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Duct Tape?!?! Heck yes.
Thursday July 14, 2-3:30pm.
We’ll play with duct tape and watch a silly movie. Come early and vote on the movie!
Konami has come to Chelmsford
Email Sharon for details! scolvin@mvlc.org
Teen Open House with Sharon!!
Tuesday 6/28, 1:30-3pm
Pizza will be served.
Grades 5 and up ONLY.
Teen Book Club
We’ll be meeting Tuesday @4pm.
This will be Sharon’s first meeting so let’s keep it informal. Bring whatever you’re reading and we’ll plan the summer together!
Olympian Week
Does anyone want to help me put together a proposal for this?!?
We could win a visit with Rick Riordan!
You are HERE!
The teen summer reading theme this year is You Are Here. What does that mean to you?
Summer is coming
I decided this blog needed a fresh look for summer. What do you think?
Keep an eye out for news on summer events! I’m still trying to remember everyone’s names, but I’m working on some fabulously fun stuff for you!
Hello Everyone!!
I’m Sharon, the brand new Teen Librarian here in Chelmsford. I’m still getting settled, but be sure to stop by and say hello!.
I use LibraryThing to keep track of the books I read. Check it out.
Karma
Born to a father who is Sikh and a mother who is Hindu, Maya has spent her life in Canada where her parents immigrated to start their life together. Maya’s mother feels lonely and alienated away from India and the rift between her and Maya’s father–one that used to be bridged by love–turns into a chasm with their religious ideals and dreams for the future on opposite sides.
After Maya’s mother commits suicide, Maya and her father travel to India with the remains. They arrive in New Dehli at the same time Indira Gandhi is murdered and riots break out across the country. Maya is separated from her father. She witnesses atrocities that cause her to stop speaking and withdraw from her surroundings.
Maya is taken in by the family of a doctor who live in the desert. Sandeep, the adopted son of the family she stays with, tries to draw her out of her shell while chronicling her life with his family in a diary.
This novel in verse is told in Maya’s voice as well as Sandeep’s with occasional utterances from the spirit of Maya’s mother. The plot is epic and the length is considerable, but the pages fly by.
Karma is a beautiful, haunting book that gives readers a clear glimpse into a particular moment in history while remaining true to the voice of its teen protagonists.
I would recommend this book to fans of historical fiction, romance, novels in verse, and epic stories. I loved it!
~ Tricia is the current teen librarian at CPL. She will be leaving in a few weeks but is absolutely thrilled to be welcoming Sharon Colvin as the new head of teen services.
The Stand
A deadly virus known as Captain Trips is tearing its way across America killing almost everyone it touches. The survivors of this government-created plague find themselves drawn towards a Nebraska cornfield and the forces of good while their counterparts assemble in the desert to carry out the whims of Randall Flagg–a mysterious man who is evil incarnate. This epic tale of the apocalypse has been translated into a series of graphic novels with a script by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, art by Mike Perkins and color art by Laura Martin.
The Stand is my favorite novel and I was hesitant to see it adapted to another format, but my fears were completely unfounded. This is a wonderful way to rediscover a great story. Although strong enough to stand completely on its own, it has the potential to act as an introduction to readers who are unfamiliar with the story or intimidated by the novel’s doorstop size.
~ Tricia is the teen services librarian at CPL. She is excited and slightly overwhelmed by all the boxes of new graphic novels and manga currently pouring into the library.