Calling all lovers of YA lit! Join us for a book giveaway and chat with other YA book lovers. Stop by and browse gently used young adult books and pick up something new to read, while supplies last. Free free to bring your own YA books to swap, but it is not necessary. All ages welcome, but the focus is young adult titles.
Get an early start by taking a practice test proctored and scored by Revolution Prep. Test scores will be available the following week. Test is four hours long and will be proctored online via Zoom.
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month is a month-long observance to educate and raise awareness about bullying and cyberbullying. Join us for a rally and find out how you can help the campaign against bullying. We'll be creating Care Kits and sharing a plan for students to distribute. Then we'll walk to the City Council Chambers together to support our fellow teen activists to receive a Proclamation from the Mayor. If this meeting is moved online, we will rally on Zoom and then jump to the City Council meeting. To register, email Jane Gov at jgov@cityofpasadena.net
Monday, October 4 • 5 p.m. • Day One OR Zoom
Day One is located on 175 N Euclid Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101
Out of the Pantry
Cooking class for teens. Cook up a tasty dish with ingredients from the pantry.To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we will be making pumpkin empanadas. Teens only. Supplies are available for pickup from Hastings Branch Library or La Pintoresca Branch Library. Please refer to the equipment, ingredients list, and confirmation email for further instructions to ensure you're prepared for the lesson.
For ArtNight, join us for a virtual art tutorial inspired by Hispanic Heritage Month. Supplies available for pickup if needed. View the live stream at youtube.com/user/pasadenalibrary. For teens ages 12-18.
ArtCenter for Teens Scholarships First deadline for Fall quarter: Sept. 2
ACX Teens offers scholarships to those demonstrating both financial need and creative potential. Scholarships cover the full cost of one ACX Teens class. For more info, visit:
Make a simple mac & cheese pizza using ingredients from the pantry. Video and instructions on our YouTube page: https://youtu.be/u6bWugPC_Qc
CAREER CORNER
Seeking members for Well-Being Youth Advisory Group
Pasadena Library is seeking teens and young adults (ages 13-24) to serve on a youth advisory group along with our current Teen Advisory Board, but with the special interest and focus on well-being. You can read more about the basics of well-being on the CDC website. The minimum commitment will be at least one in-person meeting per month, and at least one virtual training, but we can plan on a task-by-task basis. It is estimated to be 2-3 working meetings per month from September 2021-August 2022 (June-Aug 2022 are tentative). This is a planning and piloting team who will help our organizations develop a curriculum that will be used in future years. Some of the tasks to look forward to are:
developing and piloting a volunteer storytime training program
developing Well-Being Education Kits and at-home project kits
advising and selecting new items for people to checkout from the library
piloting and promoting a community-wide Well-Being Curriculum
If interested, email Jane Gov at jgov@cityofpasadena.net
FEATURED BOOKS
Girl on the Line by Faith Gardner
review by Giselle Carlos, age 16
*TRIGGER WARNING* The novel does mention suicide, self-harm, drugs, mental illness. The story is phenomenal, providing its readers with a newfound lust for life, an understanding that we are not our labels. Faith Gardner’s Girl on the Line is a heart-wrenching and relatable story recommended for those 14 and up.
Journey Smith is a girl with big feelings. And last year, those big feelings got a name: bipolar disorder. When Journey leaves the office of the cold-hearted psychiatrist with a new label for herself and a prescription for a bottle of large, neon-pink pills, she feels free. Her new diagnosis might make her understand herself better, but what she doesn’t expect, is for it to make her feel worse. ...