Stop by the library for any of the following Teen Tech Week events:

Monday March 8th from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Make Your Own Podcast!
Let Josh Archer (of Presquillian) show you how to create your own podcast to send your thoughts and opinions to your friends next door and around the world!

Tuesday March 9th from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Make Your Own Video Game!
Join Teen Librarian Dianna Leighton as she shows you some free tools you can use to create your own video games. We'll be looking at Scratch, Kodu Game Lab, and more!

Wednesday March 10th from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Make Your Own Vlog!
Join Teen Librarian Dianna Leighton to learn how to create your own video blog! You can use vlogging just like blogging: to talk about friends, interests, and more!

Saturday March 13th from Noon - 2:00 p.m.
Movie Time!
Now that you've spent all week creating podcasts, video games, and vlogs....now it's time to watch people make their own versions of blockbuster movies in the film 'Be Kind Rewind' (rated PG-13). Plenty of snacks will also be on hand, so be sure to bring your friends!


Remember: The Mark & Emily Turner is located at 39 Second Street in Presque Isle, Maine. For more information on any of these events, just give us a call at (207) 764-2571. All of the above events are FREE and open to all tweens and teens. See you there!

In this month's video book talk, I discuss 'The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things' by Carolyn Mackler.



For March, the Teen Book Club will be reading 'Flygirl' by Sherri Smith. Copies of the book are currently available at the main circulation desk. The meeting will be held on Tuesday March 30th at 5:00 p.m.

About Flygirl:

Ida Mae Jones dreams of flight. Her daddy was a pilot and being black didn't stop him from fulfilling his dreams. But her daddy's gone now, and being a woman, and being black, are two strikes against her.

When America enters the war with Germany and Japan, the Army creates the WASP, the Women's Airforce Service Pilots-and Ida suddenly sees a way to fl y as well as do something signifi cant to help her brother stationed in the Pacific. But even the WASP won't accept her as a black woman, forcing Ida Mae to make a difficult choice of "passing," of pretending to be white to be accepted into the program. Hiding one's racial heritage, denying one's family, denying one's self is a heavy burden. And while Ida Mae chases her dream, she must also decide who it is she really wants to be.

Carolyn Mackler is the author of The Earth, My Butt, and other Big Round Things. Virginia is different from her family. She starts to think things are going great, till something goes wrong with her brother. He is being found gulty of date-rape. Now, Virginia's life is going down hill. She gets a plane ticket and doesn't tell her parents about it. To find out more, read the book (I can't really tell more cause I'm not done yet :P ). This is the Teen Book Club book for Febuary 2010.

I didn't get to read this book. It was Januray 2010 book club book.

Perfect Chemistry is by Simone Elkeles. Brittany is the girl who has the great boyfriend, captain of the pom pom team, and rich. What more could someone ask for? Alex is poor and part of a gang. What happens when you put a "North Sider" and a "South Sider" to work together on a chemistry project. Find out while you read this book. It is about how no matter where you are from, there is great hope out there for you

And be sure to pick-up or reserve your copy of 'The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things' by Carolyn Mackler, our February Teen Book Club pick. The meeting will be held on Tuesday February 23rd at 5 p.m. See you there!

A Certain Slant of Light is by Laura Whitcomb. Helen has been a ghost for 150 years. She has never been seen by human eyes since than till now. She was frighten till he explained that he was like her. Helen never forgave herself for something she did before she died. She learns how to take over someone's body who is in a strict Christian family.