Associated Libraries of Monroe County Teen Page

Teen Library Literary Magazine!

A dedicated group of Teen Advisory Board members from each of the libraries in the county are starting a 'zine--a homemade magazine featuring writing by area teens. The 'zine will be online through this website; there will also be a limited number of print copies available in the local public libraries. Send us your work! If you'd like to submit your original poetry, short stories, book reviews, essays, etc. to the 'zine, click here for guidelines for submission.

The next Zine planning meeting will be Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 7-8pm at the Hughes Library. New members are always welcome. Click here to sign up for the meeting.

Favorite "Teen Reads" in Monroe County

Spring Challenge Reading Competition!

Congratulations to R2M3 (Reading Mayhem), our small but well-read team! Our five members made a respectable showing at the Spring Challenge Reading Competition held at Easton Area High School on April 17, 2008. Our team members come from Eastern Monroe, Clymer, & Pocono Mountain Public Libraries. They read a lot (from a list of 45 books) to prepare for the competition and did a great job answering some very difficult questions against much larger teams! They won two out of three rounds!

Interested in joining our team next year? The Associated Libraries of Monroe County team is the only team from public libraries! All the other teams are from area high schools. The competition is open to students in grades 9-12. First, check with your school librarian to see if your school is forming a team. If not, send an e-mail to teenlibr@yahoo.com to get info about joining our team. The competition is usually held in April, but we'll start forming the team in the fall.

Each team needs to be familiar with the books on the reading list--a total of 45 books! Click on the link below to see this year's reading list. The teams compete against each other in quiz show format.

Reading list for the Spring Challenge Reading Competition 2008.

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