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Here are the Winners!
We hold weekly raffles at out Teen Nights.  So far, we have been able to pull 3 winners a week.

Week 1 - Maddie Riehl, Tori Riehl and Barbara Carr
Week 2 - Patrick Leahy, Maura Mullen and Marissa Wolf
Week 3 - Maura Mullen, Erica Riviezzo and Ashley Belden
Week 4 - Ashley Belden, Barbara Carr and Alison Ives
Week 5 - Lexi Gorton, Tabor French and Maya Harvey
Week 6 - Erica Riviezzo, Maura Mullen and Marissa Wolf

You do not have to be present to win, but you do have to have raffle tickets in the jar.
"YA" Readers
Summer Reading for youth in grades 7 and up
  “YA” Readers – Summer reading fun for teens entering grade 7 and up.  Sign up and receive a brochure with all the program details.  Registration will begin on June 14.  Read a book and receive one raffle ticket to enter for some awesome prizes.  Come to one of our weekly “YA” Reader events and receive two raffle tickets.  Read a book from our Young Adult section or from a recommended reading list (you must bring in the book list when you claim your tickets) and receive three tickets.  Raffles will be held weekly at the Teen events.  We have some wonderful programs planned including a trip to Water Country, co-sponsored by the Recreation Dept.  We will finish the summer with a Pizza Party when we will hold the final prize raffle.  Previous years we have had prizes such as gift cards to FunSpot, passes to Canobie Lake Park, movie tickets, passes to Water Country…the list goes on.  After the summer reading program begins, we will start posting the raffle prizes online at www.whipplefreelibrary.org on the Young Adult page.  Come check us out and bring your friends! 
Look Who's Using Facebook
Not Just for Teens

Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.

Millions of people use Facebook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.

 

College students, moms and dads, librarians, teachers...the list goes on.  It's
incredible how many people are using Facebook to keep in touch.

 

Barbara, the Children's Librarian, has a Facebook page and is now using it to keep in touch with Teens and junior book clubs.  Parents who are not ready for their teens to be on Facebook can try it for themselves.  Once you are ready, be sure your teen becomes your friend on Facebook and be aware of what content they are letting the whole world see. 
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Now the Whipple Free Library has its very own Facebook page.  Become a fan today!  Just search Whipple Free Library from your Facebook Home page.  Or click this link.

 

http://tinyurl.com/www-facebookc-om-WhippleFreeLi
Isinglass Teen Read - and the Winner is...
7th & 8th Grade NH State Reading Award
"Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins is the winner of the 2010 Isinglass award!  The Isinglass Book Award is a statewide reading award open to all 7th and 8th graders.  Here is the newest list of the books!

Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters
Devil's Breath by David Gilman
Diary of a Witness by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Killer Pizza by Greg Taylor
Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Maze Runner by James Dashner
Million Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica
Pretty One by Cheryl Klam
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale
Roar by Emma Clayton
Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman
Secrets of Beauty & Truth by Megan Frazer
Totally Joe by James Howe
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
Wild Girls by Pat Murphy
The Flume Award - NH's own book award for High Schoolers
The 2010 winner is...
"Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins was the winner of the 2010 Flume Award.  Teens in grades 9-12 voted from the nominated titles in April.   Following is the list of nominees for 2011.
 
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
The Devil's Breath by David Gilman
The DeVouring by Simon Holt
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
Lips Touch Three Times by Lainie Taylor
Lockdown: Escape from Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith
Paper Towns by John Green
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

 
Going to college?
Need to apply for financial aid?

If you are heading to college, you will probably be filing for financial aid. Most financial aid is based on the FAFSA, the Federal Financial Aid form. Most students file online and using the FAFSA on the Web Pre-Application Worksheet makes it easier!
 

The number of FAFSAs filed electronically has increased dramatically. More than 80 percent of all FAFSAs are filed online. In the past many filers used a paper copy of the FAFSA obtained at the library to prepare to file, but there's a better way. The FAFSA on the Web Pre-Application Worksheet was developed to simplify your preparations, with instuctions and an easy to follow layout. To print the Worksheet go to www.fafsa.ed.gov. For those who prefer to file a paper FAFSA, the forms will arrive at the library in early November.