Over the hills and far away . . .

Brace yourself; I have bad news.

The library will be closed from the 24-26 of this month.

What's that? Do I hear the tracks of tears running down your lovely young faces?

Ahhh, the holiday season! 'Tis enough to bring tears to everyone's eyes! And we have hardly any holiday-tastic books available, because all you little- I mean, delightful young teens, who are a wonder to behold and strike joy into the hearts of all you meet, keep checking them all out! How am I supposed to keep a holiday display stocked if there aren't any holiday books for me to put there?

But I have good news too!

We have program information on our Glorious Library Website! Huzzah!
So go look and see our Origami thingamarole, which you are all welcome to come to on February 10th at 3:30.
And then later we will tell you of more awesome stuff you can be a part of! Because the fun never ends at the Five Forks branch!

Best Regards in the Glorious New Year,

Anni

Almost the end . . of the year

Now, we did have our LAST TEEN PROGRAM of the year on Wednesday, so that means you will not have more reason to come to the library than you have already (as if you really needed one), but since it is the holiday season, I'm sure you will find something which will keep your spirits up until our next program which will be next year.

I know, I know, spending time with people you love and having them give you presents and food is not nearly as good as coming in to the library for some fun filled activity, but that is life, you young whippersnappers, and you will just have to get used to it.

But next year we will have new teen programs, and they will be even more fun than the ones we had this year.

"Golly gee," I hear you say, 'how is such a thing possible?"

"Impossible as it may sound," I reply, "it does get better-- but you will just have to wait and see."

So to all of you Whos in Whoville--

Have a jolly old time this holiday season celebrating the holiday of your choice, and don't forget that if you don't get the books you want for Christmas/etc, you can check them out from the library!

Squeee!!!!

Eternal love from--

Anni,

Head of Teenage Excitement

Hola, aloha, hallo, and greetings,

Many of you, I know, are crying your eyes out over the fact that you missed the last teen program due to circumstances unforeseen, but cheer up! We are having ANOTHER DRUM SESSION!

This means that you have ANOTHER CHANCE to join in the fun that you missed out on before!

You can HIT THINGS! And MAKE NOISE! Yippie Skippie all the live long day!

So, this Wednesday at 4:30 PM until 6:00 PM, you know where you'll be. You'll be at the Five Forks Library, livin' it up with your pallies and people you don't know but might like anyway, thinking, "Goodness me, does life get any better than this?"

Perhaps it does, but if so, well, I don't know how.

When you find yourselves, in fifteen years time, making oodles of dough as the drummers for some wicked bands, you will thank me for giving you your first taste of the rhythm, which will most certainly get you.

By the way, you're welcome.

As ever,

Your Superstar Teen Rep

The sun will come out TOMORROW

Tomorrow is the day you have been waiting for with bated breath. But just in case you forgot, which I'm sure you haven't, since this is the best thing to happen since Harry Potter was published, let me remind you: Tomorrow we will be having our drumming program.

Yes, you read that right. Tomorrow.

So at 4:30 in the afternoon, come in to the greatest library that ever lived and do things that you're normally not allowed to do in the library ( makes noise, hit things, etc).

It will be wicked spectacular, and if you do not come, you will be more than sad; you will be despondent.

However, we will have the drum dude back again in two weeks so that you can have even more fun.

So cheerio, ta ta, and so on, until tomorrow.

Anni, Your Amazing Teen Rep

Hark! What teens through yonder library break?

Dear teens, how I have missed you all! Especially those of you who (unfortunately and due to unforseen and dreadful circumstances that were most certainly unavoidable) did not get a chance to attend our fabulous movie night in which we saw Dan Ackroyd get covered in slime among other exciting things.

"Dear me!" I hear you say, "how can I live with myself knowing I have missed that?! Surely life is not worth living now?"

But o! Your outlook on life should improve by the end of the month, because we are having another teen program! O to joy!

I know you are waiting with bated breath for more details, so I shall reveal to you the subject matter of our next brilliant program, just in case you forgot.

We will be having so much crazy fun, you will not be able to contain yourselves. We will party so hard your brains will explode because . . .

We will be making joyous music! Yes! We will have a groovy guy come in with loads of drums and expert knowledge which he will pass on to you. You will have so much fun you will be begging, "Please let us come back again and repeat this amazing experience! Please!"

To which we will reply, "How can we say no to that? It simply cannot be done! Do come back again in two weeks!"

