BFYA Blog: Library News for Brookfield's Young Adults

Come to After Hours this Friday at 6:30 pm for an evening of Super Smash Brothers Brawl tournament play, Internet, snacks, giveaways, and more! Ages 12 and up.

Come to Scare Up a Good Game this Tuesday, June 22nd at 2:30 pm. We'll be playing Super Smash Brothers Brawl on the Wii and making marble magnets!

Come to AniManga Club this Monday at 4pm. We'll be watching Spiral: Sharpening Wit and eating lots of Pocky!

This week's book pick is Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins.

After Sophie Mercer casts a spell at prom that does not go as planned, she is sent to Hecate Hall (also known as Hex Hall), a boarding school for Prodigium (i.e. witches, shapeshifters, and faeries) who don't know how to behave in the human world. Sophie has known she was a witch for quite a while, but this is the first time she's been around other Prodigium, and these folks actually know what they're doing with their power - unlike Sophie. But then Sophie encounters a mysterious ghost who turns out to be her great-grandmother, and soon Sophie is creating spells that may get her into even more trouble.

Come to AniManga Club this Monday at 4pm! We'll be watching Sgt. Frog and eating lots of Pocky!

This week's book pick is Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick.

Sig is just fourteen, but already he is caught in an impossible nightmare. He lives with his father, stepmother, and older sister in the Alaskan wilderness, far from civilization. But today Sig's father Einar has died after an accident on the ice, and a strange man has suddenly appeared at the family's cabin. Gunther Wolff states Einar stashed away some gold that belong to both of them ten years ago, and he's been tracking the family ever since. Now he's caught up with them, and won't be going anywhere until Sig finds the gold. Yet Sig never even knew the gold existed ...

Registration for the library's summer reading program "Scare Up a Good Book" begins Monday, June 7th! Get a head start with these scary reads:

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer

Clay by David Almond

Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

Malice by Chris Wooding

The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks

What Happened to Cass McBride by Gail Giles

Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby

June is almost here! Check out what will be going on for young adults:

Monday, June 7th ~ Registration for the Summer Reading Program begins!

Monday, June 7th, 4pm ~ AniManga Club! Come watch some Sgt. Frog and eat lots of Pocky!

Monday, June 21st, 4pm ~ AniManga Club! Come watch Spiral: Sharpening Wit and eat lots of Pocky!

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2:30pm ~ Scare Up a Good Game: This summer it's all games, all the time, along with movies, eco-friendly DIY projects, and plenty of snacks. Stop by and see what we're up to!

Friday, June 25th, 6:30-8:30pm ~ After Hours! After the library closes it's time for our monthly young adult night of fun. Come for an evening of movies, Internet, DJ Hero, Super Smash Brothers tournament play, and don't forget snacks! Ages 12 and up.

Monday, June 28th, 6:30pm ~ YA Movie Night: We'll be showing Corpse Bride and eating lots of cheesy popcorn!

Tuesday, June 29th, 2:30pm ~ Scare Up a Good Game!

This week's book pick is The Death-Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean.

On the day he was born, Pepper Roux's Aunt Mireille declared he would be dead by fourteen. No one dared to question this prediction, as it came to Aunt Mireille in a dream and was told to her by Saint Constance. How could you argue with such a vision? And now it's Pepper's fourteenth birthday, and surely the inevitable will happen. But what if it doesn't? Could Pepper possibly defy his destiny and stay alive?

Come to After Hours this Friday from 6:30-8:30 pm!

Young Adults ages 12-16 are invited for an evening of movies, Wii, DJ Hero, Internet, snacks, and giveaways. See ya there!