Monday, June 13, 2011

Board Games from Around the World!

We've got not one but TWO game nights this week for teens!

Tuesday at 6, it's International Board Game Night, we're we have board games on display, with an emphasis on games from around the world!

Then on Thursday at 6, we'll have a traditional Game Night with Nintendo Wii and Guitar Hero!

Come out and see us!

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Summer Reading Club is Here!

Sign up now for RPL Summer Reading Club! Get free stuff, and a chance at a Kobo Ereader or other great prizes!

Plus check out our Teen programming!

This Thursday we'll watch Whale Rider (PG-13) at 6 pm.  Then come Saturday to our Teen Anime Club at 1 pm!

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

This Thursday: Teen Trivia

It's game show night this Thursday at the Teen Scene! At 6 in the RPL Community Room, we'll have a geography based team Jeoparody game to celebrate the start of summer reading club: You Are Here! Get more info about Summer Reading Club, plus other games and fun as well!

Sign up for Summer Reading Club starting this Saturday, June 4th, at our Summer Reading Club Kickoff!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

This Thursday

This Thursday's Teen event theme is "Party Games." Charades, limbo, etc. Come and have some fun!

BTW, if you want to volunteer this year in the Teen Scene for Summer Reading Club, submit your volunteer application now! If you've submitted your application, but haven't received your summer training, email or call me now! (eday at rogersark.org)

Friday, May 20, 2011

Teen Zombie Books

Did you know May is Zombie Awareness Month? The CDC has been taking action to keep you informed, and so is your local Library. Check out these books and be prepared when the dead walk up to your doormat!

Rot and Ruin by Johnathan Mayberry
In a post-apocalyptic world where fences and border patrols guard the few people left from the zombies that have overtaken civilization, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura is finally convinced that he must follow in his older brother's footsteps and become a bounty hunter.

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.


Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
When dead teenagers who have come back to life start showing up at her high school, Phoebe, a goth girl, becomes interested in the phenomenon, and when she starts dating a "living impaired" boy, they encounter prejudice, fear, and hatred.


Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
A mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton--and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy.


You are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay
Megan Berry, a Carol, Arkansas, high school student who can communicate with the Undead, must team up with her childhood friend Ethan to save homecoming from an army of flesh-hungry zombies.


Zombie Blondes by Brian James
Each time fifteen-year-old Hannah and her out-of-work father move she has some fears about making friends, but a classmate warns her that in Maplecrest, Vermont, the cheerleaders really are monsters.


Zombies vs Unicorns compiled by Holly Black and Justin Larbalestier
Twelve short stories by a variety of authors seek to answer the question of whether zombies are better than unicorns.


World War Z by Max Brooks
By the author of the Zombie Survival Guide, this book chronicles the world at war with the undead.