make something: awesome obstacles for skateboarding

Love to skate? Need a place of your own to hone your skills?

Learn how to build your own skateboard ramps and ledges in Awesome Obstacles by Justin Hocking. Diagrams are provided for building simple ramps and ledges.

You might also want to check out the following books for inspiration or to improve your technique. Go shred!



Skate and Destroy: the First 25 Years of Thrasher Magazine.

According to the description on Amazon.com: "Marking Thrasher's anniversary, this jam-packed retrospective recounts skateboarding's twists and turns of the last two decades and offers a glimpse at its thriving future. New and old school skaters alike will love Thrasher: Skate and Destroy. Not only does it cover the first twenty-five years of the magazine, reprinting the best of the original columns—"Photograffiti," "Zounds," "Trash," among others—but it will feature unpublished photos, rejected covers, interview outtakes, and detailed profiles. Action-packed photos capture legendary skaters such as: Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist, Andrew Reynolds, Tony Alva, Mike Carroll, and Lance Mountain.The definitive guide to the history and development of skateboarding, no other book will take you as close to the risk taking, bone breaking world of what has since become the world's fastest growing extreme sport. With an emphasis on the current trends that will especially appeal to today's hundreds of thousands of skaters, this will be the skateboarding bible for fans of all ages and levels."

Skateboarding Skills: the Rider's Guide by Ben Powell

An intro guide to skateboarding's history, Skateboarding Skills: the Rider's Guide also contains colored photographs and step-by-step directions for specific beginner, intermediate, and advance skateboarding skills and tricks.

Teen All-Nighter & Cool Summer Stuff

We've got lots of cool stuff going on this summer. Check it out! For more info on any of these events call (541) 766-6794.

*All events listed are for Teens ages 12-18 only!

Teen All-Nighter

Saturday, July 25th, 7:00 pm to Sunday, July 26th, 7:00 am.

Signed permission slip required. Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. Registration begins Wednesday, July 1st.

Activities include: PS2, Xbox & Wii Games, Scavenger Hunts, Movies, Scary Makeup Artist, Make Your Own Buttons, Crafty Stuff, Karaoke, Dodgeball, Computers, DIY Makeovers, Food & More!

Teen Game Night

Mondays:
June 8th, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
June 22nd, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
June 29th, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
July 6th, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
July 13th, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
July 20th, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Corvallis Main Meeting Room
No registration required. Xbox360, PS2, and Wii games provided. Featuring Halo 3, Guitar Hero 3, Rock Band, Wii Sports, Dance Dance Revolution and others.

Join us to watch anime, eat pizza & snacks, and win prizes!

Main Meeting Room, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library

Wednesday, June 24th, 1-4pm
Wednesday, July 29th, 1-4pm

Attendance is limited & REGISTRATION is REQUIRED. To register for this event, call or stop by the Youth Services Reference Desk on (or after) June 1st.

Rock Climbing

June 16th, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
OSU Indoor Climbing Facility Dixon Recreation Center, Oregon State University
*Meet at Dixon Recreation Center!*

Registration and Permission Slip Required! Sign up at the Youth Services Desk at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. No previous experience required.

Middle School Book Club

Join the Middle School Book Club to discuss If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko on Thursday, June 11th, at 4:00p.m. For teens entering grades 6-8. A limited number of copies of the book will be provided by the Library and can be picked up in the Youth Department at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library.

make something: Saturday Night Spa Night!

Looking for something to do on a Saturday night? You don't have to go out to have fun! Invite your best girlfriends over for a do-it-yourself spa night! Make your own herbal shampoo, hair wraps, hand creams, create your own unique nail polish color, bath oils, and more.

Check out Beauty Trix for Cool Chix: easy-to-make lotions, potions, and spells to bring out a beautiful you by Caroline Naylor. You'll find last-minute emergency fixes for problem hair and beauty issues...crafty projects for decorating your beauty containers...even quizzes to try out with your friends. Unwind and express yourself spa-style!

make something: jewelry from your hardware store!

