Call Out for Film Submissions on Teen Homelessness
In conjunction with National Runaway Prevention Month Monroe County Public Library and Youth Services Bureau are asking for short film submissions about teen homelessness. Films should be 5 minutes or...
View ArticleI Read Banned Books
ISBN: 9780316013680 This week (Sept 27th - Oct 3rd) is Banned Books Week. A banned or challenged book is one that has come under fire for various reasons. Sometimes libraries are asked to move a book...
View ArticleBooks that Will Keep You Up at Night
ISBN: 9781416984481 Halloween is on the way, so you're probably in the mood for some scary stories. These books are guaranteed to make your heart beat faster and have you checking for ghouls around...
View ArticleCome Check Out...
Come check out The Ground Floor, a giant new space for teens at the Library! At The Ground Floor you can hang out with your friends and other teens; mess around with digital creativity equipment; and...
View ArticleSix of Crows, Leigh Bardugo
ISBN: 9781627792127 Six young outcasts must come together to break into an impenetrable fortress, kidnap a scientist with dangerous knowledge, and save the world from a drug that makes Grisha (magic...
View ArticleMy True Love Gave to Me, Stephanie Perkins
ISBN: 9781250059307 Winter break is just around the corner and if you find yourself looking for something quick and fun to read while you get ready for finals or just something cozy for a cold,...
View ArticleThe Lunar Chronicles
ISBN: 9780312642983 The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer is one of my favorite series of all time. These science fiction retellings of fairy tales are exciting, romantic, smart, funny, and all around...
View ArticleAn Ember in the Ashes, Sabaa Tahir
ISBN: 9781595148032 If you have been feeling that you'd never find another book you could love like The Hunger Games, then have no fear, An Ember in the Ashes is here! Laia is a Scholar, one of the...
View ArticleNever Always Sometimes, Adi Alsaid
ISBN: 9780373211548 Longtime best friends Dave and Julia are determined to live their lives authentically. Dead set against being cliché high school students they create a list of things they swore...
View ArticleDumplin', Julie Murphy
ISBN: 9780062327185 Willowdean Dickson is a Dolly Parton fan, a self described fat girl, and a resident of a small town where the event of the year is a beauty pageant. Willowdean's mother is a former...
View ArticleCarry On, Rainbow Rowell
ISBN: 9781250049551 "Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen." Simon has been sent to save the World of Mages, but he's actually not very good at magic. He can't control his power...
View ArticlePretty Deadly Vol. 1: The Shrike by Kelly Sue DeConnick
ISBN: 9781607069621 Set within a fantastical Old West world, Pretty Deadly opens with the legend of Death Faced Ginny, Death’s skull-faced daughter, and her quest for vengeance, as told by the young...
View ArticleA Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas
ISBN: 9781619634442 This romantic, fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast is sure to make your heart skip a beat. Feyre is a young woman, struggling to support her family. They once lived the lives...
View ArticleRat Queen, Vol. 1: Sass and Sorcery by Kurtis Wiebe
ISBN: 9781607069454 Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, a dwarf, an elf, a smidgen, and a wizard start a fight in a tavern… no, well, that is how the saga of the mercenary band known as Rat...
View ArticleHarry Potter and the Cursed Child
ISBN: 9781338099133 Put on your robes, fasten your house tie (Hey to all my Ravenclaws!), and grab a few pumpkin pasties. We're going back to Hogwarts and it's about time. When we last left Harry,...
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