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Metamorphosis @ Your Library

2008 Young Adult
Summer Reading Program
Guidelines & Rules

1. Students entering 6th grade and up are invited to sign up for the Summer Library Program by picking up a reading folder at the library anytime beginning June 9th. This year you can also register online. Pick up a copy of the reading record at the library starting June 9 and begin your reading!

2. Keep track of time you spend reading or listening to a book.

3. For every two hours you read, come in and select a prize. There is a limit of three prizes per week. One personal pan pizza coupon from Pizza Hut is available for students in grades 6-8 after four hours of reading. In addition to these prizes there will be a drawing for several gift certificates from local stores. You may enter your name into the drawing once during the summer after you have read for two hours. The drawing will be held on Saturday, August 30. You do not have to be present to win.

ICE CREAM PARTY

Teens who have read at least two hours are invited to come to our ice cream party on Wednesday, August 13, at 2 p.m. Immediately following the ice cream we will bring out the electronic games for an afternoon of competition. We will have DDR, Guitar Hero and a Wii!

Registration is required. Please call the library (849-4217) by Monday, August 11, if you plan to attend.

PROGRAMS

Wednesday, June 23, 12 p.m. - Greatest Book Ever-- and the pizza's not bad either.
Munch on pizza and tell us why your favorite book is the best book ever. We'll compile a list of suggestions for te Waunakee Teen Reads page of the library website. You'll help others find a good book and get some suggestions for what you can read next. Registration is required. Please call the library (849-4217) by Monday, June 20 if you plan to attend.

Thursday, July 17, 2 p.m.- It's Trivial
Think you know your stuff? Come back it up! Help your team in a battle of the minds as we go head to head in a trivia showdown. Registration is required. Please call the library (849-4217) by Monday, July 14 if you plan to attend.

Drama Club
Budding actors and actresses going into Grades 3 and up are invited to join our drama club in its presentation of the play "Arabian Nights." Rehearsals will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, August 4 through Thursday, August 7. Family and friends are invited to the performance on Thursday, August 7 at 7 p.m. Registration for the Drama Club will be held from July 1 through July 18. Participants must be able to attend all rehearsals as well as the final performance.

ONLINE TEEN BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Teens are invited to participate in an online book discussion. The book club will be monitored and facilitated by librarians and we would love to hear what you have to say. Among the books to be discussed are: Freak by Marcella Pixley; After School Nightmare by Serona Mizushiro; Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox; Skullduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy; White Tiger: A Hero's Compulsion by Tamora Pierce, Timothy Liebe, and others; and Little (Grrl) Lost by Charles deLint.

Participants can discuss one book, a couple of the books or all of the titles! It’s totally your choice. If you would like to participate go to http://teenread08.scls.info/

Check with the library for more information about this project.