Young Adult Department

Young Adult

Department

Welcome to the Young Adult Department! This section of the Library specifically services students in grades 6-12. Here you will find a large selection of books, audiobooks (cassette, CD, and digital), college catalogs, magazines, and computers with varied resources. The Young Adult Librarian provides young adults with reader's advisory and help with school assignments, advocates for their needs and interests, and offers a wide range of recreational programs generously funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Let's take a closer look!

Books! Both hardcover and paperbacks abound with various genres displayed. Mystery, fantasy, science fiction, classics, historical fiction, biography, horror, college, careers, test preparation, nonfiction, short stories, and new hardcover fiction are separated to facilitate locating the books of your choice. (See our "Good Books for Young Adults" page for some recommendations.) We also have a large reference area and YA professional collection.

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College Guides! This section has many books on filling out college applications and writing winning essays for those applications. See also our page of links for the "College Bound."

Computers! Visit our Young Adult Computer Center for word processing, web browsing, print-outs, and more. There are Internet accessible computers and a color printer reserved for the exclusive use of persons in Grades 6-12 at the west end of the YA Room. For further details, including a list of available software, see the YA Computer Center page.

Videos! College campus tours of over 100 colleges may be found on videocassette. See also our selection of websites for the college bound.)

photo of catalog and database computers in young adult department

Audiobooks on Cassette, CD, & Playaway! We have a large assortment of auidiobooks that are of interest to students and parents. All are unabridged and follow the text of the book completely.

Electronic Information Resources! The computers in the YA Department are part of a local-area network providing varied electronic information sources to assist students and parents in school assignments. (See also our selection of websites for the college bound.)

Programs!* During the school year, the majority of Young Adult programs are held on Saturday afternoons. Craft programs and workshops are particularly popular. Other programs held during the week are the "Babysitting Workshop" and the "College Financial Aid Workshop." Dates and times for these programs are announced in the Garden City News, the Garden City Life, the Library's Newsletter, Calendar of Events, and fliers found on the YA Librarian's Desk.

animated graphic of teenage girl reading to toddler boy and girl Every summer, the Young Adult Department, in cooperation with the Garden City Recreation Department, conducts "Teens and Tots Storytime" in the picnic area at the Garden City Pool. Story times are held on Tuesday and Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., beginning July 6 and ending August 4. Young adults read, sing, and do finger plays and a simple craft with groups of children between the ages of 2 and 8.

To insure the quality of the storytimes and the comfort of the storytellers, volunteers are required to attend two training sessions prior to the first summer they participate. Formal training sessions were held in April, May, and June. We are happy to welcome all our new and returning readers and look forward to a great "Teens & Tots Storytime" this summer.

Summer Reading Club
Registration began June 14 for the "Make Waves @ Your Library" young-adult summer-reading club. See flier for details and requirements.

All ‘tweens and teens, from those entering middle school for the first time in September to those entering 12^th grade, are invited to “Make Waves @ Your Library” by joining the Young Adult 2010 summer reading club. Read books, win raffle prizes, solve puzzles, and participate in special programs. The theme this year is water and beaches - summertime. Programs were planned to fit the theme.

To be a member of the club, just register at the YA Desk or online. All registrants receive a bonus prize bag. Membership has no meeting requirements. Registration began June 14 and continues throughout July. Since the Young Adult Department is accessible online, you can still join the summer reading club and come to the bash even if you are at camp or away all summer.

Participants can read anything - a summer assignment book, a favorite author, a newspaper or magazine - or even listen to an audiobook. Win prizes all summer long by placing mini-reviews into the raffle box. If you submit a review online, a raffle is put in the box for you. If you’re not into doing reviews, you can keep a reading diary and show it to a YA Librarian by Thursday, August 12.

Try your luck and skill at the "Teen Guessing Game." What is more fun than winning a jar full of goodies when you have guessed the number in the jar? A different goodie is up for guessing each week.

Reading club participants will get an invitation to the "Back to School Bash" on Wednesday, August 18.

"Yak & Snack" Book Discussions
Join the Young Adult Librarian and other young adults in grades 6-12 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. to enjoy refreshments and join a discussion of these books:

Wednesday, August 11. Register beginning Wednesday, July 14.
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen

Pick up the book in the YA Department at registration. Limited to 25 YAs.

Teens voted in school libraries and public libraries throughout New York State and selected J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows as the 2010 Teen 3 Apples Book Award winner. Thousands of students vote every year and because they have nominated the finalists themselves, this is truly a teen’s choice award. Visit the YA Room at the Library and check out one of this year’s other nominated titles. They include:

Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer		*The Dead and Gone, by Susan Beth Pfeffer*
*The Giver, by Lois Lowry*		*Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen*
*Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins*		*I Know What You Did Last Summer, by Lois Duncan*
*New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer*		*Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck*
*The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton*		*Push*, by Sapphire
*Solving Zoe, by Barbara Dee*		*Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli*
*Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher*		*To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee*

For more information on these and other services, check the Library's Newsletter and Calendar of Events or better yet, come in and visit the Young Adult Department. It is the first area on the left as you enter the Library. If you have any questions, contact the at (516) 742-8405.

*Please note: Programs are funded by the generosity of the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Any Young Adult program requiring registration is for Garden City Public Library cardholders in grades 6-12 only. Registered participants must be present at the time the program is scheduled to begin. We regret that, after that time, their place may be given to those on the waiting list. Register for programs at the YA Desk.


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