So that is how the events will play out. On November 19 at 4:30 PM, we will have our first taste of the bliss that is making noise, and then we will do it again on December 3 at the same time.

Undyingly yours for ever and always,

Miss Super Fantastic: The Five Forks Tenn Rep

Movie Night on Thursday!

Exciting times are upon us . . . because this Thursday we're having our movie night! Huzzah!

As you may remember, the film is GHOSTBUSTERS, and you don't want to miss it--not just because Ghostbusters is wicked awesome, but because we will have FOOD. Lots of food and nothing healthy, so there is no need to worry that we'll be feeding you carrots and Kashi, which would be a real nightmare (and no, we would not even dream of subjecting you to that).

Yes, fun times will be had by all teens who dare enter here . . .

-ANNI

The coolest librarian EVER

Teen Read Week

Next week is the single most important week of your life. That's right, from the 12th-18th of this great month of October, it is TEEN READ WEEK.

Do you know what this means?

It means you have an excuse to read more books.

The theme is Books With Bite, and with a theme like that, how could it possibly be bad?

It can't.

This is of course a great time to read all sorts of killer awesome books--you know, ones about vampires or wild animals or werewolves or other things that bite.

Biting is one of the most important things you'll ever do, especially if you happen to be a vampire/wild animal/werewolf/etc--which I'm sure many of you are--so this theme is central to our lives.

Plus we have free bookmarks.

So you need to come in and celebrate, because celebration is what the library is all about.

-Anni,
Your favorite Teen Rep

FALL PROGRAMS!

Does the awesomeness never end?

Nope, it doesn't. And I know because we have TWO teen programs planned for this fall!

Oh, yes, we've got some amazing, brilliant, spectactularly cool things coming up.

The first is . . . . .. . .

A movie night!

And the movie is . . . . . .

GHOSTBUSTERS!

So on Thursday, October 23, at 4:00 PM, make sure you're at the library, because we will have not only the movie, but snacks! And good times all around!


The second is actually so great, we couldn't contain it. So we have TWO drum sessions coming up! That's right, TWO opportunities to bang on your drums and make noise, glorious noise!
And when will these be, you wonder?

Well, I shall tell you. The first is on Wednesday, November 19, from 4:30- 6:00 PM, and the second is on another Wednesday-- December 3, at the same time.

I know, I know; it's a long time to wait--- but you will just have to be patient. After all, half the fun is in the anticipation. Or at least that's what people say; it's up to you whether you want to believe them or not.

I look forward to having fun times with all you!

Anni,

Teen Rep at the BEST branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library

Guess what guess what!!

The teen summer reading program final raffle winner has been chosen. No, it wasn't someone from the Five Forks branch who won. It was someone from Collins Hill.

I know, you will probably cry about it for a week at least BUT----

Do not fear! We have a teen program coming up in October! And we'll have more later in the year! And next year, too! 'Twill be fantastic! Oh, the larks we will get up to . . .

In the meantime, you can always come in and check out spectacular books. We are overflowing with righteous teen literature that you should devour in one sitting. AND you can talk to me, which I know you have all been dying to do.

-Anni,
Teen Rep from Mars (aka Five Forks Library)

I know you are all very sad that summer is over, and you have to go back to school, which seriously cuts into your time to read good books, but . . .
You can still enter to win our FINAL SUMMER PRIZE DRAWING! This prize consists of TWO tickets to Medieval Times and some memorabilia as well. You only have until the 15th to enter, so head on in to the library today.

And if you can find time to squeeze in some pleasure reading, we have so much good stuff in right now you really should come on down. If you can't get enough vampires after reading (and rereading) the Twilight Saga, you might be interested in:

1. The Cirque du freak series by Darren Shan

2. Look for Me By Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn (there aren't many copies of this one, but it's mint so try to get ahold of it if you can)

3.Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead

4.Vampire Beach series by Alex Duval

5. Vampire Diaries series by L. J. Smith

6. Vampire Plagues series by Sebastian Rook

Some of these are on the shelf as I write, but some you may have to request from another branch, which of course, your wonderful librarians are always happy to do for you because we love you so much.

We don't have any brilliant teen programs scheduled just yet, but you know I'll let you know when we do, so do not fret.

Anni,

Head of Awesomeness

(in other words, teen rep at Five Forks Library)

Final Raffle Winner!

