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NEED COMMUNITY SERVICE? LOVE TO DO ART? Help Seniors at Southview Courts make pressed flower pictures on handmade paper! Monday, March 22, 1:30 pm. Let Ann know if you plan to help: 458-5355!






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What is TACKY? It's the Teen Advisory Council Kids Yo! of the Union County Public Library! A group of teens (6th grade +) who are interested in improving the Library's service to teens and making the Library a fun place for teens to go! We have a monthly meeting, elected officers, and we have a voice in teen library programs, community service programs and books that the Library offers! Come on in and join TACKY!







TACKY Meeting CHANGED !!!! Due to the Math League Test and the Concert on Tuesday, the TACKY Meeting will be Wednesday, March 17, 3:30-5. Come plan for Summer Reading Program ("Making Waves") and Relay for Life!







If you attended any of the College Prep Workshops and you did not get a signed attendance form from me for possible extra credit, please contact me (Ann)! 458-5355 or abtobin@hotmail.com





Did you know that your scores on the ACT or SAT, if high enough, can provide paid tuition at most colleges? That means it can really pay to practice! All practice tests are available (including PSAT, ACT, SAT) at INSPIRE. Testing and Education Resource Center. See INSPIRE link below. Come to the Library to use a public computer or laptop for a practice test!



Link to INSPIRE





POST A BOOK REVIEW FOR PIZZA, J'S ICE CREAM OR A FREE BOOK! Tell Tackman what you are reading and write a short review and send it to ucpl.tackyo@gmail.com or give your written review to Ann or Sarah.







Four more free Guitar Classes on four Thursdays: March 4, 25, April 1 and 8, 2010, 4:00-5:00 p.m. at the Junction in College Corner with Jay Jesse Johnson, an established blues guitarist who grew up in this county and learned to play guitar at age 10!







TACKY Book Club for March 23: Come sign-out a copy of Book 2 in the Percy Jackson series and come or the college-bound book Mythology by Edith Hamilton! Come for a book discussion on Tuesday, March 23, 1:00-2:30 during Spring Break!





QUESTION OF THE DAY RETURNS! ANSWER THIS IN THE POST BELOW or tell Ann at the Library for a sweet prize! Question: What is the name of the third book in the Hunger Games series and when is it coming out?



Monday, July 6, 2009

Fables: Animal Farm by Bill Wellingham

A revolution is forming with Goldilocks in the lead! Can the Fabletown Loyalists stop it before it is too late?

Graphic Novel review by Alex Griffee

Find graphic novels like this one in the Teen Room if the UC Library! If we don't have the one you're looking for, you can use your Evergreen card to place a hold and have the book brought over to Union County. Books are delivered every Monday and Thursday. Need help? Ask the circ desk to put a book on hold for you.

Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Wellingham

There's been a murder in FableTown (or has there?)! Can they solve the murder mystery? To find out, read the book!
Book review by Alex Griffee

Fall of the Templar #3, by Derek Benz/J.S. Lewis

The Black Wolves have the spear of Ragnarok, which supposed to end the World! Chasing them from the United States to the pits of Hell, can the Templar save the world???
Book Review by Alex Griffee

Rise of the Black Wolf by Derek Benz/J S Lewis

A recent group of people are creating and breeding werewolves. Can the Templars stop them?
Book review by Alex Griffee

Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz

A Russian multi-trillionaire is about to launch Ark Angel, the first hotel in space! What people don't know is that it's secretly a bomb!
Book Review by Alex Griffee

Thursday, July 2, 2009

The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov

This book is also in the future...humans occupy many different planets and the Empire - unlike in The Stars, Like Dust, it's Trantorians instead of Tyrranians who rule the Empire - has already dominated most of the occupied planets, but some still remain free of its control. 

At the beginning of this book, a maybe thirty-something year old man is found naked and alone on a farming planet called Florina (not yet under Trantorian control) with absolutely no memory and the mentality of a newborn. There, the local Townman (basically the mayor) places him in the care of a common worker named Valona. She re-teaches him how to speak and walk, and work once the Townman gets him a job where Valona works. They name him Rik, a slang word for "moron."

But, eventually, Rik's memory begins to return, slowly and painfully. But one thing he is sure of is that Florina is going to be destroyed.

This was a good book. My only complaints were the same as for The Stars, Like Dust...sometimes the story is slow to get going, and people talk like they are trying to sound smart, but that seems to just be Asimov's writing style. It isn't distracting at all once you get used to it. 

Book Review written by Taylor Tobin