Lexington Library Teen Services

11/29/2016

Calling all Teens! Calling all readers! The Lexington Library is starting a Teen book club where the books are decided by you, but the only draw back is there has to be a movie tie in! Below is more information on the club as well as some introductory book options.

11/28/2016

Come get the holiday cheer started early! December 8th @ 6:30 we will be decorating ornaments and having a good old time.

11/18/2016

09/13/2016

https://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseypippin/28-ya-books-you-have-to-read-this-autumn

Fantasy, sci-fi, contemporary, and SO MANY SEQUELS. [UK release dates.]

09/12/2016

It's time to vote for the second annual Teen Read Week Awards! Come by the library to cast your vote for your favorite book of the past year; this year's nominees include:

- "Unhinged" by A.G. Howard
- "I Was Here" by Gayle Forman
- "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
- "The Haunting of Sunshine Girl" by Paige McKenzie
- "Maximum Ride Forever" by James Patterson
- "The Cage" by Megan Shepherd
- "The Darkest Part of the Forest" by Holly Black
- "P.S. I Still Love You" by Jenny Han
- "Emancipated" by M.G. Reyes
- "A Mad Zombie Party" by Gena Showalter
- "The Isle of the Lost" by Melissa de la Cruz

08/24/2016

http://ncac.org/ncac-at-work/florida-parents-push-to-remove-popular-internet-girls-series-from-school-libraries

TTYL and sequel TTFN by Lauren Myracle were described by Fla. parents as telling kids “to party, drink, cuss, and do other obscene things.”

08/24/2016

"Show us your John Green-inspired tattoos" was the invitation extended to the Buzzfeed Community, but you don't need ink to participate in next week's Teen Book Club meeting! We'll be discussing and watching "The Fault In Our Stars" Wednesday, July 31 at 4:30!
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jemimaskelley/show-us-your-john-green-tattoos

08/18/2016

J.K. Rowling To Release 3 New 'Harry Potter' Books:

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08/15/2016

Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Voting is open from August 15 through Teen Read Week, which is October 9-15, 2016! The Top Ten titles will be announced the week of October 17, 2016, so check back to see the winners!
https://youtu.be/uqakh34MNc8

Visit www.ala.org/yalsa/teenstopten for a list of the nominees with annotations.

08/11/2016

Hey teen volunteers, we are now offering a new opportunity to earn volunteer hours: choose from our catalog of new fiction titles and write a comprehensive summary and review of the book. Earn volunteer hours from home! See Joanna in Teen Services for details.