See what’s new in nonfiction: Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings (CD audio, read by the author)Teen activist and trailblazer Jazz Jennings–named one of “The 25 most influential teens” of the year by Time–shares her very public transgender journey, as she inspires people to accept the differences in others while they embrace their own truths.
I really enjoyed this book. I liked how much action and suspense are involved. This book was not predictable, which I like, so it made me want to keep reading. If I could change one thing about this book, I would probably change some of the personalities of the characters. Overall, it is a really good book! I give it […]
“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” is a movie about a boy named Bruno. In the movie he encounters a Jewish boy behind a barbed wire fence in a Jewish work camp and the two boys become fast friends. Bruno goes to the barbed wire fence every day to talk to the Jewish boy named Shmuel. But one day Bruno’s […]
This summer, SYNC will be providing two free teen audiobooks each week from May 5th to August 11th. Each week will focus on a specific theme, pairing a classic YA title with a more modern YA title. This week starts Thursday, July 28th with Pennies For Hitler by Jackie French and Juba! by Walter Dean Myers. Narrator Humphrey Bower brings […]
I thought the movie The Expendables 3 was great. Starring classic actors such as Sylvester Stallone and Harrison Ford (a surprise to me), and Arnold Schwarzenegger was a great add-on. The film focuses on the main character, Barney, who runs into an old friend, now an enemy, that he actually thought was dead. When one of his “expendables” gets severely injured, […]
Check out what’s new with our continuing series: Lois Lane: Double Down by Gwenda Bond (Sequel to Lois Lane: Fallout)Lois Lane has settled into life in Metropolis High, with new friends and a challenging job as a junior reporter–but after a visit to the “Suicide Slum” in search of a human interest story, she finds herself and her online more-than-friend […]
This summer, SYNC will be providing two free teen audiobooks each week from May 5th to August 11th. Each week will focus on a specific theme, pairing a classic YA title with a more modern YA title. This week starts Thursday, July 21st with Mandela: An Audio History by Nelson Mandela and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. This remarkable […]
Our last High School Hangout of the summer is this Wednesday, July 20 from 6-8:30pm. We’ve saved the best for last – come make your own temporary tattoo using the Library’s vinyl cutter! We’ll also have some Super Smash fun; if more than 10 people are interested we’ll run a tournament with a $15 Gamestop gift card as the prize. […]
Are you ready for some more new summer romance reads? Suffer Love by Ashley Herring BlakeHadley St. Clair’s life changed the day she came home to a front door covered in slips of paper, each of them revealing the ugly truth about her father. Now as her family falls apart in the wake of his year-long affair, Hadley wants everyone–her […]
This summer, SYNC will be providing two free teen audiobooks each week from May 5th to August 11th. Each week will focus on a specific theme, pairing a classic YA title with a more modern YA title. This week starts Thursday, July 14th with Fat Angie by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo and On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta. Narrator Angela Dawe adds […]
