Books with a Beat - Teen Read Week

BOOKS WITH A BEAT

TEEN READ WEEK OCTOBER 17^TH – 23^RD

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Monday, October 18^th

Beat a path to change – To kick off the week, swing by the programming room to learn how you can make a difference at your library. Participants between the ages of 12 and 18, will get a cool cup for helping to compose the Little Dixie Library RAP!

Tuesday, October 19^th

Books with a Beat – Check out a Playaway Audio Book.  Write a recommendation for the book and get a cool cup when you return it.

Wednesday, October 20^th

Walk the Beat – Learn more about the great literary detectives that walk the beat of our imagination.

Thursday, October 21^st

Poetic Beat – Use song lyrics to write a poem. Poems submitted will be subject to display! Enjoy some light snacks and refreshments.

Friday, October 22^nd

Music Hunt- Do you have the Beat?! Bop down the aisles and locate Books (and tapes, and movies, and games) with a Beat. Get a cool cup when you return your completed hunt.

Programs are from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day

 at the Moberly Library in the Programming Room

Little Dixie Dispatch: 2010-2011 Truman Award Nominees

2010-2011 Truman Reader Award Nominees

“Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins

The United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, while all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss’ young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district’s female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives.

“Chains” by Laurie Anderson

In the spring of 1776, Isabel, a teenage slave, and her sister, Ruth, are sold to ruthless, wealthy loyalists in Manhattan. While running errands, Isabel is approached by rebels, who promise her freedom (and help finding Ruth, who has been sent away) if she agrees to spy. Using the invisibility her slave status brings, Isabel lurks and listens as Tories plot to crush the rebel uprisings.

“The Adoration of Jenna Fox” by Mary E. Pearson

In the future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.

“The Youngest Templar: Keeper of the Grail” by Michael Spradlin

In 1191, fifteen-year-old Tristan, a youth of unknown origin raised in an English abbey, becomes a Templar Knight's squire during the Third Crusade and soon finds himself on a mission to bring the Holy Grail to safety.

These books are all available at your local Little Dixie Regional Library. 

Go to our website to reserve your copy today! 

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