HarperCollins Publishers' First Look Teen program.

HarperCollins has a program that allows teen readers to preview books. The publisher sends Advanced Reading Copies to teen reviewers. Reviewers are selected at random. Teens need to register for the program to be eligible to review books.
For more information, check out http://www.harperteen.com/firstlook.

Teen Book Discussion coming up.

Don't forget the teen book discussion group usually meets on the first Tuesday of the month. Our next meeting is November 7. We will be discussing Pete Hautman's book, Invisible, and picking up copies of Will Hobb's book, Leaving Protection.

If you can not make the next meeting, participate in our online book discussion at http://librarybookdiscussion.blogspot.com. Pete Hautman will be answering your questions for another week or so.

NaNo WriMo.

A teen patron will be participating in the National Novel Writing Month! Participants in NanNo WriMo will write a 175 page novel during the month of November!
It looks like sign-ups have already started. Actual writing begins November 1 and ends November 30 at midnight. For more information, look at http://www.nanowrimo.org/.

Happy Teen Read Week!

We’re celebrating Teen Read Week (10/22-10/28) with some fun and exciting events!

Monday 4:00 – DDR

Tuesday 7:00 – Teen Techies

Wednesday 4:30 – YACS (craft)

Wednesday 7:00 - Getting the Most Out of Google

Thursday 6:00 - Megan Wells and the Boo-Mobile

Favorite book and 2007 theme.

YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) wants to know what you like! Vote for your favorite book on the Teens' Top Ten Ballot and choose next year's Teen Read Week theme. For more info, visit http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenreading.htm

HarperTeen Storytelling Event and Contest.

Attention writers! HarperTeens are inviting teenagers to collectively create an original short story! There's also chances to win great prizes over the course of the online event. For more information, check out http://harperteenfanlit.com/index.htm?cid=00000036&WT.mc_id=news_HipLit_Oct06.

Teen Read Week coming up!

Homer Township Public Library is celebrating Teen Read Week October 22 – 28th.
Monday, October 23 4:00 PM - Dance Dance Revolution
Tuesday, October 24 7:00 PM – Teen Techies meeting
Wednesday, October 25 4:30 PM – YAC Craft
Wednesday, October 25 7:00 PM- Getting the Most Out of Google
Thursday, October 26 6:00 PM – Boo-Mobile
Thursday, October 26 7:00 PM - Storyteller Megan Wells
For more information, please contact Alexandra Tyle at 708-301-7908

Win four tickets to the movie premiere of Eragon!

For more information, view http://www.alagaesia.com/news_moviesweeps.htm.

Teen Readers Sweepstakes.

Another chance to win something exciting!

Vote for your favorite featured Penguin title. Pick up your official ballot at the Homer Library!

• An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
• Black & White by Paul Volponi
• The Black Tatto by Sam Enthoven
• Defining Dulcie by Paul Acampora
• Jim Thorpe: Original All-American by Josephy Bruchac
• Just listen by Sarah Dessen
• Looking for Alaska by John Green
• Monster Blood Tattoo by D. M. Cornish
• Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
• Ranger's Aprrentice by John Flanagan
• Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings
• Rock Star Superstar by Blake Nelson
• The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
• S.A.S.S. Pardon My French by Cathy Hapka
• Traitor by Andy McNab and Robert Rigby
• Wait for Me by An Na

Contest ends Feb 28, 2007.

Author Fair!

We’re having an author fair on Tuesday, October 17. There will be eight authors at the event to meet and converse with patrons. Each author also has a short presentation scheduled. Authors will have copies of their books for sale and will happily sign copies. This is a great chance to purchase some new reading material!

The Voyage of Slaves Sweepstakes.

Here's your chance to win a signed collection of all twenty of Brian Jacques' Redwall and Castaways titles! Penguin Group is sponsoring this exciting (and easy) sweepstakes. For more information, look at http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/enter/jacquessweeps.html. Contest entries must be received by November 21, 2006.

Teen book reviews.

Our teen review blog has 72 teen reviews! Let's aim for 100 reviews by the end of the month.
Check out the blog at Teen Reviews.

Grimm's Grimmest: The Darker Side of Fairy Tales.

Get into the Halloween spirit with this exciting program!
Saturday, October 14 at 1:00 pm.
There will be refreshments!

Don't forget our next book discussion meeting....

it is tomorrow!
We will be discussing The Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings.