Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts

Friday, August 5, 2011

Jan Platt Library Teen Book Club :: Sabriel by Garth Nix

Do you love reading? Looking for something new? Join us for our monthly Teen Book Club. We read and talk about books selected by teens like you!

Join us for our first Teen Book Club meeting of the new school year. On Thursday, September 29th at 5:30pm we will be discussing Sabriel by Garth Nix at Jan Platt Library. Come join the discussion and help select future books for the group to read. Copies of the book are available at the Jan Platt Library for check out.

Come an hour earlier at 4:30 and join our Teen Advisory Board. Have a voice in creating library programs and recommending materials like graphic novels, manga, young adult fiction, and music. Help promote the library to other teens. TAB members earn community service hours toward graduation, scholarships and more!



Ever since she was a tiny child, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the randompower of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who won't stay dead.But now her father, the Mage Abhorsen, is missing, and to find him Sabriel must cross back into the world.

Though her journey begins alone, she soon finds companions: Mogget, whose seemingly harmless feline form hides a powerful-and perhaps malevolent-spirit, and Touchstone, a younger Charter Mage long imprisoned by magic, now free in body but still trapped by painful memories.

With threats on all sides and only each other to trust, the three must travel deep into the Old Kingdom, toward a battle that will pit them against the true forces of life and death-and bring Sabriel face-to-face with her own hiddden destiny.

A tale of dark secrets, deep love, and dangerous magic, Sabriel introduces Garth Nix an exceptional new talent.










See what books our Book Club has read by checking out our bookshelf on Goodreads.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Monday, January 3, 2011

Try something new in the new year...

2011 is here! Start the new year right by trying something new (for free!) at your library.

Need to relax? Learn the ancient art of Tai Chi at the Bloomingdale Regional Library, Thursday, January 6 @ 3:30 PM and Thursday, January 20 @ 6:30 PM.

We've got Yoga classes, too: Wednesday, January 12th at the SouthShore Regional Library and Wednesday, January 19th at the Bloomingdale Regional Library.

Tired of your same-old stuff? Trade your old stuff for some new stuff at the Teen Swap Meet, Saturday, January 15th at the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library. The swap starts at 3:00 PM.

Ladies, learn the art of self-defense starting this Saturday, January 8th @ 10:00 AM at the New Tampa Regional Library. Sign up for this three-week series is limited to 20 people.

Click here for the full calendar of upcoming teen events.