Very cool, very creative, very cheap jewelry right from your toolbox! Get inspired to create everything from necklaces made from plastic tubing to rope earrings to key rings made from a lanyard pull, washers, and quick link fasteners and more! Hardwear: Jewelry from a Toolbox by Hannah Rogge features 24 projects to make in 1 hour or less! And for less that $15! You may even already own most of the supplies from your toolbox at home!

You'll never look at rope, duct tape, a chain, or a washer or bolt in the same way again. Enjoy and get creative!

make something: a makeover for your room

If you could have the bedroom of your dreams - what would it look like? Modern? Bohemian? Girly? Mod? Southwestern? Goth? Find some inspiration for a major theme-based makeover, including both large and small do-it-yourself projects (from pop art posters to African-safari-style painted mirrors to Hindu deity art to glitter frames to lamps made out of ice cube trays) in Super Suite: the Ultimate Bedroom Makeover Guide for Girls by Mark Montano. Everything you'll need is listed (it even includes a buying guide), step-by-step directions and great photographs of rooms and projects for inspiration.

Make your room sparkle * shine * reflect your own unique personality!

make something: get cooking!

There are so many creative ways to discover your self, share your talents, and make something (new or new-again). I'm going to share a new idea each day for the next week. First on my list is cooking! Maybe you love to cook (or wish you knew how). Maybe your cooking experience involves heading to the farmer's market for fresh vegetables and creating a unique gourmet meal for your friends (or maybe it involves baking brownies out of a boxed mix after school). Whether you're a future Iron Chef or you can barely put together a PB& J sandwich, chances are you like to eat. So why not try out a few recipes and test your skills and *possibly* a future talent or career!

Find some inspiration here:

Sam Stern's Cooking Up a Storm: the Teen Survival Cookbook
"Fourteen-year-old Sam Stern, with a bit of help from his mom, shares dozens of his favorite recipes for everything from breakfast to dinner, desserts to brain-boosting snacks. Especially geared toward teen readers, the book features lively running commentary from Sam, teen-tested tips, and colorful photos of food preparation." (summary from Syndetics)

Best Books You Haven't Read

A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran
If Neil Gaiman - author of Sandman - says something is good, you know you've got to read it, right? This book's lush artwork and complex storyline are enough to keep any Sandman fan happy. Two teenage siblings with psychic powers, Liana and Jason, escape from a psych ward planning to finally live their own lives. They soon find themselves running from powerful strangers, however, and Jason is captured. Why? Their father was an alien from a distant planet and his children have inherited his psychic gifts. Liana and Jason's powers are so strong that they could overturn the ruling class on their father's native planet. Now two groups of aliens are after them, one trying to kill them and the other plotting to use their powers in a revolution. Part science fiction, part fantasy, with amazing storytelling - this is a must read.


The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.

How far would you go to save someone you love?


All We Know of Heaven by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Bridget Flannery and Maureen O'Malley have been BFFs since forever. Then a brief moment of inattention on an icy road leaves one girl dead and the other in a coma, battered beyond recognition. Family and friends mourn one friend's loss and pray for the other's recovery. Then the doctors discover they have made a terrible mistake. The girl who lived is the one who everyone thought had died.

Based on a true case of mistaken identity, All We Know of Heaven is a universal story that no one can read unmoved: a drama of ordinary people caught up in an unimaginable tragedy and of the healing power of hope and love.

Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce
The servant girl Aeriel must choose between destroying her vampire master for his evil deeds or saving him for the sake of his beauty and the spark of goodness she has seen in him.

Dead Connection by Charlie Price
A loner who communes with the dead in the town cemetery hears the voice of a murdered cheerleader and tries to convince the adults that he knows what happened to her.

Earthian by Yun Kouga (author of Loveless)
Angels are among us. They are scattered across the globe, living in our neighborhoods, observing humanity - the Earthian - in crisis. Chihaya and Kagetsuya have known each other since their days at school. They are friends . . . and possibly more. These two angels roam the world, compiling lists of the positive and negative traits of humanity. Will the angels allows the Earthians to survive? Or are they doomed?

Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
When dead teenagers who have come back to life start showing up at her high school, Phoebe, a goth girl, becomes interested in the phenomenon, and when she starts dating a "living impaired" boy, they encounter prejudice, fear, and hatred.

