I would love to have...

What would you like to see in the teen department of the new library building? Share your ideas on decorating, furniture, materials, and anything else you’d love to see in your new area by posting your comments on the blog!

Word of the Week

EVANESCENT (adjective) - vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor

(from "100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know" from the editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries

Used in a sentence:

from The Return of the Native - By Thomas Hardy, John William Cunliffe

"...All was unstable; quivering as leaves, evanescent as lightning ...."
(from www.brainyflix.com)

Word of the Week

I had so much fun looking for words to define for our weekly trivia, I've decided to add a word and definition each week to the blog. Each word comes from "100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know" from the editors of the American Heritage Dictonaries. Feel free to comment with the word correctly used in a sentence!

Today's word is...

CIRCUMLOCUTION (noun) - 1. The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language. 2. Evasiveness in speech or writing. 3. A roundabout expression.

Teen Summer Reading Program Winners!

Congratulations to the Grand Prize winners in the teen summer reading program!

Kaleb S.
Lisa R.
Nicole N.
Meaghan M.
Hanna A.

Prizes were also awarded to:

Seth W.
Ryan H.
Christopher A.

All participants in the teen summer reading program may pick up their participation prizes starting Wednesday, July 22nd.

Thanks to the 44 teens that participated!

New YA Books & Audiobooks

Fiction
• The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy
• It’s Not You, It’s Me by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann
• Boys R Us: A Clique Novel by Lisi Harrison

Nonfiction
• Skateboarding: Legendary Tricks by Steve Badillo



Audiobooks:
• Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
• The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer