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Listen to a Good Book this Summer!
Posted on May 20th, 2013 by Laura in Teen Services
If you love to listen to great teen books, check out the free downloads from Audiosync this summer! Starting on May 30, there will be two completely free audiobooks available for download every week. Take a look at the titles and dates, and get ready to listen! And don’t forget, you can borrow free downloadable audiobooks 365 days a year at the library – take a look at the teen books available for download from our library catalog!
May 30 – June 5, 2013
Of Poseidon by Anna Banks, read by Rebecca Gibel (AudioGO)
The Tempest by William Shakespeare, read by a Full Cast (AudioGO)
June 6 – June 12, 2013
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 1: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood, read by Katherine Kellgren (HarperAudio)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, read by Wanda McCaddon (Tantor Audio)
June 13 – June 19, 2013
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, read by Will Patton (Scholastic Audiobooks)
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, read by Robert Ramirez (Recorded Books)
June 20 – June 26, 2013
Once by Morris Gleitzman, read by Morris Gleitzman (Bolinda Audio)
Letter From Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr., read by Dion Graham (christianaudio)
June 27 – July 3, 2013
Rotters by Daniel Kraus, read by Kirby Heyborne (Listening Library)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, read by Jim Weiss (Listening Library)
July 4 – July 10, 2013
Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford, read by Nick Podehl (Brilliance Audio)
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith, read by a Full Cast (L.A. Theatre Works)
July 11 – July 17, 2013
The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann, read by Peter Altschuler (HarperAudio)
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, read by Simon Vance (Tantor Audio)
July 18 – July 24, 2013
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers, read by Erin Moon (Recorded Books)
Hamlet by William Shakespeare, read by a Full Cast (L.A. Theatre Works)
July 25 – July 31, 2013
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen, read by Charlie McWade (Scholastic Audiobooks)
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, read by Steve West (Blackstone Audio)
Aug 1 – Aug 7, 2013
Death Cloud by Andrew Lane, read by Dan Weyman (Macmillan Audio)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Ralph Cosham (Blackstone Audio)
Aug 8 – Aug 14, 2013
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis, read by Katherine Kellgren (Brilliance Audio)
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, read by Miriam Margolyes (Bolinda Audio)
Aug 15 – Aug 21, 2013
Sold by Patricia McCormick, read by Justine Eyre (Tantor Audio)
Let Me Stand Alone by Rachel Corrie, read by Tavia Gilbert (Blackstone Audio)
Be a SUPERTeen!
Posted on May 17th, 2013 by Laura in Teen Services
Too young for Hopeline? Looking for a meaningful summer experience – one with a stipend attached? 13-and-14-year-olds can apply to be a BCYF SUPERTeen this summer!
The SUPERTeens program, sponsored by SUPERTOURS and BNY Mellon, will offer 125 Boston youth ages 13-14 a high-quality service-learning experience during the summer months. Youth in the SUPERTeens program will have the opportunity to attend weekly leadership development workshops, gain hands-on experience by working in 10 BCYF Community Centers and participate in scavenger hunt field trips to Boston’s arts and enrichment institutions.
Get more information and copies of the application right here!
The Realm of Possibility – A Review
Posted on May 15th, 2013 by Anna in Books, Reviews - Staff
Tags: book, David Levithan, LGBTQ, review, The Realm of Possibility
The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan
Read by: Anna/Copley Teen Room for the TBOM group meeting on May 8th, 2013.
This is the stories of multiple teens struggling to find themselves and figure out who they are in the world. It’s told from their multiple points of view in poem and song lyric formats.
This was an interesting read for me because I wasn’t expecting it to be in poetry format. I was expecting a novel. On the other hand, I really enjoyed the way these stories were told. Each poem and song interwove themselves seemlessly with each of the others. Some responded to what had happened in other poems, some wrote their poems to another person who had a poem in the book. It was a unique take on writing a book in verse. Obviously, each person who “wrote” a poem was a character that came from David Levithan’s head, but he did a really great job with the characterizations and making each one as unique as the next. The first poem and the last poem are connected, which was a nice circle back to the beginning once you got to the end. I really felt that the emotions of the teens he was writing about were clearly stated, or were just as confusing for the reader sometimes as they can be for teens in real life. It was realistically done, and a book I would highly recommend to anyone who enjoys stories told in this fashion or thinks they would like to try one for the first time. The fact that some of the characters are gay is not stated in such a way as to hit the reader over the head with it, and there are some who appear straight. Some are lesbian. There is a good mix of characters and experiences to round out the story over all.
Great Books for Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
Posted on May 13th, 2013 by Laura in Teen Services
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month! Take a look at these stories about Asian-Pacific American teens, as well as stories about teens living in Asia and the Pacific Islands. These stories reflect the incredible variety of the Asian-Pacific teen experience!
