The Young Adult Loft

Extreme Duct Tape 2011

Denise — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:14:57 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came out last night for our summer kickoff program – Extreme Duct Tape!

Here are photos of a few of the creations we saw:

Eragon Book 4 is Coming!!

Denise — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:15:04 +0000

It’s about time! The fourth book in the Inheritance Cycle, Inheritance, will be released on November 8, 2011!

Sarah Dessen’s New Book

Denise — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:39:24 +0000

The YA Loft at PRPL is very excited for May 10th. Why? Because it’s the release date of the newest Sarah Dessen book, What Happened to Goodbye!

We were even more excited to see that she posted the first chapter on her blog. Click here to check out the first chapter!

Then let us know what you think.

Teen’s Top 10 for 2010

Denise — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:45:27 +0000

Did you vote for your favorite teen read for 2010? Well the votes are in and the winners for 2010 are:

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
Heist Society by Ally Carter
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

All of these titles are available at the library so stop in and see why these titles were voted in the top ten!

Pizza & Pages

Denise — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:36:42 +0000

Join us this Tuesday for the 2nd meeting of Pizza & Pages. We’ll have some pizza and spend time talking about our current and favorite books!

Teen Top Ten

Maggie — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:30:22 +0000

It’s time again to vote for your favorite books of 2009!

Join us in celebrating YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten list by choosing your top 3 books by September 17. Vote for your favorite books from the 2010 Teens’ Top Ten Nominees list. Vote online for which books you think deserve to be in the top ten!

The winners are announced during Teen Read Week – October 17th – 23rd. Last year’s winner was Paper Towns by John Green.

Summer Reading 2010

Denise — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:34:04 +0000

The YA Summer Reading has finished up for the summer and we want to wish CONGRATULATIONS to our grand prize winners – Carolyn, PJ, and Vince!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the program and made this summer one of our best! See you next summer!

Denise & Claire

In the Kitchen @ All on the Road Catering

Maggie — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:13:50 +0000

On July 22nd we got the chance to visit All on the Road Catering in Park Ridge to prepare some different dishes. Here are some of the photos from the event:

View all the photos from the event here

YA In Movies

Maggie — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:58:41 +0000

Last week at the In Movies class 3 groups created movies shot around the Park Ridge Library and in Uptown. Check out our 3 finished films below:

CosPlay Party 2010

Maggie — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:09:50 +0000

The Park Ridge Library hosted our second annual CosPlay party on Wednesday, check out some of the costumes from the event.