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App, Book, & Music of the Week
App
Band of the Day is such a fantastic app we can’t believe we didn’t find it sooner. The app is free and each day they feature a new band. You get a band bio, music, CD info and lots of extras about the band. It’s a great way to find new music! Right now it’s just for iPad and iPhone but we hope the expand into Droid soon.
Book
Jordan Sonnenblick only rights good books. He is one of the best, realistic fiction writers out there. His new book, Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip is another awesome example of his magnificence. The book is about Pete, a baseball pitcher, who has an arm injury that puts him out of the game for a whole year. What would you do if the thing you are known for and best at was suddenly taken away? This is the story of how Pete deals with it. It’s a funny and fast read that we would recommend for guy and girls. Click here to put it on hold with your Douglas County Library card.
Music
One of us was at Mesa Middle School today and we got to hear the Show Choir singing this song today. Not only where they singing, but people walking on the stairs were singing along. Wavin’ Flag by K’Naan is a great song it was the theme music for the 2009 World Cup. Hearing it again today reminded us how much we love the song. Click here to put the CD on hold with your Douglas County Library card.
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App, Book, & Music of the Week
App
The end of the school year is coming up fast. That means finals and final projects. Since we have to make bibliographies for our work, which is really hard by the way, we started looking around for a short cut. EasyBib is the best. You can use it to make MLA, APA, and Chicago style citations. All you have to do is take a picture of a book bar code or type the name of a book. Once you have your book entered it auto generates a citation. After you have all of your books cited you can email the bibliography to yourself and add it to the end of your paper. It’s pretty great because it works with Android, iPad, iPhone, and even on a computer. This is a must have app if you are planning on getting all those final papers done!
Book
Guy Langman Crime Scene Procrastinator by Josh Berk
Last week’s romance was a little too girly to repeat. The book was great but we needed something really different to read this week…and we got it. Guy Langman is this real kid whose dad just died. After a little bit of time his friend, Anoop, convinces him to join the forensic science club at school. When they discover a real body things heat up. Most of the book is not about the murder. Most of the book is about Guy trying to figure out his life. The jokes are awful, Guy is goofy, and Anoop and the rest of the cast are all interesting. We love the humor in the story. If you like Guy humor, or if you are interested in knowing what guys are really thinking, this is the book for you.
Music
Okay, we like cute English boys…so sue us. The Wanted have their first US hit with Glad You Came and we love it. The song is catchy and fun and the fact that they just happen to be nice to look at is just a bonus. This song is so good the cast of Glee even covered it this year. You can put a hold on the CD here or you can download the Glee cast version of the song here with your Douglas County Library card.
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2012 Teen short Film Contest
The 4th annual Teen Short Film Contest is happening right soon! Now is the time to start getting your Teen Short Film ready. You can register on May 1, 2012. The rules are listed below. All films must be turned in by 6/14/12. The top 8 films will be screened for the public during our Red Carpet event on 6/29/12. Everyone in the crowd will get to vote for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Prizes, sponsors, and other awards will be announced soon. Start getting you film ready now because we can’t wait to see you on the Red Carpet.
Teen Short Film Contest
Official Rules
1. Registration Required. (Ages 12-18). Bring entry to the Aloha Teen Tower at the Philip S. Miller Library to register. (One film per person.)
2. Deadline for turning in a short film is 6/14/12 at 9:00pm. (The library closes at 9:00pm that day. All work must be submitted at that time.) **Space is limited to 30 short films; registration will be taken when a film is turned in.**
3. All short films must be in digital format on CDRom or DVD.
4. All films must be no longer than 10 minutes.
5. Short films will be voted on by staff and the Teen Interest Council. The top 8 films will be screened for the public on 6/29/12 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm. The public will vote for the top 3 films.
6. Awards will be given to the top 3 films on 6/24/12.
7. You may choose any topic for your short film. It may be a documentary, or a work of fiction. Short Films may not depict any of the following:
a. Lewd language (cursing or disparaging remarks about any group or person)
b. Nudity
c. Drugs or Alcohol
Questions can be emailed to mdellapenna@dclibraries.org
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Teen Writing Contest Winners
This year our judges really struggled to pick the best of the best. Everyone worked really hard on their entries and that made it a challenge to pick the winners. In the end the choice was too much and we ended up with a tie for second place. Congratulations to all of our contestants for their hard work, imagination, and strong writing skills. The winners are:
1st place
Jacklyn Payne for “The Making of a Double Agent”
2nd
Place Chris Lewis for “Wind”
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Erin Bell for “Eternal Darkness”
3rd Place
Jacob Pelster for “One Sentence Poem”
Popular Vote
Brooke Jones for “Dance”
Honorable Mention
Jadeann Dahlem for Captured Hope
Grae Hill for “Untitled”
Natasha Koeplin for “Obstacle”
Neya Manavalan for “Youth Listen to Us”
Click here to read the entries.
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App, Book, & Music of the Week
App
A few of us are graduating at the end of this year. We are going away to college and there is a lot of stuff to remember. At college we will have new email accounts and we might have to use different passwords to log into school webpages. Even some assignments might need to be turned in via alternative means. It’s not safe to have our password written down so we have been looking for the best way to keep our passwords safe. Keeper Passwords & Data Vault is available for pretty much all platforms, even just on your laptop. It’s free and we have been able to save all of our log in information. We love it!
