How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Tweet The Ways!

Write your best love story, in 140 characters or less, and send it to jhall(at)saclibrary.org by February 13th. The author of the winning story will get two free movie passes, just in time for Valentine's Day! (Ages 12-18)

Cartoons, Comic Strips, and Manga

Many of us we start our day by reading the comic strips in our local newspaper. Now we see cartoon characters in the movies all the time. Learn to create your own cartoon creature -- draw shapes, form, exaggeration, expressions, and perspective. November 15, Thursday, 4:00 PM.

Accepted: Getting Into Your First Choice School

This 1-hour workshop is designed to show students and parents what college admissions officers expect from applicants’ high school experiences. Topics covered include a variety of admissions policies and the key factors used by admissions officers when making admissions decisions. Presented by Kaplan. (Register here!)

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If you aren't a fan of the Sacramento Public Library Facebook page, you should "Like" us! We are almost to 5,000 followers, and the person who is like #5,000 wins the tote bag shown below!

The In Bet(w)een Book Club

Who? T(w)eens, 6th-8th Grades

What? A book club for anyone who is tired of reading books that have been assigned! Join us to talk about the book chosen by the group, or to tell us about one you’ve read that you want to share.

When? The second Thursday of each month at 4:00 PM

November 8th: 

Lockdown: Escape From Furnace

by Alexander Gordon Smith

*Refreshments provided

*Help choose the next book

*Bring a book to talk about

It is a library, after all...

Wow, it has been over a month since we posted anything! The Summer Reading Program kept us busy, and has just finished for 2012. As we know all of you are, we're in back-to-school mode, and we all know what that means: a lot of reading! But, as you well know, there is a lot to be said for reading as a form of entertainment. That's where this blog post comes in...

Beginning in October, we will have a monthly book club for students in 6th-8th grades, "The In Bet(w)een Club," to talk about a book that will be chosen for that month AND to give you the chance to tell us about something you have read. We want your input in choosing the books, so we'll start with that right away! In the comment section below, tell us which of these five books you'd like to be the first title chosen for this new club. Or you can send a text to 916-365-2310 with the title you want to vote for. Voting ends August 31st, so be sure to tell us what you want to read first!


Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender
Boy From the Basement by Susan Shaw
Escape from Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin

There will soon be a book club for high school students, too...stay tuned!

End of Summer Lock-in!

Teens ages 12-18 (only) are invited to join us for our end of summer lock-in! Friday, August 3rd 7:00-10:00 PM. Games, crafts, snacks, prizes, and more! Pre-registration is required (through our event calendar) and a permission form must be brought in before the library closes the day of the lock-in. (Note: permission forms can be picked up at the library and will be available online soon! can be accessed via http://bit.ly/MHOrIi).