Teens

Wednesdays starting September 17 — 5:30 to 7:00 PM

Get ready for another exciting Dungeons and Dragons campaign, just for teens ages 13 and older. We will start on Wednesday, September 17 and run for six weeks through October 22.

This six-week campaign will be limited to 6 players, so get your reservation in as soon as possible! Email cabaer [at] rgpl.org (cabaer[at]rgpl[dot]org) or talk to Catherine at the library to sign-up.

No previous DnD experience is necessary. Sessions will be led by veteran DnD player and Dungeon Master Lynx Schlautman. Here is a description of the campaign from Lynx:

This campaign will take place in space, specifically an area known as deadspace, far beyond civilization and inhabited worlds. The party has been hired to find an elusive megastructure which has, allegedly, been sporadically spotted and reported for years but no one has ever brought back any evidence it actually exists. Any large scale investigation launched either returned empty handed, or not at all. What mysteries lie in wait for this crew of intrepid adventurers? Will they bring back wealth and fame? Or will they be lost to this long forgotten graveyard?

Song for a Whale, by Lynne Kelly

The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the journey she takes to help him.

From fixing the class computer to repairing old radios, twelve-year-old Iris is a tech genius. But she's the only deaf person in her school, so people often treat her like she's not very smart. If you've ever felt like no one was listening to you, then you know how hard that can be.
When she learns about Blue 55, a real whale who is unable to speak to other whales, Iris understands how he must feel. Then she has an idea: she should invent a way to "sing" to him! But he's three thousand miles away. How will she play her song for him?

The Tween Book club read Song for a Whale, by Lynne Kelly for their February 2021 book discussion. The author graciously agreed to answer questions from the group. Take a look at the interview, which includes a link to a fascinating article, complete with recordings of whale sounds.

Check out this interview with the author of one of our favorite reads, The True Meaning of Smekday. We have often read the book for an end of the year selection (just because we like it so much). Adam Rex offered to answer questions for our group, take a look at what he had to say.