Seymour Library will be celebrating Teen Read Week, an adolescent literacy initiative, from Oct. 14 through 20. During this week, teenagers are encouraged to write a book review and enter a drawing for prizes. The theme of Teen Read Week is “LOL!@YourLibrary,” encouraging teens to read humorous books (LOL meaning laugh out loud).
Here are a few that will make teens laugh out loud:
€ “All-American Girl” by Meg Cabot - A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations and catches the eye of the First Son.
€ “Al Capone Does My Shirts” by Gennifer Choldenko - Moose moves to Alcatraz Island and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment.
€ “True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet” by Lola Douglas - Teen movie star Morgan moves to Fort Wayne, Ind. to recuperate after an overdose and rehabilitation.
€ “A Fate Totally Worse Than Death” by Paul Fleischman - Three self-centered teens become convinced that the beautiful new exchange student is a ghost.
€ “Dunk” by David Lubar - Chad works as a clown in an amusement park dunk tank on the New Jersey shore.
€ “Behaving Bradley” by Perry Nodelman - Brad encounters monstrous bullies and spineless student leaders at his high school.
€ “Pulling Princes” by Tyne O'Connell - Hoping to become more popular at her school, Calypso invents a fake boyfriend, until she realizes that her wit may be enough to attract the attention of a real-life handsome prince.
€ “How I Spent My Last Night on Earth” by Todd Strasser - When a rumor appears on the Internet that a giant asteroid is about to destroy Earth, Legs scrambles to meet the boy of her dreams.
€ “Thwonk” by Joan Bauer - A cupid doll comes to life and offers romantic assistance to A.J., a teenage photographer suffering from unrequited love.
€ “Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963” by Christopher Paul Curtis - The everyday routines of the Watsons, a family living in Flint, Mich. are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
“Girl, 15, Charming but Insane” by Sue Limb - Jess, living with her mother, separated from her father, and with a best friend who seems to do everything perfectly, finds her own assets through humor.
€ “The Schwa Was Here” by Neil Shusterman - An eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, a boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings.
€ “Be More Chill” by Ned Vizzini - High school nerd Jeremy swallows a pill-sized super computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants.
Sheila B. Anderson is director of the Seymour Library.
€ “All-American Girl” by Meg Cabot - A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations and catches the eye of the First Son.
€ “Al Capone Does My Shirts” by Gennifer Choldenko - Moose moves to Alcatraz Island and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment.
€ “True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet” by Lola Douglas - Teen movie star Morgan moves to Fort Wayne, Ind. to recuperate after an overdose and rehabilitation.
€ “A Fate Totally Worse Than Death” by Paul Fleischman - Three self-centered teens become convinced that the beautiful new exchange student is a ghost.
€ “Dunk” by David Lubar - Chad works as a clown in an amusement park dunk tank on the New Jersey shore.
€ “Behaving Bradley” by Perry Nodelman - Brad encounters monstrous bullies and spineless student leaders at his high school.
€ “Pulling Princes” by Tyne O'Connell - Hoping to become more popular at her school, Calypso invents a fake boyfriend, until she realizes that her wit may be enough to attract the attention of a real-life handsome prince.
€ “How I Spent My Last Night on Earth” by Todd Strasser - When a rumor appears on the Internet that a giant asteroid is about to destroy Earth, Legs scrambles to meet the boy of her dreams.
€ “Thwonk” by Joan Bauer - A cupid doll comes to life and offers romantic assistance to A.J., a teenage photographer suffering from unrequited love.
€ “Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963” by Christopher Paul Curtis - The everyday routines of the Watsons, a family living in Flint, Mich. are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
“Girl, 15, Charming but Insane” by Sue Limb - Jess, living with her mother, separated from her father, and with a best friend who seems to do everything perfectly, finds her own assets through humor.
€ “The Schwa Was Here” by Neil Shusterman - An eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, a boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings.
€ “Be More Chill” by Ned Vizzini - High school nerd Jeremy swallows a pill-sized super computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants.
Sheila B. Anderson is director of the Seymour Library.
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