Getting ready for the ACT or AP Exams?

Click here to take an ACT or AP Practice test on our databases and check out the test books we have.

Teen Video Contest - Still Time to Enter

You can help win up to $3,000 for your library and a $50 gift card for yourself. Here’s how: Put together an original 1-3 minute video about why you need your library. Two age categories (13-15 and16-18).

Upload the video to YouTube by midnight April 18, 2011. Full details here, and sample video is here. If you win, we can spend the prize money in the Teen Area!

Looking for a book to read over spring break?

Check out the displays in the Teen Area. Some suggestions are here. And check out our downloadables here.

Teen Game Day - Saturday, April 23, 1:00 - 5:00pm

Bring your friends and play Rock Band and other games on our big screens! There will be board games, snacks & drinks and PRIZES!

Now that Katniss is cast, who should play Peeta and Gale?

What do you think?

Let us know!

See the Entertainment Weekly article.

Author Suzanne Collins on the casting news...

Author Suzanne Collins weighed in on the selection of Lawrence, “Jennifer’s just an incredible actress. So powerful, vulnerable, beautiful, unforgiving and brave. I never thought we’d find somebody this perfect for the role. And I can’t wait for everyone to see her play it.” From this website.

Jennifer Lawrence will play Katniss in "The Hunger Games"!

So, what do you think of this casting? And who should play Peeta? Comment and let us know what you think! The full article is here.

Dark Days of Winter Tour

This Fri., March 19, 7:00pm at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville. Authors Kimberly Derting (Desires of the Dead), Claudia Gray (Afterlife), Courtney Moulton (Angelfire) and Ellen Schreiber (Once in a Full Moon) will be there. More book and author info here.

Teen Newsletter - Check out our New Books!

Debut teen author Workman collaborates with "New York Times"-bestselling author Walter Myers on a novel about impulsive decisions, dire consequences, unlikely friendships, and second chances.

Click here to see more of our new books on the monthly Teen Newsletter. You can subscribe, too!