Book
Incarnate by Jodi Meadows is a romantic science fiction adventure book that we highly recommend. Ana is born in a time and place where the same million souls have been reincarnated again and again. Each person has the memory of all of their past lives, until Ana is born. She is a new soul. With her birth a soul has disappeared. She is on a life or death adventure to discover who she is and what new life means.
Music
The Fray is not our favorite band, but their new CD might be our favorite right now. Run For Your Life is the second track we have featured from their new CD Scars and Stories. We can’t get enough of these guys. Click here to put the CD on hold and click here to download a free copy of the song with your Douglas County Library Card.
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App, Book, & Music of the Week.
App
Our favorite app this week is DCL to GO. This is a free app provided by Douglas County Libraries. We love it! If we find a book we want in the book store we can look it up on our phone and put it on hold at the library. We can even see if there is an Ebook and check it out right away. We can see our account, renew, put things on hold, and lot’s more. With all the new features we can’t get enough of our library’s app.
Book
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin is a totally freaky and odd book. We can’t get enough! After Liz has a car accident she ends up in Elsewhere. Everyone there ages backwards until they become babies and are reborn. Growing up, even though she is growing younger, is pretty hard for Liz. We loved the idea of growing younger, and the way it effects how Liz lives her life. This is a great book and we recommend it!
Music
This week the Neon Trees are all we have been listening to. Their new CD is out and it’s just as good as the last one. Our favorite track and video is Everybody Talks. Click here to watch the video and click here to put the new CD on hold at the library with your Douglas County Library card.
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App, Book, & Music of the week
App
The app this week is so fun we can’t stand it. AgingBooth lets you take any picture and age the person in it. We all look pretty awesome as 25 year old’s, but not as hot at 85. We have been aging our friends and posting the pics on FaceBook. This is a great app, and it’s only $0.99. It’s a great price for a fun time wasting app! You can get it for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Android.
Book
Eve by Anna Carey is the best book we have read this week, and we read a lot. Since the Hunger Games is over, we have to find new ways to get our dystopian future fix. This book is more Handmaids Tale then Hunger Games, but we really liked it. Eve is this girl living at a school. She has been told all her life she will have to help rebuild society after The Plague killed almost everyone. They just didn’t tell her what that meant. Now she is out in the world and fighting for survival. We give this book 4 stars.
Music
Best Intentions by We Are the In Crowd is a great CD. The song and video we can’t stop listening to is Kiss Me Again. It is the so perfect almost summer song. It makes us want to sit around a bonfire. Click here to watch the video.
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Parker Library Teen Photography Contest
It’s time for the Parker Library Teen Photography Contest. Teens ages 12-18 can turn in a photograph for the chance to win prizes and share their art with everyone. Here are the rules:
Parker Library
Teen Photography ContestOfficial Rules
1. Registration Required. Ages 12-18.
2. Entries will be accepted at the Parker Library Children’s Desk beginning 5/15/12.
3. Deadline for turning in a photo is 5/31/12 by 5:00pm.
4. Entries will be displayed and voted on at the Parker Library from 6/01/12—6/14/12..
5. Awards will be given on 6/15/12 in three
categories:- Critics’ Choice
- Librarians’ Choice
- Parker’s Choice
6. Photos may not depict any of the following:
a. Lewd language (cursing or disparaging remarks about any group or person)
b. Nudity
c. Drugs
7. All photos must be mounted on artist matting. These items must be matted securely and be able to hang on the wall.
8. Entries may be picked up between 6/15/12 and 6/22/12.
9. All work must be done by the entrant.
10. One entry per person.
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App, Book, & Music of the Week
App
Khan Academy is the best thing if you can’t figure out homework. There are almost three thousand videos on this webpage. You can learn math, science, history, and pretty much anything else by watching the videos. Forget YouTube, this is the real thing, created by a guy that graduated from MIT with three degrees and he got a MBA from Harvard. This is a big homework helper if you are having trouble understanding a concept just watch one of the videos. You can even pause, playback and watch over and over again. We love it! It used to just be a webpage, but now there is a free app (no in app purchases). The app is only on iPhone and iPad at this time, but anyone with access to a computer can watch the videos.
Book
This week’s book is a thriller about a kidnapped girl, and the people who are left behind. The Night She Disappeared by April Henry shows us 14 days from the day the girl goes missing, until the end of the story. We love that you get to see the story from several different points of view, even the kidnapper’s. The book is intense and we love it.
Music
Eyes Open by Taylor Swift is this week’s song. We still love the Hunger Games movie. Is it just us, or is the movie even better the third time you watch it? The soundtrack is so fantastic it was hard to pick our favorite track, but we managed to narrow it down. You can listen to the song here.
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Teen Writing Contest – 2012 Voting
It’s hard to believe that this is the third year for the Teen Writing contest at the Philip S. Miller Library. We have had so many excellent entries over the years, and this year is no exception. Just like last year you will vote for 1st 2nd and 3rd place. The winner of the popular vote will get a vote on the panel of judges. You can read more about the panel of published authors that will be judging the contest on this blog. To read all of the entries and to vote please click here. You will be redirected to the library Teen webpage and the online voting. Good Luck!
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