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The Teen Zone at the Fair­field Lane Library recently added a new sec­tion for newly released books. Here’s a pic­ture! Swing by to see these new titles =)

Let your imag­i­na­tion and cre­ative energy run free! Short story and poetry entries will be accepted from April 1–30. Please visit: www.lanepl.org/teenwriting for more infor­ma­tion or to sub­mit your entry. Barnes and Noble gift cards will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place win­ners. Win­ners will be announced at our Awards Cer­e­mony on May 14 at the Fair­field Branch from 6:30–7:30 pm.

Since The Dark Knight Rises was released on Tues­day, we’ve been imag­in­ing a weird crossover, in which Carl Fredrick­sen from Up teams up with Bruce Wayne to defeat Bane. We’ve also been won­der­ing how many bal­loons would it take to lift Wayne Manor into the sky. For­tu­nately, Movoto Real Estate has the answer: 1,100,000,000.

So, how many bal­loons would it take to lift your home?

On Air New Zealand, of course! Check out the Kiwi airline’s new Hob­bit Air Safety video and wish that safety demon­stra­tions on US flights were half this interesting!

And don’t for­get to reread The Hob­bit (you know, that book by J.R.R. Tolkien that pre­dates the events of the Lord of the Rings) before the first movie comes out on Decem­ber 14!

If you’re look­ing for an excuse to give (and pos­si­bly receive!) books, but Christ­mas is just too far away, Neil Gaiman has just the thing for you: All Hallow’s Read! If you have a spooky book that’s just tak­ing up space on your crowded book shelf, pass it along to some­one else who might like to read it. You just might make someone’s day. And if some­one isn’t thought­ful enough to give you a spooky book of your own, look no fur­ther than the Lane Library for all your spooky book needs. (Just don’t for­get to bring your spooky book back so some­one else can enjoy it!) Happy All Hallow’s Read!

Edgar Allen Poe is here to help!

Here are the lucky win­ners of our 2012 Teen Sum­mer Read­ing Pro­gram!! The Lane Libraries thank every teen who par­tic­i­pated and hope that these win­ners enjoy their iPads!

Mad­die S–Oxford

Jas­myne S–Fairfield

Maria R–Bookmobile

Melody C–Hamilton

If you like arts and crafts, sci­ence exper­i­ments, and other hands-on endeav­ors, check out Maker Camp from Make: mag­a­zine, which runs through August 24. A new project is intro­duced each Mon­day through Thurs­day morn­ing, with time in the after­noon to talk to other “campers” and show off what you made.

The best part? Maker Camp is FREE, though you will have to round up sup­plies for the projects. All you need to sign up is a Google+ account!

Do you believe in ghosts? Maybe you’re a skep­tic about the para­nor­mal? Either way, come and lis­ten to the Cincin­nati Research & Para­nor­mal Stud­ies Group talk about ghost hunt­ing THIS Mon­day July 16 from 6:00–7:30. Exam­ine the evi­dence and decide for yourself.

Reg­is­ter here: http://oh.evanced.info/lane/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=370&rts=&disptype=&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&SignupType=&num=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=7/1/2012&df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=ALL&AgeGroup=ALL&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp=

June 21: 12:00–1:00 PM

Join us for lunch to read and dis­cuss today’s high pro­file teen fic­tion selec­tions. Copies of the books can be picked up at the Ref­er­ence Desk after reg­is­ter­ing. Pizza and drinks will be served or bring your own bag lunch. For June, we will be dis­cussing The Ado­ra­tion of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson.

Please reg­is­ter online at www.lanepl.org or call 894‑7156. This pro­gram is for teens ages 13–18.