February is Library Lovers' Month. We are sure you already love the library, but here are some Teen books featuring libraries and librarians that might make you love us even more.

• Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
• Alia's Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq: Inspired by a True Story by Mark Alan Stamaty
• Americus written by MK Reed; art by Jonathan Hill
• Andromeda Klein by Frank Portman
• The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
• Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck
• The Library Wars by Kiiro Yumi
• Libyrinth by Pearl North
• The Memory Prisoner by Thomas Bloor
• Nova Rocks! by Tea Emesse
• Steinbeck's Ghost by Lewis Buzbee
• Vox, The Edge Chronicles #6 by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell

NEWCASTLE

Feb. 8 @ 4 p.m. - Teen Book Club meets to discuss The Boy Who Dared by Susan Bartoletti. A craft and snack will be provided.

Feb. 10 @ 4 pm. - Tween Book Club meets to discuss The Floating Circus by Tracie Vaugn. A craft and snack will be provided.

Feb. 14 @ 3:30 p.m. - Love is in the air on Valentine's day at the library. Make a love knot bracelet for your sweetheart. Supplies and a snack will be provided. Register online or by calling 387-5076

NORMAN

Feb. 7 @ 5 p.m. - People vs. Boardom - Dungeons & Dragons,Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic, and other role play/collectable card game players welcome! Dinner provided. Register online or by calling 701-2620.

Feb. 12 @ 2 p.m. - 9th Annual African American Read-In - Commemorate Black History Month with poems and stories read by community members including Police Chief Keith Humphrey.

TECUMSEH

Feb. 7 @ 4 p.m. - Learn how to make a rose out of duct tape. Keep it for yourself or give it to your special someone on Valentine's Day! Register online or by calling 598-5955

Feb. 14 @ 4 p.m. - Teen Book Club meets to discuss Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer

Feb. 21 @ 4 p.m. - Gaming at your Library Come and play your favorite board and video games at your Library!

Feb. 28 @ 4 p.m. - Movies vs. Books - Watch The Princess Diaries movie and talk about differences between the book and the movie. Refreshments will be provided.

Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley has been awarded both the 2012 Michael L. Printz Award and 2012 William C. Morris YA Debut Award.

The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. The William C. Morris YA Debut Award, honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.

Michael L. Printz Honors:

• Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
• Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
• The Returning by Christine Hinwood
• Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

• The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
• Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
• Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

The YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction 2012 winner is The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin

Finalists:

• Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
• Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal
• Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) by Sue Macy
• Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein by Susan Goldman Rubin