YA-Ruckus at the Martinsburg Library

Fresh Ruckus for Teens at Martinsburg Public Library!

A ruckus at the library?  What is this?  Things are changing at libraries

all over; sometimes with change comes a ruckus (of sorts)!  Starting

with our literature collection here in Martinsburg, check out the Young

Adult section (or YA, to be acronymically hip):  we’ve weeded all the Fiction,

freeing up space next to the Graphic Novels for the NEW BOOKS we put

out on a regular basis.  When we weed, all those books removed do NOT

get thrown out – many of them are still in good shape, they simply haven’t

gotten checked out.  What, then, do we do with these books?  BOOK SALE!

Check out the fill-a-bag-for-$1 Book Sale in YA.  Heck, we even have some

for FREE in the Queen St entrance way.  Thinking of starting a book

exchange?  The Martinsburg Public Library is the place to get some fantastic books

that are looking for a good home.  Or perhaps you have a Home School Library.  

Either way, we’ve got books for you.

I mentioned Graphic Novels.  This is arguably our most-circulated

section of printed material.  And we’re regularly adding to it with

classic comics from DC, Marvel and their subsidiaries, graphic

novels of historical events, biographies, literature graphics (plays

from Shakespeare, Les Miserables, Maximum Ride, for example),

Manga, and stand-alone novels written in graphic format.  If you

haven’t already, visit the Graphic Novels and check one out. 

Graphic Novels: so much more than comics! 

Find your Graphic Novel Niche.

Hey, it’s mid-April.  Summer is on the horizon and we’ve got programs in the works just for teens, a fresh offering here in Berkeley County Libraries.  Yes, I said libraries, plural.  All four libraries in Berkeley County will offer a series of programs for teens this summer – as our theme this summer is Heroes, look for the “Unmask” series in upcoming Summer Reading Program fliers.  Here’s a smattering of what’s to be:  MakerSpace with crafting, creative writing, 3D Printers, and Green Screen technology; improvisational dance; author workshop; outdoor training day; exploration trailer from James Rumsey Technical Institute; free movies; more more more and the Reading Credit Book Sale at the end.  Stop by your library with a friend, alone, with family, and see that, though we’ve built our reputation on free books to borrow, we are SO MUCH MORE THAN BOOKS!