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Teen Services is Still Here for You!
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Between the Lines: A Community for Young Writers Ongoing Online Event - Open to ages 12-17 in all ARLS branchesIn this ongoing, online program, you'll have the opportunity to write in any genre, from poetry to non-fiction, and even to create podcasts or video projects. This is a great chance to expand your creative writing skills, meet other teen writers, and get valuable advice and feedback from the UGA Writing Center staff. New prompts and discussion topics will be posted every few weeks to inspire you and help make writing a daily habit. No pressure - once you join, you can participate whenever your schedule allows!
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Teen 2020 Writing Contest Deadline is December 11th, 6:00pm Athens-Clarke County Library Teen Services wants you to describe 2020 in only six words! Submit your six-word story to us by: Examples: "The world has never felt smaller." "We can make it work, together."
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Be a Biodiversity Detective Watch a presentation from UGA's EcoReach group and then go on scavenger hunt in your area, exploring your local ecosystem and learning simple facts that help you find mystery animals and plants. Then report what you find to EcoReach and contribute to their real-life online research projects! Participate on your own schedule between Dec. 4-30! Date(s): December 4-30, 2020
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Take & Make Kit: Holiday Ornaments Unleash your creativity and make your own shiny ornament to brighten up the dark winter! Stop by the library and pick up supplies to make your own during Curbside Pickup (Mon-Thurs,10am-2pm) or Grab & Go hours (Fri-Sat, 10am-6pm). Just ask for a kit when you stop by!
Date(s): Kit pickup begins at the Baxter Street Library on December 14th!
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Take & Make Kit: Mask Keepers Stop by the library and pick up supplies to make your own special mask during Curbside Pickup (Mon-Thurs,10am-2pm) and Grab & Go hours (Fri-Sat, 10am-6pm). Just ask for a kit when you stop by!
Date(s): Kit pickup begins at the Baxter Street Library on December 14th!
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The voting booth
by Brandy Colbert
Preparing to vote for the first time, Marva is indignant when she observes a fellow teen turned away from the voting booth and teams up with him to fight a corrupt system and search for a missing cat. By the award-winning author of Finding Yvonne. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Charming as a verb
by Ben Philippe
Hiding less-than-honest business practices behind his charming smile and Ivy League ambition, a popular Haitian-American star debater is blackmailed by an intense classmate who wants to improve her image at school. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Dreamland burning
by Jennifer Latham
Alternating chapters explore how race relations have changed in the past century, as Rowan Chase investigates a murder committed during the Tulsa race riot in 1921
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Superman smashes the Klan : the graphic novel
by Gene Luen Yang
When her family is targeted by the KKK after moving from Chinatown to 1946 Downtown Metropolis, misfit Roberta Lee uses her keen skills of observation to help Superman thwart a string of terrorist attacks. Original. Illustrations.
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The henna wars
by Adiba Jaigirdar
When Nishat, an Irish girl of Bengali heritage, sees her old friend Flávia again, she feels attracted, but when they both enter a school contest as henna artists, their feelings for each other become more complicated
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The big questions book of sex and consent
by Donna Freitas
Encourages readers to think about friendship, trust, and personal sexual parameters so that it can be determined if, when, and what is wanted in intimate situations
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Channel kindness : stories of kindness and community
by Lady Gaga
The global superstar and her mother collect stories from their Channel Kindness nonprofit to celebrate the quiet influence of kindness in today’s world and the examples of young people whose acts of bravery and resilience demonstrate the universal power of caring for others. 500,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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