Get Active @ Your Library

Area teens will be reading for the fun of it as Harris County Public Library celebrates the ninth annual Teen Read Week, October 15 – 21, 2006. They join thousands of other libraries, schools and bookstores across the country who are encouraging teens to celebrate this year’s theme, "Get Active @ your library." This year’s theme encourages teens to use the resources in their library to lead active lives.

The Get Active @ Your Library Booklist includes fiction and nonfiction books about getting active in your community, using your body, using your imagination and getting active outdoors.

Many of the Harris County Public Libraries are offering Teen Read Week Programs.

Online Book Club

During Teen Read Week there were be an online discussion of these two books:

	Viola Canales.  Tequila Worm Sofia grows up in the close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to family and her "comadres."
	Diane Gonzales Bertrand.  Trino's Choice Frustrated by his poor financial situation and hoping to impress a smart girl, seventh grader Trino falls in with a bad crowd led by an older teen with a vicious streak.

Read the books now and join in the discussion October 16-30, 2006.

Teens Top Ten Books

Now you and your friends can help create an exciting nationwide list of books chosen for teens by teens as the best reads of the year - Teens' Top Ten Books!

Vote for your favorites during Teen Read Week, October 15-21, 2006.