Why not try your hand at making a BOOK TRAILER for Eric Luper's new novel Big Slick?
Eric is looking for someone to make a winning "book trailer' for his new novel Big Slick. You can check it out at the library: http://www.alisweb.org
If you don't know what a book trailer is you can find out at youtube. Search for young adult book trailers and you'll see a variety of examples.
Basically book trailers are like commercials or movie trailers but they are for a book.
The winner of this contest will be able to name a horse in his next novel* and will receive a signed Advance Copy of his forthcoming novel as soon as it becomes available.
CONTEST DEADLINE: March 1st, 2008
SUBMISSION RULES: When you have completed your video trailer contact Eric via his website (www.ericluper.com) and he will give you the email address to which you need to send the electronic file.
* All horse names are subject to approval by the author for appropriateness and the author cannot guarantee your horse winning, placing or showing in a race, or for that matter making it through the race alive!
Here's a few to explore:
]]>Take a good deep breath, and relax. You are probably more prepared than you think you are.
Whatever you do, remember to make it your own. This is your opportunity to let the admission's counselor find out something about yourself that they won't see from your application. To begin, just write. Don't worry about having a beginning, middle and end right now. Just start writing. Sometimes that's where the best ideas come from - great sentences that you can use later on when you are starting to work out a structure.
Now is the time to start looking at various scholarships. Deadlines do come up quickly. Try www.fastweb.com Some advice- sign up with an email address that you create specifically for that. They send a lot of mail and you don't want it to clog up your inbox that you use all the time. College Board also has a scholarship search. Just try to be as specific as possible. Many of their results seem unrelated to what you are looking for. (Dairy Farmers of America for an art scholarship search!)
Good luck. Try not to worry too much. Getting into college is your first step to becoming an independent adult - you can do this!
]]>Don't peek, but begin the test as you scroll down and answer. Answers are for who you are now --- not who you were in the past. Have pen or pencil and paper ready.
1. When do you feel your best?
a) in the morning
b) during the afternoon and early evening
c) late at night
2. You usually walk...
a) fairly fast, with long steps
b) fairly fast, with little steps
c) less fast head up, looking the world in the face
d) less fast, head down
e) very slowly
3. When talking to people you. . .
a) stand with your arms folded
b) have your hands clasped
c) have one or both your hands on your hips
d) touch or push the person to whom you are talking
e) play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your hair
4. When relaxing, you sit with.
a) your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side
b) your legs crossed
c) your legs stretched out or straight
d) one leg curled under you
5. When something really amuses you, you react with...
a) big appreciated laugh
b) a laugh, but not a loud one
c) a quiet chuckle
d) a sheepish smile
6. When you go to a party or social gathering you...
a) make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
b) make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know
c) make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed
7. You're working very hard, concentrating hard, and you're interrupted...
a) welcome the break
b) feel extremely irritated
c) vary between these two extremes
8. Which of the following colors do you like most?
a) Red or orange
b) black
c) yellow or light blue
d) green
e) dark blue or purple
f) white
g) brown or gray
9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep you are...
a) stretched out on your back
b) stretched out face down on your stomach
c) on your side, slightly curled
d) with your head on one arm
e) with your head under the covers
10. You often dream that you are...
a) falling
b) fighting or struggling
c) searching for something or somebody
d) flying or floating
e) you usually have dreamless sleep
f) your dreams are always pleasant
POINTS:
1. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6
2. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 2 (e) 1
3. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 7 (e) 6
4. (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 1
5. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 2
6. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4
8. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 4 (e) 3 (f) 2 (g) 1
9. (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2 (e) 1
10. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 6 (f) 1
Now add up the total number of points.
OVER 60 POINTS : Others see you as someone they should "handle with care." You're seen as vain, self-centered, and who is extremely dominant. Others may admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but don't always trust you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.
51 TO 60 POINTS : Others see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality; a natural leader, who's quick to make decisions, though not always the right ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone who will try anything once; someone who takes chances and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in your company because of the excitement you radiate.
41 TO 50 POINTS: Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting; someone who's constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding; someone who'll always cheer them up and help them out.
31 TO 40 POINTS: Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful &! practic al. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who's extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expect the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over if that trust is ever broken.
21 TO 30 POINTS: Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then, usually decide against it. They think this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.
UNDER 21 POINTS: People think you are shy, nervous, and indecisive, someone who needs looking after, who always wants someone else to make the decisions & who doesn't want to get involved with a nyone or anything! They see you as a worrier who always sees problems that don't exist. Some people think you' re boring. Only those who know you well know that you aren't.
For Teens was started by the Nassau Library System with funding from federal grant funds authorized by the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the New York State Library Division of Library Development.
