These are the ten most popular teen books at the Algonquin Library in the year 2021….have you read them all? 41 checkouts: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. […]
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, […]
Don’t Read the Comments by Eric Smith We all need a place to escape from the real world. For Divya and Aaron, it’s the world of online gaming. While Divya trades her rising-star status for sponsorships to help her struggling single mom pay rent, Aaron plays as a way to fuel his own dreams of becoming a game developer–and as a way to disappear […]
The Lincoln Award is designed to encourage teens to read for personal satisfaction and become familiar with authors of young adult and adult books. The award is named for Abraham Lincoln, one of Illinois’ most famous residents and himself an avid reader and noted author. The Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE) sponsors the award. For a book to […]
Are you an avid gamer? Whether you like games such as Pac-Man, Super Mario, Call of Duty, or Animal Crossing, our modern version of video games would not exist without the pioneering efforts of a black engineer named Jerry Lawson. In 1976, Lawson helped oversee the creation of the Channel F (for “Fun”), the first-ever home video game console that […]
It’s National Library Shelfie Day: What do your bookshelves look like? You know what a selfie is, but have you heard of a shelfie? Held on the 4th Wednesday of January since 2014, Library Shelfie Day was created by the New York Public Library. On this day, book lovers share selfies of themselves in front of library shelves and […]
