Monopoly Tournament for Teens

The Library will be having a MONOPOLY® tournament on Saturday, July 21st from 2:30-4:00 p.m. in the Library’s community room. Teens will wheel and deal their way to the top as they compete to become this year’s MONOPOLY® champion. A prize will be awarded to the tournament winner.

Wii Summer Olympics

Teens, you can compete one-on-one and in teams in the Wii Summer Olympic event at the Library on Tuesday, July 17th from 6:30-7:45 p.m. in the Library’s community room. You will be able to participate in such Olympic events as track and field, swimming and gymnastics. You will compete against one another for prizes as you race down the track, leap over the high jump or churn up the water in swimming. Prizes will be given to the first place team.

Hunger Games Tournament

Teens, do you have what it takes to survive the Hunger Games? Find out by competing in our Hunger Games Tournament on Saturday, July 14th from 2:30-4:00 p.m. There will be a cornucopia challenge, an archery contest, and trivia challenge. Teens will even be able to make their own mockingjay necklace.

Pictionary Challenge

Teens will divide into teams for the Library’s Pictionary Challenge on Tuesday, July 10th from 6:30-7:45 p.m. Each team will draw clues describing a secret word or phrase before time runs out. The team with the most correct guesses will win a prize.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Tournament July 7th

On Saturday, July 7th from 2:30-4:00 p.m. there will be a Super Smash Bros. Brawl Tournament in the Library’s community room. You will pit their favorite Smash Bros. character against other teen players in this head-to-head double elimination tournament. A prize will be awarded to the tournament winner.

Scattergories Competition July 3rd

You can play the classic fast-thinking categories game, Scattergories on Tuesday, July 3rd from 6:30-7:45 p.m. in the Library’s community room. Points are awarded to players with unique words that do not match any one else in the competition. A prize will be awarded to the person with the highest score.

Summer Reading Club for Teens Has Started

Attention teens ages 13 through 17. You can participate in Own the Night, the summer reading program especially for you that includes reading, prizes, a Hunger Games Tournament, and our annual After-Hours Amazing Race. You will have a chance to join the fun in a variety of video and board game tournaments on Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons, including our first Hunger Games Tournament on July 14th, complete with a cornucopia competition, archery contest, Jeopardy style trivia, and the creation of your own mockingjay necklace. You will also be able to participate in our 6th annual After-Hours Amazing Race on August 4, 2012. For every 300 pages you read, you complete a level and earn prizes. Once you have read 1200 pages, you are eligible for one of the grand prizes--a Kindle, IPod Touch, or 2 tickets to Magic Mountain. Read another 1200 pages (for a total of 2400 pages) and you receive four more tickets for the grand prize drawing to be held at the end of the summer program. The reading club continues through August 4th, with the last day to pick up prizes on August 11, 2012.