Farmingdale Library Teens

The Mineola Public Library is holding a Volunteer Fair on Friday, July 19 from 12-3pm Representatives from volunteer organizations from around Long Island will be there. This fair is open for those grades 8-12 onl y You can call the library at 516-746-8488 for more information

YALSA Announced the 2013 Teens’ Top Ten Nominations. You can vote after the summer, so read now!  Albin, Gennifer. Crewel. In a futuristic world, Spinsters are women with the power to weave everything into form, whether it be food, buildings, or peoples’ very lives. Adelice Lewys has this talent, and she is whisked away into a world of luxury and elegance because of it. Although it is often advertised at the perfect life, it is far from it as things are never how they seem.  Banks, Anna. Of Poseidon. Emma has never really questioned her ability to communicate with fish, her strange violet eyes, or her awkwardness on land, but when her best friend, Chloe, dies in a shark attack and the attractive,mysterious Galen keeps showing up in her life, Emma soon learns that she belongs in a different world one that is underwater. In the meantime, Galen, the prince of the Syrena, must learn why Emma seems to not quite fit in with either the humans or the Syrena while battl...

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June is National GLBT Month. Read a book about a GLBT Teen: Beam, Chris    I am J   YA Fic Beam J, who feels like a boy mistakenly born as a girl, runs away from his best friend who has rejected him and the parents he thinks do not understand him when he finally decides that it is time to be who he really is. Burd, Nick   The Vast Fields of Ordinary     YA Fic Burd  The summer after graduating from an Iowa high school, eighteen-year-old Dade Hamilton watches his parents' marriage disintegrate, ends his long-term, secret relationship, comes out of the closet, and savors first love. Cook,  Trish    Notes from the Blender   YA Fic Cook Two teenagers--a heavy-metal-music-loving boy who is still mourning the death of his mother years earlier, and a beautiful, popular girl whose parents divorced because her father is gay--try to negotiate the complications of family and peer relati...

Here's the complete list of winners below: Top Artist Taylor Swift Top New Artist One Direction Top Male Artist Justin Bieber Top Female Artist Taylor Swift Top Duo/Group One Direction Top Billboard 200 Artist Taylor Swift Top Hot 100 Artist Maroon 5 Top Rap Artist Nicki Minaj Top Digital Songs Artist (tie) Carly Rae Jepsen Taylor Swift  Top Radio Songs Artist Rihanna  Top Touring Artist Madonna Top Social Artist Justin Bieber Top Streaming Artist Nicki Minaj Top Pop Artist One Direction  Top R&B Artist Rihanna  Top Country Artist Taylor Swift  Top Rock Artist fun.  Top Latin Artist Jenni Rivera Top Dance Artist Madonna  Top EDM Artist David Guetta  Top Christian Artist tobyMac  Top Billboard 200 Album Taylor Swift – “Red”  Top Pop Album Adele – “21″  Top R&B Album Rihanna – “Unapologetic”  Top Rap Album Nicki Minaj – “Pink Friday: Roman Relo...

The 2013 Children's & Teens Book Choice Awards were announced on May 13. Here are the winners: KINDERGARTEN TO SECOND GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR Nighttime Ninja by Barbara DaCosta THIRD GRADE TO FOURTH GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR Bad Kitty for President by Nick Bruel FIFTH GRADE TO SIXTH GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess by Rachel Renée Russell TEEN BOOK OF THE YEAR The Fault in Our Stars by John Green AUTHOR OF THE YEAR Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7: The Third Wheel ILLUSTRATOR OF THE YEAR Robin Preiss Glasser for Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet 

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Review by E.C.             Like always, John Green appeals to the slightly sarcastic teenager, though his books can be — and should be — read by any age. The novel introduces Hazel Grace Lancaster, a sixteen year old girl with stage 4 Thyroid Cancer, going to group therapy meetings in the literal heart of Jesus (or, rather, the  basement of a church, and they're right in the middle of the cross). There she meets Augustus Waters, who had been diagnosed with osteosarcoma and, as a result, lost his right leg. But the pair are not to be trifled with: instantly there's a connection, followed by an impromptu trip to Amsterdam so that Hazel can meet Peter Van Houten, the author of her favorite novel, followed by love that bloomed in the attic of Anne Frank's house.             This novel teaches the reader that the sky is not the lim...