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FTC, the nations consumer protection agency, and YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) partnered to bring you this new site that teaches you how to be a savvy consumer by demonstrating the benfits of competition, the influence of advertising on buying decisions, and the rules and regulations that many business people need to follow. You're already smart...go to the mall and learn to be a smarter consumer at: www.ftc.gov/YouAreHere

Twi-hards Rejoice!

OK Twi-hards! Here is a good fansite where you can find the "New Moon" movie poster! Also links to all the latest Twilight news. http://www.bellaandedward.com

Thank you "Twilight" fans for a fun Teen Movie Night. Ellen Fisher was the lucky winner of the deluxe two-disc special edition DVD. Congratulations Ellen!

Booklist Recommendations..

Teen Reads

What to read next???

1. First, look at the new books and other items that have been cataloged in the last 60 days here:
   New Arrivals for Young Adults.

2. Next, look it up in your library catalog. The item can be reserved if it is currently checked out. It's easy to look up book, movie or audio recording. Try it here:

2010 Teens' Top Ten Book Nominations

Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country. Nominations are posted on Support Teen Literature Day during National Library Week, and teens across the country vote on their favorite titles each year. Readers ages twelve to eighteen will vote online between Aug. 23 and Sept. 17; the winners will be announced in a webcast featuring WWE Superstars and Divas during Teen Read Week.

Harry Potter's World - Renaissance, Science, Magic, and Medicine

"There was a lot more to magic as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words."
~Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling

This site features illustrated essays comparing Harry Potter's world with the history of science in the areas of potions, monsters, herbology, magical creatures, fantastic beasts, and immortality. Also includes lesson plans, online activities, and a bibliography. The tour will begin in the fall of 2009. From the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). Harry Potter's World

What you should know about...

The Deep Web

The deep Web (also called Deepnet, the invisible Web, dark Web or the hidden Web) refers to World Wide Web content that is not part of the surface Web, which is indexed by standard search engines.

Mike Bergman, credited with coining the phrase,[1] has said that searching on the Internet today can be compared to dragging a net across the surface of the ocean; a great deal may be caught in the net, but there is a wealth of information that is deep and therefore missed. Most of the Web's information is buried far down on dynamically generated sites, and standard search engines do not find it. Traditional search engines cannot "see" or retrieve content in the deep Web - those pages do not exist until they are created dynamically as the result of a specific search. The deep Web is several orders of magnitude larger than the surface Web. (From Wikipedia)

Here is a site to help you sort through all this to dig deeper...

100 Useful Tips and Tools to Research the Deep Web. http://tinyurl.com/crx3ow

Other Links

• Teenreads.com

• Harry Potter

Computers

There are now two teens-only computers near the Young Adult section, in addition to the other eight online computers. The library also has three laptops that can be checked out for use in the library only. Maximum use is 30 minutes per day during the summer (May thru September) and 60 minutes per day in the winter (October thru April). The offline computers are available for long-term projects.

All computers are loaded with Microsoft Office programs (MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Publisher), Encarta, Roxio, Gimp, and have CD/DVD burn capabilities.

Computer Internet Usage Policy

June 18 - Alice in Wonderland - Teen Movie - 5:00 pm

School's out! Why not come in, relax and celebrate with friends. The teen movie is "Alice in Wonderland." Director and subject matter make for a perfect marriage in Tim Burton's version of the Lewis Carroll classic. ALICE IN WONDERLAND stars frequent Burton collaborator Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, DEFIANCE's Mia Wasikowska as Alice, and Anne Hathaway as the White Queen.

Thirteen years after Alice's first adventure in Wonderland, she has forgotten almost all of her experiences there and chalked the whole thing up to a silly child's dream. Now at the age of 19 she's being pushed to marry a boring young man who she has nothing in common with. To make matters worse, she's pressured into accepting his proposal in front dozens of London's upper crust. But when she spots a white rabbit nearby, she flees the scene and quickly finds herself falling down the rabbit hole again.

When she arrives in Wonderland, it's all more or less new to her. However, the inhabitants of the world have been eagerly awaiting her return. You see, they're expecting her to save them from the evil Red Queen and her invincible dragon named Jabberwocky. Still believing it all to be a dream, Alice is reluctant to get involved. Yet she finds she has no choice in the matter when the Red Queen's forces attack. Will Alice choose to save the day or continue to turn away from her destiny? "Alice in Wonderland" is rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar. FREE.

Congratulations Seniors!

College Bound Reading

• American Literature

• World Literature

• Biography/History

• Science

• Social Science

Homework Helpers

Mr. Jacobs' Classes Pathfinders

• US History - Civil War This pathfinder will be useful in finding information on the US Civil War.

• Pacific Northwest History This pathfinder focuses on Pacific Northwest History

Mr. Tetu's Current World Problems and Solutions

• Current World Problems & Resources Use this handy pathfinder to lead you to resources for this class

Other Homework Helpers

• Schmoop - Take the Overview Tour

• Go to Shmoop Literature

• Go to Shmoop History

• Go to Shmoop Poetry

• P.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper Over 735 links to sites that will help you with your homework.

Access for Young Adults

Check out these important links:

• Access for Children and Young Adults to Nonprint Materials

• Library Bill of Rights

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Best Books for Young Adults 2009

The Best Books for Young Adults committee each year selects and annotates a list of significant adult and young adult books, as well as chooses a list of top ten titles from the full list. It is a general list of fiction and nonfiction titles selected for their proven or potential appeal to the personal reading tastes of the young adult. Go to Best Books.

Our Courts - 21st Century Civics

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor started this web site, http://www.ourcourts.org or middle school students and civics teachers. It contains games, lesson plans, projects and resource links.

Online Courses and E-Learning

EducationPortal.com offers online degrees and non-degree courses as well as some free online courses.

WorldwideLearn.com offers thousands of courses in hundreds of topics all available online, allowing you to explore your area of interest at your own pace.