June 21-27 Raffle winners The second week’s raffles are also for $15 Starbucks gift cards, this time with five new teen winners! Congrats to: Charlie C. Nicholas C. Jade N. Jared N. Dora Y. Events It was a light week for events. We had a Kpop workshop last Monday (led […]
The Selection series — teen review
Published on :Reviews by Bella, teen reviewer The Selection by Kiera Cass The Selection by Kiera Cass is a story about America Singer, a lower class girl living in a fairly young nation, who gets selected to compete for the heart of a prince who isn’t like anything she expected him to […]
Summer raffle winners 1
Published on :June 13-20 Raffle Winners The first weekly raffle winners have been drawn! This week’s prizes are $15 Starbucks gift cards. Congratulations to our winners: Maria C. Catherine d. Kara E. Jessica G. Rebecca S. Please contact your primary library to pick up your prizes. Keep logging in those activities to […]
Teen Summer Reading Challenge Contests
Published on :As you know, the 2015 Read to the Rhythm Teen Summer Reading Club is in full swing! If you haven’t registered, sign up here to win free books and a chance to win an awesome guitar kit. To make things even more exciting, there are two more contest teens can […]
Pasadena Loves YA: Second Chances
Published on :by Hadley, teen blogger “Second Chances” featured Brandy Colbert, author of Pointe, Morgan Matson, author of Since You’ve Been Gone, Sarah Tomp, author of My Best Everything, and the panel moderator, Lauren Miller, author of Free to Fall among other well-known novels. The questions varied from asking about life before writing to […]
No Safety in Numbers series — teen review
Published on :Reviews by Bella, teen reviewer When a strange device is discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall, the entire complex is suddenly locked down. No one can leave. No one knows what is going on. At first, there’s the novelty of being stuck in a mega mall […]
Teen Advisory Board — June 2015
Published on :Teen Advisory Board June 6, 2015 Present: Chris, Cady, Madison, Michelle AGENDA Summer Reading Challenge (SRC) starts next week Explanation of all three programs (Adult, teens, children) Everyone sign up for the teen program using the patron sign up page Learn about the Children’s program Practice explaining the Children’s program […]
Pasadena Loves YA: THANK YOU
Published on :Uniting fans and authors… On Saturday, May 23, twenty Young Adult authors and nearly 450 guests gathered at the second annual teen book festival, Pasadena Loves YA at Pasadena Central Library. The keynote speaker was Mary McCoy, author of Dead to Me (and a teen librarian at Los Angeles Public Library). All authors […]
Just Dance @ PPL
Published on :Kick off the 2015 Read to the Rhythm Teen Summer Reading Club with an epic Just Dance Party! PPL will have not just one, but TWO parties so be sure to tell your friends and get ready to have a good time! Comfortable clothing and water bottles are highly recommended […]
All the Truth That’s in Me — teen review
Published on :Review by Hadley, teen reviewer All the Truth That’s in Me by Julie Berry Two best friends end up missing from hometown Roswell Station only days apart from each other. Lottie Pratt winds up a floating corpse in a river. Judith Finch finds herself wandering home two years later. Alive, […]