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34 School Street 11709
628-2765
BELLMORE MEMORIAL
2288 Bedford Ave. 11710
785-2990
BETHPAGE PUBLIC
47 Powell Avenue 11714
931-3907
EAST MEADOW PUBLIC
1886 Front St. 11554-1700
794-2570
EAST ROCKAWAY PUBLIC
477 Atlantic Ave. 11518
599-1664
EAST WILLISTON PUBLIC
2 Prospect Street 11596
741-1213
ELMONT PUBLIC
1735 Hempstead Tpke. 11003
354-5280
FARMINGDALE PUBLIC
116 Merritts Road 11735
249-9090
FLORAL PARK PUBLIC
Tulip Ave. & Caroline Pl. 11001
326-6330
FRANKLIN SQUARE PUBLIC
19 Lincoln Road 11010
488-3444
FREEPORT MEMORIAL
W.Merrick Rd.& S.Ocean Ave. 11520
379-3274
GARDEN CITY PUBLIC
60 Seventh Street 11530
742-8405
GLEN COVE PUBLIC
4 Glen Cove Avenue 11542-2885
676-2130
GOLD COAST PUBLIC LIBRARY
50 Railroad Ave. Glen Head 11545
759-8300
GREAT NECK
159 Bayview Ave. 11023-1938
466-8055
HEMPSTEAD PUBLIC
115 Nichols Court 11550
481-6990
HEWLETT-WOODMERE PUBLIC
1125 Broadway, Hewlett 11557
374-1967
HICKSVILLE PUBLIC
169 Jerusalem Avenue 11801
931-1417
HILLSIDE PUBLIC
1950 Hillside Ave., New Hyde Pk. 11040
488-3316
ISLAND PARK PUBLIC
176 Long Beach Road 11558
432-0122
ISLAND TREES PUBLIC
38 Farmedge Road, Levittown 11756
731-2211
JERICHO PUBLIC
1 Merry Lane 11753
935-6790
LAKEVIEW PUBLIC
1120 Woodfield Road, Rockville Centre 11570
536-3071
LEVITTOWN PUBLIC
1 Bluegrass Lane 11756
731-5728
LOCUST VALLEY
170 Buckram Road 11560
671-1837
LONG BEACH PUBLIC
(Allard K. Lowenstein)
111 W. Park Avenue 11561
432-7201
LYNBROOK PUBLIC
Eldert Street 11563
599-8630
MALVERNE PUBLIC
61 St. Thomas Place 11565
599-0750
MANHASSET PUBLIC
30 Onderdonk Avenue 11030
627-2300
MASSAPEQUA PUBLIC
40 Harbor Lane, Massapequa Pk (Bar Harbour Building) 11762
799-0770
MERRICK
2051 Sunrise Highway, Merrick 11566
377-0279
MINEOLA MEMORIAL
195 Marcellus Rd. 11501-2440
746-8488
NORTH BELLMORE PUBLIC
1551 Newbridge Road 11710
785-6260
NORTH MERRICK PUBLIC
1691 Meadowbrook Road 11566
378-7474
OCEANSIDE
30 Davison Avenue 11572
766-2360
OYSTER BAY-E. NORWICH PUBLIC
89 E. Main Street, Oyster Bay 11771
922-1212
PENINSULA PUBLIC
280 Central Avenue, Lawrence 11559
239-3262
PLAINEDGE PUBLIC
1060 Hicksville Rd, Massapequa 11758
735-4133
PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE PUBLIC
999 Old Country Road, Plainview 11803
938-0077
PORT WASHINGTON PUBLIC
One Library Drive 11050
883-4400
ROCKVILLE CENTRE PUBLIC
221 N. Village Avenue 11570
766-6257
ROOSEVELT PUBLIC
27 W. Fulton Avenue 11575
378-0222
ROSLYN (BRYANT)
2 Paper Mill Road 11576
621-2240
SEA CLIFF VILLAGE
Sea Cliff Avenue 11579
671-4290
SEAFORD PUBLIC
2234 Jackson Avenue 11783
221-1334
SHELTER ROCK PUBLIC
165 Searingtown Rd, Albertson 11507
248-7363
SYOSSET PUBLIC
225 South Oyster Bay Road 11791
921-7161
UNIONDALE PUBLIC
400 Uniondale Avenue 11553
489-2220
VALLEY STREAM
(Henry Waldinger Memorial)
60 Verona Place 11580
825-6422
WANTAGH PUBLIC
3285 Park Avenue 11793
221-1200
WEST HEMPSTEAD PUBLIC
252 Chestnut Street 11552
481-6591
WESTBURY MEM. PUBLIC
445 Jefferson Street 11590
333-0176
WILLISTON PARK PUBLIC
494 Willis Avenue 11596
742-1820
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