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Come hang out with our teen librarian, Leah, and spend your Thursday night getting colorful and crafty.

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Teen Book Drop is like a monthly subscription service, but through WCPL. At the beginning of each month (or every other month), you can receive a book based on your answers!

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MEET YOUR TEEN LIBRARIAN

My name is Leah, and I'm WCPL's Young Adult Librarian and Teen Programming Specialist. I order Young Adult Fiction/Non-Fiction, Graphic Novels, and Manga for our library and create and run teen events!

Hey there!

More about me...

My favorite genres are romance and contemporary fiction.

I have a Maine Coon named Persephone.

On a rainy day, you'd find me on my Kindle in front of my windows reading the afternoon away.

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We’re making DIY lamps this week at the library and you don’t want to miss it! They are perfect for dorm room ✨vibes✨—and I’ll be there to help you make something awesome.

📅 Thursday, June 26 | ⏰ 5:30–7:30 PM

Open to all teens, free as always!

We’re making DIY lamps this week at the library and you don’t want to miss it! They are perfect for dorm room ✨vibes✨—and I’ll be there to help you make something awesome.

📅 Thursday, June 26 | ⏰ 5:30–7:30 PM

Open to all teens, free as always!

💡✨ Join us for our next teen craft night where we’re making DIY magnetic lamps with LEDs and Sharpies!

🗓 June 26 | 5:30–7:30 PM | Free + no library card needed!

💡✨ Join us for our next teen craft night where we’re making DIY magnetic lamps with LEDs and Sharpies!

🗓 June 26 | 5:30–7:30 PM | Free + no library card needed!

Next FREE teen craft = STAMPS 🖋️✨

We’re carving, stamping, and making something cool together. You’ll even get to help create a community art piece with your own custom design 👀

🗓️ June 12 | ⏰ 5:30–7:30 PM | 📍 Wabash Library
No card, no pressure, just vibes and art 🫶

Next FREE teen craft = STAMPS 🖋️✨

We’re carving, stamping, and making something cool together. You’ll even get to help create a community art piece with your own custom design 👀

🗓️ June 12 | ⏰ 5:30–7:30 PM | 📍 Wabash Library
No card, no pressure, just vibes and art 🫶

Next on our Summer Reading Challenge is Gloria Buenrostro Is Not My Girlfriend.

This is a beautiful coming of age story written in a boy's POV. This book enamored me so much because of how messy the main character was. Gary is a character to be rooted for and to be rooted against. The plot was good, the writing was fun, and the ending realistically stomped on my heart. Did I cry a little? Yes. Did it also make me frustrated? Also, yes.

Grab your sunscreen and be ready to sneak into a country club pool, because the emotions in this summer-time book are scorching.

✨🎧☕📖

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Next on our Summer Reading Challenge is Gloria Buenrostro Is Not My Girlfriend.

This is a beautiful coming of age story written in a boy's POV. This book enamored me so much because of how messy the main character was. Gary is a character to be rooted for and to be rooted against. The plot was good, the writing was fun, and the ending realistically stomped on my heart. Did I cry a little? Yes. Did it also make me frustrated? Also, yes.

Grab your sunscreen and be ready to sneak into a country club pool, because the emotions in this summer-time book are scorching.

✨🎧☕📖

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It's time for our first teen event!!!

Taste test some snacks, chill with friends, and vote for your favorite. We've got chips, drinks, and candy to try!🥤🍬

It's time for our first teen event!!!

Taste test some snacks, chill with friends, and vote for your favorite. We've got chips, drinks, and candy to try!🥤🍬

We're starting off our summer reading program with The Headmaster's List by Melissa De La Cruz. This is an academic thriller that surrounds Spencer Sandoval and her missing memories.

⭐️⭐️⭐️This book was a great entry into thrillers if you just want to dip your toes in. My rating for it was a 3 out of 5 stars because of how nice the ending was. It was wrapped up in an almost toooo perfect bow.

Check out The Headmaster's List now and drop your thoughts down below. Annnnd if you let me or another librarian know that you read it, you'll get a candy bar as a prize!

On to the next one. I'm thinking romance and a bit of nonfiction! 👀👀

We're starting off our summer reading program with The Headmaster's List by Melissa De La Cruz. This is an academic thriller that surrounds Spencer Sandoval and her missing memories.

⭐️⭐️⭐️This book was a great entry into thrillers if you just want to dip your toes in. My rating for it was a 3 out of 5 stars because of how nice the ending was. It was wrapped up in an almost toooo perfect bow.

Check out The Headmaster's List now and drop your thoughts down below. Annnnd if you let me or another librarian know that you read it, you'll get a candy bar as a prize!

On to the next one. I'm thinking romance and a bit of nonfiction! 👀👀

📚 This summer, take on my Summer Reading Challenge: read a book from the Rosie Nominees list, chat with me or another librarian about it, and you’ll score a sweet treat!🍫✨

It’s a chill way to read what you want and get rewarded for it

📚 This summer, take on my Summer Reading Challenge: read a book from the Rosie Nominees list, chat with me or another librarian about it, and you’ll score a sweet treat!🍫✨

It’s a chill way to read what you want and get rewarded for it

✂️ This summer, I’ve got some awesome teen-only craft nights lined up at the library—we're making DIY lamps, tie-dye, fidget key rings, and more. I’ll be there (hi, it’s Leah 👋), and I’d love to see you get creative, chill, and maybe make something weird and wonderful

No library card needed—just come hang out

✂️ This summer, I’ve got some awesome teen-only craft nights lined up at the library—we're making DIY lamps, tie-dye, fidget key rings, and more. I’ll be there (hi, it’s Leah 👋), and I’d love to see you get creative, chill, and maybe make something weird and wonderful

No library card needed—just come hang out

🔥🎨 Make Your Own Clay Pinch Pot! 🏺✨

Bored this Thursday? From 5:30 to 7:30 PM, you can get your hands in some clay! Make a ring dish, key bowl, or whatever vibe you’re feeling. No skills needed—just come chill and create. Ages 13-18 welcome!

🔥🎨 Make Your Own Clay Pinch Pot! 🏺✨

Bored this Thursday? From 5:30 to 7:30 PM, you can get your hands in some clay! Make a ring dish, key bowl, or whatever vibe you’re feeling. No skills needed—just come chill and create. Ages 13-18 welcome!

📢 Teen Hangout Night Postponed!

Teen Hangout Night, originally scheduled for tonight, has been postponed. We’ll announce a new date soon, so stay tuned!

Sorry for the change—we can’t wait to hang out with you all soon! 😊🍫🥨

📢 Teen Hangout Night Postponed!

Teen Hangout Night, originally scheduled for tonight, has been postponed. We’ll announce a new date soon, so stay tuned!

