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Teen Summer Program

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new Teen Scene Blog

The Waco-McLennan County Library's Teen Blog is moderated by our teen librarians and is a place where teens can share thoughts and ideas about books and activities.

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Are there any fun events coming up?

Plan, prepare, and present a puppet show and play with teen volunteers at your local libraries. Players, creators, and teenagers are needed at the library on Tuesdays in June and July from 2:00 to 4:00 to plan for a fun story performance geared for children.

The stories will be performed through a puppet show and play by the teen volunteers. The teen performances are presented at all four libraries on August 5, 6, 7, and 8.

For more information and to sign up, contact Stacy Phillips at the library at 750-5956.

Try out Book News! Keep up to date on new and popular book titles coming to or at the Library - read online or have the newsletters of your choice sent to your e-mail each month.

Here's what the Teen Book News looks like.

Tired of Overdue Fines? Let Library Elf remind you when your items are due.

Can't wait for your favorite author's next book? Want to know what they're thinking about in-between? Want to read everything they write, even if it's not a book? Check out these Author's Blogs.

Join Online Book Club

Read a magazine written by teens for teens, Teen Ink.

Look for reading lists by genre in the Teen Scene area of the library.

How can I find games, puzzles, and entertainment ?

The Internet can be a fun place to hang out. It is also an unregulated network of websites. Just a reminder: Read the Rules for Online Safety before you click and go! Check out our list of interactive games, puzzles, and entertainment sites.

Can I get some help with homework and school projects?

Free Homework Tutors

Teens! Ace your SAT's with our Learn-A-Test web site.

Need Homework Help? Try our list of web sites.

How can teens express themselves?

Do you love to write? Try Fan Fiction. This is the name given to the stories written by fans of a particular fiction usually that of movies or books. Fan fiction is a channel for creative writing within a predefined setting, a way to share ideas with other fans, a means to explore facets of popular characters that the author feels have been underplayed. Investigate Fanfiction.net

Read reviews of Young Adult fiction written by local teens, and write your own review.

Teen Ink

Teen Ink is a monthly print magazine, website, and book series: all written by teens for teens. There are over 16,000 pages of student writing on this site.

Send Teen Ink your work - have an opinion on something? Write it up and send it in! Send reviews - good or bad, of colleges you visit, movies you see, or whatever!

Curious? Come look through a copy in the Teen Scene area at the Library.

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Online Book Club

Join the Waco-McLennan County Library's free Online Book Club It's a great way to find out if this book is for you! Everyday, Monday through Friday, you will get a portion of a chapter by email- it should only take about 5 minutes to read.

Click here to get information for signing up for our free TEEN Online Book Club

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Author Blogs

Darren Shan Author of horror series Cirque du Freak .

David Levithan Author of Marly's Ghost , Boy Meets Boy and all that other good stuff

westerblog the blog of scott westerfeld Author of Peeps , Midnighters , Pretties

The Den of Shadows The blog of Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, author of In the Forests of the Night , Midnight Predator , Hawksong , and more.

Meg Cabot:::Meg's Diary Author of The Princess Diaries , Avalon High , and more.

ou , plus others.

Sarah Dessen Author of The Truth About Forever , Someone Like

Libba Bray Author of A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels .

Out of Ambit The blog of Diane Duane, author of So You Want to Be A Wizard , Wizard's Holiday , and others.

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Homework Help

Try These Sites :

BJ Pinchbeck's Help with Homework - More than 625 links to educational sites appropriate for homework help.

Schoolwork.ugh!
Homework help by subject. Student Loans update: This site now feature help with Student Loans, Student Financial Aid and college student loans consolidation. These sections will help you obtain student loans, school loans, federal financial aid money for college, technical, law and medical student school; as well as help you save money and lower interest rates with existing student loans by consolidating federal college student loans

Awesome Library for Teens An award winning resource for students and educators arranged by topic. Try the Index to topics listed in alphabetic order.

World Fact Book The U.S. government's complete geographical handbook, featuring maps and flags of all nations. Each country profile provides population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data.

Games Puzzles Entertainment

Teen Hollywoood - your source for all things Entertainment

Teen Television

www.kidzworld.com - Games and activities and chat for teens and kids.

http://www.arcademachine.com/go/shockwave - hundreds of arcade-style games, puzzles and more for teens

Puzzle Games: try these challenging mental puzzles.

Jigsaw Puzzles: from simple to complex, assemble these jigsaws online

Games and More Games: a wide selection of single and multiplayer games for online play or download free demos.

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Want to make a smart choice?

Get the "Smartest Card'

Apply for your free Library Card today!

Your library card gives you access to these great online databases from home or the library.

• 20th Century Poetry Collections
• Contemporary Authors
• Contemporary Literary Criticism
• Dictionary of Literary Biography
• Literature Resource Center
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
• Learn-A Test SAT Practice Tests

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please send us an email.