Library program pairs teens with adults

A program that connects adults with teens through books is beginning

at a Newport Beach library and is seeking adult volunteers.

Newport Beach Public Library’s START program, in its second year,

pairs an adult with a teen from a Newport Harbor High School English

class through correspondence about a book both have read.

Students will select a book to read and will write about why they

chose it. Adult volunteers will read the descriptions and will pick a

student with whom they’d like to correspond about the selected book and

other life issues.

The pair will communicate for three weeks via e-mail and will meet for

the first time at an April luncheon hosted by the library.

Call (949) 717-3808 to volunteer or get more information about the

program.