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New Book - Dystopian Chicago!

This book is out next week. Check out the skyline on the cover. Place your hold now.

In a future Chicago, 16-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.

New Books - Check out the Teen Newsletter!

Setting his tale against the backdrop of a high-school production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Zadoff ("Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have") explores the complexities of finding one's way through life, death, love, and high school. Check Our Catalog.

Check out the Teen Newsletter here.

Text a Librarian!

Text A Librarian!
Add 331-642-0375 to your cell phone contacts. Then, when you have a question, send it our way.*

*Available regular library hours.
*Standard texting rates will apply.

Tomorrow - Teen Game Day!

Saturday, 4/23 from 1:00-5:00pm. Come play Wii and X-Box games on our big screens. We'll also have board games, snacks and Prizes!

Are you in a Band?

This year the Elmhurst Park District will again be hosting a Battle of the Bands competition. The Battle of the Bands will be on Saturday, June 11, 2011. The event will be held from 3-7 pm at York Commons. The event will be in conjunction with a Skate Park competition.

If your Band is interesting in competing or you know a Band, please complete the application packet and return it to the program manager by April 26. More info here.

Teen Game Day - This Saturday, April 23

From 1:00 - 5:00pm in the 1st floor meeting rooms.

Come play Wii and X-Box games on our big screens. We'll also have board games, snacks and Prizes!

More "Hunger Games" Casting News

Newcomers have been cast as Thresh and Rue. See the complete EW article.

Summer Reading Programs - Days & Times

What days & times do you prefer for Summer Reading Programs? We'll have an Anime/Manga Drawing Workshop, Game Day, Anime/Movie Showing, and a dance class.
Choices:
Saturday afternoons
Monday afternoons
Monday evenings
Tuesday afternoons
Tuesday evenings
Wednedsay afternoons
Wednesday evenings
Thursday afternoons
Choose all that apply. Comment here or email us at eplteen@elmhurst.org

Teenreads Grab Bag of Books - Enter by Monday, 4/18

Every month in our Grab Bag of Books contest, five readers are awarded a Teenreads.com signature tote bag filled with some of the hottest books --- and may even include a sneak peek at titles that haven’t been released yet!
Deadline for entries is Mon., April 18th at 11:00am.

Attention Anthony Horowitz and Alex Rider Fans!

Author Anthony Horowitz of Alex Rider teen spy fame to speak in Naperville at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, in Pfeiffer Hall at North Central College. Full article here.

For details on this appearance, visit Anderson's Bookshop website, or call Anderson’s at (630) 355-2665.

Summer Reading Programs - Days & Times

What days & times do you prefer for Summer Reading Programs? We'll have an Anime/Manga Drawing Workshop, Game Day, Anime/Movie Showing, and a dance class.
Choices:
Saturday afternoons
Monday afternoons
Monday evenings
Tuesday afternoons
Tuesday evenings
Wednedsay afternoons
Wednesday evenings
Thursday afternoons
Choose all that apply. Comment here or email us at eplteen@elmhurst.org

The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide

Copies will be available Tuesday, 4/12. Add yourself to the hold list to make sure you get a copy! Click here to see a preview from Entertainment Weekly.

Tonight at 7:00pm - Meet a Civil War Surgeon

See real period medical instruments, and understand how modern medicine took lessons from the Civil War and still uses them in 21st century medicine. Details here.

'Hunger Games': Josh Hutcherson is Peeta, Liam Hemsworth is Gale. Good choices?

Check out the Entertainment Weekly article. Let us know what you think!