Thoughts from Tony

Inside My thoughts
by Tony

These thoughts are unhealthy, I know,
but events in my life have made them so.
If home is where the heart is,
why is it home where I feel so alone?
As I sit here in my room
thinking about my doom.
I compare my life to Harry Potter's,
where school is escape from gloom.
But unlike Hogwarts at which he stays,
Twin Falls High disappears at the end of the day.
For a restless night,
that usually ends with a fight.
The day can't come fast enough,
to get my mind onto other stuff.
For finding peace at school,
some think me a fool,
while others just leave me to myself.
Those that try to unhide me,
most times find the darkness that hides me.
I try to veil it,
but I still fail it.
As for those who find a friend in me,
they are true friends indeed.

Kelson Cam

Notes from TAB

The Teen Advisory Board met on 1-24-07 to further discuss the upcoming Teen Tech Week in March. Headway was made on getting the details of the book trailer together. The group decided on a specific book and they are excited about the continued steps of planning this production. TAB will be meeting every Thursday evening at 6:00 in the YA area until the project is finished! If you are interested in getting involved with TAB, contact the Library or just come to a meeting!

New Titles @ the Library

A friend at Midnight

by Caroline B. Cooney


Lily never guessed that hate could be so fierce. She's always thought of hate as a verb for clothing (I hate pink) or weather (I hate when it's hot), but now she uses hate and feels hate in a new way. Lily hates her father.

It isn't because of her parent's divorce. Lily has settled pretty comfortably into her new life. When her mother remarried and had a baby, she could cope with it. But it hasn't been the same for Lily's younger brother, Michael.

Michael decides he wants to live with their father, and as much as they want to stop him, they have to let him go. When Michael ends up suddenly coming home again, only Lily know why. She doesn't tell anyone the true story.

The Last Apprentice : Curse of the Bane
by Joseph Delaney

The spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark. Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts, and boggarts. But now now there's some unfinished business to attend to in Priestown, Deep in the catacombs of the cathedral luks a creature the Spook has never been able to defeat; a force so evil that the whole county is in danger of being corrupted by its powers. The Bane!

As Thomas and the Spook prepare for the battle of their lives, it becomes clear that the Bane isn't their only enemy. The Quisitor has arrived, searching for those who meddle with the dark so he can imprison them-or worse.

Can Thomas defeat the Ban on his own? Is his friend Alice guilty of witchcraft? And will the spook be able to escape the Quisitor's clutches?

Chicks with Sticks: Knit Two Together By Elizabeth Lenhard

Scottie, Tay, Amanda, and Bella-an angsty artist's daughter, and indie tomby, a trustfund princess, and a new age yoga goddess. Their friendship defies the odds, yet last year, fate (and a whole lot of yarn) bound them together. As chicks with Sticks, they survived Tay's broken heart, Bella's descent into knitting obsession, Amanda's learning disability, and Scottie's clinginess. They even rose above the closing of their beloved LYS and the loss of their knitting guru Alice. After all that drama and trauma together, they're as solid as a fisherman's sweater.

Or are they? As the Chicks begin their second year together, their tight circle faces its biggest challenge yet: boys.

For teens juggling the works-in-progress that are friendship, first love, and surviving high school-knitting all the while-here's another fun, cozy read, complete with four all new projects.

Notes from TAB

The Teen Advisory Board met December 30, to discuss and brain storm ideas for Teen Tech Week. (March 4-10 2007) Many different ideas arose but the three main ones were a Tech Fair, a contest or drawing, and a Book Trailer to post on the blog. Most everyone on the board was excited about the Book Trailer and look forward to producing this production. Look forward to the Video Book Trailer in March. Next meeting will be discussing these three topics more in depth on January 25, 2007 at 6:00. All 6-12 graders are invited to attend.