Gillyn is the winner of our January Review Crew monthly drawing!!  Want to be a winner, too?!? Join the Review Crew.

Erica is the winner of our December Review Crew monthly drawing!!  Want to be a winner, too?!? Join the Review Crew.

Looking for a last minute gift? Books are the best gift because you can find something for everyone no matter their taste AND they're flat and square --- easy to wrap for those of you who are wrapping paper-challenged. :) Check out the TEENREADS.COM Ultimate Reading List for inspiration.

Curious about what Katniss Everdeen's "fire" dress will look like in the movie version of Hunger Games? Style magazine had some fashion designers draw potential sketches.  Click on the picture to see the full article and leave a comment to vote on which is your favorite!

Audrey is the winner of our November Review Crew monthly drawing!!  Want to be a winner, too?!? Join the Review Crew.

If you love comics, manga, or just drawing in general you don't want to miss the FREE workshop with Billy Martinez, owner of Neko Press Comics in San Diego. All the supplies will be provided, and you don't need to register in advance. Just show up ready to draw!

TODAY! Wednesday, November 30th
4 PM
Turrentine Room

Don't miss our discussion of the steampunk hit Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld. Don't know what steampunk is?!? Come find out!

We will also be playing a game to determine the lineup of books for 2012, so if you want to have a say in what we read be sure to show up

Wednesday, November 23, 2011
4:00 PM
Turrentine Room

The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, arguably one of the most EPIC teen novels of all time, is being made into a movie, and it looks AWESOME! Check out the official movie trailer.

If you haven't read these books yet, reserve your copy of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay now.

Be on the lookout for details on our Hunger Games Movie Release Party in March!

If you're between the ages of 11 - 18, we now have another way for you to earn community service credit. Besides helping the community with our Crafty C.A.T.S. program you can now join the Review Crew!

The Review Crew is an online club where tweens and teens write online book reviews in exchange for community service hours. Reviews will be posted on the Teen Book Review Blog.

• 3 qualifying book reviews = 1 hour community service
• Get a free book after your first 3 reviews
• Be entered into monthly drawings for great prizes

Bring your parents to the informational meeting to sign up and learn more:

Tuesday, November 8, 2011
4 - 5 PM
Turrentine Room

If you can't make the meeting, you can fill out the Review Crew Participation Form on the Review Crew page. For questions contact Joanna at 760-839-4283 or jaxelrod@escondido.org.

Are you psyched for Halloween?!?  I am! 

To celebrate this frightfully fabulous holiday we will be webcamming LIVE with author Alexander Gordon Smith who wrote the Escape from Furnace series.

Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011
4 - 5 PM
Turrentine Room

Warning: these books will scare the $@*^ out of you!  Don't believe me?!? Take a look for yourself...

Enjoy snacks while we chat and a chance to win freebies like a copy of the second book in the series, Solitary! 

Can't make it on Wednesday? Check out the display in the teen area and this online list of other tales of horror and revulsion.