Sorry for the change—we can’t wait to hang out with you all soon! 😊🍫🥨

Join us tonight for Teen Hangout Night! 🎉 Come chill, snack on chips & chocolate, and have a great time! 🍫🥨

📅 Tonight | February 14, 2025 | ⏰ 5:30-7:30 PM
📍 [Wabash Carnegie Public Library]
🎟️ FREE | Arrive between 5-6 PM

Join us tonight for Teen Hangout Night! 🎉 Come chill, snack on chips & chocolate, and have a great time! 🍫🥨

📅 Tonight | February 14, 2025 | ⏰ 5:30-7:30 PM
📍 [Wabash Carnegie Public Library]
🎟️ FREE | Arrive between 5-6 PM

📖🔥 It's Teen Craft🔥📖

Come hang out and make 3D book bookmarks tomorrow from 5:30 to 7:30 PM! 🎨✨ Show off your creativity, meet new people, and take home a cool handmade bookmark. Ages 13-18 welcome!

Can’t make it? No stress—come chill at Teen Hangout Night next Friday, February 14! 🎶🍪🍫

📖🔥 It's Teen Craft🔥📖

Come hang out and make 3D book bookmarks tomorrow from 5:30 to 7:30 PM! 🎨✨ Show off your creativity, meet new people, and take home a cool handmade bookmark. Ages 13-18 welcome!

Can’t make it? No stress—come chill at Teen Hangout Night next Friday, February 14! 🎶🍪🍫

📚❄️ Winter Reading is here! Teens, warm up with a good book and fill in your bingo squares for a chance to win awesome prizes. No library card needed—just bring your love for reading! 💙✨

Sign up through the Beanstack app or login page. Six winners will be chosen over the six weeks! Just log in, join the challenge, and start reading! (Fanfictions, graphic novels, and audiobooks count toward the competition)

✨🎧☕📖

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📚❄️ Winter Reading is here! Teens, warm up with a good book and fill in your bingo squares for a chance to win awesome prizes. No library card needed—just bring your love for reading! 💙✨

Sign up through the Beanstack app or login page. Six winners will be chosen over the six weeks! Just log in, join the challenge, and start reading! (Fanfictions, graphic novels, and audiobooks count toward the competition)

✨🎧☕📖

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Creative vibes only! 🎨✨ Teens had a blast designing and making their own custom stickers during our craft session. From doodles to masterpieces, their creativity knows no bounds! 🖍️✨

We can't wait to see you at our next craft night in February!!

✨🎧☕📖

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Creative vibes only! 🎨✨ Teens had a blast designing and making their own custom stickers during our craft session. From doodles to masterpieces, their creativity knows no bounds! 🖍️✨

We can't wait to see you at our next craft night in February!!

✨🎧☕📖

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Demigods, vampires, and humans wage war in this fantasy that depicts the American civil war in a new light. Jerusalem is a Saint with demigod-like powers. Read to see how she fights against confederate soldiers and she might just fall in love with a fellow union soldier.

✨🎧☕📖

War doesn’t scare Jerusalem—she’s a Saint. Thanks to powerful demigod-style reflexes, endurance, and strength, she’s fearless. And ever since the Confederates declared civil war, partnering with the vampires who benefitted off slavery, she and her battalion of Saints are essential to the Union army.

Jerusalem herself had been enslaved by a vampire, escaping North only after her family was murdered. She knows the enemy better, hates the enemy more than anyone in her battalion, and has been using it to her advantage since she joined the war a year ago. More than anything she wants revenge, but if she can help Black people gain freedom and equality without having to steal it for themselves like she had to, then all the better.

But she never expects to have to team up with a vampire to do it. Alexei is one of those handsome, arrogant Ancient Vampires. But he’s on the Union’s side, and in the year they've known each other, has never done anything but prove he’s on hers.

✨🎧☕📖

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Demigods, vampires, and humans wage war in this fantasy that depicts the American civil war in a new light. Jerusalem is a Saint with demigod-like powers. Read to see how she fights against confederate soldiers and she might just fall in love with a fellow union soldier.

✨🎧☕📖

War doesn’t scare Jerusalem—she’s a Saint. Thanks to powerful demigod-style reflexes, endurance, and strength, she’s fearless. And ever since the Confederates declared civil war, partnering with the vampires who benefitted off slavery, she and her battalion of Saints are essential to the Union army.

Jerusalem herself had been enslaved by a vampire, escaping North only after her family was murdered. She knows the enemy better, hates the enemy more than anyone in her battalion, and has been using it to her advantage since she joined the war a year ago. More than anything she wants revenge, but if she can help Black people gain freedom and equality without having to steal it for themselves like she had to, then all the better.

But she never expects to have to team up with a vampire to do it. Alexei is one of those handsome, arrogant Ancient Vampires. But he’s on the Union’s side, and in the year they've known each other, has never done anything but prove he’s on hers.

✨🎧☕📖

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Need something to do on winter break? 🖌️🍩
Stop in today from 1:30 to 3:30 for snacks and a craft! We're making DIY stickers. Draw, color, and sticker to your heart's content!

Need something to do on winter break? 🖌️🍩
Stop in today from 1:30 to 3:30 for snacks and a craft! We're making DIY stickers. Draw, color, and sticker to your heart's content!

Roxie Clark has to deal with a family curse and her bestie might be the one who killed her sister's boyfriend? Not to mention, she is running a ghost tour that centers around the tragedies that revolve around her family's small Indiana town. How will Roxie and her sister solve the murder with their family curse hunting them down?

✨🎧☕📖

Roxie Clark has seen more dead bodies than your average seventeen-year-old. As a member of the supposedly-cursed Clark family, most of her ancestors have met tragic ends, including her own mother. Instead of fearing the curse, however, Roxie has combined her flair for performance and her gruesome family history into a successful ghost tour. But her tour never covers the most recent body she's seen-her sister Skylar's boyfriend, Colin Riley, found murdered in a cornfield.

A year after the murder, Roxie's desperate to help Skylar find closure and start to heal. Instead, Skylar becomes fixated on finding the killer. As the sisters dig into what really happened, they discover that more than one person has been lying about that night. And the closer they get to the truth, the more Roxie starts to wonder if some scary stories might be better left untold. Brooke Lauren Davis offers another thought-provoking and eerily satisfying tale, perfect for fans of Kara Thomas and Cruel Summer.

✨🎧☕📖

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Roxie Clark has to deal with a family curse and her bestie might be the one who killed her sister's boyfriend? Not to mention, she is running a ghost tour that centers around the tragedies that revolve around her family's small Indiana town. How will Roxie and her sister solve the murder with their family curse hunting them down?

