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Check out the following teen programs at the South Fayette Township Library:
Young Writers Program Workshop
The Young Writers Program is a fun, free online writing program. Teens write novels and scripts, share page-count goals and achievements, and brainstorm with other writers via online message boards. Brittany Ketter, a seasoned NaNoWriMo and ScriptFrenzy veteran, guides teens through the Young Writers Program website http://ywp.nanowrimo.org. Go to http://www.southfayettelibrary.org, or call 412-257-8660 to register.
WrestleMania Reading® Challenge
Students in Grades 5-12 could win a trip to WrestleMania® and the South Fayette Township Library could win $2,000 for its teen and tween collection. To participate, stop by the library and pick up a reading log and bookmark contest form at the display near the front desk. Read 10 items (books, graphic novels, magazines, or other items) and enter the titles on your reading log. Turn in your reading log by Jan. 19th and win a program poster or other prize.
To enter the bookmark contest, submit a bookmark design, with a slogan to encourage reading by Jan. 19th. A panel from the library will choose 3 finalists (one each in grades 5-6, 7-8, and 9-12) to submit to the national level. Required readings for finalists are There's a Girl in My Hammerlock by Jerry Spinelli (Grades 5-6), Saturday Night Dirt by Will Weaver (7-8), and Super Stock Rookie by Will Weaver (9-12). Each finalist will receive a WWE DVD and a WrestleMania® Reading Challenge Certificate.
In February, Young Adult Library Services Association and WWE will name grand prize winners in each category, who will then go to Phoenix to participate in the WrestleMania® Reading Challenge Championship, in which ringside tickets for WrestleMania® XXVI are at stake.
Check out the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Teen Page for activities, book reviews, homework help and other cool stuff.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Teen Page
Teen book awards and booklists can be found on the Young Adult Library Services Association website.