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The perfect fall weather for reading! The leaves are falling, the weather is getting chillier... fall is officially here! Now is the time to settle in, get cozy, and start reading! Not sure where to start? Try our brand-new Young Adult Reader's Advisory Form! Use this online form to pick the brains of our Teen Librarians - we'll provide a list of book suggestions for you, or even pick some off the shelves and hold them for you! Give it a try today: Hope to see you in the library soon! |
Cafe au Libris: Kaitlin Bevis Friday, November 5, 7:00pm Athens-Clarke County All ages welcome! Join us for a special event with local young adult author Kaitlin Bevis! Kaitlin will talk about her latest book, answer your questions about the writing process, and give a little pep talk for those of you getting ready to tackle National Novel Writing Month. Kaitlin Bevis spent her childhood curled up with a book and a pen. If the ending didn’t agree with her, she rewrote it. Because she’s always wanted to be a writer, she spent high school and college learning everything she could to achieve that goal. After graduating college with a BFA and Masters in English, Kaitlin went on to write The Daughters of Zeus series. If you haven't read it yet, you should start with Persephone, a modern day, young adult retelling of the classic Greek myth. For more information, vist Kaitlin's website: www.kaitlinbevis.com. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
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Album Art Wednesday, November 3rd, 6:00pm Athens-Clarke County Library Open to teens in Grades 6-12 What does your favorite album look like in your head? Join us as we take old CDs and turn them into works of art inspired by our favorite music! You can even link your CD to the song of your choice using a custom song QR code provided at the event, so you'll have easy access to the song that inspired your work of art! Come dressed to get messy!
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Fungi Fest: Grow Your Own Mushrooms! Thursday, November 4, 5:30-6:30pm Athens-Clarke County Library Open to ages 10-18 EcoReach UGA is returning for some fun new science! Join us for a cool presentation about different kinds of fungi and what they do in and for the world around us. Check out what a fungus looks like under a microscope, and make spore prints with different kinds of fungi! Attendees will take home a Grow Your Own Mushrooms Take-Home Kit, which includes everything you need to grow oyster mushrooms at home (safely contained inside a plastic bag)! Registration is encouraged to secure your spot; leftover kits will be available to drop-ins on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Teen Book Club Tuesday, November 9, 5:30pm Online Open to teens in grades 8-12 Our online Teen Book Club meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month. It's open to all teens in grades 8-12 in the ARLS region, and focuses on Young Adult titles. Bring your own copy or request a hold when you register! Hosted by Carley Stewart, Madison County Library Teen Staff.
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Thursday Crafternoons Every Thursday in November, 4:00-5:00pm ACCL Teen Department Teens in grades 6-12 can drop into the library for a crafting session every Thursday in September, between 4:00-5:00pm. This month, we'll be trying out: November 4: Thanksgiving Cornucopia & Thankful Gifts November 11: Origami Bookmarks November 18: Fuse Bead Creations
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Let's Talk About That: Intro to Philosophy Wednesday, November 17, 4:00-5:00pm ACC Library Open to teens in grades 6-12 Join us for a high quality, engaging discussion hosted by Michael Aaron Lindquist, a UGA Philosophy Instructor. This single-session event will preview a Spring program geared towards offering young people with inquisitive minds the chance to develop critical thinking skills with questions like: What is time? Is it ok to eat meat? Do numbers exist? The topic can vary depending on interest, but we'll have interesting and fun debates ready! Snacks provided.
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Prism @ACCL Wednesday, November 17 at 6:00pm Friday, November 19 at 4:00pm ACC Library Open to teens in grades 6-12 A positive safe space without judgement for teens who share a common vision of equality to gather and build community. Come hang out with us in the library as we talk about the issues facing diverse communities, our favorite LGBT tv shows and movies, and work on fun crafts. No registration required - just stop by to participate!
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Teen Dungeons & Dragons Thursday, November 18, 5:30pm Athens-Clarke County Library Join us for D&D, where we'll tell an amazing story and guide our characters through perilous journeys, epic battles, and heroic quests. This group will meet the third Thursday of each month. Beginners and veteran players in grades 6-12 are all welcome. Bring character at level 5, or use one of the pre-made options we'll have available for each session. Registration preferred, but not required. Masks are required. Feel free to drop in as long as the program remains in-person, but make sure to arrive on time!
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Open Chess Play Every Monday, 3:00-5:00pm Athens-Clarke County Library Want to pick up a new hobby? Stop by every Monday after school for open chess play from 3-5 pm! Learn the game or sharpen your skills while connecting with other community members! Open to all skill levels, ages 7 & up. Run by our partners at Chess & Community.
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Tutor.comFor homework help or a difficult math problem, look no further than the library's Tutor.com! Seven days a week, between 2-9pm, you can log onto Tutor.com with your library card and be connected with a tutor who specializes in your subject matter. After 9pm? Find an answer in their Resource Library, full of worksheets, lessons, and helpful videos. Provided free of charge from the Athens Regional Library System. Get to it anytime from our main website - just click on the Tutor.com logo in the upper right hand corner!
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Teen Volunteer Association First Monday of every month at 5:00pm! Athens-Clarke County Library The Teen Volunteer Association (TVA) meets on the first Monday of every month for a community outreach or volunteer project, plus optional sign-up slots available each week to shelve books, organize and prepare supplies, and even help with library programs! If you're interested in helping out at the library, giving back to your community, and joining a fun club - this could be the place for you! To join, sign up at the link above or just come to a meeting!
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The firekeeper's daughter
by Angeline Boulley
Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths
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Elatsoe
by Darcie Little Badger
"Imagine an America very similar to our own. This America been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples. Elatsoe lives in this slightly stranger America. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered, in a town that wants no prying eyes. But she is going to do more than pry"
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Hearts unbroken
by Cynthia Leitich Smith
When Louise Wolfe's boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people in front of her, she breaks things off and dumps him over e-mail. She'd rather spend her senior year with her family and friends and working on the school newspaper. The editors pair her up with Joey Kairouz, an ambitious new photojournalist, and in no time the paper's staff find themselves with a major story to cover: the school musical director's inclusive approach to casting The Wizard of Oz has been provoking backlash in their mostly white, middle-class Kansas town. As tensions mount at school, so does a romance between Lou and Joey. But 'dating while Native' can be difficult. In trying to protect her own heart, will Lou break Joey's? -- adapted from jacket
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Apple : skin to the core : a memoir in words and pictures
by Eric Gansworth
"The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." In APPLE (SKIN TO THE CORE), Eric Gansworth tells his story, the story of his family--of Onondaga among Tuscaroras--of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds. Eric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking"
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Indian no more
by Charlene Willing McManis
In 1957, ten-year-old Regina Petit's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and forced to leave Oregon, but in Los Angeles her family faces prejudice and she struggles to understand her identity as an Indian far from tribal lands. Includes historical photographs and notes
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The marrow thieves
by Cherie Dimaline
In a world where most people have lost the ability to dream, a fifteen-year-old Indigenous boy who is still able to dream struggles for survival against an army of "recruiters" who seek to steal his marrow and return dreams to the rest of the world
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An indigenous peoples' history of the United States for young people
by Debbie Reese
"Going beyond the story of America as a country "discovered" by a few brave men in the "New World," Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reveals the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity. The original academic text is fully adapted by renowned curriculum experts Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza, for middle-grade and young adult readers to include discussion topics, archival images, original maps, recommendations for further reading, and other materials to encourage students, teachers, and general readers to think critically about their own place in history"
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Contact Us
Jen Schumann Teen Services Coordinator (706) 613-3650 x323 Elizabeth Hood ACCL Teen Services Lead (706) 613-3650 x363 Teen Services Desk (706) 613-3650 x329
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