✨🎧☕📖

Roxie Clark has seen more dead bodies than your average seventeen-year-old. As a member of the supposedly-cursed Clark family, most of her ancestors have met tragic ends, including her own mother. Instead of fearing the curse, however, Roxie has combined her flair for performance and her gruesome family history into a successful ghost tour. But her tour never covers the most recent body she's seen-her sister Skylar's boyfriend, Colin Riley, found murdered in a cornfield.

A year after the murder, Roxie's desperate to help Skylar find closure and start to heal. Instead, Skylar becomes fixated on finding the killer. As the sisters dig into what really happened, they discover that more than one person has been lying about that night. And the closer they get to the truth, the more Roxie starts to wonder if some scary stories might be better left untold. Brooke Lauren Davis offers another thought-provoking and eerily satisfying tale, perfect for fans of Kara Thomas and Cruel Summer.

✨🎧☕📖

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Will this all-girl rock band become the best band in town? Especially with the main competition being Delilah's exband?

✨🎧☕📖

All’s fair in love and music when this supernatural all-girl rock band must beat the odds and become the best band in town!

Izzy’s a bass-playing werewolf. Geraldine’s the ghost of an amazing jazz pianist. Delilah’s the meanest drummer in town. They’d be the perfect trio to win the Battle of Bands...except Geraldine can’t play a solo since she passed away, and Izzy and Delilah are at each other’s throats at every opportunity. Can they work through their problems to win the competition, or will they be defeated by Delilah’s ex-band and their villainous frontman, Dylan?

Sparks will fly, milkshakes will melt, and ears will ring in the latest delicious LGBTQ romp from graphic novelist Balazs Lorinczi ( Doughnuts and Doom ).

✨🎧☕📖

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Will this all-girl rock band become the best band in town? Especially with the main competition being Delilah's exband?

✨🎧☕📖

All’s fair in love and music when this supernatural all-girl rock band must beat the odds and become the best band in town!

Izzy’s a bass-playing werewolf. Geraldine’s the ghost of an amazing jazz pianist. Delilah’s the meanest drummer in town. They’d be the perfect trio to win the Battle of Bands...except Geraldine can’t play a solo since she passed away, and Izzy and Delilah are at each other’s throats at every opportunity. Can they work through their problems to win the competition, or will they be defeated by Delilah’s ex-band and their villainous frontman, Dylan?

Sparks will fly, milkshakes will melt, and ears will ring in the latest delicious LGBTQ romp from graphic novelist Balazs Lorinczi ( Doughnuts and Doom ).

✨🎧☕📖

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@heartland_career_center students stopped in to record stories for our Dial-a-Story program!

@heartland_career_center students stopped in to record stories for our Dial-a-Story program!

Love a good retelling? Or a good Disney movie? My Salty Mary is perfect for fans of The Princess Bride and My Lady Jane. It's fantastical, romantic, and filled with pirates!

✨🎧☕📖

Don't call this mermaid "little"—call her "captain," unless you want to walk the plank.

Mary is in love with the so-called prince of Charles Town, except he doesn't love her back. Which is inconvenient. Since she's a mermaid, being brokenhearted means she'll—poof!—turn into sea-foam.

But instead, Mary finds herself pulled out of the sea and up onto a pirate ship. To survive, she joins them. But Mary isn't willing to just sing the yo-ho-hos. She wants the pirate life, all of it, and she's ready to make a splash . . . by becoming captain. But when Blackbeard dies suddenly, Mary has a chance to become so much more: Pirate King . . . or Queen. She won't let anyone stop her—not Blackbeard's cute son, not her best friend from back under the sea who's having a bit too much fun with his new legs, and certainly not everyone who says she can't be a pirate just because she's a girl.

She may not be the best man for the job, but she'll definitely prove that she's worth her salt.

✨🎧☕📖

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Love a good retelling? Or a good Disney movie? My Salty Mary is perfect for fans of The Princess Bride and My Lady Jane. It's fantastical, romantic, and filled with pirates!

✨🎧☕📖

Don't call this mermaid "little"—call her "captain," unless you want to walk the plank.

Mary is in love with the so-called prince of Charles Town, except he doesn't love her back. Which is inconvenient. Since she's a mermaid, being brokenhearted means she'll—poof!—turn into sea-foam.

But instead, Mary finds herself pulled out of the sea and up onto a pirate ship. To survive, she joins them. But Mary isn't willing to just sing the yo-ho-hos. She wants the pirate life, all of it, and she's ready to make a splash . . . by becoming captain. But when Blackbeard dies suddenly, Mary has a chance to become so much more: Pirate King . . . or Queen. She won't let anyone stop her—not Blackbeard's cute son, not her best friend from back under the sea who's having a bit too much fun with his new legs, and certainly not everyone who says she can't be a pirate just because she's a girl.

She may not be the best man for the job, but she'll definitely prove that she's worth her salt.

✨🎧☕📖

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This thriller is a take on Euphoria if Rue had had a different ending. Follow Blake Brenner as she struggles through her alcohol addiction, girls, and secret societies.

✨🎧☕📖

It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have one goal: join the mysterious and exclusive Serena Society. The sorority promises status and lifelong connections to a network of powerful, trailblazing women of color. Ella’s acceptance is a sure thing—she’s the daughter of a Serena alum. Blake, however, has a lot more to prove.

As a former loner from a working-class background, Blake lacks Ella’s pedigree and confidence. Luckily, she finds courage at the bottom of a liquor bottle. When she drinks, she’s bold, funny, and unstoppable—and the Serenas love it. But as pledging intensifies, so does Blake’s drinking, until it’s seeping into every corner of her life. Ella assures Blake that she’s fine; partying hard is what it takes to make the cut.

But success has never felt so much like drowning. With her future hanging in the balance and her past dragging her down, Blake must decide how far she’s willing to go to achieve her glittering dreams of success—and how much of herself she’s willing to lose in the process.

✨🎧☕📖

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This thriller is a take on Euphoria if Rue had had a different ending. Follow Blake Brenner as she struggles through her alcohol addiction, girls, and secret societies.

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It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have one goal: join the mysterious and exclusive Serena Society. The sorority promises status and lifelong connections to a network of powerful, trailblazing women of color. Ella’s acceptance is a sure thing—she’s the daughter of a Serena alum. Blake, however, has a lot more to prove.

As a former loner from a working-class background, Blake lacks Ella’s pedigree and confidence. Luckily, she finds courage at the bottom of a liquor bottle. When she drinks, she’s bold, funny, and unstoppable—and the Serenas love it. But as pledging intensifies, so does Blake’s drinking, until it’s seeping into every corner of her life. Ella assures Blake that she’s fine; partying hard is what it takes to make the cut.

