Greetings!
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
We hope that everyone has a fun and safe holiday tomorrow!
Remember that the library will be closed for the Fourth of July, but will be open normal hours for the rest of the weekend.
Get in touch with your teen librarian at
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Teen Summer Reading Update
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Teen Summer Reading is in full swing! Already, more than 90 of you have signed up and written more than 180 reviews! Someone out there has even submitted a staggering 23 reviews!!
Amazing work everyone!
For every review you write you can pick up FREE prize books from your favorite Berkeley Public Library branch. We're replenishing our troves of prize books all the time, so come on in and see what's new!
We'll also start raffling MORE prizes in just a couple weeks, so keep your eyeballs open for that as well.
You can sign up at the branch, or through our website.
All questions about Summer Reading can be answered by your favorite librarian.
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What I wrote this summer. . .
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Writing Workshop for Teens 
If you like to write you won't want to miss this! The Central Library will be hosting a series of workshops for teen writers to learn tips and tricks to make your writing better than ever, from published professionals! All these workshops will be held from 2:00 - 3:30 pm in the 3rd Floor Meeting Room at Central Library. Ages 13-17. The special guest writers are: - July 15: Stephanie Yun, poet, the 2012 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate
To register, email Erica Scheidt elscheidt@gmail.com or go to www.berkeleywritersworkshop.org
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What We Did This Summer Vacation
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Teen Librarian Jack just got back from the American Library Association Annual(ALA)Conference in Las Vegas.
This is a yearly gathering of more than 15,000 librarians from all over the country! He got sneak peeks of a lot of upcoming book and met some awesome
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Rainbow Rowell, author of
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authors!South Branch Library is getting a new Teen Librarian at the end of July named Andrea. She has also worked at North Branch. She attended the ALA Conference and came back with lots of ideas. Andrea likes to knit, read and spend time outdoors.
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GAMES @your Berkeley Public Library
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Branch Events
Every week, we offer afternoon gaming at a Berkeley Public Library location near you! Challenge your friends to one of our board or card games, or go head-to-head on our Nintendo Wii!
All middle and high school-age teens are welcome and refreshments are provided. Here's the schedule:
West Branch
Mondays-4pm-5pm
Claremont Branch Wednesdays-4pm-5pm
South Branch
Thursdays-4pm-5pm
North Branch Thursdays-4pm-5pm
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by Emmy Laybourne
A group of kids trapped together in a chain superstore build a refuge for themselves, as a series of disasters, from a monster hailstorm to a chemical weapons spill, seems to be tearing the world apart.
Dean, 16, and the older kids must cope with the standard personality conflicts and also a biochemical weapon leak that causes behavioral shifts in some of the kids. A cliff-hanger ending leaves readers devastated but breathlessly awaiting the sequel.
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Audiobooks
of the Week
by Patrick Bowman, Narrated by Gerard Doyle (Post Hypnotic Press)
by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Narrated by Jim Dale (Brilliance Audio)
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