Issue 5 of What's Up? Magazine RELEASED!

Here it is! I hope you enjoy reading the best writings from the 2009 magazine submissions.

If you haven't been here before, "What's Up?" is compiled quarterly by the Library System of Lancaster County's "What's Up with the Library?" program held at the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center. The writings inside are written by teen residents at the Intervention Center. They are a wonderful group of kids and they have talent!! Enjoy :)

Issue 5 2-3-10

New Books!!

Here are a list of some great new reads we purchased and added to the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center's library! These were requests that residents made during my program visits. At the end of each program, the teens fill out an evaluation that helps me to tweak my program and create new exciting activities based on topics of their choice. They are given the opportunity to request books and other resources that can be purchased for their library. Here's some that were wanted and fulfilled!

Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Several Teen Ink books - This are comparable to Chicken Soup books but are all by teens about teenage life.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Tracker by Gary Paulsen
Stitches by David Small - This one's a graphic novel!

I am confident that these selections will be very well read. They seem to be common favorites among teens today, and I was so glad that in these hard economic times we can still purchase books for these teens!! They really need encouraging hobbies. And where they are currently located... they need something positive and uplifting to do with their spare evening time. I really hope we can impact teens in Lancaster County with BOOKS and ENCOURAGEMENT that the library has so much to offer... We can open so many doors of opportunity and possibility!!

Issue 4 released 11-4-2009

Read it now online!!!

Issue 4 11-4-09
Hope you all enjoy the writings from the latest residents at the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center!

New Books!! Added to the YIC Library Collection!

These three books are being added to the YIC's library.

After by Amy Efaw.
In complete denial that she is pregnant, straight-A student and star athlete Devon Davenport leaves her baby in the trash to die, and after the baby is discovered, Devon is accused of attempted murder.
The Secret to Teen Power by Paul Harrington.
"So what's the big secret? And what can it do for you? Well, if you've ever had a dream, a secret ambition, a passionate desire or goal, but had no idea how to make it real, then The Secret to Teen Power is for you. The Secret has already shown millions of people all over the world how to change their lives and make their dreams come true. And you can do it too. The Secret gives you the power to have, do, or be anything you choose. We're talking wealth, success, great relationships, better health and self-esteem... anything your heart desires. It's all totally achievable. And all you need to do is discover this Secret"--Cover.
Muchacho by LuAnne Johnson.
Living in a neighborhood of drug dealers and gangs in New Mexico, high school junior Eddie Corazon, a juvenile delinquent-in-training, falls in love with a girl who inspires him to rethink his life and his choices.

Issue 4 Hits the YIC Tonight!

That's right!! Issue 4 of What's Up? Magazine is printed and ready to be distributed this evening to the residents at the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center! I am so excited to show this to my program tonight. The cover design looks fantastic - done by William "Mickey" Beck of Columbia, PA (local graphic artist) who so generously volunteered his talents for several issues of the magazine. I hope you are excited to take a look at this!! It will be up on the blog here soon!

Tonight's program is a bit of a release! The title: Oodles of Doodles. It's precisely that! We're going to draw and look at drawings, play games with drawings, do brainteasers that involve drawings. I think it will be a lot of fun! We will even do a read aloud about drawing!

That's not all! Tonight marks the end of the latest contest that What's Up with the Library? has hosted at the Youth Intervention Center. This was in honor of Teen Read Week. A contestant was pulled out of the drawing and they will receive a HUGE basket of goodies thanks to Renee Christiansen, Youth Services, Library System of Lancaster County. Thanks Renee!! The basket includes notepads, writing materials, snacks, a calculator, a t-shirt, kazoo, and coupons to ISAAC's! Neato! Thanks to all who have participated!