Teens at the Library
The Library offers young adults an opportunity to take an active role in developing the Young Adult collection and activities at the Library. The Teen Advisory Board is a group of young adults willing to become involved in the functioning of the library to make the library more appealing for their peers. Board members may be any student in grades 6-12 who obtains parental permission and holds a library card. Siblings are not allowed. Applicants serve for one year. The Board’s advisor will set a meeting schedule based on the most convenient time for its members. Becoming involved as a board member not only allows teens to serve the community, which enhances college applications and resumes, it also gives them an opportunity to meet new people and have fun.
Programs are offered throughout the year that appeal to the special interests of young adults.
For eight weeks during the summer, reading is celebrated with the annual Summer Reading Club, The Reading Train. Young Adults ages 12-17 may participate.
The Young Adult’s Information Desk number is 901-457-2601.
Anime Club
The Anime & Manga Club meets each month at the Collierville Burch Library in the Storytime Room. Meetings are held monthly on Saturday's from 12:30-1:30. In the meetings, we taste foods from Japan, discuss what books to add to the anime collection of the library, and watch the latest offerings from the anime world. New members and discussion topic ideas are always welcome. Parental permission is required to join. Sign up at the Information Desk.
Anime Club Information
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Teen Advisory Board
What is a Teen Advisory Board?
A Teen Advisory Board is a group of 20 young adults willing to become involved in the functioning of the Library to make the library more appealing for their peers.
Who can be on the Board?
Board members may be any student in grades 6-12 who completes an application, obtains parental permission and holds a library card. Completed applications should be submitted during June and July for the upcoming Board. Once selected, applicants will serve one school year. Once the 20 slots have been filled, any remaining qualified applicants will be placed on a waiting list in the event an opening becomes available. See below for Parental Permission Form and Teen Advisory Board Application or pick them up at the Library Information Desk.
Teen Advisory Board Application
Parental Permission Form
When does the Board meet?
Meetings will be held on the 3rd Thursday of the month from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm, August through May.
Where does the Board meet?
All meetings are held in the Children's Storytime Room unless otherwise noted. Any special events or extra activities will be scheduled as needed.
If you have additional questions please contact the Young Adult Library Associate, Deborah Partin, at 457-2601.
Teen Advisory Board Installed
Caroline Albright, 11th grade, Collierville High School
Evan Barnett, 7th grade, Schilling Farms Middle School
Michael Barnett, 9th grade Houston High School
Kristen Blanks, 12th grade Houston High School
Natalee Cummings, 8th grade Houston Middle School
Joren Dawson, 7th grade Schilling Farms Middle School
Kihye Hong, 12th grade Houston High School
Nilarika Fayade, 7th grade Schilling Farms Middle School
Swathi Ganesh, 9th grade Collierville High School
Robyn Helms, 7th grade Collierville Middle School
Jake Kinnear, 7th grade Houston Middle School
Swetha Manivannan, 7th grade Collierville MIddle School
Katrina Mauk, 7th grade Collierville Middle School
Adeline Monaghan, 6th grade St. George's Independent School
Kelly Quiroz, 9th grade Homeschooled
Anish Sahasrabudhe, 10th grade Collierville High School
Isha Sahasrabudhe, 6th grade Schilling Farms Middle School
Maiar Salameh, 11th grade Collierville High School
James Seagraves, 9th grade Homeschooled
Jonathan Seagraves, 10th grade Homeschooled
Jared Rodgers, 11th grade Collierville High School
Bhuvaneswari Vasudevan, 8th grade Schilling Farms Middle School
Srilakshmi Velrajan, 8th grade Cordova Middle School
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YA Readers Advisory
Announcing the Young Adult Library Services Association 2011 Teens' Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
- Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
- Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
- Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
- Hold Me Closer Necromancer by Lisa McBride
- Trash by Andy Mulligan
- Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
- The Things a Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt
- Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Saenz
- Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
Nominees for the 2012 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adult are:
- All Good Children by Catherine Austen
- Ashes by Ilsa Bick
- Abandon by Meg Cabot
- Tempest by Julie Cross
- What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
- Wither by Lauren DeStefano
- Where She Went by Gayle Forman
- Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
- Eona: The Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
- Legend by Marie Lu
- Hourglass by Myra McEntire
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer
- Shine by Lauren Myracle
- A Monster Calls, Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd by Patrick Ness
- This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel
- Across the Universe by Beth Revis
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
- How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
- All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
The following reviews are from members of the Teen Advisory Board:
Mockingjay
By Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay is the third and final book in the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. It continues the story of the Hunger Games and rebellion that is portrayed in the previous novels, and begins with the concluding line of Catching Fire. Katniss Everdeen is walking through the streets of the old District 12 but all that remains is a large pile of ashes and skeletons of the many who were not lucky enough to survive. The few who managed to stay alive during the bombings now live in District 13, a forgotten district which operates underground. Everyone is looking to Katniss, the Mockingjay and symbol of the rebellion, to start an uprising and join together the districts to overthrow the Capitol and create a democracy. Meanwhile, President Snow has captured Peeta, Katniss's other tribute from the first hunger games, who she pretended to love for all the cameras to see and to spare their lives. But was it really all just an act? Over their multiple encounters through the years, Peeta was her only comfort and the one with whom she felt she could share everything. But then there's Gale, Katniss's hunting partner, with whom she had become close. The lives of their families had depended upon it, someone with whom she had grown up and shared everything with and could easily feel love for. Will the rebellion prove victorious? Whose lives will be spared in the oncoming war? Will Katniss every choose between Peeta and Gale? All these questions and more are answered in the final installment of the Hunger games, Mockingjay.
Review by Rishika Singh
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YA Resources
Educational Games
www.Educational Games
www.icivics.org/games/do-i-have-right
Homework Help
www.khanacademy.org
Reading Resource Links
www.teenreads.com
www.ala.org/teenread
Publishers' Websites
www.randomhouse.com/teens
www.harperteen.com
www.orcabook.com/
www.simonsays.com
www.smoochya.com
us.penguingroup.com
School Links
www.scsk12.org/SCS/schools/schools.html#ms
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