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“If you’re good at it, and you love it, and it helps you nav­i­gate the river of the world, then it can’t be wrong.”
― Sher­man Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Fel­low­ship of the Book
Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 11, 2012 1-2pm

Junior is a bud­ding car­toon­ist grow­ing up on the Spokane Indian Reser­va­tion.  Deter­mined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his trou­bled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mas­cot.  This story, based on the author’s own expe­ri­ences, chron­i­cles the con­tem­po­rary ado­les­cence of one Native Amer­i­can boy as he attempts to break away from the life he thought he was des­tined to live.

Join us to read and dis­cuss The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sher­man Alexie. Copies of the book can be picked up at the Ref­er­ence desk after registering.

When the hol­i­days are over and you need some­thing to do, come along on a jour­ney to explore some great teen fic­tion! On Sat­ur­day, Jan­u­ary 14, we’ll be dis­cussing Miss Peregrine’s Home for Pecu­liar Chil­dren by Ran­som Riggs. Stop by the Fair­field Lane Library’s Ref­er­ence Desk to sign up and snag a copy!

Check out what the staff of the Uni­ver­sity of San Francisco’s Glee­son Library did to cel­e­brate the hol­i­days. What’s your favorite uncon­ven­tional hol­i­day decoration?

Visit teenreads.com to pick your 5 favorite Teen books of the year!

In asso­ci­a­tion with the Children’s Book Coun­cil (CBC) and Every Child a Reader (ECAR), Teenreads.com is giv­ing you a very spe­cial oppor­tu­nity to let your voices be heard by telling us your five favorite books of 2011. The five titles that receive the most votes will serve as the final­ists for the CBC’s 2012 Teen Choice Book of the Year. Once the five final­ists have been deter­mined, we will tell you where you can go vote for them. The win­ner will be announced in May 2012. [Via teenreads.com]

Click here for the nom­i­nees.

Have you read all the Twi­light books? Seen all the Twi­light movies? In the mood for para­nor­mal good­ness beyond Bella and Edward? Try these:

It’s like Twi­light but with…

Ghosts

The Medi­a­tor series by Meg Cabot
Book One: Shad­ow­land

Were­wolves

Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Mag­gie Stief­vater
Book One: Shiver

Demons

Mor­tal Instru­ments series by Cas­san­dra Claire
Book One: City of Bones

A Hot Mon­ster

Beastly by Alex Flinn

Psy­chics

Caster Chron­i­cles by Kami Gar­cia and Mar­garet Stohl
Book One: Beau­ti­ful Creatures

More Psy­chics

The Immor­tals series by Alyson Noël
Book One: Ever­more

Were Crea­tures and a Pixie King

Need by Car­rie Jones

What’s your favorite non-Twilight super­nat­ural book?

Join us on the sec­ond Sat­ur­day of the month!
1:00–2:00 p.m. at the Fair­field Lane Library

Decem­ber 10 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Jan­u­ary 14 Miss Peregrin’s Home for Pecu­liar Chil­dren by Ran­som Riggs

Feb­ru­ary 11 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sher­man Alexie

Read and dis­cuss some of the most talked about teen fic­tion selec­tions today.

Reg­is­tra­tion is required. Book can be picked up the the Ref­er­ence desk upon reg­is­tra­tion. Please call 858‑3238 for more information.

Want to go to col­lege but wor­ried about how to pay for it? Teens and par­ents are invited to learn about “Pay­ing for Col­lege” at the Hamil­ton Lane Library on Mon­day, Novem­ber 14 and at the Fair­field Lane Library on Tues­day, Novem­ber 15. Both ses­sions are 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. A Miami Uni­ver­sity admis­sions spe­cial­ist will speak about how to apply for col­lege and finan­cial assistance.

Have you heard of All Hallow’s Read? Neil Gaiman started it with a sim­ple idea: give some­one a scary book to read on Hal­loween. It can be used or new, for an adult or a child. For more infor­ma­tion visit the web­site and check out this list of sug­ges­tions avail­able at the Lane Libraries for a vari­ety of ages:

The Dan­ger­ous Alpha­bet by Neil Gaiman

Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet by Diane deGroat

Mon­ster Blood by R. L. Stine

Fat Vam­pire: A Never Com­ing of Age Story by Adam Rex

The Lane Libraries are rolling out an alter­na­tive method of pay­ment for cash-strapped teens with fines: sweat equity. For every 30 min­utes worked, the library will reduce your fines by $3.70. Sound too good to be true? Check out the details here.