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Study & School Stuff
Live JournalExpress yourself, share your life, connect with friends online. You can use LiveJournal in many ways: a private journal, a blog, a discussion forum or a social network. |
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Live Homework HelpAvailable 7 days a week 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. One-on-one help from a certified tutor for your grade and the subject area you need help in, including math, science, English, Social Studies, and Pennsylvania standardized tests. Click here to install Silverlight for best operation. |
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Learning ExpressWith your library card, create your own account. Practice for your AP exams, SATs, and ACTs and get targeted advice on improvements you can make. Go to the High School or Middle School learning center to improve your math, reading comprehension, spelling, and writing skills. Go to the Computer skill center for beginning, intermediate and advanced tutorials on common Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, and Power Point. |
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POWER LibraryDo you need research for a homework assignment but you can’t use more than 2 or 3 Internet sites? Click on POWER Library! Get access to thousands of print articles, magazines, newspapers, photos, maps, and more that you need for your homework. Just like having the magazine in your hand, but available online. |
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Books & Reading Stuff
Good ReadsAt Good Reads you can get great book recommendations, keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read, form or join a book club, answer book trivia, and collect your favorite quotes. |
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Teen ReadsReviews, lists, blogs, polls, author interviews and links, and much more. |
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Personal Stuff
Go Ask AliceGo Ask Alice! is a health Q&A Internet resource. It works to provide readers with reliable, accurate, accessible, culturally competent information and a range of thoughtful perspectives so that they can make responsible decisions concerning their health and well-being. |
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Teen Health & WellnessFind reliable information on your health and wellness, including sexuality, eating disorders, infections, family life, moods and emotions, safety, and much more. Ask questions confidentially, get answers you can keep private. |
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Creative Stuff
Teen Second LifeTeen Second Life is an international gathering place for teens 13-17 to make friends and to play, learn and create. In Second Life, teens can create and customize a digital self called an "avatar," fly through an ever-changing 3D landscape, chat and socialize with other teens from all over the world, and build anything from skyscrapers to virtual vehicles. |
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Teen InkMagazine and website written by teens. Find fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, reviews, and more. Submit your own work. |
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Other Stuff
Career CruisingCareer Cruising offers a suite of online career guidance and planning tools designed for people of all ages. |
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YacbackFor teens in Wayne County, PA a place to discuss books, movies, music, and websites, and to share photos and videos of YAC and teen events at the seven local libraries. |
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Looking for a favorite YA author or series? Here are just a few, and you can post more on the yacback wiki!
Libba Bray http://www.libbabray.com/authorlinks.html
Maureen Johnson http://www.maureenjohnsonbooks.com/index1.html
Lauren Myracle http://www.laurenmyracle.com/
E Lockhart http://e-lockhart.com/main/
Sarah Dessen http://www.sarahdessen.com
John Green http://www.sparksflyup.com/
Darren Shan http://www.darrenshan.com/
Chris Crutcher http://www.chriscrutcher.com/
Walter Dean Meyers http://www.walterdeanmyers.net/index.html
Daniel Ehrenhaft http://www.danielehrenhaft.com/
Harry Potter Fan Fiction http://www.fictionalley.org/
Twilight Fan Fiction http://www.twilighted.net/
For multi-fandom fiction visit the Archive at the End of the Universe http://www.the-archive.net/
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(To be eligible for some of the prizes, you have to be 19 or younger and attend a local school district or reside in Wayne County.)
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Hardcover Fiction
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:32:41 GMT
Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE POSTCARD KILLERS, by James Patterson and Liza Marklund
2. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson
3. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett
4. THE COBRA, by Frederick Forsyth
5. STAR ISLAND, by Carl Hiaasen
Hardcover Nonfiction
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:13:21 GMT
Top 5 at a Glance
1. _____ MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern
2. COMMITTED, by Elizabeth Gilbert
3. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell
4. EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S. C. Gwynne
5. THE OBAMA DIARIES, by Laura Ingraham
Paperback Trade Fiction
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:14:12 GMT
Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson
2. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson
3. LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave
4. CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese
5. FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham