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Welcome to our Teen Center webpage where you’ll find information and resources tailored especially for teenagers! We invite you to stop by the library to check out our young adult section. We have the classics you’ll need for school as well as a good selection of teen bestsellers, non-fiction books, biographies, and reference material. You’ll also find the latest DVD movies and our public computer center that offers free internet access. Check out the internet links below for help with homework and some sites just for fun!
SUPER SPRING 2009
SIZZLING SUMMER 2009
TEEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!
For the Summer Reading Program: Be Creative @ your Library.
Assist with the Summer Reading Programs designed to encourage students to continue reading during their vacation.
Sign up at the library and fill out a volunteer form.
TEEN ADVISORY COUNCIL
Every 4th Thursday at 6:00-7:30pm
Begins Thursday July 23
Make new friends / help the Avon Grove Library plan future teen activities!
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DRAW MANGA! CLUB
Tuesdays 6:30-7:30pm
June 30 to August 11
Hands-on learning (AND FUN!)
Register at the library. $5.00 per person materials fee. Limited to 15 students. Gardes 5 and up.
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BOOK SIGNING
Saturday June 13,
12:30pm-2:30pm
BLAME IT ON BARBARA
by: C. B. Lilley
Ages 9-13 Young Adult Author
Barbara and Jesse are charged with guarding the nation’s most valuable secrets from a group of rogue SVR agents, and they must protect them at all costs… possibly with their lives!
Before her grandmother came to town, Barbara Birnbaum was just an average seventh grader at Warren G. Harding Junior High in Clarence, Indiana. She was, in fact, what  some might describe as exceedingly average – average height, average grades, average looks, average everything. Her older brother and sister were the family favorites, above average in almost every way, and her younger brother and sister…well they were just weird. Over time, Barbara slowly blended into the background of her own life, not just at home but also at school where she was scarcely noticed by her classmates. Barbara never imagined that she could miss her old boring life, but that was before she was being hunted down by some of the world’s most dangerous villains!
In his hometown of Los Angeles, California, Jesse Jessup was a mischievous trouble-maker whose parents had long since washed their hands of him. They shipped him off to live with his grandmother in Clarence, Indiana, where he remained a mischievous trouble-maker whose parents had long since washed their hands of him. This big-city kid from California might as well have been from Moscow, since Los Angeles seemed just as foreign a place to be from to the other kids at Warren G. Harding Junior High.
Social misfits Jesse and Barbara find friendship in each other as they embark in the greatest adventure of their lives. Jesse’s fearlessness and Barbara’s keen insight make them a perfect team of temporary CIA agents as they inadvertently land themselves smack in the middle of a dangerous mission led by Barbara’s grandmother. They’ve got no one to depend on but each other as they face rogue SVR agents, dangerous thugs, mad scientists and their own insecurities in order to save themselves, their town and possibly even the world from certain destruction.
A riveting cloak-and-dagger spy caper!
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Make an Apron
A Project for Mothers and Daughters
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Ages 12 and up
Tuesday July 14 and Wednesday July 15. 1-3:00pm
Use our cloth or bring your own.
$5/ per person
Mother and daughter count as one
Limit 12. Register at library.
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Family Fun
Scavenger Hunt!
Thursday July 16, 6-7:00pm.
Search the Avon Grove Library for clues! Prizes!
Register at library. Free program.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
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Teen Night
CHOCOLATE LOVER'S EXTRAVAGANZA!
Thursday July 23 7:30-9:30pm
Learn about, make and eat chocolate. Chocolate fondue, gourmet tasting, chocolate games -- like playing bingo with M & Ms markers - and chocolate making!
$10/person non-refundable material fee. Register at library.
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Basket Making
Wednesday July 22, 6:00pm.
A tisket, a tasket, learn the art of making a basket!
For ages 10 and up.
Register at the library. $5/person nonrefundable material fee. Limited to 12 people
Adult must remain in library during program.
