Happy Halloween!

 

TeenTober Week 4

That's a wrap! Week 4 of TeenTober is in the books! With over 40 teens registered, over 200 program attendance, and 5 completed challenges! Teens enjoyed an Illumin-Art craft, Foam Pumpkin Painting, and Anime Club (Naruto) as well as many library shenanigans!  

Thank you to all who participated in this event! And a special shoutout to BPL's YA Volunteer Team, and Teen Advisory Board! Without all your hard work, and dedication. We would not have been able to pull these events off! 

HAPPENING FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD 4:00-8:00! 

BRING ON THE NIGHT!

Bremen Public Library’s end of TeenTober party Bring on the Night! Students in grades 6-12 can join us at the library on Friday, November 3rd at 4:00-8:00PM. There will be pizza, an arcade truck, a dance, and CASH PRIZES! Students are encouraged to wear neon clothes to this event. No registration required."

For more information contact YA Librarian Ryan Calhoun at rcalhoun@bremen.lib.in.us or by calling 574-546-2849. 

Visit our website to see what other programs BPL is offering for all ages!

TeenTober Week 3

 

Week 3 of TeenTober is in the books! With over 45 teens registered, 170 program attendance, and 5 completed challenges! Teens enjoyed a showing of Ghost Busters, Glow Slime, Teen Café, Anime Club (Naruto), Black Light Bingo, and a viewing of Kiki's Delivery Service as well as many library shenanigans!  

Don't worry there is still time to register for our TeenTober event! You can register by downloading the Beanstack app or our Google Form. 

For more information contact YA Librarian Ryan Calhoun at rcalhoun@bremen.lib.in.us or by calling 574-546-2849. 

Note: You do NOT need to be registered for the TeenTober Reading Challenge to attend the programs. 

Visit our website to see what other programs BPL is offering for all ages!

TeenTober Week 2

 

Week 2 of TeenTober was a BLAST! With over 40 teens registered, 133 program attendance, and 2 completed challenges! Teens enjoyed a partnered program with Marshall County Recycle Depot Trash Sculptures, Anime Club (Naruto), a Teen Horror Movie (Spirit Halloween), and a visit from Nintendo Rep. Nate, as well as many library shenanigans!  

Don't worry there is still time to register for our TeenTober event! You can register by downloading the Beanstack app or our Google Form. 

For more information contact YA Librarian Ryan Calhoun at rcalhoun@bremen.lib.in.us or by calling 574-546-2849. 

Note: You do NOT need to be registered for the TeenTober Reading Challenge to attend the programs. 

Visit our webiste to see what other programs BPL is offering for all ages!

Killer Thrillers!

 

Five total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards

In Five Total Strangers, when Mira flies home to spend Christmas with her mother in Pittsburgh, a record-breaking blizzard results in a canceled layover. Desperate to get to her grief-ridden mother in the wake of a family death, Mira hitches a ride with Harper, Mira's glamorous seatmate from her initial flight.

The Girl Who was Supposed to Die by April Henry

Published in 2013, the novel involves a 16-year-old protagonist who wakes up in a cabin in the woods. She has no recollection of who she is or how she's ended up in the cabin. There are obvious signs that she's been tortured, and she overhears that she is going to be killed.

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

Holly Jackson's Five Survive follows six friends on a road trip from Philadelphia to Gulf Shores, Alabama. Their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere, leaving them with no cell service. Initially, the group assumes this to be an accident, until they are stranded with the tires shot out by a sniper in the dark.

She's Gone by David Bell

Seventeen-year-old Hunter Gifford has no memories of the car accident he was in the night of the homecoming dance with Chloe Summers, his now-missing girlfriend. In the small southern Kentucky city of Bentley, comments on social media condemn Hunter as responsible for Chloe's disappearance.

The Headmaster's List by Melissa De La Cruz

One of Us Is Lying meets Gossip Girl in The Headmaster's List, an edge-of-your-seat YA thriller about a fatal car crash and the dangerous lengths one teen will go to uncover the truth about what really happened.

The Island by Natasha Preston

Six social media influencers are invited to Jagged Island, an amusement park for the rich and famous. Trouble abounds and murders arise as they start getting bumped off one by one.

The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst 

The Lake House is Sarah Beth Durst's YA thriller that does overtime as a survival horror. It follows three teen girls who arrive at the Maine-based Lake House camp expecting a sun-soaked summer of adventures and fun on the island but instead find themselves trapped in a terrifying nightmare.

A Long Stretch of Bad Days by Mindy McGinnis

An unexpected partnership forms as the two remake Lydia's town history podcast to investigate the Long Stretch of Bad Days—a week when Henley was hit by a tornado, a flash flood, as well as its first, only, and unsolved murder. As their investigation unearths buried secrets, some don't want them to see the light.

Any Sign of Life by Rae Carson

Paige Miller is determined to take her basketball team to the state championship, maybe even beyond. But as March Madness heats up, Paige falls deathly ill. Days later, she wakes up attached to an IV and learns that the whole world has perished. Everyone she loves, and all of her dreams for the future—they're gone.

I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers

I'm the Girl is about a 16-year-old girl who dreams of escaping poverty and sees her beauty as a way out. When she discovers the body of a 13-year-old girl, she is lured into a world filled with wealth, privilege, and power, at the risk of losing herself.

Sadie by Courtney Summers

Sadie is a young adult mystery novel published in 2018 by the Canadian author Courtney Summers. The book chronicles teenager Sadie Hunter's quest to find the man who killed her sister. In alternating chapters, Sadie's subsequent disappearance becomes the topic of West McCray's podcast The Girls.

The Good Girls by Claire Eliza Bartlett

High school student Emma Baines is missing and presumed dead, and police have their eyes on three of her classmates: Claude, the smart-mouthed rebel; Avery, the preppy cheerleader; and Gwen, the academic rival. But secrets run deep in this Colorado mountain town, and appearances are deceiving.

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare.

Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe

Sixteen-year-old Sayers Wayte has everything—until he's kidnapped by a man who tells him the privileged life he's been living is based on a lie. Trapped in a windowless room, without knowing why he's been taken or how long the man plans to keep him shut away, Sayers faces a terrifying new reality.

TeenTober 2023 Week 1

 

TeenTober 2023 (Glow Crazy at Your Library) has officially begun! With over 30 teens registered, 40 program attendance, and 2 completed challenges! Teens enjoyed an Alien Doll Craft, Glow in the Dark Dodgeball, National Taco Day (with FREE walking tacos), Anime Club (Naruto), Paint Your Heart Out, and Poke Mon Club! 

Don't worry there is still time to regster for our TeenTober event! You can register by downloading the Beanstack app or our Google Form. 

For more information contact YA Librarian Ryan Calhoun at rcalhoun@bremen.lib.in.us or by calling 574-546-2849. 

Note: You do NOT need to be registered for the TeenTober Reading Challenge to attend the programs. 

Visit our webiste to see what other programs BPL is offering for all ages!

Meet TAB Member... Sarah!

For more information about TAB please click the image below, or email YA Librarian (Ryan Calhoun) at rcalhoun@bremen.lib.in.us. 

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