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Ma tuck Strawberry Fes val Date: June 15 ‐ 17 Strawberry Fields , Ma tuck, NY Kings Park Day Town Fair Date: June 16 Main St and Municipal parking lot, Kings Park, NY Northport Fireman’s Fair Date: July 9 ‐ 14 Steers Ave, Northport, NY 6th Annual Great South Bay Music Fes val Date: July 13 ‐ 15 Shorefront Park, Patchogue, NY East Northport Fireman’s Fair Date: August 4 ‐ 5 East Northport, NY Polish Town Fair 2012: Street Fair and Polka Fes val Date: August 17 ‐ 18 Riverhead, NY 21st Annual Seafood Fes val & Cra Fair Date: August 25 ‐ 26 Long Island Mari me Museum, West Sayville, NY
Compiled by Andrea Graham, Teen Services Librarian Northport‐East Northport Public Library 151 Laurel Avenue, Northport, NY 11768 www.nenpl.org/teen May 2012 The Northport-East Northport Public Library’s
Teen Guide to an Awesome Summer 2012
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Guide to an Awesome Summer 3 Camping Sites and Parks Con nued: Hamptons to Montauk/Southfork:
Reading Club 2012 3 Cedar Point County Park ‐ East Hampton Great Summer Reads 4‐8 Cupsogue Beach County Park ‐ Westhampton Beyond Lemonade: How to Make Money this Summer 8‐9 Hither Hills State Park ‐ Montauk Meschu Beach County Park Campground ‐ Hampton Bays Chill Out and Wild Out: Great Summer Music 9 Sears Bellows County Park Campground ‐ Hampton Bays Great Movies and Cold A/C: Summer Blockbusters 10 Shinnecock East County Park ‐ Southampton Go Out and Explore: Outdoor Fun For All 10 North Shore: Blydenburgh County Park Campground ‐ Smithtown Local Beaches 11 Wildwood State Park Campground ‐ Wading River Surf Spots 11 South Shore: Skate Parks 11 Eugene Nickerson Beach Park Campground ‐ Lido Beach Water Park 12 Heckscher State Park Campground ‐ East Islip
Geocaching 12 Summer Festivals Summer Concerts 12 Tasty stall food, interes ng exhibits, music performances and rides YDA Summer Ou ngs 13 galore. Long Island is burs ng with summer fairs this year. If you Game On! Video Games 13 and your friends are looking for an alterna ve to the movies and Lend A Helping Hand: Volunteer Opportuni es 14 bowling, a summer fair is a great way to spend an evening. Just watch your snack intake before you ride the Gravitron! For more Sleep Under The Stars: Camping and Hiking 14‐15 informa on on summer fes vals visit Life On Long Island at: Summer Fes vals 15‐16 www.lifeonlongisland.com/
15 Lend a Helping Hand: Guide to an Awesome Summer Volunteer Opportunities School’s out! The weather is hot and you have a lot of free me on your The summer is a great me to pursue volunteer opportuni es. hands. To help you plan an unforge able summer vaca on, the North‐ Volunteering provides community support, teaches valuable skills port– East Northport Public Library Teen Services Department has put and looks great on your transcript and resumé. Check out our together the Teen Guide to an Awesome Summer. Inside you’ll find sug‐ online guide to local volunteer organiza ons and opportuni es at ges ons for the best in books, games, music and movies and great ps to the Northport – East Northport Public Library Teen Services page for help you discover cool new ac vi es, places and hobbies. In addi on, we local volunteer opportuni es at: have listed local a rac ons and summer events to help you make this www.nenpl.org/teens/help/volunteerresources.php the greatest summer yet!
For more info about Teen Services at NENPL visit Sleep Under the Stars: www.nenpl.org/teens/ Camping and Hiking Gather your friends, some supplies and pitch a tent! Long Island and New York State is full of great parks for camping, hiking and enjoying You Are Here @ Your Library! the great outdoors. Visit the NYS parks department online for area Join the fun this summer and par cipate in the Northport – East camping sites and more informa on. Northport Teen Summer Reading Club 2012. From June 22‐ www.nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/ August 8, students entering grades 6‐12 are invited to come to the library and read for prizes as well as take part in special Camping Sites and Parks: programs offered throughout the summer.
Central Suffolk: Earn one Book Buck for every age‐appropriate book that you read. Cathedral Pines County Park ‐ Middle Island Obtain your “Read and Rate Forms” in the Teen Centers or online at Smith Point County Park ‐ Shirley www.nenpl.org/teens. Your Book Bucks will be held at the Reference Southaven County Park Campground ‐ Brookhaven Desk. They will be redeemable for cool prizes such as gi cer ficates, books, posters and collec bles.