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Embroidery Club
Thursdays July 9-23 1-2:30pm
Always wanted to learn how to embroider but never did? Come to the library and join in the fun of learning how to embroider your own pillowcase.
$8/nonrefundable material fee
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FAMILY FUN
Learn about Astronomy
Wednesday July 29
6:30pm
ALL AGES WELCOME!
Aim for the stars! Join us for this entertaining and informative program to learn about the planets and stars.
Presented by Matt Vinciguerra, BS Astronomy Penn State.
Register at the library. This is a free program.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
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AVON GROVE LIBRARY
COMMUNITY KNITTING PROJECT
We are working on a blanket to be donated to a disabled veteran in honor of his/her service to all of us.
If you would like to knit a square, please take a pattern and ball of yarn (available at the Circulation Desk).
If you would like to help, but don't knit, please add a ball of red, white or blue yarn to the basket at the Desk.
ADOPT A PLATOON
Avon Grove Library is one of several drop off sites for “Adopt-a-Platoon,” sponsored by the West Grove-Avondale Rotary Club.
Help our troops stationed in Iraq by donating items such as: pre-paid phone cards, magazines (Sports Illustrated, Men’s Health), stationery paper, toiletries, hand sanitizer, boot socks (black or OD green), jerky, power bars, dried fruit, or pre-packaged cheese and crackers. A complete list is available, posted next to the drop off boxes placed in the main library.
These are both on-going events.
Homework Help
Having trouble with your homework??
Click on the graphic in the column to the right to link to the Chester County Library free homework help and then click on the “remote link.” You’ll need your library card number to proceed. Math, science, social studies and English tutors for grades 4-12 are available everyday from 4pm – 10pm. En Espanol available Sunday through Thursday from 4pm - 10pm.
HIGH SCHOOL ACE: This site features subject guides, reference tools, news, puzzles, quizzes, and college information.
MATH FOR MORONS LIKE US This website provides math help from Pre-Algebra through Calculus. It offers tutorials, sample problems, and quizzes.
MERRIAM-WEBSTER ONLINE DICTIONARY Get access to both the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus.
ENCYCLOPEDIA.COM This site provides more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Each article is enhanced with links to newspaper and magazine articles as well as pictures and maps.
HOW STUFF WORKS Go to this site to learn how just about everything works. Great for school reports!
LITERATURE.ORG Did you leave your book at school?? On this site you will find the full and unabridged texts of classic works of English literature.
AMERICA'S STORY FROM AMERICA'S LIBRARY This Library of Congress website is devoted to American History.
IT'S A READING RAVE This is an interactive site designed specifically for teens. It includes School Tools, Recommended Reading, Fun Facts, a Quiz to test trivia knowledge, and Cool Links to teen-centric websites endorsed by professional librarians and educators.
Great Reads
Check out these book links for some great titles for teens!
TEENREADS has reviews, reading guides, author interviews, series books, and lots more.
Young Adult Book Lists and Award Winners lists outstanding books for the college bound student and popular paperbacks for young adults.
College and Tech School Info
http://www.collegeboard.com: The College Board-SAT registration
http://www.act.org/: American College Testing-ACT registration
http://www.pacommunitycolleges.org/: Community College Information
http://www.panext.com/: Pennsylvania Next: A Guide To Life After High School in Pennsylvania
http://www.educationpennsylvania.com/: Career and Technical Schools By Career Interest
http://www.careervoyages.gov/: Career Exploration
Financial Aid and Scholarship
http://www.pheaa.org/: The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
http://www.fafsa.org/: Free Application for Federal Student Aid
http://www.studentaid.ed.gov/: Federal Student Aid for Students
Just for Fun Teen Links
ESPN Keep up-to-date on all the sports news.
Teen Ink An online magazine written by teens for teens
Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame Learn what’s going at the Rock + Roll Hall of Fame and museum.
Seventeen Read the online version of this popular magazine.
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