But success has never felt so much like drowning. With her future hanging in the balance and her past dragging her down, Blake must decide how far she’s willing to go to achieve her glittering dreams of success—and how much of herself she’s willing to lose in the process.

✨🎧☕📖

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Ready for your next book inspired by table top games? We got the one just for you! #bookworm #booknerd #publiclibrary #books #library #bookstagram #read #librarylove #librarylife

Ready for your next book inspired by table top games? We got the one just for you! #bookworm #booknerd #publiclibrary #books #library #bookstagram #read #librarylove #librarylife

This is a gorgeous start to a mythological dualogy! A celestial girl who has hidden her whole life from the emperor finds her way to the kingdom where she was previously hunted. This is a read for those who like Eastern Asian folklore and retellings!

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Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. But when Xingyin’s magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind.

Alone, powerless, and afraid, she makes her way to the Celestial Kingdom, a land of wonder and secrets. Disguising her identity, she seizes an opportunity to learn alongside the emperor's son, mastering archery and magic, even as passion flames between her and the prince.

To save her mother, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies across the earth and skies. But when treachery looms and forbidden magic threatens the kingdom, she must challenge the ruthless Celestial Emperor for her dream—striking a dangerous bargain in which she is torn between losing all she loves or plunging the realm into chaos.

✨🎧☕📖

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This is a gorgeous start to a mythological dualogy! A celestial girl who has hidden her whole life from the emperor finds her way to the kingdom where she was previously hunted. This is a read for those who like Eastern Asian folklore and retellings!

✨🎧☕📖

Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. But when Xingyin’s magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind.

Alone, powerless, and afraid, she makes her way to the Celestial Kingdom, a land of wonder and secrets. Disguising her identity, she seizes an opportunity to learn alongside the emperor's son, mastering archery and magic, even as passion flames between her and the prince.

To save her mother, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies across the earth and skies. But when treachery looms and forbidden magic threatens the kingdom, she must challenge the ruthless Celestial Emperor for her dream—striking a dangerous bargain in which she is torn between losing all she loves or plunging the realm into chaos.

✨🎧☕📖

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Craving an amazing thriller for Halloween? Under This Red Rock is perfect for thrills and chills!

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Neely’s monsters don’t always follow her rules, so when the little girl under her bed, the man in her closet, and the disembodied voice that shadows her every move become louder, she knows she’s in trouble.

With a history of mental illness in her family, and the suicide of her older brother heavy on her mind, Neely takes a job as a tour guide in the one place her monsters can’t follow—the caverns. There she can find peace. There she can pretend to be normal. There . . . she meets Mila.

Mila is everything Neely isn’t—beautiful, strong, and confident. As the two become closer, Neely’s innocent crush grows into something more. When a midnight staff party exposes Neely to drugs, she follows Mila’s lead . . . only to have her hallucinations escalate.

When Mila is found brutally murdered in the caverns, Neely has to admit that her memories of that night are vague at best. With her monsters now out in the open, and her grip on reality slipping, Neely must figure out who killed Mila . . . and face the possibility that it might have been her.

✨🎧☕📖

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Craving an amazing thriller for Halloween? Under This Red Rock is perfect for thrills and chills!

✨🎧☕📖

Neely’s monsters don’t always follow her rules, so when the little girl under her bed, the man in her closet, and the disembodied voice that shadows her every move become louder, she knows she’s in trouble.

With a history of mental illness in her family, and the suicide of her older brother heavy on her mind, Neely takes a job as a tour guide in the one place her monsters can’t follow—the caverns. There she can find peace. There she can pretend to be normal. There . . . she meets Mila.

Mila is everything Neely isn’t—beautiful, strong, and confident. As the two become closer, Neely’s innocent crush grows into something more. When a midnight staff party exposes Neely to drugs, she follows Mila’s lead . . . only to have her hallucinations escalate.

When Mila is found brutally murdered in the caverns, Neely has to admit that her memories of that night are vague at best. With her monsters now out in the open, and her grip on reality slipping, Neely must figure out who killed Mila . . . and face the possibility that it might have been her.

✨🎧☕📖

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Looking for something dystopian and just a little punk? Check out the Riot Act at the library and find out if the show really goes on. 👑🎭 #bookworm #booknerd #publiclibrary #books #library #bookstagram #read #librarylove #librarylife #publiclibraries #shakespeare #1984

Looking for something dystopian and just a little punk? Check out the Riot Act at the library and find out if the show really goes on. 👑🎭 #bookworm #booknerd #publiclibrary #books #library #bookstagram #read #librarylove #librarylife #publiclibraries #shakespeare #1984

A multigenerational story about navigating prom (and babies). Read for a light-hearted story and for some sweet laughs.

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Mina, Penny, and Sheryl have the typical expectations of prom night in 2005: dresses, dancing, and of course some coming of age moments. None of them plans to get pregnant, but when all three do, they band together as they face decisions that have the power to shape the rest of their lives.

In 2024, their three children--Blossom, Amber, and Cole--are high school seniors, gearing up to go to prom and facing some big decisions of their own. As they seek to understand who they are and who they want to be, they grapple with issues that range from consent to virginity, gendered dress codes, and the many patriarchal, heteronormative expectations that still come along with prom.

A generation later, will this prom night change lives too?

✨🎧☕📖

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A multigenerational story about navigating prom (and babies). Read for a light-hearted story and for some sweet laughs.

✨🎧☕📖

Mina, Penny, and Sheryl have the typical expectations of prom night in 2005: dresses, dancing, and of course some coming of age moments. None of them plans to get pregnant, but when all three do, they band together as they face decisions that have the power to shape the rest of their lives.

In 2024, their three children--Blossom, Amber, and Cole--are high school seniors, gearing up to go to prom and facing some big decisions of their own. As they seek to understand who they are and who they want to be, they grapple with issues that range from consent to virginity, gendered dress codes, and the many patriarchal, heteronormative expectations that still come along with prom.

A generation later, will this prom night change lives too?

✨🎧☕📖

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Clear your plans for Wednesday night because it's Teen Craft Wednesday. We're making mini planet lights. Come hang out, enjoy the ambiance, and make a cute light for your room. This will also be the last teen craft before our grand opening so come check out the space before its completely transformed!

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Clear your plans for Wednesday night because it's Teen Craft Wednesday. We're making mini planet lights. Come hang out, enjoy the ambiance, and make a cute light for your room. This will also be the last teen craft before our grand opening so come check out the space before its completely transformed!

✨🎧☕📖

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Teen Crafts is moving to Wednesday night after school! We'll be in the YA section making Safety Pin Charms. Come hang out from 3:30 to 5:00 and make a cute charm for your book bag!

