Teen Lock-In registration!

The fall teen lock-in is scheduled for Friday, October 18th from 6:30-10:30PM and is open to teens in grades 7-12.  Enjoy a night out at the library with games, crafts, pizza and more! 

Registration and a permission slip are required to attend.  Registration is available here. Permission slips must be handed in no later than 9PM on October 17th.  They are available in the teen place in the library and here.

For more information, please call 732-583-9100 or send an email to maplkids@lmxac.org.

Back to School Resources

As you head back to the classroom, check out these great resources the Matawan Aberdeen Public Library offers our teens for free with the use of a valid library card.

Need help with your homework?  

 

Try Tutor.com.

Get a professional online tutor whenever you need help.  You work one-to-one with your tutor in an online classroom on your specific homework problem until it's done.  This service is available 24/7.  Tutors can help you with any subject - math, science, English, or social studies.  Tutors will go through your homework problem step-by-step, as long as it takes, until it is complete.

Need help with your homework when you aren't at home? 

Tutor.com also offers a mobile app through iTunes:

        Tutor.com app

Need help developing your skills in a particular subject or preparing for a standardized test?

 

Try:

     Learning Express Library

     Universal Class

Need to find information about a current event or controversial topic for a debate, essay, group project, or research paper?

 

Try Points of View Reference Center.

We also have many great nonfiction print resources on argumentative topics. Just ask a reference librarian for assistance and we'll help you find what you need.

Need to find some articles or information for a school assignment?

Visit our Available Resources page to explore the many databases that can help you find a variety of information. Here you will find an alphabetical list of all the databases and these resources can be accessed 24/7! 


This blog post was written by Youth Services and Adult Services Librarian, Chryssi Gumina.

Book Review: Zoe Letting Go by Nora Price

Elise,

I don't know why I've been driven from the city to the country early in the morning, still wearing my pajamas, with enough clothes packed for six weeks.  Why have I arrived at a gloomy old mansion surrounded by a garden of withered, tangled roses and spotted with foreboding birch and ominous oak trees?  It looks like I suddenly jumped across the pond and ended up in England instead of New England!

Why am I being put in a treatment facility with 5 other girls?  I don't look like them.  I don't act like them.  And I certainly don't have anything wrong with me - like them. 

They tell me I'm here to recover.  From what? 

They took my phone, which is one of the reasons I am writing these letters.  

It's a mystery to me.  I'm sure there has been some big mistake.    

Why?  I don't know, but I'm going to find out - and then I'm going to prove them wrong.   

Zoe


Gain insight into the mind of a girl grappling with an issue that she doesn't even know she has with this slow-moving mystery.  Follow the haunting words in Zoe's letters to her best friend to unravel the enigma that is Twin Birch as she shines a light on a condition that affects thousands of teens across the country, making it the third most common chronic illness for adolescents.  If you liked Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson or Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher, you will probably enjoy this title. 

Check it out in our new books section in the Teen Place!

Recommended Grade Level: 6-12

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Pages: 279

This book review was written by Youth Services and Adult Services Librarian, Chryssi Gumina.