Teen Manga Contest - Summer

Teen Manga Contest

The rules:
1. Teens must be 12 to 19 years old.
2. Manga/anime drawing must be of your original
character. Copying another artist’s character will cause entries to be disqualified.
3. Drawings must be on 8½” x 11” paper
4. Paint, pencil, or computer graphics can be used.
5. On a separate page, participants must write their name, age, e-mail address, current mailing address, and phone number.
6. Manga must be handed in at the Reference Desk at the Gettysburg Library.
7. Deadline is Saturday, August 2 by 5:00 pm. No exceptions.

Only one entry per person.

Winners will be announced during Teen Read Week in October.

3 Winners will each receive a T-shirt that is hanging in the Teen Area plus one manga.

Teen Short Story Contest - Summer

Teen Short Story Contest

You must use the line below in your story:

Jamie and I were always friends, from first grade, which makes his betrayal so difficult to understand, never mind forgive.

The rules:
1. Writers must be 12 to 19 years old.
2. Short stories can be no longer than 4,000 words.
3. Stories must be typed and double spaced.
4. Put the title and page number of your story on the top of each page.
5. The story must include the prompt line above.
6. Type your name, your age, the title of your story and your phone number or e-mail address on a separate piece of paper and turn it in with your story. Do not put your name on your story so it will be judged equally with other entries.
7. Turn your stories in at the Gettysburg Library
reference desk or email them to
teens@adamslibrary.org (must be in Microsoft Word Format).
8. Deadline is Saturday, August 2 by 5:00 pm. No exceptions.

Winners will be announced during Teen Read Week in
October.

3 Winners will each receive one of the T-Shirts hanging in the Teen Area of the Gettysburg Library and one book.

Teen Summer Reading

Beginning, Monday, June 2, you can sign up for the Teen Summer Reading Program. All you have to do, if you sign up for this program, is read. And you guys do that anyway, right?

Sign up for the program. Between June 2 and August 2, read six books. That's it. Six books. You can read manga, graphic novels, fiction, non-fiction, or even listen to audiobooks. The only thing that doesn't count is reading magazines. Simply read (or listen to) six books, write a little review of the book on the forms that will be provided to you, and hand the reviews in. For each review you hand in, you'll get a little incentive - mood pencils, cell phone charms, etc. If you read and review all six books, your name will be entered into and end-of-summer drawing. Two winners of the end-of-summer drawing will each receive a basket filled with goodies.


















But, you can still have fun over the summer, even if you don't feel like reading. The library will be hosting some events over the summer - and you do not need to sign up for the Teen Summer Reading Program to participate.

The events that the Gettysburg Library will be hosting are...

Movie Afternoon
Sunday, June 8th
1:00-5:00
Gettysburg Library
(movie TBA)

Guitar Hero Day
Friday, June 27th
11:00-4:00
Gettysburg Library
**Registration Required**

Teen Movie Day
Saturday, July 12th
9:00-4:00
Gettysburg Library
(We'll be watching our favorite half demon - Inuyasha!)

Duct Tape Day
Sunday, July 27th
1:00-4:00
Gettysburg Library
**Registration Required**
(make duct tape flip flops, Ipod covers, or cell phone holders)

Read the Book/Watch the Movie
Monday, July 28th
12:00-5:00
Gettysburg Library
**Space extremely limited**
**Registration Required**
Book = Howl’s Moving Castle

Twilight Trailer!

Twilight in HD

It's almost summer...

Do you Facebook? If you do, the Teen Area now has its very own Facebook page! You can find a calendar of events, and general information about what we have in our space. Also, you can look at pictures from various events that we've held.

In other news, coming up soon, the library will be hosting a Breaking Dawn Release Party. No, this isn't going to happen at midnight. And no, we probably won't have free copies of the book for you to take home. But, even taking all of that in mind, if you're a fan of the Twilight series and Stephenie Meyer, then this might be an event that you would want to attend. During the party there will be contests, giveaways, trivia, and, I'm sure, the ever present discussions on who Bella should end up with - Edward or Jacob. If you are interested, you are more than welcome to help in the planning of this party. More details will be coming out over the summer, so keep your eyes peeled for them.

And finally, don't forget about Teen Summer Reading. Sign up will begin on June 2 and the program will run through August 2. Basic details of the program are - read 6 books throughout the summer, write a little review of each, and win prizes! If you read all 6 books, your name will go into a drawing for an end-of-summer prize that's bigger than the rest. We will also have a few special SRP events over the summer - you do not have to sign up for the program to attend the events, but you do have to sign up to win the prizes. More information about the prizes and programs will come out as it gets closer to sign up time!

And I leave you today with a video from the ever popular, Meg Cabot.

Upcoming Programs

There are two movie programs coming up quick at the Gettysburg Library! The first movie is a recent release...

When teenager Sam Witwicky buys his first car, what he doesn't know, is that it's actually an alien robot. This isn't the only alien to arrive on Earth. Optimus Prime and a fellow group of transforming robots have arrived in search of the AllSpark. But, Optimus Prime and his Autobots aren't the only aliens to appear. Megatron and the Decepticons are also searching for the AllSpark, and it would do anything to get it, even if it means destroying the city.

We'll be watching this on Sunday, April 20th @ 2:00 pm @ the Gettysburg Library.


The second movie that we will be watching is a brand new release. We'll actually be showing it on the on the evening that it is released to DVD...

This movie is from the point of view of five New Yorkers. It starts as a monster of unknown origin destroys a building. As they go to investigate, parts of the building and the head of the Statue of Liberty come raining down. The movie follows their adventure trying to escape and save a friend, a love interest of the main character.

We'll be watching this on Tuesday, April 22nd @ 6:30 pm @ the Gettysburg Library.

As always, all county teens 13+ are welcome and we will be popping the popcorn and providing drinks.

You Asked, We Listened...

Lately I've been getting more and more requests for Teen Audiobooks. I do listen to your requests, and whenever possible, I do try to fill them. I am very happy to announce that the library is now purchasing Teen Audiobooks on cd. They will be shelved in the Teen Are with all of the other Teen items. As time goes on we will be adding more audiobooks to the collection.

In other news, Sarah Dessen has a new book due out on April 22nd. Here, you can watch Sarah as she talks about the new book, Lock & Key.