Top Picks For YA Lit!

A little bit late but here are the top picks for YA Lit from two members of our Youth Services Team!

Miss Cate's Top Picks

Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher (YA ASHER)
Clay receives a package of audio cassette tapes, when he begins to play them he hears the voice of a classmate who has committed suicide. As she explains the thirteen reasons why she killed herself, Clay learns the significance about our words and actions and how he can stop something like this from happening again. A must read for any High School student or person who works with Young Adults. 





Matched - Ally Condie (YA CONDIE) 
Cassia lives in a society that decides everything for you, what you eat, where you live and who you love. It is her matching ceremony and when she is matched with her close friend Xander she is confident that he is the one she is suppose to be with. Until another person's face, one she knows, flashes across the screen. Cassia begins to question her society for the first time to find a path that leads much darker than she thought. 
This is the first book in  the Matched Trilogy. Crossed (YA CONDIE) is the second book with the third, Reached, being released in November 2012.



Both of these books are up for  the 2013 Lincoln Awards. Read both and find out in Spring 2013, which is the winner!



Miss Mandy's Top Pick
Chicks With Sticks - Elizabeth Lenhard (YA LENHARD)
It is about four girls who are seniors in High School wondering what lies ahead for them after high school. Their friendship is tightly knitted.

Teen Read Week

Today marks the beginning of Teen Read Week! The goal of Teen Read Week is to encourage young adults to read for fun and increase awareness of library resources available for this population. 

Miss Theresa at the Oak Brook Public Library has put together an exciting week of fun activities and promotions specifically for our young adults. 

Sunday 10/14 (and throughout the week)- Candy Jar Guess for ALL AGES. Come to the Youth Services Desk to see if you can get the closet estimate to win a jar full of candy. Including Twizzlers and Sweet Tarts some of Miss Cate's favorites!









Monday 10/15 - Teen Movie Night with Popcorn! We will be hosting a showing of Mel Brook's Young Frankenstein (PG)  in the Youth Activity Room at 6:30 PM. In the movie Dr. Frankenstein's grandson (Gene Wilder), after years of living down the family reputation, inherits granddad's castle and repeats the experiments. This comedy with sci-fi elements you will be sure to enjoy. 





Tuesday 10/16 - Incredible Bats program at 6:30 in the Friend's Meeting Room. Interested in animals? Have you ever wanted to see a real bat up close? Well this is the program for you! Come find out more about these interesting animals and how beneficial they are to us and the world.  Find out more at http://www.incrediblebats.com/.





Wednesday 10/17 and Thursday 10/18 - Popcorn Study Night in Youth Activity Room from 5-9pm. Grab your friends and come finish your homework together while chowing down on popcorn at the library!







Friday 10/19 and Saturday 10/20 - Teen's Free Film Certificate with Book Check Out!
Teen's will get a FREE DVD or Video Game Rental when they check out any book at the Oak Brook Library. 
Don't know what to read? Check back later in the week for our Top Picks for Young Adult Lit. 


We look forward to seeing you at many of these events throughout the week! 

Teenwork, Teenwork! It's All About Teenwork: Volunteer as a Teenworker!

Do you love seeing a child's smile after helping them create a fantastic craft? Does tutoring a child with problems in math be something that you might enjoy doing? Then become a Teenworker at the library.

Our newest volunteer program was created especially for Teens who want to make a difference in the lives of children. You can choose to become a Crafty Teenworker who helps plan, implement and host children's programming or become a Brainy Teenworker who tutors children in a chosen subject. You can choose from a variety of subjects including social studies and math.

If you enjoy getting crafty with it or using your brain in an extraordinary way, call the Oak Brook Public Library Youth Services Department today at 630-368-7733 for more information.

Remember, It's all about Teenwork!