To celebrate Teen Read Week 2009 (Oct. 18-24), TeenXtreme of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County is honored to be hosting author Pete Hautman for two sessions at the Boardman Library on Monday, Oct. 19.  Mr. Hautman is a winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature in 2004 for his novel Godless; his other popular teen titles include Invisible, Rash, and Sweetblood.  He’ll discuss how he came to be a writer, how he gets his ideas, how and why he writes novels, what a writer's life is like, etc.  A question-and-answer period as well as book signing will follow each presentation.

Teen Read Week events are sponsored by the Frank & Pearl Gelbman Charitable Trust of Huntington Bank, the Austintown Wal-Mart Literacy Grant and the Boardman Wal-Mart Literacy Grant.

An open but limited registration for grades 7-12 begins Oct. 1. 
To register for the morning session at 9:30 a.m. or the afternoon session at 12:30 p.m., call 330-744-8636, extension 149.
Boardman, 9:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m., Oct. 19

Teachers and students can view discussion guides for his titles online at www.petehautman.com/

Author Visit was Highlight of Teen Read Week 2008

Teen Read Week was Oct. 12 to Oct. 18, 2008 and with her “Morganville Vampires” series, author Rachel Caine definitely had what the week’s theme screamed – “Books With Bite @ Your Library.” She discussed her books and more vampire lore for teens to sink their teeth into during her visits at the Library.

View the winners of our our vampire T-shirt design contest!

The Library, local high-schoolers and a few fanged friends warmly welcomed Rachel Caine, author of the Morganville Vampires teen series, to the Boardman and Poland branches last month during Teen Read Week. Among bats, spiders, webs and, of course, vampires, Rachel explained the birth and evolution of these blood-sucking creatures within literature, films, comics and TV. She also gave her most important piece of advice to wannabe authors: “Write every day!” The Teen Read Week national theme was, “Books With Bite @ Your Library.”

Author Visit: Chris Crutcher
Chris Crutcher, award-winning author of teen novels such as, “Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes” and “Whale Talk,” made special appearances at the Main and Austintown libraries in October 2007 to discuss his writing with teens from local schools.

Sponsored by the Frank and Pearl Gelbman Charitable Trust - Huntington Bank and Wal-Mart Literacy Grant

Author Visit: Cinda Williams Chima
Ms. Chima, author of teen fantasy novel “The Warrior Heir,” spoke to teens from local schools about a variety of topics related to writing and publishing fiction novels. She appeared at Main and Poland libraries on October 19, 2006, during Teen Read Week.
Sponsored by the Frank and Pearl Gelbman Charitable Trust - Sky Bank and Wal-Mart Literacy Grant

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