Hero by Perry Moore
The last thing in the world Thom Creed wants is to add to his father's pain, so he keeps secrets. Like that he has special powers. And that he's been asked to join the League - the very organization of superheroes that spurned his dad. But the most painful secret of all is one Thom can barely face himself: he's gay.

But becoming a member of the League opens up a new world to Thom. There, he connects with a misfit group of aspiring heroes, including Scarlett, who can control fire but not her anger; Typhoid Larry, who can make anyone sick with his touch; and Ruth, a wise old broad who can see the future. Like Thom, these heroes have things to hide; but they will have to learn to trust one another when they uncover a deadly conspiracy within the League.

To survive, Thom will face challenges he never imagined. To find happiness, he'll have to come to terms with his father's past and discover the kind of hero he really wants to be.

Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
"I will tell you . . . a story of magic and love, of daring and death, and one to comfort your heart. It will be the truest story I have ever told. Now listen, and tell me if it is not so."

Keturah Reeve is a beautiful young woman of sixteen who lives with her grandmother in a cottage near the forest owned by Lord Temsland. Keturah is renowned in the village for her captivating storytelling, and this beautifully woven novel is a response to a request from Keturah's eager audience for yet another of her fascinating tales. She tells of her experience of being lost in the forest, her eventual meeting with a dark figure on horseback who is Lord Death and her bargaining with him for her life - and for the lives of the villagers who are threatened by an onset of the plague.

Luna by Julie Anne Peters
Fifteen-year-old Regan's life, which has always revolved around keeping her older brother Liam's transsexuality a secret, changes when Liam decides to start the process of "transitioning" by first telling his family and friends that he is a girl who was born in a boy's body.


Riddle-Master: The Complete Trilogy by Patricia McKillip
For over twenty years, Patricia A. McKillip has captured the hearts and imaginations of thousands of readers. And although her renowned Riddle-Master trilogy (The Riddle-Master of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire, and Harpist in the Wind) has been long out of print, it is considered her most enduring and beloved work. Now it is collected in one volume for the first time - the epic journeys of a young prince in a strange land, where wizards have long since vanished . . . but where magic is waiting to be reborn.


Shadow Star by Mohiro Kitoh
From a dying planet shall come the children of light . . . While on vacation on a small island, young Shiina Tamai dives under the water near an old shrine and discovers an unearthly starfish-like creature. She nearly drowns but is rescued by the silent, wide-eyed little animal, who Shiina befriends and names Hoshimaru. To Shiina's surprise and delight, the creature changes shape, lets Shiina stand on him, and the two fly off into the clouds. But what looks to be a young girl`s ultimate fantasy soon takes a darker turn as Shiina and Hoshimaru become entangled in a struggle between rival extraterrestrial factions who battle in the skies upon huge alien beasts called Shadow Dragons, with the fate of Earth hanging in the balance.

Homework Help: Issues & Controversies

Issues and Controversies

Are you working on a debate, persuasive essay, or research project for school on a topic with multiple or opposing viewpoints? The library subscribes to the Issues and Controversies database that might be really helpful to you. You can access this from the library or from home using your library card # to login. Click on the link above to access it!

Teen Animanga Extravaganza This Summer

Join us to watch anime, eat pizza & snacks, and win prizes!


Wednesday, June 24th, 1-4pm
Ghost Hunt (new episodes) and Princess Princess



Wednesday, July 29th, 1-4pm
Ouran High School Host Club and Code Geass

Location: Main Meeting Room, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library

Attendance is limited & REGISTRATION is REQUIRED.
To register for this event, call or stop by the Youth Services Reference Desk on (or after) June 1st.

Need more info? Call (541) 766.6794

For teens ages 12-18 only.


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Summer Teen Game Nights

Summer 2009 Schedule:

Mondays:
June 8th, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
June 22nd, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
June 29th, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
July 6th, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
July 13th, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
July 20th, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, Corvallis Main Meeting Room
All teens, ages 12-18 are invited. No registration required.

Xbox360, PS2, and Wii games provided. Featuring Halo 3, Guitar Hero 3, Rock Band, Wii Sports, Dance Dance Revolution and others. Call (541) 766-6794 for more information.

