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Questions? Comments? Contact our Teen Librarians.

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• COMING SOON! Teen Summer Reading Program
  Metamorphosis @your library!
  
  * Volunteer Opportunities
  * Crafts Workshops
  * Hands-On Cooking Program
  * Second Annual Teen Writing Contest
  * Early 1900's Film Festival
  * Teen-Made Film Contest
  * "Life Is So Good" Teens-Only Book Discussion
  
   
• NEW! Teen Writing Workshop
  We will have a College Essay Writing Workshop this summer. Stay tuned for more information!
  
  For more information please contact the Teen Program Coordinator, Andrea Buka at teenlibrarian@ledyard.lioninc.org or leave a message at either library.
  
  To be a good writer, I believe you need to read a variety of good books!
  
  Here are Abby Bora's (Workshop Member) Reading Picks:
  The Warriors series by Erin Hunter
  The Underland Chronicles by Suzann Collins
  Anything by Roald Dahl
  Anything by Cornelia Funke, especially Inkheart and Inkspell
  Anything by Avi
  
  Here are Sam Graebner's (Winner of our first Teen Writing Contest) Reading Picks:
  Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
  Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
  All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
  The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Haruki Murakami
  The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
   
• Teen Advisory Group
  We hold informal meetings to make decisions about teen programs, so that we are meeting your needs! Anyone in 7th to 12th grades is invited to participate.
  
  Email Teen Program Coordinator, Andrea Buka, at teenlibrarian@ledyard.lioninc.org or call the libraries.
  
   
• Teen Writing Contest -
  Here are the winners for our 2007 writing contest. Congratulations!
  
  Poetry
  Winner: Sam Graebner
  Honorable Mention: Eva Renski
  
  Short fiction
  Winner: Sam Graebner
  Honorable Mention: Eva Renski
  
  Long Fiction
  Winner: Audrey Higgins
  
  Scripts/plays
  Winner: Sam Graebner
   
• Teen Summer Reading Program:
  YNK (You Never Know) @ your library
  We had a great summer at Ledyard Libraries! Here are the numbers!
  
  Registered = 74
  
  Readers = 54            Books Read = 758
  13 Teens read 20 books or more in 6 weeks!
  Top readers read 81, 67, 64, 52, & 46 books respectively!
  
  Most Books Read Winners:
  1. Tia Hunter: 81
  2. Becca Debus: 67
  3. Samantha Craig: 64
  
  Honorable Mention:
  Kayla Fowler: 52
  Sarah Ganon: 46
  Katie & Tara Pealer: 40 each
  Tori Wolfe: 29
  Naomi Hutchins: 28
  Erin Strickland: 23
  Sarah Butler & Sarah Sinnett: 22 each
  Adam Strickland: 20
  
  Volunteers = 58        Volunteer Hours = 789.5
  15 Teens volunteered 20 hours or more in 6 weeks!
  
  Most Volunteer Hours Winners:
  1. Erica Eakin: 54
  2. Erin Strickland: 46 + 6 at Sampler = 52
  3. Eva Renski: 42
  
  Honorable Mention:
  Paige Gruszkowski: 38
  Tara Pealer: 35 + 1 1/4 at Book Sale =36 1/4
  Katie Pealer: 35
  Brook Lasater: 30
  Kayla Fowler: 29
  Sarah Ganong: 27
  Samantha Craig: 24
  Naomi Hutchins: 22
  Rahul Chandrasekaran: 22
  Juliana Beaver: 22
  Kayla Pendleton: 20

• Volunteer Opportunities
  TEEN Friends of the Library - Volunteer year-round!!
  A Teen Friends of the Library group has been established.  This organization is open to all in grades seven through twelve.  To find out more about the group ask at either library.
   

Visit our What’s Happening page for more Teen Programs events.

• This selection of Homework Helpers makes schoolwork fun. (Really!!)
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