Teen+Read+Week

//Boost your endorphins, lower your blood pressure and improve your immune system// by stopping by the Southwest High School Media Center any day from 7:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m and grabbing a great book, graphic novel or any fun read
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 * =Read BEYOND Reality!=
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 * @ your library** ||

**More than 1,000 teens across the country chose this theme, which encourages teens to read something out of this world, just for the fun of it.**
===**Area teens will be reading for the fun of it as Southwest High School Media Center celebrates Teen Read Week(TM), October 18 – 24, 2009. They join thousands of other libraries, schools and bookstores across the country who are encouraging teens to celebrate this year’s theme, "Read Beyond Reality @ your library®." Teen Read Week(TM) is the national adolescent literacy initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest-growing division of the American Library Association. This year’s theme encourages teens to read a wide variety of materials that are out of this world, just for the fun of it.**=== ===**"Today’s teens seem to have less and less free time, and there are increasingly more activities for them to take part in during what little leisure time they have," said Laurie Logsdon. "That is why it’s important to encourage teens to set aside some time to read."**===

**Check out Stephenie Meyers, Arthur C. Clark, Robert Heinlein, Mercedes Lackey, Orson Scott Card, Anne McCaffrey and many more!**
===**Read Beyond Reality @ your library®! October 18-24. Stop by the Southwest Media Center during Teen Read Week to read beyond reality! Check out materials to change your world, take you somewhere unlike your world, or learn about other cultures. Stop by today and pick up a page-turner that you can read just for the fun of it!**===

**Sponsored by your Southwest Media Center!**


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=Drop by your library and find something to read just for the fun of it. Check out graphic novels, audiobooks, magazines, paperbacks, biographies and more!=