Teen Advisory Board — August 2017

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Pasadena Public Library, Teen Advisory Board, 8/21/2017   Present:  Brittany, Faith, Jonathan G, Meep, Keiaira, Jane L, Mckenna, Enrique, Chris, John, Maya, Julia, Sofia, Nina, Kristina, Penelope, Sophie, Denisse, Bella, Madison, Lauren, Luke, Liliana, Kara, KC, Genevieve   Pre-meeting assignment: Youth Con marketing   Focus of August’s meeting: murder mystery, […]

Avengers Summer Party Recap

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by Liliana Edmonds, age 16     The Pasadena Central Library’s summer party is a themed fandom party complete with themed decorations, activities, and party favors. The Teen Advisory Board (TAB) typically decides the party’s theme; this year, we selected the Avengers. Everyone on TAB contributed ideas for easy Avengers-themed party decorations […]

Teen Volunteer Awards 2017

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Our teen volunteers are amazing! During the 2016-2017 school year, our volunteers collectively: worked nearly 5,000 hours wrote 64 articles helped increased library teen program offerings by more than 35 programs helped increased library teen program attendance by nearly 1,500 In addition, there are some star volunteers we want to […]

The Best Possible Answer — Teen Review

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Review by Hadley Willman, age 17 The Best Possible Answer by E. Katherine Kottaras Summary: AP exams—check SAT test—check College application—check Date the wrong guy and ruin everything you’ve spent your whole life working for—check Super-achiever Viviana Rabinovich-Lowe has never had room to be anything less than perfect. But her […]

Teen Advisory Board — July 2017

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Pasadena Public Library, Teen Advisory Board, 7/17/2017 Present:  Penelope, Isabella, Madison, Mckenna, Genevieve, Sophie, Liliana, Julia, Kara, Denisse, Jane L, Perla, Brittany, Kristina, Trisha Pre-meeting assignment: Myers-Briggs Focus of July’s meeting: committee work   Agenda   Debrief – (1-2 minutes each; 10 minutes) Writing Meetup – Genevieve, Mckenna, Brittany YA […]

Filmmaker 101 — Event Recap

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recap by Brittany Romero, age 16 On June 14, “Filmmaker 101” kicked off the summer teen design programs at the Central Library. This program took place in the Studio on 4th and had quite a good turn out. A guest speaker by the name of Diana Keeler from an organization […]

Rebel of the Sands

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Rebel of The Sands  By Alwyn Hamilton  Summary: “Amani is desperate to leave the dead-end town of Dustwalk, and she’s counting on her sharpshooting skills to help her escape. But after she meets Jin, the mysterious rebel running from the Sultan’s army, she unlocks the powerful truth about the desert […]

Teen Advisory Board — June 2017

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Pasadena Public Library, Teen Advisory Board, 6/19/2017 Present: Angel, Brittany, Chris, Genevieve, Isabella, Jonathan, Julia, Kara, KC, Lauren, Liliana, Lucy, Luke, Madison, Maya, Mckenna, Nina, Penelope, Perla Not attending: Hadley, Haneen, Jane L., Sophie Pre-meeting assignment: Favorite Instagram users Focus of today’s meeting: marketing   Agenda Introductions (5 minutes) Debrief […]

Teen Line — Event

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recap by Nina Dinan, age 13 On June 7, the Pasadena Central Library hosted a presentation by Teen Line, a life changing organization which allows teens to connect (literally and figuratively) with one another by providing calling, text, and email lines for potential users. Volunteers from grades 9 through 11 […]

The Princess Bride — teen review

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review by Kara Eng, age 18 The Princess Bride by William Goldman Summary: What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be…well…a lot less than the man of her dreams? As a boy, William Goldman claims, he […]