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Comic/Manga Competition

October 1-23 2010

You asked for it, you got it! For teens only! Stop

by the Youth desk at any location and pick up a

registration form to enter your work into a

contest. The deadline for submission is October

23rd. Details will be available on the entry form.

Have no idea what you want to do or where to

start? Attend any or all of our workshops,

hosted by local artist Casey Dixon.

Monday, Oct. 4 and 11, 6-8 pm at Michigan

Wednesday, Oct. 7 and 14, 6-8 pm at Whittaker

Novel Writing Challenge November 1—26, 2010

Come on, admit it. At one point in time you’ve

read a book and said “I could have

written something better than

THIS.” Now’s your chance. National

Novel Writing Month (or NaNo) is

November. Get your thoughts down

on paper, good or bad. We’re

challenging you to write 15,000

words in less than 30 days. Think

you can do it? Then pick up an entry form at

the Youth desk, and start writing.

Have no idea what to do or where to start?

Attend any or all of our workshops, hosted by

the wonderful volunteers from 826Michigan.

Writing workshops

Michigan — Tuesdays, Sept. 14–Dec. 7

5:30—6:30 pm

Kick-off and Info Session:

Whittaker — Monday, Nov. 1, 6-7:30 pm

Developing Great Characters:

Whittaker — Tuesday, Nov. 9, 6-7:30 pm

Writing Great Dialogue:

Whittaker — Tuesday, Nov. 16, 6-7:30 pm

Write-Off (Mad dash to finish your novel!)

Whittaker — Friday, Nov. 26, 3:30-5 pm

Getting Published

Whittaker — Thursday, Dec. 2, 4pm

Celebration of Writing If you participate in either the Comic/Manga Competition or the Novel Challenge, you will be invited to attend our Celebration of Words, where we’ll announce the winners of the Comic/

Manga Competition and artwork and writing will be shared. And eat pizza. INVITATION ONLY!

Mark Your

Calendars! Fourth Annual

Ypsilanti Songwriting Festival

Saturday, October 2 Become inspired from music by legendary British

rocker Graham Parker and returning Nashville

talent Paul Burch. Look at the website for

performance times and workshop details.

Teen Advisory GroupTeen Advisory Group Teens, offer opinions about what you’d like to see and do at the library. Snacks provided. Call for information, ask for an application at the desk,

or just stop by a meeting.

YDL Michigan — Wednesdays at 6 pm Sept. 8, Oct. 6, Nov. 3, and

Dec. 1

YDL Whittaker — Wednesdays Tweens (ages 10-13) 6 pm and

Teens (ages 14-18) 7 pm — Sept. 15, Oct. 20, Nov. 17, and Dec. 17

Create Something New! Create Something New! Comic/Manga Workshops and Competition

See details on the front page.

YDL-Michigan Monday, Oct. 4 and 11, 6-8 pm

YDL-Whittaker Thursday, Oct. 7 and 14, 6-8 pm

National Novel Writing Month (NaNo)

See details on the front page.

Kick-off at Whittaker Monday, November 1, 6 pm

Developing Great Characters, YDL-Whittaker, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 6 pm

Writing Great Dialogue, YDL-Whittaker, Tuesday, November 16, 6 pm

Write-Off, YDL-Whittaker, Friday, November 26, 3-5:30 pm

Ypsilanti Songwriting Festival

Details will be announced on the website www.ypsilibrary.org as the date

gets closer.

Saturday, Oct. 2

Ongoing Events:Ongoing Events: Teen Gaming —YDL-Michigan, Dates to be determined 2-4 pm On Ypsilanti High School half days, come spend the afternoon playing an

assortment of Wii and Playstation II games.

Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament —YDL-Michigan, Sat. Sept. 25, Oct. 23, and Nov. 27, 3-5 pm Bring your Yu-Gi-Oh cards and have fun playing with other teens. Winners will get more Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Snacks provided. No

registration required. Get a list of forbidden cards from the youth desk.