For more info about our summer programs visit www.nenpl.org/teens
14 3 Great Summer Reads YDA Summer Outings There is nothing be er than soaking up some summer rays and East Northport’s youth agency YDA sponsors super fun summer reading a great book. The following books are a collec on of this field trips to amusement parks, arcades, baseball games and year’s must‐read tles and not to be missed classics. Whether you more. Teens in grades 6‐12 are welcome to sign up, but space is dig zombies and high speed ac on or total drama and mythological limited. Below is a sample of some of their planned field trips. For creatures, you will find your new favorite book here. more informa on and to register, please contact them at 631‐261‐7901 and visit them online at: www.ydaonline.org Looking For Love in All the Right and Wrong Places: Stories of Love, Friendship and Everything In Between YDA Field Trips: Where She Went by Gayle Forman Hershey Park ‐ July 10th Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler Dave & Buster’s ‐ July 17th The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Video Game Truck ‐ July 26th Virtuosity by Jessica Mar nez Lazerland ‐ July 31st Recovery Road by Blake Nelson Monster Mini Golf ‐ August 2nd Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins Adventureland ‐ August 7th Past Perfect by Leila Sales Paintball ‐ August 9th The Scorpio Races by Maggie S efvater Splish Splash ‐ August 14th Sean Griswold's Head by Lindsey Leavi Kayaking ‐ August 16th Jane by April Lindner Hibachi Dinner and Movie ‐ August 23rd
Werewolves, Zombies and Vampires of London: Game On! Video Games Ghoulishly Good Paranormal Stories Some mes the sun just refuses to shine, and that’s a perfect me Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake to dust off your favorite game console. Here are our favorites: Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement‐Moore Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Great Games Ruby Red by Kers n Gier Bas on (Windows, Mac OS X, Xbox Live Arcade, Google Chrome) The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (iOS, Windows) Incarnate by Jodi Meadows Uncharted 3: Drake's Decep on (PS3) Everneath by Brodi Ashton Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) Forbidden by Syrie James and Ryan M. James Journey (PS3) Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer Trials Evolu on (Xbox 360) MLB 2K12 (PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360) Street Fighter X Tekken (PS3, Xbox 360)
Minecra (Android, iOS, Xbox 360 )
4 Waterpark: Never Can Say Goodbye: With over 20 slides and a rac ons, Splish Splash has 96 exci ng Must Read Social Dramas acres of total fun for the whole family. Everywhere you turn, you’ll Strings A ached by Judy Blundell discover another one‐of‐a‐kind water a rac on. Bronxwood by Coe Booth 2549 Middle Country Road, Riverhead (631) 727‐3600 Brooklyn, Burning by Steve Brezenoff Visit online at: www.splishsplashlongisland.com Bi er End by Jennifer Brown Stay by Deb Cale Geocaching: Treasure Hun ng with a GPS Bi er Melon by Cara Chow Geocaching is a high‐tech treasure hun ng game played throughout A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors Something Like Hope by Shawn Goodman and then share your experiences online. Find local hidden caches Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King online at: www.geocaching.com/
Summer Concerts: She Blinded Me With Science Fic on: There’s no be er me than the summer to enjoy an outdoor concert. The Best in Sci‐Fi and Fantasy Many area concerts also have free admission. Check out the lis ngs The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Series by Michael Sco below to find informa on about your favorite bands and musicians. Brotherband Chronicles by John Flanagan The Apothecary by Maile Meloy Art, Music and Poetry in the Park‐ Northport Village Park The Floa ng Islands by Rachel Neumeier www.villageofnorthport.com Delirium by Lauren Oliver Jones Beach Summer Concert Series Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs www.jonesbeach.com The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan Central Park NYC Summer Stage Free Concerts Divergent by Veronica Roth www.summerstage.org Matched by Allyson Condie WFUV Summer Rock + Indie concert lis ngs Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer www.wfuv.org Hot 97 Hip Hop + R&B concert lis ngs www.hot97.com/concerts/ 106.1 WBLI Pop + Dance concert lis ngs www.wbli.com/s/bli‐concerts/
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Schools Out! Don’t Turn Off Your Brain: Local Beaches: Stories to Make You Think Asharoken Beach A Time of Miracles by Anne‐Laure Bondoux Crabmeadow Wither: The Chemical Garden Trilogy by Lauren DeStefano Hobart Beach My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson Sunken Meadow Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall Jones Beach (Ocean Beach) Shine by Lauren Myracle Robert Moses (Ocean Beach) A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Ghe o Cowboy by Greg Neri Surf Spots: Karma, A Novel in Verse by Cathy Ostlere There are a lot of great places for surfers of all skill levels to find Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera good waves on Long Island. The three most local spots are Robert The Queen of Water by Laura Resau & Maria Virginia Farinango Moses, Gilgo Beach and Hemlocks. For more informa on on local surf spots and wave/ de condi ons visit: h p://wannasurf.com/spot/North_America/USA/North_East/ It’s Never Who You Think It Is: Long_Island_NY/ Stories of Mystery and Intrigue Liar’s Moon by Elizabeth C. Bunce Skate Parks: Payback Time by Carl Deuker Veteran’s Skate Park 279 Bellerose Ave, East Northport. The The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson park, has grind boxes, wedges, rails, spines, ramps, sub boxes, quar‐ Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann ter pipes, and half pipes. The Park is designed for beginners and White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick advanced rollerbladers, skateboarders, and BMX bikers. For more Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey informa on call the Town of Hun ngton Department of Parks and Blink and Cau on by Tim Wynne‐Jones Recrea on at (631) 351‐3094 Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Le ‐to‐Right and Right‐to‐Le : The Best in Graphic Novels, Visual Novels and Manga Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick Gandhi: A Manga Biography by Kazuki Ebine Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and Nancy Butler Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol The Sixth Gun Book 1: Cold Dead Fingers by Cullen Bunn, ill. Brian Hur .