✨🎧☕📖

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Teen Crafts is moving to Wednesday night after school! We'll be in the YA section making Safety Pin Charms. Come hang out from 3:30 to 5:00 and make a cute charm for your book bag!

✨🎧☕📖

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Looking for a new read? Here are our new books in YA this week. We have a bunch of horror for Friday the 13th! Stop in and grab one!

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Looking for a new read? Here are our new books in YA this week. We have a bunch of horror for Friday the 13th! Stop in and grab one!

✨🎧☕📖

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This is one of the best reads of the year! This camp counselor romance is so sweet with great information on deaf and blind culture.

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Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when you don’t feel “deaf enough” to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the world’s expectations. But this summer, Lilah is ready for a change.
When Lilah becomes a counselor at a summer camp for the deaf and blind, her plan is to brush up on her ASL. Once there, she also finds a community. There are cute British lifeguards who break hearts but not rules, a YouTuber who’s just a bit desperate for clout, the campers Lilah’s responsible for (and overwhelmed by)—and then there’s Isaac, the dreamy Deaf counselor who volunteers to help Lilah with her signing.
Romance was never on the agenda, and Lilah’s not positive Isaac likes her that way. But all signs seem to point to love. Unless she’s reading them wrong? One thing’s for sure: Lilah wanted change, and things here are certainly different than what she’s used to.

✨🎧☕📖
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This is one of the best reads of the year! This camp counselor romance is so sweet with great information on deaf and blind culture.

✨🎧☕📖

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when you don’t feel “deaf enough” to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the world’s expectations. But this summer, Lilah is ready for a change.
When Lilah becomes a counselor at a summer camp for the deaf and blind, her plan is to brush up on her ASL. Once there, she also finds a community. There are cute British lifeguards who break hearts but not rules, a YouTuber who’s just a bit desperate for clout, the campers Lilah’s responsible for (and overwhelmed by)—and then there’s Isaac, the dreamy Deaf counselor who volunteers to help Lilah with her signing.
Romance was never on the agenda, and Lilah’s not positive Isaac likes her that way. But all signs seem to point to love. Unless she’s reading them wrong? One thing’s for sure: Lilah wanted change, and things here are certainly different than what she’s used to.

✨🎧☕📖
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Had a RUFF week? Come visit us downtown at First Friday tonight and find out what we've got going on at WCS and the library this fall.

Had a RUFF week? Come visit us downtown at First Friday tonight and find out what we've got going on at WCS and the library this fall.

Follow Almudena as she spends the summer with her father whom she has never met. This is an emotional and hopeful read that you have to check out!

✨🎧☕📖

Almudena has always wondered about the dad she never met.

Now, with her white mother headed on a once-in-a-lifetime trip without her, she’s left alone with her Guatemalan father for an entire summer. Xavier seems happy to see her, but he expects her to live in (and help fix up) his old, broken-down brownstone. And all along, she must navigate the language barrier of his rapid-fire Spanish—which she doesn’t speak.

As Almudena tries to adjust to this new reality, she gets to know the residents of Xavier’s Latin American neighborhood. Each member of the community has their own joys and heartbreaks as well as their own strong opinions on how this young Latina should talk, dress, and behave. Some can’t understand why she doesn’t know where she comes from. Others think she’s “not brown enough” to fit in.

But time is running out for Almudena and Xavier to get to know each other, and the key to their connection may ultimately lie in bringing all these different elements together. Fixing a broken building is one thing, but turning these stubborn individuals into a found family might take more than this one summer.

✨🎧☕📖

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Follow Almudena as she spends the summer with her father whom she has never met. This is an emotional and hopeful read that you have to check out!

✨🎧☕📖

Almudena has always wondered about the dad she never met.

Now, with her white mother headed on a once-in-a-lifetime trip without her, she’s left alone with her Guatemalan father for an entire summer. Xavier seems happy to see her, but he expects her to live in (and help fix up) his old, broken-down brownstone. And all along, she must navigate the language barrier of his rapid-fire Spanish—which she doesn’t speak.

As Almudena tries to adjust to this new reality, she gets to know the residents of Xavier’s Latin American neighborhood. Each member of the community has their own joys and heartbreaks as well as their own strong opinions on how this young Latina should talk, dress, and behave. Some can’t understand why she doesn’t know where she comes from. Others think she’s “not brown enough” to fit in.

But time is running out for Almudena and Xavier to get to know each other, and the key to their connection may ultimately lie in bringing all these different elements together. Fixing a broken building is one thing, but turning these stubborn individuals into a found family might take more than this one summer.

✨🎧☕📖

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A journey of a friend's pure devotion with a heavy mix of mystery and dark magic.

✨🎧☕📖

In the course of a single winter’s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town.

Nora’s estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca’s disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town’s past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local folklore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and Becca’s own childhood games...

✨🎧☕📖

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A journey of a friend's pure devotion with a heavy mix of mystery and dark magic.

✨🎧☕📖

In the course of a single winter’s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town.

Nora’s estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca’s disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town’s past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local folklore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and Becca’s own childhood games...

✨🎧☕📖

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Two uptight teens go on some college visits and work through their rivalry in Rules for Rule Breaking.

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Winter is MIT-bound, comfortable keeping people at arm’s length, and known by others as responsible, though she has a desire to let loose. This probably comes from her rebel grandmother, who is constantly pushing boundaries and encouraging Winter to do so as well. Winter’s best friend is moving abroad and won’t be attending college at all, and Winter’s wrestling with what it means to be left behind. Bobby is as Type-A, anxious, and risk-averse as you can get. He’s also been recently dumped, which has him feeling disoriented and untethered.

That’s why, when Winter’s and Bobby’s parents insist that they go on a northeast college campus tour together, both teens find reasons to accept even though the thought of being stuck in a car together for 700 miles sounds unbearable. What awaits them is a journey of self-discovery where the only rule on their road trip is to break all the rules. At first, this happens in hilariously calculated ways (using lists and reason and logic!), but they soon abandon that, challenging each other to dares in Virginia, getting high and wandering around Philly for food—and battling the subsequent digestive distress—and crashing a party in Cambridge. And, of course, realizing that they’re perfect together.

✨🎧☕📖

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Two uptight teens go on some college visits and work through their rivalry in Rules for Rule Breaking.

✨🎧☕📖

Winter is MIT-bound, comfortable keeping people at arm’s length, and known by others as responsible, though she has a desire to let loose. This probably comes from her rebel grandmother, who is constantly pushing boundaries and encouraging Winter to do so as well. Winter’s best friend is moving abroad and won’t be attending college at all, and Winter’s wrestling with what it means to be left behind. Bobby is as Type-A, anxious, and risk-averse as you can get. He’s also been recently dumped, which has him feeling disoriented and untethered.

