Sadly for us all summer is over, and fall is ready to begin. We all know what that means, back to school (collective sigh). There is no reason to fear because the Loft is here, with fun new fall programs to help you ease into transition back to reality (See the List below)
September:
September 9: Fantasy Football Draft (Don't forget to sign up beforehand, draft starts at 5)
September 16, 23. 30, October 4: SAT PREP Class (630-830 pm)
September 17: Teen Art Club: Painting Windows (6-8 pm)
September 18: Game Night: X Box and Wii (6-8 pm)
September 21: Make Dog Collars (4-5 pm)
September 22: SAT vs ACT Mary Kromhout compares the tests to figure which is right for you
September 24: Teen Tech Sqad Meeting 3:30-4:30 pm (New techies welcome: Community Service)
September 25: Anime Movies and Books Night with Annie (630-8pm)
September 26: Friends of the Library Photography Contest Sign Up (9:30 am-3:30pm)
October 2: Friends of the Library Photography contest Public Reception (7 pm)
October 8: Make Cat Pillows (3:30-4:30 pm)
October 9: Teen Game Night: X Box 360 and Wii (6-8pm)
October 14: Book Discussion: "Twist," and "Speak," by Laurie Halse Anderson
October 18-24 TEEN READ WEEK (Read Beyond Reality is this year's theme)
-October 19: Open Office Software 3:30-4:30 pm
-October 20: "Far Out" Collage Class 3:30-4:30 pm
-October 21: Book Bingo
-October 22: Teen Tech Meeting (3:30-4:30 pm)
-October 23: Twilight Movie and Craft: celebrate release of New Moon (6pm)
-October 24: Books and Bagels 11am-Noon
October 30: Teen Games: Horror Night
Don't forget that sign up can be done online, over the phone, or in person at the Loft. Sign Up NOW!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Battle of the Books 2009: The Riverhead Ravens
The Riverhead Ravens (The Loft's Battle of the Books Team) has been hard at work getting ready for this years Battle of the Books Competition. Led by Coach Joyce and Assistant Coach Annie, this years team (Matt, Kristen, Rachel, Laimus, Elmais, and Lilly) are poised to smoke the competition. I got money riding on you guys, so you better!!!!
The Team
Battle Practice: Looking Fierce
The Team
Battle Practice: Looking Fierce
A few Summer Program Pictures
Check out these pics from our summer programs: the final performance from our theater improv class (hilarious), and our cookie baking competition!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
NEW YA BOOK FOR THE MONTH OF JULY
Hey everyone, don't forget the Lofts's Summer Reading Program is still going (Until August 14th). If you want to get another book or two in for some extra raffle tickets, or still need to get your first entry in, come down to the loft and check out the new July books.
"Angry Management," by Chris Crutcher (YA CRU NEW)
"Broken Soup,"by Jenny Valentine (YA VAL NEW)
"Closed for the Season: a mystery story" by Mary Downing Hahn (YA HAH NEW)
"Angry Management," by Chris Crutcher (YA CRU NEW) 
"Broken Soup,"by Jenny Valentine (YA VAL NEW)
"Closed for the Season: a mystery story" by Mary Downing Hahn (YA HAH NEW)
"The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate," by Jaqueline Kelly (YA KEL NEW)
"Killer: a pretty little liars novel," by Sara Shepard (YA SHE NEW)
Saturday, July 11, 2009
NEW YA BOOKS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE
***Come up to the Loft to check out some of these (and more) new YA arrivals for the month of June. These might be great selections for the summer reading program (Hint, Hint)***
Click on the Link next to the picture to see more information, summary, or to place a hold!!!!!!
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"The Awakening,: by Kelley Armstrong (YA ARM NEW)
"Bait," by Alex Sanchez (YA SAN NEW)
"Blade: Playing Dead," by Tim Bowler (YA BOW NEW)
"Boyology," by Sarah O'leary Burningham (YA 306.73 BUR NEW)
"Burn My Heart," by Beverley Nadioo (YA NAI NEW)
"Cre4ature of the Night," by Kate Thompson (YA THO NEW)
"Drawing Vampires: Gothic Creatures of the Night," by Chritopher Hart
Click on the Link next to the picture to see more information, summary, or to place a hold!!!!!!
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"The Awakening,: by Kelley Armstrong (YA ARM NEW)
"Bait," by Alex Sanchez (YA SAN NEW) "Blade: Playing Dead," by Tim Bowler (YA BOW NEW)
"Boyology," by Sarah O'leary Burningham (YA 306.73 BUR NEW)
"Burn My Heart," by Beverley Nadioo (YA NAI NEW)
"Cre4ature of the Night," by Kate Thompson (YA THO NEW)
"Drawing Vampires: Gothic Creatures of the Night," by Chritopher Hart 
"Love and Peaches: a novel," by Jodi Lynn Anderson (YA AND NEW)
"Taken by the Storm,: by Angela Morrison (YA MOR NEW)
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Northport Veterans Receive Memorial Day Cards from RFL Teens
In honor of Memorial Day, the loft teens made over 200 cards for the Veterans at the Northport Verterans Hospital. Our wonderful YA staff members Mrs. Sherman and Mrs. Rienzo, personally delivered the cards. Thanks for effort and creativity everyone; it was greatly appreciated by the Veterans.