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Great Movies and Cold A/C: Graphic Novels Con nued: Laddertop by Orson Sco Card and Emily Janice Card Summer Blockbusters Age of Rep les Omnibus V. 1 by Ricardo Delgado When it’s brutally hot out there, there’s nothing be er than a great One Soul by Ray Fawkes summer blockbuster and some A/C. For movie mes and reviews Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge visit Fandango online at www.fandango.com. For the best in indie The Adventures of Dr. McNinja: Night Powers by Christopher Has ngs films check out the Hun ngton Cinema Arts Centre at: www.cinemaartscentre.org/collec on
Alex Award Winners: 2012 Summer Blockbusters: Adult Novels with Teen Appeal Snow White and the Huntsman – June 1st Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted – June 8th In Zanesville: A Novel by Jo Ann Beard Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – June 22nd The Lover’s Dic onary by David Levithan Brave – June 22nd The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for G.I. Joe: Retalia on – June 29th Immigrant Teens by Brooke Hauser The Amazing Spider‐Man – July 3rd The Night Circus: A Novel by Erin Morgenstern Katy Perry: Part of Me – July 5th Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Ice Age: Con nental Dri – July 13th Robopocalypse: A Novel by Daniel H. Wilson The Dark Knight Rises – July 20th Salvage the Bones: A Noel by Jesmyn Ward Step Up Revolu on – July 27th The Scrapbook of Frankie Pra : A Novel in Pictures by Caroline Preston The Watch – July 27th The Talk‐Funny Girl: A Novel by Roland Merullo ParaNorman – August 17th Sparkle – August 17th
Real Life, True Stories: Great Nonfic on Books and Biographies Go Out and Explore! Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos Outdoor Fun for All Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibi on by There is so much to do on Long Island and in New York during the Karen Blumenthal summer months. From concerts and fes vals to camping and Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein by Susan Goldman Rubin ska ng, there really is an outdoor ac vity for just about everyone. Can I See Your I.D.? True Stories of False Iden es by Chris Barton Use our lis ngs to find some great ideas on how to see some new The Zodiac Killer: Terror and Mystery by Brenda Haugen sights and grab some much needed sunshine. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Lee Dugard Through My Eyes by Tim Tebow
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Bored? Get Out and Explore Your World: Websites: Books to Jog Your Crea ve Output www.snagajob.com/ Visual Basic Game Programming for Teens by Jonathan Harbour Part‐ me and seasonal work job lis ngs Are You Smart Enough To Work At Google? by William Poundstone www.coolworks.com/teen‐jobs/ Lauren Conrad Style by Lauren Conrad Outdoor and recrea onal jobs for teens A Geek In Japan by Héctor García www.usajobs.gov/studentjobs/ Graphic Design For Non‐Designers by Tony Seddon Teen jobs and internships with the government The New York Times 36 Hours by Barbara Ireland www.entrepreneur.com/tsu Lonely Planet's Best Ever Travel Tips by Tom Hall Entrepreneur’s blog for young entrepreneurs Record Collec ng for Girls by Courtney E. Smith The World's Best Street Food by Lonely Planet Steal Like An Ar st by Aus n Kleon Chill Out and Wild Out!
Great Summer Music Here’s a collec on of great music to help you build the ul mate Beyond Lemonade: summer playlist. For more great music recommenda ons and How to Make Money this Summer videos visit Vevo at www.vevo.com and Hype Machine at Summer is a great me to find a job and make some money. Check out www.hypem.com this collec on of books and websites to help you find the perfect sum‐ mer job or help you launch your own dream business. Ar st/ Album Books: The Alabama Shakes: Boys and Girls In Pursuit of My Success for Teens: Developing a College, Career, Caveman: Coco Beware and Money Plan for Life by Katherine Berntzen Toro Y Moi: Freaking Out Summer Jobs Worldwide by Susan Griffith Band of Bees: Every Step's a Yes The Handmade Marketplace: How to Sell Your Cra s by Kari Chapin Genera onals: Actor‐Caster Cra , Inc.: Turn Your Crea ve Hobby into a Business by Meg Ilasco The Ting Tings: Sounds From Nowheresville ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six‐Figure Income Tennis: Young & Old by Darren Rowse and Chris Garre Crystal Fighters: Star of Love Back Door Guide to Short‐Term Job Adventures by Michael Landes Dr. Dog: Be The Void eBay 101 by Steve Weber Gotye: Making Mirrors Start It Up: The Complete Teen Business Guide to Turning Your Passions Into Pay by Kenrya Rankin
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