That’s why, when Winter’s and Bobby’s parents insist that they go on a northeast college campus tour together, both teens find reasons to accept even though the thought of being stuck in a car together for 700 miles sounds unbearable. What awaits them is a journey of self-discovery where the only rule on their road trip is to break all the rules. At first, this happens in hilariously calculated ways (using lists and reason and logic!), but they soon abandon that, challenging each other to dares in Virginia, getting high and wandering around Philly for food—and battling the subsequent digestive distress—and crashing a party in Cambridge. And, of course, realizing that they’re perfect together.

✨🎧☕📖

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Ex-mobster turned househusband? Fighting to the death over sushi? Battling the Roomba and making deals with the knife vendor? All normal occurrences for the Immortal Dragon!

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It’s a day in the life of your average househusband—if your average househusband is the legendary yakuza “the Immortal Dragon”! A former yakuza legend leaves it all behind to become your everyday househusband. But it’s not easy to walk away from the gangster life, and what should be mundane household tasks are anything but!

✨🎧☕📖

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Ex-mobster turned househusband? Fighting to the death over sushi? Battling the Roomba and making deals with the knife vendor? All normal occurrences for the Immortal Dragon!

✨🎧☕📖

It’s a day in the life of your average househusband—if your average househusband is the legendary yakuza “the Immortal Dragon”! A former yakuza legend leaves it all behind to become your everyday househusband. But it’s not easy to walk away from the gangster life, and what should be mundane household tasks are anything but!

✨🎧☕📖

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I'm setting up seven programs for summer reading, so we're going to skip this months teen craft. There are some good things coming up! Keep an eye out for the programs and add the reading challenge on Beanstack!

I'm setting up seven programs for summer reading, so we're going to skip this months teen craft. There are some good things coming up! Keep an eye out for the programs and add the reading challenge on Beanstack!

Fake dating, broadway, and board games crash together in this quick and sweet romance!

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Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway. Crucial to this plan is to bring back her high school’s spring musical, but when Riley takes her mom’s car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad’s game shop.

Riley can't waste her time working when she has a musical to save, so she convinces Nathan—a nerdy teen employee—to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she’ll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous.

But Riley didn’t realize that meant joining Nathan's Dungeons & Dragons game…or that role playing would be so fun. Soon, Riley starts to think that flirting with Nathan doesn't require as much acting as she would've thought...

✨🎧☕📖

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Fake dating, broadway, and board games crash together in this quick and sweet romance!

✨🎧☕📖

Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway. Crucial to this plan is to bring back her high school’s spring musical, but when Riley takes her mom’s car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad’s game shop.

Riley can't waste her time working when she has a musical to save, so she convinces Nathan—a nerdy teen employee—to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she’ll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous.

But Riley didn’t realize that meant joining Nathan's Dungeons & Dragons game…or that role playing would be so fun. Soon, Riley starts to think that flirting with Nathan doesn't require as much acting as she would've thought...

✨🎧☕📖

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You need to read this retelling of Medusa with a southeast Asian twist. You'll be on the edge of your seat the whole time laughing and crying along the way. We are eagerly waiting for the second book!

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All monsters and heroes have beginnings. This is mine.

Sixteen-year-old Manisha is no stranger to monsters—she’s been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the King’s army, who forced her people, the naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth. You might think that the kingdom’s famed holy temples atop the floating mountains, where Manisha is now a priestess, would be safe—but you would be wrong.

Seventeen-year-old Pratyush is a famed slayer of monsters, one of the King’s most prized warriors and a frequent visitor to the floating temples. For every monster the slayer kills, years are added to his life. You might think such a powerful warrior could do whatever he wants, but true power lies with the King. Tired after years of fighting, Pratyush wants nothing more than a peaceful, respectable life.

When Pratyush and Manisha meet, each sees in the other the possibility to chart a new path. Unfortunately, the kingdom’s powerful have other plans. A temple visitor sexually assaults Manisha and pushes her off the mountain into a pit of vipers. A month later, the King sends Pratyush off to kill one last monster (a powerful nagin who has been turning men to stone) before he’ll consider granting his freedom.

✨🎧☕📖

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You need to read this retelling of Medusa with a southeast Asian twist. You'll be on the edge of your seat the whole time laughing and crying along the way. We are eagerly waiting for the second book!

✨🎧☕📖

All monsters and heroes have beginnings. This is mine.

Sixteen-year-old Manisha is no stranger to monsters—she’s been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the King’s army, who forced her people, the naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth. You might think that the kingdom’s famed holy temples atop the floating mountains, where Manisha is now a priestess, would be safe—but you would be wrong.

Seventeen-year-old Pratyush is a famed slayer of monsters, one of the King’s most prized warriors and a frequent visitor to the floating temples. For every monster the slayer kills, years are added to his life. You might think such a powerful warrior could do whatever he wants, but true power lies with the King. Tired after years of fighting, Pratyush wants nothing more than a peaceful, respectable life.

When Pratyush and Manisha meet, each sees in the other the possibility to chart a new path. Unfortunately, the kingdom’s powerful have other plans. A temple visitor sexually assaults Manisha and pushes her off the mountain into a pit of vipers. A month later, the King sends Pratyush off to kill one last monster (a powerful nagin who has been turning men to stone) before he’ll consider granting his freedom.

✨🎧☕📖

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This week we're tackling The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland. I have not read this one yet, but look at that cover. A fantastical horror book that focuses on queer witches. What more could you ask for?

✨🎧☕📖

Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . .

Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too painful to consider—that her murdered sister is gone forever and there is nothing she can do about it. Rather than grieving and moving on, Zara decides she will do whatever it takes to claw her sister back from the grave—even trading in the occult.

Jude Wolf may be the daughter of a billionaire, but she is also undeniably cursed. After a deal with a demon went horribly wrong, her soul has been slowly turning necrotic. It’s a miserable existence marred by pain, sickness, and monstrous things that taunt her in the night. Now that she’s glimpsed what’s beyond the veil, Jude’s desperate to ﬁnd someone to undo the damage she’s done to herself.

Enter Emer Byrne, an orphaned witch with a dark past and a deadly power, a.k.a. the solution to both Zara’s and Jude’s problems. Though Emer lives a hardscrabble life, she gives away her most valuable asset—her invocations—to women in desperate situations who are willing to sacriﬁce a piece of their soul in exchange for a scrap of power. Zara and Jude are willing, but they ﬁrst have to ﬁnd Emer.

When Emer’s clients start turning up dead all over London, a vital clue leads Zara and Jude right to her. If a serial killer is targeting her clients, Emer wants to know why—and to stop them. She strikes a tenuous alliance with Zara and Jude to hunt a killer before they are next on his list, even if she can’t give them in return what Zara and Jude want most: a sister and a soul.

