AUBURN —  The Auburn Public Library concluded its 2013 Teen Summer Reading Program, “Beneath the Surface of Auburn,” on Aug. 9. It was a good summer of reading, with about 50 teens signed up.

Teens were given reading logs, and for every five books read, they could bring their reading log in to the library and choose between three prizes: a coupon for an ice cream cone, a certificate for a pan pizza or a voucher to mail in for a free Sea Dogs ticket.

There were over 180 books read. Prizes included 20 ice cream certificates, 14 pizza coupons, and three Sea Dogs vouchers. Teens were also entered into a grand prize drawing for a Kindle or a pizza party for every five books they read. Additionally, whenever they attended a summer program, they were given another entry into the grand prize drawing.

Prize winners were as follows: Jasmine Castillo, grand prize drawing of Kindle, and Molly Bean, second, a pizza party for her and nine friends.

For their reading and participation, two additional awards were given. Kat Seevers was the top reader of the summer, completing 40 books and she received a copy of “Pirate Cinema” by Cory Doctorow. Crystle Cloutier was given a copy of “Teens Cook: How to Cook What You Want to Eat” by Meghan Carle, Jill Carle and Judi Carle. Cloutier was a top reader, participated in many of the summer programs and activities and served as a VolunTEEN all summer.

Because of the summer program theme, highlighting little known opportunities or organizations in the community in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, APL also celebrated year one of its new CREATE! Media Lab at a Media Festival.

The festival highlighted the lab and projects done during the year and showed some of the teens’ completed work.

Attendees saw a short film by Alec Latulippe, “Lost”; Nicole Pepin shared her graphic drawing, “A Chance Encounter”; and Zacharie Hurd showed his music video, “Selling 1996.” Gift cards were awarded to Alec and Nicole for their entries.

The library hopes to make the Media Festival an annual event.

Fall programs and activities are being planned, including the usual Wednesday and Friday programming from 4 to 5 p.m. Local author Maria Padian will be at the library from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, for a  discussion of Out of Nowhere.”

There are also opportunities to help as a teen volunteer (VolunTEEN) or as a member of the Teen Advisory Board.

For information on the teen programs and opportunities, or for more information on the Media Lab, contact Teen Librarian and Media Lab Coordinator Donna Wallace, or visithttp://www.auburnpubliclibrary.org/teen/ or http://www.auburnpubliclibrary.org/Reference/medialab.html.