Have a safe and happy Memorial Day Weekend everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
NEW YA BOOKS FOR MONTH OF APRIL
Check out these awesome new YA books now hitting the Loft!!!!!!
YA BUR NEW
All the Broken Pieces: a novel in verse
Burg, Ann
New York: Scholastic Press, c2009
Two years after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975, Matt Pin is haunted by the terrible secret he left behind and, now, in a loving adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events forces him to confront his past.
YA NAP NEW
Alligator Bayou
Napoli, Donna Jo
New York: Wendy Lamb Books, c2007.
Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs at every turn.
YA 305.235 BOW NEW
The American Teenager
Bowman, Robin
New York: Umbrage Editions, c2007.
Robin Bowman’s five-year journey into the heart of teenage America created a series of 414 “collaborative portraits,” wherein she shares her discoveries of a generation now coming of age. Searing and intimate photographs, presented alongside the young people’s voices of passion, pride, embarrassment, lust, pain, bewilderment, anxiety, joy, uncertainty, and rage.
YA LLO NEW
The Carbon Diaries 2015
Lloyd, Saci
New York: Holiday House, 2009, c2008.
In 2015, when England becomes the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing in a drastic bid to combat climate change, sixteen-year-old Laura documents the first year of rationing as her family spirals out of control.
YA GOL NEW
Deep in the Heart of High School
Goldbach, Veronica
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009.
Three friends, Olivia Silverstein, Fatima Garcia, and Vanessa Reynolds, help one another through family troubles, romantic crushes, and the perils of freshman year at a San Antonio, Texas, high school.
YA 306.903 NOY NEW
Encyclopedia of the end: mysterious death in fact, fancy, folklore, and more
Noyes, Deborah
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., c2008.
A stylish A-to-Z encounter with all things related to death and dying.
YA 305.235 BUR NEW
Girls Against Girls: why we are mean to each other and how we can change
Burton, Bonnie
San Francisco, CA: Zest Books, c2009.
This guide for teenage girls explains why girls can sometimes be mean to each other, what to do if you are a victim of bullying, and the importance of treating other girls with respect.
YA MAR NEW
Jellicoe Road
Marchetta, Melina
New York: HarperTeen, 2008, c2006.
Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.
YA 345.73 KRY NEW
Juvenile Court: a Judge’s guide for young adults and their parents
Leora, Krygier
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, c2009.
The juvenile court system -- I received a citation to court : what do I do? -- Preparing for court -- Coming to court for my hearing -- Driving, pedestrian, bicycle, and related violations -- Other offenses -- What can I expect at court? -- Returning to court, the DMV, and will I have a record? -- How to avoid getting another citation.
YA SF CLA NEW
The Mortal Instruments
Clare, Cassandra
New York: Margaret K McElderry Books, c2009.
Sixteen-year-old Clary continues trying to make sense of the swiftly changing events and relationships in her life as she becomes further involved with the Shadowhunters and their pursuit of demons and discovers some terrifying truths about her parents, her brother Jace, and her boyfriend Simon.
YA NO NEW
No Such Thing as the Real World: stories about growing up
New York: Laura Geringer Books/HarperTeen, c22009.
Six award-winning young adult authors present short stories featuring teens who have to face the "real world" for the first time.
YA WIS NEW
Puppet: a novel
Wiseman, eva
Toronto, Ont.: Tundra Books, c2009.
Times are hard in Julie Vamosi’s Hungarian village in the late nineteenth century, and the townspeople, including her father, blame the Jewish people. After Julie’s best friend, Esther, a young servant-girl, disappears, anti semitic rumors begin to spread.
YA WHI NEW
Sag Harbor: a novel
Whitehead, Colson
New York: Doubleday, c2009.
Benji Cooper is one of the few black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan. He spends his falls and winters going to roller-disco bar mitzvahs, playing too much Dungeons and Dragons. After a tragic mishap on his first day of school, when Benji reveals his deep enthusiasm for the horror movie magazine Fangoria -- his social doom is sealed for the next four years.
YA 618.92026 PAR NEW
Soldier’s Secret: the story of Deborah Sampson
Klass, Sheila Solomon
New York: HarperTeen, c2009.
During the Revolutionary War, a young woman named Deborah Sampson disguises herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army.
YA GRA NEW
Stargazer
Gray, Claudia
New York: HarperTeen, c2009.
Teenage vampire Bianca finds herself the target when evil wraiths attack her boarding school, Evernight Academy.
YA FLE NEWTen Cents a Dance
Fletcher, Christine
New York: Bloomsbury, c2008.
In 1940s Chicago, fifteen-year-old Ruby hopes to escape poverty by becoming a taxi dancer in a nightclub, but the work has unforeseen dangers and hiding the truth from her family and friends becomes increasingly difficult.