✨🎧☕📖

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This week we're tackling The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland. I have not read this one yet, but look at that cover. A fantastical horror book that focuses on queer witches. What more could you ask for?

✨🎧☕📖

Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . .

Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too painful to consider—that her murdered sister is gone forever and there is nothing she can do about it. Rather than grieving and moving on, Zara decides she will do whatever it takes to claw her sister back from the grave—even trading in the occult.

Jude Wolf may be the daughter of a billionaire, but she is also undeniably cursed. After a deal with a demon went horribly wrong, her soul has been slowly turning necrotic. It’s a miserable existence marred by pain, sickness, and monstrous things that taunt her in the night. Now that she’s glimpsed what’s beyond the veil, Jude’s desperate to ﬁnd someone to undo the damage she’s done to herself.

Enter Emer Byrne, an orphaned witch with a dark past and a deadly power, a.k.a. the solution to both Zara’s and Jude’s problems. Though Emer lives a hardscrabble life, she gives away her most valuable asset—her invocations—to women in desperate situations who are willing to sacriﬁce a piece of their soul in exchange for a scrap of power. Zara and Jude are willing, but they ﬁrst have to ﬁnd Emer.

When Emer’s clients start turning up dead all over London, a vital clue leads Zara and Jude right to her. If a serial killer is targeting her clients, Emer wants to know why—and to stop them. She strikes a tenuous alliance with Zara and Jude to hunt a killer before they are next on his list, even if she can’t give them in return what Zara and Jude want most: a sister and a soul.

✨🎧☕📖

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This week we're reviewing Brigid Kemmerers Defy the Night. If you love a fantasy kingdom with a morally gray prince, then this book is for you!

✨🎧☕📖

The kingdom of Kandala is on the brink of disaster. Rifts between sectors have only worsened since a sickness began ravaging the land, and within the Royal Palace, the king holds a tenuous peace with a ruthless hand.

King Harristan was thrust into power after his parents' shocking assassination, leaving the younger Prince Corrick to take on the brutal role of the King's Justice. The brothers have learned to react mercilessly to any sign of rebellion--it's the only way to maintain order when the sickness can strike anywhere, and the only known cure, an elixir made from delicate Moonflower petals, is severely limited.

Out in the Wilds, apothecary apprentice Tessa Cade is tired of seeing her neighbors die, their suffering ignored by the unyielding royals. Every night, she and her best friend Wes risk their lives to steal Moonflower petals and distribute the elixir to those who need it most--but it's still not enough.

As rumors spread that the cure no longer works and sparks of rebellion begin to flare, a particularly cruel act from the King's Justice makes Tessa desperate enough to try the impossible: sneaking into the palace. But what she finds upon her arrival makes her wonder if it's even possible to fix Kandala without destroying it first.

✨🎧☕📖

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This week we're reviewing Brigid Kemmerers Defy the Night. If you love a fantasy kingdom with a morally gray prince, then this book is for you!

✨🎧☕📖

The kingdom of Kandala is on the brink of disaster. Rifts between sectors have only worsened since a sickness began ravaging the land, and within the Royal Palace, the king holds a tenuous peace with a ruthless hand.

King Harristan was thrust into power after his parents' shocking assassination, leaving the younger Prince Corrick to take on the brutal role of the King's Justice. The brothers have learned to react mercilessly to any sign of rebellion--it's the only way to maintain order when the sickness can strike anywhere, and the only known cure, an elixir made from delicate Moonflower petals, is severely limited.

Out in the Wilds, apothecary apprentice Tessa Cade is tired of seeing her neighbors die, their suffering ignored by the unyielding royals. Every night, she and her best friend Wes risk their lives to steal Moonflower petals and distribute the elixir to those who need it most--but it's still not enough.

As rumors spread that the cure no longer works and sparks of rebellion begin to flare, a particularly cruel act from the King's Justice makes Tessa desperate enough to try the impossible: sneaking into the palace. But what she finds upon her arrival makes her wonder if it's even possible to fix Kandala without destroying it first.

✨🎧☕📖

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This month's teen craft is scrape art! Stop in and grab a kit for an easy and a little messy craft. Can't wait to see the final artworks!

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This month's teen craft is scrape art! Stop in and grab a kit for an easy and a little messy craft. Can't wait to see the final artworks!

✨🎧☕📖

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This week I read The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu. The graphic novel comes together as a sci-fi romance about humans and AIs.

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Clementine Chang moves from Earth to Mars for a new start and is lucky enough to land her dream job with Dr. Marcella Lin, an Artificial Intelligence pioneer. On her first day of work, Clem meets Dr. Lin’s assistant, a humanoid AI named Kye. Clem is no stranger to robots—she built herself a cute moth-shaped companion named SENA. Still, there’s something about Kye that feels almost too human.

When Clem and Kye begin to collaborate, their chemistry sets off sparks. The only downside? Dr. Lin is enraged by Kye’s growing independence and won’t allow him more freedom. Plus, their relationship throws into question everything Clem thought she knew about AI. After all, if Kye is sentient enough to have feelings, shouldn’t he be able to control his own actions? Where is the line between AI and human? As her past and Kye’s future weigh down on her, Clem becomes determined to help him break free—even if it means risking everything she came to Mars for.

✨🎧☕📖

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This week I read The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu. The graphic novel comes together as a sci-fi romance about humans and AIs.

✨🎧☕📖

Clementine Chang moves from Earth to Mars for a new start and is lucky enough to land her dream job with Dr. Marcella Lin, an Artificial Intelligence pioneer. On her first day of work, Clem meets Dr. Lin’s assistant, a humanoid AI named Kye. Clem is no stranger to robots—she built herself a cute moth-shaped companion named SENA. Still, there’s something about Kye that feels almost too human.

When Clem and Kye begin to collaborate, their chemistry sets off sparks. The only downside? Dr. Lin is enraged by Kye’s growing independence and won’t allow him more freedom. Plus, their relationship throws into question everything Clem thought she knew about AI. After all, if Kye is sentient enough to have feelings, shouldn’t he be able to control his own actions? Where is the line between AI and human? As her past and Kye’s future weigh down on her, Clem becomes determined to help him break free—even if it means risking everything she came to Mars for.

✨🎧☕📖

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Spending the morning downtown, buying some things for summer reading. @modocsmarket might be having a feature as one of our top prizes!

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Spending the morning downtown, buying some things for summer reading. @modocsmarket might be having a feature as one of our top prizes!