826michigan Writing Workshops —YDL-Michigan, Tuesdays, Sept. 14—Dec. 7, 5:30-6:30 pm Teens, improve your creative writing skills with drop-in sessions sponsored by local nonprofit 826Michigan.

Wii Wednesdays —YDL-Superior, Weds., 5-6:30 pm. Come for open play with Big Brain Academy, Mario Kart, Super Mario Brothers, Wii Sports and more.

Anime Typhoon —YDL-Michigan, Sat. Sept. 11, Oct. 9, Nov. 13, and Dec. 11, 3-5 pm Join the Michigan Avenue Anime Club as we make bento boxes, watch and review new anime episodes, debate favorite classic titles and characters, and continue our partnership with U-M

Animania President Steven Heise. Japanese snacks provided.

Japanime—YDL-Whittaker, Saturdays, Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 20, and Dec. 18, 3-5pm Join YDL’s Teen Anime Club and meet monthly in the Story Room for anime showings and discussions.

Teen Book DiscussionsTeen Book Discussions

Here’s a chance to talk about some good books with other high school students who have read them and enjoy some light snacks. Register online or call 482-4110 (ext. 1390 for Michigan, ext. 1340 for Whittaker)

Hate List by Jennifer Brown —

YDL-Whittaker, Wednesday, September 8, 7 pm

Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member by Sanyika Shakur, aka Monster Kody Scott—

YDL-Michigan, Wednesday, September 15, 6 pm

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey —

YDL-Whittaker, Wednesday, October 13, 7 pm

The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore —

YDL-Michigan, Wednesday, October 20, 6 pm (Skype discussion with author)

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee* (movie screening Nov. 21) —

YDL-Whittaker, Wednesday, November 10, 7 pm

YDL-Michigan, Wednesday, November 17, 6 pm

To Be Announced —

YDL-Whittaker, Wednesday, December 8, 7 pm

Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast —

YDL-Michigan, Wednesday, December 15, 6 pm

Special Events:Special Events: Backpack Decorating (Youth/Teen) —YDL-Superior, Thursday, Sept. 9, 6pm Gear up for the school year in style! We’ll provide the

backpack—you supply the style.

Pirate Party —YDL-Whittaker, Sunday, Sept. 19, 1:30-2:30 pm Arrr! Celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Costumes

encouraged but not required. Registration required. 482-4110 ext. 1340

Teen Mythology Series —YDL-Michigan, Mondays, Sept. 27, and Nov. 29, 7 pm In Sept., U of M Lecturer Nicholas Theisen discusses the use of traditional Japanese stories in contemporary manga and anime. In Nov. explore how Greek mythology relates to popular new titles in the

teen collection. Snacks provided. Registration required.

Karaoke — YDL-Whittaker, Wednesday October 20, 7 pm

YDL-Michigan, Saturday, October 23, 2 pm Celebrate Teen Read

Week theme of Books with Beat! Sing out loud or cheer on your friends.

Batik Painting: Halloween Themes —YDL-Whittaker, Thursday, October 21, 6 pm Batik, practiced in mostly Indonesia, uses wax to create a network of shattered lines on fabric. Materials provided.

Registration required: 482-4110 ext. 1340.

Pumpkin Carving —YDL-Superior, Thursday, Oct. 28, 6-7:30 pm Spooky, friendly, or just plain goofy— you decide. Real pumpkins and

carving supplies provided. Registration required: 482-4110 ext. 1391.

iPod, Phone, mp3 Cozy —YDL-Whittaker, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2-4 pm Make a cover for your cell phone or iPod. Choose from several

colors of fabric and sew on designs to make a personal statement.

* Movie — To Kill a Mockingbird —YDL-Michigan, Saturday, November 21, 2 pm In celebration of the book’s 50th anniversary, we’ll

screen the 1962 movie with Academy Award winner Gregory Peck.

