A yoga group geared toward those 13 and over, to get you into the practice.

A yoga group geared toward those 13 and over, to get you into the practice.

We need your help in letting others know what to read.  If you have read a good book or seen a good movie and think you can give us a well written review, without giving away all it's secrets, then please click "Read More" and fill out our featured reader form.  With your parents permission submit your name and information about the book you read and if selected you and your review will be featured in the "Teens" section of the website.  This is just one way that we want to make this section all about you and what you're interested in!

While geared toward parents this article gives you some great ideas on some ways to spice up your summer.  Just sitting inside glued to a screen isn't going to make you any memories, well not unless you count memorizing seasons of netflix shows.  So here are just a few of the great suggestions that the linked article points out as things to spice up your summer and make it more exciting.

• Teach yourself some new dance moves (learn to moonwalk, polka or pirouette)
• Re-create a childhood photo (you're a lot bigger now)
• Learn to cook something complicated, like macaroons or baked Alaska
• Do something kind for someone—a neighbor, a family member, or a complete stranger
• Relax in a hammock
• Learn a new language
• Write letters (not emails, but actual pen-and-ink notes!)

All these and more are within the article linked in the "read more" link.  Resources for most these activities can be found here at the library.

When she was thirteen years old, Anderson was a shy, bookish girl who was raped by a boy she trusted. She has since become known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed in the years since, she has written a poetry memoir that shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before.