Congratulations to Vanessa B. for winning the final raffle of the teen summer reading program! This concludes our teen summer reading program, but you can still turn in your reading logs to the library. We will have awesome programs again in the fall, and don't worry-- I'll keep you posted on these.
Don't forget to come in and check out our new books-- we get new ones every day because the Gwinnet County Public Library is the greatest library in the world and we're always looking out for our spectacular teen readers! Huzzah! We are always happy to help any of you find something new to read!


-Anni,
Teen Rep,
Five Forks Branch

New Raffle Winner!

All right, we're coming to the end of the summer reading program, which means that we only have ONE raffle left! Congratulations to Cameron R. for winning the transformer pen this week, and good luck to everyone entering to win our final prize of the season!
Our new raffle item is a . . .

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wait for it...

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A Transformation mug!




Whoo hoo! Awesome in the extreme!

Also, we had our final teen event of the summer on Wednesday, but don't worry-- we'll have more in the fall. As always, our programs are excellent and fascinating and so cool it's unbelievable--- so keep your eyes peeled for more.

Don't forget to bring in your completed summer reading logs for your prize!

New Event!

All right, it's that time again-- tomorrow we have a teen event taking place at the Five Forks branch! It's going to be a theater makeup workshop at 3:30. All you need to bring is your face. As always, there will be snacks and tons of fun, so don't miss out!

If you are looking for something good to read, we've got plenty of great stuff here. There's a new sequel to Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson out now called Ghost of Spirit Bear. If you want something funny, try Louise Rennison. Her Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series is a riot. The first one is called Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging. Her newest book will be available in the library soon as well. And of course, these books can be found in the very awesome Teen Scene section of your library.

The Teen Scene-- it's where all the cool kids hang out!

-Teen Rep

New Raffle Winner!

Congratulations to Jacob R, who won our last raffle--a metallic Transformation bag!

Our next raffle is for . . . .


This pen! It may look ordinary, but it has hidden powers.

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Ok; so it won't make you into a superhero, but it's still pretty cool, seeing as it transforms.
Another note-- Werewolf trivia is still going on, and don't forget to bring in your summer reading logs when you have completed them!

Anni,
Five Forks Teen Rep

New Raffle!

Congratualtions to Umair F, Monica B, Bridget M, and Maddie L for winning the raffle ending July 3! If you are not one of these lucky winners, don't fret- we have another raffle! This week's raffle is . . .




An awesome bag!
If you entered last week's raffle, you are automatically entered in this week's raffle.

Also new this week-- Werewolf Trivia!

You can pick up the questions at the information desk.

This week's raffle

Congratulations to Aaron W. for winning this week's raffle prize- the stress ball! Next week has a new prize and more chances to win. We will be raffling 4 (FOUR!) prizes for next week-- mood magnets!

Just another way to transform your summer at the library . . .

Also, our next program is coming up next month! You can check out the programs at our other branches too-- we've got so much going on that you don't want to miss out on!

Another Winner!

Congratulations to Dina H. for winning the glow-in-the-dark cup raffle! Our next raffle is already available at the Five Forks Branch in the teen section. This weeks raffle is something we could all use...


a stress ball!! It also says 'transformation @ your library'. You will have until June 26th to enter for your chance to win. The winner will be announced on June 27th.

Our next set of trivia questions are also available at the Five Forks information desk. The questoins are about vampire movie trivia--which also goes with the metamorphosis theme. Here are the questions:

1. Who played Dracula in the 1931 film?
2. What was his real name?
3. Name three other movies he's been in.

Once you complete the questions all you have to do is take your answers to the information desk and receive your prize! You can choose to get a temporary tattoo (see June 3rd blog post) or a magnetic bookmark.

For those of you who have completed your 10 hours (or more, way to go!!) for the summer reading, please stop by the Five Forks information desk to receive your prize.

T-shirt Re-do Workshop

The Five Forks Branch will have a T-shirt revitalization workshop today from 4 to 5pm in our meeting room. All students from grades 6-12 are welcome to join us for this fun activity. Be sure to bring your own T-shirt (one without any designs is best) to the meeting. We'll provide the cool stencils and paint to makeover that boring old shirt (seen below).

As always, refreshments (wonderful cookies and thirst-quenching drinks) will be provided. Don't forget about the raffle going on and be sure to check by the branch (and this blog) periodically to see the other raffles that will be going on during the summer. New trivia questions will be available tomorrow. Another prize will be given for those who participate--it's a good one so be sure to stop by for your free prize! We hope to see all your smiling faces at 4pm today!