The Declaration by Gemma Malley

In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient “Surplus” training to become a house servant, discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her. (Audio book)

Beat the Band by Don Calame

Sophomore Cooper Redman is intent on winning the Battle of the Bands with his two friends Matt and Sean in order to save his reputation. Only problem is, none of them play an instrument. Sequel to Swim the Fly.

Paper Daughter

by Jeanette Gold

Maggie Chen is working the crime beat as part of an internship with the newspaper her father used to work for. His recent death in a drive-by has raised some questions about his past, one of them being a possible connection with a corrupt government employee. Maggie fights to clear her father’s name, and discovers some previously hidden family history in the process.

If I Stay By Gayle Forman

While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death. The sequel, titled Where She Went, is coming in Spring 2011!

So Punk Rock (and Other Ways

to Disappoint Your Mother)

by Micol and David Ostow

Part book, part graphic novel, this book tells the story of four suburban New Jersey students from the Leo R. Gittleman Jewish Day School. They form a rock band that becomes inexplicably popular, creating exhilaration, friction, confrontation, and soul-searching among its members.

War for the Oaks

by Emma Bull

Eddi McCandry has just lost her band and her boyfriend. Things can’t get worse, until she discovers she’s the only person who sees other-worldly creatures and becomes a pawn in a bitter, age-old battle between two faerie courts in downtown Minneapolis.

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Every year, teens around the country celebrate Teen Read Week. In honor of that celebration,

we’ve got some books here that have some real BEAT! Whether it’s music, poetry, or audio

books, have fun with this theme. If you think of something we missed, or want more sugges-

tions, check out the complete list at the library.

Hush, Hush

by Becca Fitzpatrick

When Nora Grey meets the

handsome bad boy Patch, she is

plunged into a world of fallen angels

and mystery, where who you can

trust isn’t always clear and no one is

who they seem.

Tarot Café

by Sang-sun Park

A Korean manga series about a psychic

named Pamela who helps an assortment

of fairytale characters and fantasy beings

move on in life, while she herself is stuck.

Read the series to see if she ever moves

on. Coming soon to YDL!

Recommended by Michigan Avenue TAG member Daija Richardson Join TAG and you can contribute to our recommendations and suggest titles for purchase.

TAG @ WHITTAKER ROAD TAG @ WHITTAKER ROAD Whittaker’s TAG team hosted a Karaoke Contest that was so successful, we’re repeating the opportunity. So, if you were gone this summer, you can stop by on Wednesday, October 20th from 6 to 8 pm in the Whittaker Road Story Time Room. The room has some great acoustics! Other events during our monthly TAG

meetings include making marble magnets for your locker in September and constructing gingerbread houses in November. Plus, if you haven’t met new teen librarian Amelia, now’s your chance. New members with ideas and suggestions are always welcome. Deb and Amelia are making an impact on the teen area at Whittaker. Come visit us at Whittaker Road and see what we’ve done already. For the rest of the year, you can enter your name into a drawing for some free books. The choices will change, so visit and enter often.

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On July 17, Michigan TAG members Kaiel, Kevin, Shawn, Walter, Terrance, and Michael boarded a bus from Michigan Avenue and helped at the Superior Field Day. We got inside and met everyone and put on nametags. Soon the kids started coming in and we got the events set up. The events were an obstacle course, water balloons, hula hoops, three-legged race, piñatas, limbo and stuff of that sort. After the events, the winners received ribbons and we went home after a hard day’s work. ~~ Kaiel Grimes

Officer Elections were held for Michigan Avenue TAG. Congratulations to everyone who has assumed a leadership role: Walter McAdam — President Kevin Joseph — Vice President Dontrell Heard — Anime and Gaming D’Von Coates — Yu Gi Oh Michael McAdam — Movies Kaiel Grimes — Design

Other things we’re working on include designing a TAG t-shirt and creating a video promoting the library’s anime and manga activities and collection. Be sure to fan the Ypsilanti District Library Teens page to keep updated!