Just for Teens

     Hey teens, did you know that you can get your own library card?   The cards, which may be used at all three Union County libraries -- as well as other libraries across the state that participate in the Pennsylvania Access program -- are available free of charge to resident students.  Simply fill out an application form and have it signed by a parent or legal guardian.

     The Herr Memorial Library offers a variety of material for teens.  The Young Adult section is located near the old front door of the library, opposite the staircase.  It is between the Adult Fiction and Nonfiction collections.  In addition to hardcover and paperback books, the library offers a selection of books on tape or CD as well as VHS tapes and DVDs.

     This summer the Herr Memorial Library will host "Metamorphosis @ Your Library," a special reading program for teens.  Registration for the free program will begin on Mon., June 2, 2008.

     The image above was inspired by a 1915 novella written by German author Franz Kafka called Die Verwandlung, or The Metamorphosis.  The main character, a young traveling salesman named Gregor Samsa, wakes one day to find that he has become a "monstrous vermin" that seems to be a human-sized cockroach.  To read an English translation of the work, which has been described as a kind of "magical realism," you can go Project Gutenberg's e-books by clicking here: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka