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Teen Health Awareness

Teen alcohol consumption linked to benign breast disease (BBD). Read this article to find out more.

Divergent Discussion Questions

Will you be joining us this Wednesday the 28th from 6-7:30 in the Children's Program Room for our YA Book Club? If so, here are some of the questions that we will be discussing:

• Do you feel that you could fit well into one faction, or like Tris, do you feel that you are too complex to fit into only one?
• What are the complications of a world where only one faction holds all governmental power?
• What do you think about the world in which Divergent is set? What aspects seem real to you and what seems fake?
• What do you think the purpose of the fence surrounding the city is?
• The factions are all kept very separate in the book. How does this affect the way that each faction thinks of all the others? What about the fact that the members of each faction have to wear a specific kind of clothing?

We hope to see you there to discuss these questions and more! Snacks provided!

We Recommend...

The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton

Michael was so traumatized by a dramatic family incident when he was only 8 years old that he stopped speaking, and years later, he still hasn't started again. He has, however, discovered that he has an ability to pick locks...door locks, combination locks, tumbler locks, padlocks, and eventually, the locks on extremely expensive safes. As people start discovering his talent, they begin to use him for their own personal gain, and Michael is forced into a life of crime.

Michael tells the story of his life while serving a prison sentence for his final and biggest crime, waiting for the day when he is released and he can reconnect with the only person he has ever loved... and maybe, just maybe, speak again.

Call number:

• Worcester Main YA: YA Fiction Hamilton
• Worcester Main Fiction: Mystery Hamilton

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Our Pick of the Week!

When Parents Text: So Much Said...So Little Understood by Lauren Kaelin and Sophia Fraioli

When Parents Text is one of our favorite new books at the library! The authors, Lauren and Sophia, are two recent college grads who couldn't stop laughing at how ridiculous some of their parents' text messages are. They decided to create a website so that they could share their parents' text messages with the world, and have other young people send in their own text conversations with their parents. Now they have turned the website into a book which features the funniest, strangest text convo's between parents and their kids, filled with bad jokes, crazy emoticons, and seemingly nonsensical messages sent in all caps and complete with forty exclamation points. Will parents ever learn the lingo? Probably not...

Call number: Worc Main New Nonfiction 384.534 Kaelin

Check out their website from which the book is based!

YA Book Club: March

Divergent by Veronica Roth has been chosen as March's YA Book Club book!

Divergent takes place in a future dystopian version of Chicago, where the population has been divided into five different factions in order to maintain a peaceful existence. 16 year old Beatrice Prior must choose among the five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.

Click here to browse the book online!

We will be meeting to discuss the book on Wednesday March 28th from 6-7:30 in the Oak Room at the Main WPL

March TAG meeting

March's Teen Advisory Group meeting will be held on Tuesday March 13th from 3:30-5pm in the Banx Room of the Main Library. All teens are welcome to come discuss ways to improve the teen section of the library and make suggestions for future events! Pizza provided!!

Anime Wings CANCELLED Today

Anime Wings has been cancelled for today, March 9. The next meeting will be held on Friday March 23 from 3-5pm in the Banx Room at the Main WPL.

YA Book Club - Rescheduled!

February's YA book club has been rescheduled to Wednesday March 7th from 6-7:30. Please come to discuss Gone by Michael Grant

Anime Wings Marathon

In honor of the upcoming school vacation week (Feb. 20-24), the WPL is hosting an Anime Wings Marathon! Come join us on Friday February 24 for an all day anime affair (10am - 5pm). All teens age 13-18 are welcome to come watch and discuss anime. Event will be held in the Banx Room of the WPL main branch.

For more information call Rezarta at 508-799-1671

Teen Advisory Group - Today!

Don't forget! TAG (Teen Advisory Group) meets today from 3:30 to 5pm in the Banx Room of the WPL main branch. The TAG works with teen librarian Rezarta to make sure that the WPL is providing the best and most interesting services for its teenage users. All teens 13-18 are welcome. Please bring your suggestions and ideas! Refreshments will be available.

For more information, call Rezarta at 508-799-1671

TAG meets from 3:30 to 5pm on the second Tuesday of every month.

Anime Wings!

Teens! Come to the Main Branch Worcester Public Library to watch Anime movies, meet with friends, and eat snacks! Takes place in the Banx Room every other Friday from 3-5. Upcoming dates are as follows:

February 10, 24, March 9, 23

For more information call Rezarta @ 508-799-1671

Learn to Draw Manga!

Teens! Learn to draw manga with graphic artists Andy Fish and Jamie Buckmaster on Friday's in the Banx Room at the Worcester Public Library. Lessons are free and all materials are provided!

Program starts at 3:30pm and is offered throughout the spring on the following Friday's:

February 3, 17, March 2, 16, 30, April 13, 27, May 11, 25

We hope to see you there!

February Book Club

Join the Worcester Public Library's Young Adult Book Club on February 29th from 6-7:30pm to discuss the book "Gone" by Michael Grant. Find out what happens in this thrilling sci-fi book when everyone 15 years and older mysteriously vanishes in the blink of an eye, and the kids left behind are forced to fend for themselves and solve the mystery of what happened.

Free Zumba Classes!

Come join us at the Worcester Public Library for free Zumba Classes every Saturday from 11am-12pm for teens and their families! The classes are taught by Susan Hernandez, and take place in the Saxe Room of the WPL. For more information or to sign up call Rezarta at 508-799-1671. We hope to see you there!!

This Week's Events

Wednesday January 25th - Teen Book Discussion

Come to the Oak Room at the WPL Main Branch from 6-7:30pm to discuss the book Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah. Falling Leaves is the true story of Adeline Yen Mah, who was born in North-East China in 1937. We will be discussing themes such as the treatment of women in China, arranged marriages, and the practice of foot binding. For background information on 19th century China, click here!

Friday January 27th - Anime Wings

Join us in the Banx Room at the WPL Main Branch from 3-5pm to watch Anime movies and enjoy free snacks! For more information call Rezarta at 508-799-1671 or click here to see the flyer!