✨🎧☕📖

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From the bestselling author of Come Out, Come Out, Whatever You Are and Good Girls Die First comes an entertaining new thriller filled with knife-edged tension, twists you won't see coming, and contestants who will do anything to win―even something deadly. When teen social media influencer Anton Frazer stages a live-streamed, citywide game of Tag where the prize is to become one of his live-in personal assistants, his fans go wild. .

Outfitted with body cams, GPS trackers, and pressure sensors to keep tally of who's disqualified, contestants are split into Chasers and Runners then let lose into the night-covered urban jungle to hunt each other down. While the whole world watches. Four contestants, however, have alternative motives for joining the game, secret reasons to want to win despite the risk: money, obsession, fame…and revenge. One of them will stop at nothing to be the victor at the end of this adrenaline- and fear-fueled night.

From the bestselling author of Come Out, Come Out, Whatever You Are and Good Girls Die First comes an entertaining new thriller filled with knife-edged tension, twists you won't see coming, and contestants who will do anything to win―even something deadly. When teen social media influencer Anton Frazer stages a live-streamed, citywide game of Tag where the prize is to become one of his live-in personal assistants, his fans go wild. .

Outfitted with body cams, GPS trackers, and pressure sensors to keep tally of who's disqualified, contestants are split into Chasers and Runners then let lose into the night-covered urban jungle to hunt each other down. While the whole world watches. Four contestants, however, have alternative motives for joining the game, secret reasons to want to win despite the risk: money, obsession, fame…and revenge. One of them will stop at nothing to be the victor at the end of this adrenaline- and fear-fueled night.

Rae Winter should be dead.

Some say that walking away from the car crash that killed her dad is a miracle, but seventeen-year-old Matthew Watts knows that the forces of Good aren’t the only ones at work. The devil, Lucifer himself, can mark a soul about to pass on, sending it back to the land of the living to carry out his evil will.

Matt has grown up skipping from town to town alongside his father hunting anyone who has this mark. They have one Find these people, and exterminate them.

After helping his father for years, Matt takes on his own Rae Winter, miracle survivor. But when Matt starts to fall for Rae, to make friends for the first time in his life, he’s not sure who or what to believe anymore. How can someone like Rae, someone who is thoughtful and smart and kind, be an agent of the devil? With the lines of reality and fantasy, myth and paranoia blurred, Matt confronts an awful truth....

What if the devil’s mark doesn’t exist?

Rae Winter should be dead.

Some say that walking away from the car crash that killed her dad is a miracle, but seventeen-year-old Matthew Watts knows that the forces of Good aren’t the only ones at work. The devil, Lucifer himself, can mark a soul about to pass on, sending it back to the land of the living to carry out his evil will.

Matt has grown up skipping from town to town alongside his father hunting anyone who has this mark. They have one Find these people, and exterminate them.

After helping his father for years, Matt takes on his own Rae Winter, miracle survivor. But when Matt starts to fall for Rae, to make friends for the first time in his life, he’s not sure who or what to believe anymore. How can someone like Rae, someone who is thoughtful and smart and kind, be an agent of the devil? With the lines of reality and fantasy, myth and paranoia blurred, Matt confronts an awful truth....

What if the devil’s mark doesn’t exist?

In this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Dark Rise, Will and his allies have survived the Dark’s first assault, but at a terrible cost.

A new threat from the past is rising, and only a handful of heroes remain to fight. Pursued by dark forces, Will and his allies must leave the safety of the Hall and travel to the heart of the ancient world, making new and dangerous alliances, and revealing the shocking secrets of the past.

But Will is carrying a dark secret of his own—his true identity. Drawn to the beautiful and deadly James St. Clair, Will is pulled ever deeper into the web of the past, and finds himself tempted by the darkness within. As the ancient world threatens to return, can Will and his friends fight their fate? Or will the truths they learn tear their world apart?

In this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Dark Rise, Will and his allies have survived the Dark’s first assault, but at a terrible cost.

A new threat from the past is rising, and only a handful of heroes remain to fight. Pursued by dark forces, Will and his allies must leave the safety of the Hall and travel to the heart of the ancient world, making new and dangerous alliances, and revealing the shocking secrets of the past.

But Will is carrying a dark secret of his own—his true identity. Drawn to the beautiful and deadly James St. Clair, Will is pulled ever deeper into the web of the past, and finds himself tempted by the darkness within. As the ancient world threatens to return, can Will and his friends fight their fate? Or will the truths they learn tear their world apart?

When Chloe Chang gets dumped via USPS after moving across the county from NYC to LA, her first instinct is to throw her box of memories in the garbage. Instead, she starts buying other teenagers’ break-up boxes to create an art exhibit, Heartifacts. Opening night is going great, until she spots Daniel Kwak illicitly filming his best friend’s reaction to his ex’s box. When she tries to stop him, an intense discussion ends up launching a creative partnership and friendship… and a major crush for Chloe.

There’s just one problem: Daniel is dead set on not being another rebound.

Five times he’s been the guy who makes the girls he’s dating realize they want to get back with their ex. And he refuses for there to be a sixth. She insists she’s over her ex, but when he shows up unexpectedly with his new girlfriend, it turns out Daniel was right. She isn’t ready for a new relationship.

She throws herself into making Heartifacts successful, but flashy influencers threaten her original vision of the exhibit. To create the exhibit she’s always wanted, Chloe needs to go back to basics, learn to work with artists in a more collaborative way, and discover what love can be. Only then will she convince Daniel she’s truly ready for everything they could be to one another.

In the tradition of Jenny Han and Emma Lord, Jennifer Chen’s Artifacts of an Ex is a story of love, art, and finding your way when everything you know has changed completely.

When Chloe Chang gets dumped via USPS after moving across the county from NYC to LA, her first instinct is to throw her box of memories in the garbage. Instead, she starts buying other teenagers’ break-up boxes to create an art exhibit, Heartifacts. Opening night is going great, until she spots Daniel Kwak illicitly filming his best friend’s reaction to his ex’s box. When she tries to stop him, an intense discussion ends up launching a creative partnership and friendship… and a major crush for Chloe.

There’s just one problem: Daniel is dead set on not being another rebound.

Five times he’s been the guy who makes the girls he’s dating realize they want to get back with their ex. And he refuses for there to be a sixth. She insists she’s over her ex, but when he shows up unexpectedly with his new girlfriend, it turns out Daniel was right. She isn’t ready for a new relationship.

She throws herself into making Heartifacts successful, but flashy influencers threaten her original vision of the exhibit. To create the exhibit she’s always wanted, Chloe needs to go back to basics, learn to work with artists in a more collaborative way, and discover what love can be. Only then will she convince Daniel she’s truly ready for everything they could be to one another.

In the tradition of Jenny Han and Emma Lord, Jennifer Chen’s Artifacts of an Ex is a story of love, art, and finding your way when everything you know has changed completely.

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