Wed. Teen Library Council Choice Picks Notes

May 6, 2010
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The Wednesday group of the Carmel Clay Public Library’s Teen Library Council (TLC) met last night for the last time this school year. We passed The Rat (our version of a talking stick) and accomplished quite a bit, including a good Choice Picks* book-and-movie discussion at the end of the meeting. Here are Scribe Eleni’s notes from that discussion (with authors added by me, Hope, as needed):
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Andrew – Kennedy’s Brain, by Henning Mankell – Nothing to do with Kennedy. Actually about a family with AIDS who is involved in an underground business: people sell contaminated blood. Really misleading and suspenseful; a good book; not an average mystery.
 
 Ashley – And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie – Really confusing at one point; kind of creepy; really creative how she killed all of the people.
 
Anna – The Girl in Hyacinth Blue, by Susan Vreeland – Person is trying to trace a painting; pretty good.
 
Stephanie – The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown – Really interesting and historical.
 
Charlotte – Dreamland, by Sarah Dessen – The most different of the Sarah Dessen books; an abused girl stays with her abusive boyfriend; she was abandoned by her sister; the main character tries to set up her own path but ends up with an abuser; the girl gets over it in the end.
 
 Jamie S. – Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett – A simple novice priest just chosen by the great god Om in tortoise form; funny and thoughtful.
 
Eleni – Wyrd Sisters, by Terry Pratchett – Very good and funny.
 
Eleni – Maximum Ride series, by James Paterson – Very good, funny.
 
 Zoe – An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green – A washed up prodigy discovers himself; funny, but not deep.
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Thanks for taking these notes, Eleni!
Hope
*A "Choice Pick" book is a book that has been read and recommended by three or more Teen Library Council (TLC) members. 
Any TLC member can suggest a title – either fiction or nonfiction. At TLC meetings, we pass around the list of suggestions and talk about them. Members put their names by the books that they have read and liked. When a title has three names by it, we either move the book from the regular Young Adult collection if we already have a copy, or buy it new.
The TLC is an advisory board of up to fifty students in grades 7-12 who meet regularly with Hope Baugh, Manager of the Young Adult (YA) Services Department, to discuss books, movies, and music; to help plan library programs for teenagers; to give input on library issues related to teens; and to assist in selecting books to purchase for the library's High School Area.
Applications for new members are accepted each year between May 15th and June 15th. Application forms are available at the Young Adult Services desk then. Interviews take place over the summer.



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