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Teen Advisory Group Book Club!
Next Meeting is on March 3
at the Silver Spring Library--7 p.m.
Percy Jackson Playlist
Develop your own playlist (10 songs) for the characters in the Percy Jackson books. For example, "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters for Percy or Luke; or "Extraordinary Girl" by Green Day for Annabeth or Thalia; or "My Hero" by Foo Fighters for perhaps Grover. Send your list (song, artist, and character) through the Comments link in this box and don't forget to include your email address.
"The Human Beatbox"
See and hear Progressive Hip-Hop Artist Christylez Bacon, a 2010 Grammy Award nominee!
Feb. 6, Feb. 8, and Feb. 10 events are CANCELLED due to weather. To be rescheduled for a later date.
Bethesda - February 6, 2 p.m.
Gaithersburg - February 8, 4 p.m.
Twinbrook - February 10, 4:30 p.m.
Quince Orchard - March 4, 4 p.m.
Germantown - March 6, 2 p.m.
Long Branch - March 10, 4 p.m.
Marilyn J. Praisner - March 11, 3:30 p.m.
Damascus - March 12, 3:30 p.m.
Wheaton - March 13, 2 p.m.
Meet the Creator of the Gallagher Girls Series
Meet Ally Carter, author of I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy, and Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover at the Bethesda Library on Tuesday, February 16, 7 p.m.
TAG
Check out TAG news, reviews, plus interviews with authors Jon Scieszka and Katherine Paterson, Sarah Dessen, Kristin Cashore, Michael Scott, and P.C and Kristin Cast.

See more photos of TAG's Night at the Library.
The New Look in Library Teen Spaces
Visit the remodeled teen areas at these libraries (and check out the larger, friendlier spaces and comfortable furniture):
Chevy Chase Library

Bethesda Library (photos courtesy of Patricia Buck)


Rockville Library (photo courtesy of Betty Lee)

Wheaton Library (photo courtesy of Beth Isaacson)

What Are You Reading?
Submit a review of the books you are reading now. Share what the books are about as well as what you like or don't like about them.
Spotlighting . . .
Know Your Greek Gods?
Book Spotlight
Books Based on Myths
Aphrodite's Blessings - Clemence McLaren
Call Number: Fiction
ISBN/ISSN: 0689843771
Aphrodite interferes with the love lives of Atalanta, Andromeda, and Psyche.Cupid - Julius Lester
Call Number: Fiction
ISBN/ISSN: 9780152020569
Cupid, the spoiled and mischievous god of love, is attracted to and marries the beautiful mortal, Psyche, and both learn many lessons about the nature of love.Moon Riders - Theresa Tomlinson
Call Number: Fiction
ISBN/ISSN: 0060847360
When Myrina joins the Moon Riders, a revered band of warrior women, she becomes caught up in the life of the Trojan princess Cassandra and the epic, ten-year Trojan War.Oh My Gods - Tera Lynn Childs
Call Number: Fiction
ISBN/ISSN: 9780525479420
When her mother suddenly decides to marry a near-stranger, Phoebe, whose passion is running, soon finds herself living on a remote Greek island, completing her senior year at an ancient high school where the students and teachers are all descended from gods or goddesses.Pantheon High, Vol. 1 - Paul Benjamin
Call Number: Graphic Novel
ISBN/ISSN: 1598167340
...all of the characters of the various world mythologies live together in one universe--and send their children to the same high school in Los Angeles.Psyche in a Dress - Francesca Lia Block
Call Number: Fiction
ISBN/ISSN: 0060763728
A young woman, Psyche, searches for her lost love and questions her true self in a modern retelling of Greek myths.Quicksilver - Stephanie Spinner
Call Number: Fiction
ISBN/ISSN: 0375826386
Hermes, Prince of Thieves and son of Zeus, tells about his many adventures including the events of the Trojan War and his friendship with Pegasus.Snakehead - Ann Halam
Call Number: Fiction
ISBN/ISSN: 9780375841088
Compelled by his father Zeus to accept the evil king Polydectes's challenge to bring the head of the monstrous Medusa to the Aegean island of Serifos, Perseus,...sets out, accompanied by his beloved Andromeda, a princess with her own harsh destiny to fulfill.A Thousand Ships - Eric Shanower
Call Number: Graphic Novel
ISBN/ISSN: 1582402000
Lust, kidnapping, revenge--the Trojan War.Troy - Adele Geras
Call Number: Fiction
ISBN/ISSN: 0152164928
Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, the story presents the last weeks of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the wounded, men are tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses find ways to stir things up.
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