YA WEI NEW
Wherever Nina Lies
Weingarten, Lynn
New York: Point, c2009.
Two years after the disappearance of her older sister, sixteen-year-old Ellie goes on a quest to find her.
All the Broken Pieces: a novel in verse
Burg, Ann
New York: Scholastic Press, c2009
Two years after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975, Matt Pin is haunted by the terrible secret he left behind and, now, in a loving adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events forces him to confront his past.
YA NAP NEW
Alligator Bayou
Napoli, Donna Jo
New York: Wendy Lamb Books, c2007.
Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs at every turn.
YA 305.235 BOW NEW
The American Teenager
Bowman, Robin
New York: Umbrage Editions, c2007.
Robin Bowman’s five-year journey into the heart of teenage America created a series of 414 “collaborative portraits,” wherein she shares her discoveries of a generation now coming of age. Searing and intimate photographs, presented alongside the young people’s voices of passion, pride, embarrassment, lust, pain, bewilderment, anxiety, joy, uncertainty, and rage.
YA LLO NEW
The Carbon Diaries 2015
Lloyd, Saci
New York: Holiday House, 2009, c2008.
In 2015, when England becomes the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing in a drastic bid to combat climate change, sixteen-year-old Laura documents the first year of rationing as her family spirals out of control.
YA GOL NEW
Deep in the Heart of High School
Goldbach, Veronica
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009.
Three friends, Olivia Silverstein, Fatima Garcia, and Vanessa Reynolds, help one another through family troubles, romantic crushes, and the perils of freshman year at a San Antonio, Texas, high school.
YA 306.903 NOY NEW
Encyclopedia of the end: mysterious death in fact, fancy, folklore, and more
Noyes, Deborah
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., c2008.
A stylish A-to-Z encounter with all things related to death and dying.
YA 305.235 BUR NEW
Girls Against Girls: why we are mean to each other and how we can change
Burton, Bonnie
San Francisco, CA: Zest Books, c2009.
This guide for teenage girls explains why girls can sometimes be mean to each other, what to do if you are a victim of bullying, and the importance of treating other girls with respect.
YA MAR NEW
Jellicoe Road
Marchetta, Melina
New York: HarperTeen, 2008, c2006.
Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.
YA 345.73 KRY NEW
Juvenile Court: a Judge’s guide for young adults and their parents
Leora, Krygier
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, c2009.
The juvenile court system -- I received a citation to court : what do I do? -- Preparing for court -- Coming to court for my hearing -- Driving, pedestrian, bicycle, and related violations -- Other offenses -- What can I expect at court? -- Returning to court, the DMV, and will I have a record? -- How to avoid getting another citation.
YA SF CLA NEW
The Mortal Instruments
Clare, Cassandra
New York: Margaret K McElderry Books, c2009.
Sixteen-year-old Clary continues trying to make sense of the swiftly changing events and relationships in her life as she becomes further involved with the Shadowhunters and their pursuit of demons and discovers some terrifying truths about her parents, her brother Jace, and her boyfriend Simon.
YA NO NEW
No Such Thing as the Real World: stories about growing up
New York: Laura Geringer Books/HarperTeen, c22009.
Six award-winning young adult authors present short stories featuring teens who have to face the "real world" for the first time.
YA WIS NEW
Puppet: a novel
Wiseman, eva
Toronto, Ont.: Tundra Books, c2009.
Times are hard in Julie Vamosi’s Hungarian village in the late nineteenth century, and the townspeople, including her father, blame the Jewish people. After Julie’s best friend, Esther, a young servant-girl, disappears, anti semitic rumors begin to spread.
YA WHI NEW
Sag Harbor: a novel
Whitehead, Colson
New York: Doubleday, c2009.
Benji Cooper is one of the few black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan. He spends his falls and winters going to roller-disco bar mitzvahs, playing too much Dungeons and Dragons. After a tragic mishap on his first day of school, when Benji reveals his deep enthusiasm for the horror movie magazine Fangoria -- his social doom is sealed for the next four years.
YA 618.92026 PAR NEW
Soldier’s Secret: the story of Deborah Sampson
Klass, Sheila Solomon
New York: HarperTeen, c2009.
During the Revolutionary War, a young woman named Deborah Sampson disguises herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army.
YA GRA NEW
Stargazer
Gray, Claudia
New York: HarperTeen, c2009.
Teenage vampire Bianca finds herself the target when evil wraiths attack her boarding school, Evernight Academy.
YA FLE NEWTen Cents a Dance
Fletcher, Christine
New York: Bloomsbury, c2008.
In 1940s Chicago, fifteen-year-old Ruby hopes to escape poverty by becoming a taxi dancer in a nightclub, but the work has unforeseen dangers and hiding the truth from her family and friends becomes increasingly difficult.
YA WEI NEW
Wherever Nina Lies
Weingarten, Lynn
New York: Point, c2009.
Two years after the disappearance of her older sister, sixteen-year-old Ellie goes on a quest to find her.
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