Thursday, August 28, 2014

New YA Books - September 2014 (Part 1)

We've got lots of great new titles added to our YA collection this month....so many that we'll have to break it up into two parts!! Stay tuned for Part 2!

YA FIC COLFER
FBI agent Chevie Savano escapes into the past to elude the secret police after they kill Charles Smart just as he is telling her of the WARP program. She and Riley team up to find Colonel Clayton Box before he can launch missles at the capitals of Europe.

YA FIC DASHNER
Michael completed the Path only to have everything he'd ever known about his life--and the world--completely turned upside down. He’s uncovered a plot created by insidious virtual organization VirtNet that will populate Earth entirely with human bodies harboring tangent minds. Any gamer who sinks into the VirtNet risks coming out with a tangent intelligence in control of their body. And the takeover has already begun.

RumbleRumble by Ellen Hopkins
YA FIC HOPKINS
Eighteen-year-old Matt's atheism is tested when, after a horrific accident of his own making that plunges him into a dark, quiet place, he hears a voice that calls everything he has ever disbelieved into question.

Into the Grey by Celine Kiernan
Into the GreyYA FIC KIERNAN
After a horrific fire, twin brothers Patrick and Dom are forced to move to a summer cottage with their family in 1970’s Ireland. When the brothers realize their nightmares of a “goblin boy” are actually real, they must uncover family secrets and forge strange alliances in order to escape with their lives.

Six feet over itSix Feet Over It by Jennifer Longo
YA FIC LONGO
When fourteen-year-old Leigh's father buys a graveyard and insists she work there after school, she learns much about life, death, and the power of friendship.

NilNil by Lynne Matson
YA FIC MATSON
Transported through a "gate" to the mysterious island of Nil, seventeen-year-old Charley has 365 days to escape--or she will die.

Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
MarinaYA FIC RUIZ-ZAFON
When Oscar and the mysterious Marina decide to follow a woman in black, they begin a journey that transports them to a forgotten postwar Barcelona--a world of aristocrats and actresses, inventors and tycoons—and reveals a dark secret that lies waiting in the mysterious labyrinth beneath the city streets.
Play me backwards

Play Me Backwards by Adam Selzer
YA FIC SELZER
A promising and popular student in middle school, Leon Harris has become a committed "slacker" but with graduation approaching and his middle school girlfriend possibly returning to town, Leon's best friend Stan, who claims to be Satan, helps him get back on the right track…for a price.

YA BIO KAHLO
Nontraditional, controversial, rebellious, and politically volatile, the Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are remembered for their provocative paintings as well as for their deep love for each other.
Up for sale : human trafficking and modern slavery

YA 306.362 BEH
Up for Sale tackles human trafficking and modern slavery around the world, from forced labor to sexual exploitation. It offers heart-wrenching personal accounts from survivors and information about the global fight against human trafficking.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

New Fall Volunteer Opportunities!


ATTENTION TEENS!

Are you looking to earn community service hours?
Want to have fun and help the West Caldwell Public Library at the same time?

Why not sign up to assist with our library events!

We are looking for volunteers 14-18 years old to provide help with our fall activities & programs.

For more information or to sign-up, please

contact the Reference Department, call 973-226-5441 or email wcalref@westcaldwell.bccls.org.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR:

·        Weekly programs like Rhyme Time, Library Stars and Little Bookworms

·        Special programs like Seasonal Discovery with the Essex County Environmental Center, Dance and Sing with Mr. Justin, and International Game Day

Monday, August 25, 2014

Announcing the 2014-2015 NJ Mock Trial Competition


Your school is invited to enter the New Jersey State Bar Foundation's High School Mock Trial Competition.

Not just for students that are interested in becoming lawyers, each year the Mock Trial competition encourages students to expand their reading, writing, and speaking skills, and learn about our system of justice.

Click here for more information on how your school can be a part of this program this upcoming school year!

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

2015 Garden State Teen Book Awards


Let your voice be heard! 

Teens all across NJ are invited to vote for their favorite book title in any one or all three voting categories, Non-Fiction (Grades 6-12), Fiction (Grades 6-8), and Fiction (Grades 9-12). See past winners and nominated titles here.

Deadline for voting is December 31, 2014 and winners will be announced in January 2015!

Click on the link and vote today: http://njla.org/gstba2015

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Are you ready for....BAD MOVIE BINGO?!


Join us for an amazingly bad film & play our Bad Movie Bingo Game! Spot the horror movie clichés for a chance to win a prize!

Featuring one of the worst movies ever made! 

Open to Teens in Grades 6-12. The film is rated PG-13. 

Sign-up by calling 973-226-5441 or registering online at http://bccls.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=22092&lib=149


Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Calling all High School poets!

Studio 360's Battle of the High School Bards


Calling all high school poets! NPR's Studio 360 has announced a Summer Poetry Challenge to feature the work of students in grades 9-12. Check out the link for more information and how to enter! 

http://www.studio360.org/story/studio-360s-summer-poetry-challenge-battle-high-school-bards/


Wednesday, August 6, 2014

So close......

The tension is almost KILLING West Caldwell Public Library staff as they select our Teen Summer Reading Program winners!





Monday, August 4, 2014

TEEN SUMMER READING PROGRAM: FINAL SCIENCE TRIVIA QUESTION!!!



All summer long, we've been posting science Trivia Questions on our blog and Facebook page for our Teen Summer Reading Program.....THIS WEEK IS OUR FINAL QUESTION!!!

SCIENCE TRIVIA CHALLENGE: FINAL QUESTION! 


Who invented the jet engine?

If you are a West Caldwell resident between 12-18 years old, send the answer with your name, email and grade in school to wcalref@westcaldwell.bccls.org and be entered into a drawing for great prizes!!

Congrats to the winner of the WEEK 6 Science Trivia Challenge! The correct answer to the question "What is the longest bone in the human body?" is the femur (thighbone)!