
grade 6 and up
Bring your own white t-shirt, pillow case, or anything cotton (and a friend).
Refreshments will be served.
To register, visit the circulation desk downstairs, call the library @ 562-2972, or email polly@wabash.lib.in.us.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

It's almost time for summer!


Join the Summer Reading Program!
May 30 - July 29
(for grades 6-12)
Read books and win prizes!
Books, Frisbees, Hacky Sacks, Bracelets, Candy, Fast Food Coupons and more!