New Manga Series Coming Soon

The two series from the Teen Animanga Club's Vote for New Manga are now available to place holds on. More volumes coming soon!


+Anima
The +Anima are beings who possess animal-like powers. They walk among us in an alternate universe - shunned by society - as they search for others who have similar powers.Cooro is a boy with crow-like powers who is on a quest to find other +Anima. When he meets Husky, a disrespectful boy with a past shrouded in mystery, he finds a kindred spirit who also possesses animal-like powers. Together, they try to gain acceptance in a world cruel to anyone or anything that is different . . . Already a hit in Japan and Europe, Mukai-sensei's epic fantasy series is a journey of wonder and awe!



Nightmare Inspector
For those who suffer nightmares, help awaits at the Silver Star Tea House, where patrons can order much more than just Darjeeling. Hiruko is a special kind of private investigator. He's a dream eater. And he'll rid you of your darkest visions . . . for a price.The Lodger Dreams on the menu in this volume: a telephone operator who may be the girl of another patron's dreams, a girl without sight whose hearing is driving her mad, a missing fiancé who may be trapped in his own painting, and a mysterious lodger intent on discovering Hiruko's private past.

Awesome New Book: Marcelo in the Real World

Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork

Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear - part of the autism-like impairment no doctor has been able to identify - and he's always attended a special school where his differences have been protected. But the summer after his junior year, his father demands that Marcelo work in his law firm's mailroom in order to experience "the real world." There Marcelo meets Jasmine, his beautiful and surprising coworker, and Wendell, the son of another partner in the firm.

He learns about competition and jealousy, anger and desire. But it's a picture he finds in a file -- a picture of a girl with half a face - that truly connects him with the real world: its suffering, its injustice, and what he can do to fight.

Reminiscent of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" in the intensity and purity of its voice, this extraordinary novel is a love story, a legal drama, and a celebration of the music each of us hears inside.

Winners of Vote for New Manga

Each year the Teen Animanga Club votes on the new graphic novels they've read and the 2 manga series with the most votes are purchased for the library's Young Adult Graphic Novel collection.

This year's vote took place at the Animanga Club's May 5th meeting. Thanks to everyone who showed up to vote for their favorite manga!

The winners are:


First Place: Nightmare Inspector by Shin Mashiba


Second Place: +Anima by Natsumi Mukai

We'll be ordering both series and you can expect to see them in the library in the next month or so.

Teen Animanga Club: Heaven's Will

Heaven's Will by Satoru Takamiya

Were you intrigued by the except in Shojo Beat? Want to read the full story? Stop by the Youth Services Reference Desk to sign out a copy (limited number of copies available).

Sudou Mikuzu has a very special talent - she can see ghosts. And because of this predisposition, she's become a magnet for all sorts of unwelcome monsters. Luckily for her she's just met Seto, a friendly, cross-dressing young exorcist. Sudou needs protection from all the creepy phantoms bugging her, and Seto needs to practice his exorcism skills. Consequently, the pair decides to team up and help each other. In return, Sudou promises to bake a cake every time a ghost gets zapped!

Teens ages 12-18 only.

Call (541) 766-6794 for more information.

Teen Animanga Club Meets on Tuesday 5/5

The next meeting of the Teen Animanga Club is on Tuesday, May 5th, from 4 to 5:30pm in the Youth Activity Room at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library.

Join us to discuss manga, win prizes in a trivia contest, watch anime, eat snacks, and preview a new manga - the title will be announced at the meeting.

Regular club members will also be able to vote on which manga series to buy (from titles we've read since September) and register for this summer's Animanga Extravaganza.

This event is for teens ages 12-18. No sign-up required - just show up!

Call (541) 766-6794 for more information.

New Books to Check Out

The I Love to Write Book: Ideas & Tips for Young Writers by Mary-Lane Kamberg

Listen to Me: Shared Secrets from WriteGirl by executive editor Keren Taylor
*See also WriteGirl.org

Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls: How to Start a Band, Write Songs, Record an Album, and Rock Out!! edited by Marisa Anderson, foreword by Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney

Tell The World: Teen Poems from Writerscorps, foreword by Sherman Alexie