Official Monopoly Tournament

Official Monopoly Tournament!!

Saturday, June 13th at 10:00 am

Ages 8-18. Admission is FREE!

At least two 90-minute rounds will be played by the official long-game MONOPOLY game rules to find a winner. 

Prizes donated by Half-Price Books, Costco, Trader Joe’s, and many more!

Lunch and snacks will be provided.

Enjoy face painting and balloon animals with Melissa.

Registration: Players may begin registering for this event by visiting the Concord Library or calling (925) 646-5455. 

Katie Grace

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Katie Grace, she’s a little girl from Clayton who suffers from a rare condition called Pulmonary Hypertension, which requires her to get in line for a heart and lung transplant, and have tubes hooked up to her 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week, possibly for the rest of her life. A couple days ago at a Safeway in Clayton she began spitting blood and had a seizer. She’s feeling better now. No child should go through what Katie is going through.

You can send Katie a get well card at Stanford.On the right hand side of the web page, click “send a greeting card”. Once you get done filling it out, the hospital will print it out and give it to Katie Grace.
Here is the rest of the information you’ll need.
Patient’s name: Katie Grace Groebner
Patient’s room #: 3215
Get well soon, Katie Grace!
http://www.lpch.org/forPatientsVisitors/cards/index.jsp

credits go to CLAYCORD.

Snow on Mt. Diablo!!

You may have noticed, but last week there was snow on Mount Diablo. Check out the amazing pics on this slideshow. Credits to CLAYCORD.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22501331@N00/sets/72157611463583712/show/

What is the Meaning of Life?

There are some questions in life that are hard to answer, or you have to think for a while. What is the meaning of life? To enjoy life. To learn something new. To find love and true friendship. To everyone it may be something different, what does it mean to you?comment.

SLAVE:My True Story

SLAVE:My True Story by Mende Nazer and Damien Lewis

When Mende Nazer was just twelve years old, her childhood was snatched from her. One night in 1993, Arab raiders attacked her Nuba village in Sudan. The raiders kidnapped 31 young children, and Mende was taken to Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. Then began her seven dark years of enslavement. When she was sent to work for another master in England, she made a dramatic break for freedom. The way Mende has written this book, it gives the reader a chance to feel Mende’s strength and pain. A must read biography.

“Beautiful and at times heart-wrenching.” The Washington Post

Rating[out of 5]:♥♥♥♥

TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker–his classmate and crush–who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out how he made the list. What Clay discovers changes his life forever.Thirteen Reasons Why is a very confusing novel, but once you start reading it, it’s hard to put it back down. It’s a great book and teens can learn a whole lot from it.

Rating [out of 5]:♥♥♥♥♥

 

credits to the officical site: www.thirteenreasonswhy.com

read the book? comment!

One City, One Book Short Story Contest Winners

In October the Concord Library offered a short story contest for teens during our One City, One Book event.  The book used for short-story inspiration was Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon.  The Concord Rotary generously donated a first place scholarship of $400 and a second place scholarship of $100 to the winners.  We received several wonderful short stories, but our judges could only choose two stories.  We want to share these stories with you, and remember, keep an eye out for future contests and you might see your story featured here too!

1st Place Winner!

 Bedside Murders by Corrie Grimshaw

Corrie Grimshaw

 

2nd Place Winner!

Deadly Coins by Eli Anderson

Eli Anderson

Congratulations Corrie and Eli!

The Contender

Alfred Brooks is a nobody. His best friend is a part of a bad gang.  Alfred feels guilty for getting his friend in jail.When his friend is free he becomes a drug addict. When Alfred meets Harry, he persuades him to join boxing. This book is about the struggles Alfred goes through to become someone.

Rating [out of five]:♥♥♥

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

Wicked Lovely is a book full of fantasy and romance. Aislinn ,a 17 year old, can see faeries. When the Summer king faerie stalks Aislinn she finds out that she is the new Summer Queen. In this book Aislinn tries to stop the Winter Queen from hurting her loved ones.

Rating [out of five]: ♥♥♥♥♥

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

Twilight is a kind of book that includes vampires. It’s a love story between a normal teenage girl and a century old vampire. When Bella Swan moves into her father,Charlie’s, house in Forks she discovers a huge secret. Edward Cullen, a drop dead gorgeous 17 yr. old, and his family are vampires. Soon Bella falls in love with the young vampire and encounters trouble. James, another vampire (that drinks blood), comes after Bella’s blood. Edward and his family struggle to kill James before he kills Bella. All in all, Twilight is about a young girl falling in love with a vampire!

Rating [out of five]:♥♥♥♥♥