Welcome to the Teen Newsletter! Welcome to the brand new Teen eNewsletter! I’m Jen, and I help bring teen activities to the library. In each newsletter you will find links, information about what’s going on at the library, and more. Do you like to write book reviews? Do you know of a cool website we should link to? Let me know, by emailing me: teens@fvrl.org. Oh, and see the info below about naming this newsletter...contest, prizes, tralaalaa! What's in a Name? Help us think of a catchy name for our new Teen eNewsletter! FVRL is searching for a witty, unique, descriptive, and original name for our email newsletter for teens. Submit your ideas via email to teens@fvrl.org. If we choose your entry, we will feature you in our newsletter and send you a prize provided by the library foundation. The contest is open until the winner is announced. Celebrate Teen Tech Week! Read these: techie books Watch these: dancing robot videos (made by library teens!) Read the Printz Winner for 2009! The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. The Winner: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia. Honor Books in our collection: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves, by M.T. Anderson The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart Nation, by Terry Pratchett

What's Going On? Featured Events Game Night (La Center) Poetry Slam signups Sign up to participate in an April Slam event! Movie Night (Three Creeks) Scavenger/Treasure Hunt (Cascade Park) YAAB Meetings Food, friends and fun! Through the YAAB, you have a voice and can influence new programs. Bring your friends. See schedule and locations. Teen Book Groups Pick up a copy of the book in advance (special copies available at the branch with the program). Then come talk about the book with other teens. Stevenson Library - March 10, 6 p.m. Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman Vancouver Library - March 10, 6:30 p.m. Love Among the Walnuts by Jean Ferris Goldendale Library- March 11, 3 p.m. FLCL, Vol. 1 (Manga) by Hajime Ueda Washougal Library - March 12, 4 p.m. Midnight Predator by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Three Creeks Library - March 17, 6 p.m. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Ridgefield Library - March 19, 3:30 p.m. Adventures of Blue Avenger by Norma Howe Woodland Library - March 25, 4 p.m. Letters from the Inside by John Marsden Battle Ground Library - March 26, 4 p.m. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer Fun Websites www.freerice.com Take fun quizzes and rice is donated to hungry families. www.coraline.com Explore the world of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline. www.yoyogames.com/make Make your own videogame!

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