Present and Future Winners

Congratulations to Erin M. and Vanessa B. for winning our first teen summer program raffle!! Our next raffle is ready so be sure to stop by the branch to enter for your chance to win. The raffle prize for this week is...

this awesome glow-in-the-dark cup! It says 'transformation @ your library' which follows our metamorphosis theme for the summer. There will be one winner selected for this prize. The entry deadline is June 19th and the winner will be announced June 20th.

Our trivia questions are still going on and will continue through June 16th. Everyone gets a prize for participating in this activity. The questions are listed below for the Cinema & Literature trivia set:

1. In what movie do small cute furry creatures turn into little monsters if fed after midnight?
2. What is the name of the giant moth that attacks Godzilla?
3. Who wrote 'Begging for Change'?
4. In Scott Westerfeld's series Uglies, what do 16-year-olds get turned into?
5. What movie and book was about an island where a mad scientist turns men into animals?

Bookmark Contest

Dear contestants,

The bookmark contest is ending soon!! Please bring your unique entries to the Five Forks Branch no later than Thursday 6/12/08. Yes, that's this Thursday.

Just so you'll know: Winners will have their art displayed at several branches around Gwinnett County, as well as at the Hudgens Center for the Arts (too cool!). Copies of the bookmarks will be made available at all the branches of the Gwinnett County Public Library. Plus, you'll have bragging rights!

Don't miss out on the great opportunity to have your talent showcased.

Raffle=Free Stuff!

The raffles have begun! The Five Forks Branch is going to have teen raffles from now until the end of the summer program (July 25). This weeks awesome prize is...

It's a black dry erase board and a cool blue-green pen! It has magnets on the back so you can slap it on your refrigerator or your locker or any other location that is metal (do not place magnets on computers!).

To enter the raffle just stop by the branch and you'll see the table near the teen new books shelf. Fill out the entry slip and place it in the raffle box. The winners (we have two of these cool boards) will be selected June 11th.

Trivia Challange--Phase 1

The first set of trivia questions are now available at the Five Forks Library Information Desk. Here's how it works...

• Ask for the teen trivia questions
• Use GALILEO to help answer them or ask for assistance at the Information Desk
• Return your completed questions to the Information Desk
• Collect your prize!!!!

The prize this week is an awesome temporary tattoo (shown below) that fits in with our metamorphosis @ your library theme. Yes, the tattoo will be much smaller.

If you missed our delightful henna tattoo workshop last week don't forget to join our next activity is June 17th at 4pm. We'll be doing another workshop on how to revitalize T-shirts. Be sure to bring your own T-shirt, hat or bag to alter with cool stencils!

Henna Tattoo Tonight!

Greetings!

We are having our first teen summer program tonight at 5pm. It is our spectacular henna tattoo workshop. All teens are welcome to participate as long as you have your completed permission slip. We'll start off with a brief meet and greet session and then we'll get crafty for the rest of the hour.

Henna stains the outermost layer of the skin and will fade as that layer of skin exfoliates, usually between 7-30 days. Come to the Five Forks Library meeting room and see what designs you can create with this artistic tradition! Refreshments, including Coke and cookies, will be provided.

Welcome Teens!!

Hello and welcome to the Five Forks Library Teen Blog! We have an exciting summer planned at the Five Forks Library. The Teen Summer Reading Program officially launches today.

This year's theme is Metamorphosis @ Your Library featuring the colorful creature below

You can sign up for the program in one of two ways: visit the library branch or sign up online at http://www.gwinnettpl.org/teenscene/TeenSummerProg/TeenSummerProgram.html


Make sure you drop by the branch to get your reading log. The goal for this summer is to read for 10 hours. You can earn points as you read, attend programs, or read to others. Post your points on this blog or via email to FFRTeens@gmail.com. Five Forks is also having a summer long reading competition: Vampires vs. Werewolves. Pick your team and duke it out all summer long!!


The Five Forks Branch has three metamorphosis programs planned:

• Henna Tattoo Workshop on Wednesday May 28th from 5-6pm--a permission slip is required to participate in this program.


• T-shirt Revitalization Workshop on Tuesday June 17th from 4-5pm--bring your own t-shirt, hat or bag.


• Theater Makeup Workshop on Wednesday July 16th from 4-5pm

All programs will have refreshments

We will also have prizes awarded when you answer trivia questions which will be available periodically during the summer. I'll post on this blog when each trivia question set will be ready for answering.

This will be a busy and fun summer--we look forward to seeing you soon!!