Online Book Poll Winner!

By popular vote, Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins has been selected as GCPL’s Favorite Teen book of 2009 in the 2010 Teen Read Week Online Poll. Missed it? Check for a copy here!

Other favorites included The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney, Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater and Heist Society by Ally Carter.

For more book recommendations, see our New and Featured Titles Lists!

Book Spine Poetry at Dacula

Teen Read Week Fashion

Have you ever really wanted a shirt with hedgehogs playing basketball on it but you just couldn't find it at the mall? Well, we're here to help. At our Altered T-Shirt program at Hamilton Mill on Wednesday, our talented teens made some very cool personalized shirts.

Author Nikki Grimes on Teen Read Week

Check out this video from author Nikki Grimes talking about the importance of reading:

Book Spine Poetry!

Teen Read Week is in full swing! This year we're celebrating Books with Beat and what better way to do that than with super awesome Book Spine Poetry? All you gotta do is grab some books and stack them up to create a poem using the titles on the spine. Staff and teens alike have been waxing poetic all week:

Norcross Branch:

Mountain Park Branch:

Lawrenceville Branch:

Centerville Branch:

Feeling inspired? Head to the library and start stacking! Who knows? Your poem just might make it to this very blog!