See what’s new in Mystery and Thrillers: Twenty Questions for Gloria by Martyn BedfordGloria is a bored teenaged girl who meets a mysterious new boy, Uman Padeem, who is confident and charismatic–everything Gloria wishes to be–but when they disappear together for fifteen days she learns he is not all he seems, and soon truths about him and his secrets are […]
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 7th with Symphony For the City Of The Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M. T. Anderson and The […]
Can you believe we’re halfway through Summer Reading already?? It’s not too late to sign up – and you can cross off a square in your passport tomorrow night, Wednesday July 6 by attending our High School Hangout from 6-8:30pm. We’ll have a Super Smash Bros competition if 10 or more people are interested; we’ll make pop tab bracelets and […]
We have some more new speculative fiction for you to enjoy this summer: Places No One Knows by Brenna YovanoffWaverly Camdenmar, an overachiever in every way, seems perfect, yet perfection is exhausting. She has not slept in days and then one night she falls asleep and walks into someone else’s life. She dream visits a boy she could never be with […]
Check out some of the awesome fan art and coloring pages that have been submitted by your fellow teens this summer! Want to add some art of your own? Submit a picture of your fan art or coloring sheet. (Coloring sheets can be found at the Adult Services Desk or in the Young Adult section at the Harnish Main Library and […]
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, June 30th with The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat, Young Readers Edition by Michael Pollan and Grasshopper Jungle by […]
The Help by Kathryn Stockett takes place in Jackson, Mississippi in 1692. The main focus of the book is to expose the injustice and discrimination that maids, or “the help,” have to deal with every day when they work for white women. The story is told from three different points of view. The first point of view comes from Skeeter, […]
We have even more new realistic fiction for you to read this summer: A Hundred Hours of Night by Anna WoltzNew York steals Emilia’s heart at first sight — even though absolutely nothing goes to plan. She didn’t plan to end up homeless on a stranger’s doorstep. She didn’t plan to make friends with Seth, Abby, and Jim. And she could […]
The entire book of Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher takes place throughout the course of one day. The main character, Clay, receives a package with thirteen cassette tapes inside. The tapes are from Hannah, a girl that committed suicide at Clay’s school. Each tape explains a reason why she decided to end her life, and there is a list of people […]
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, June 23rd with Donny’s Brain by by Rona Munro and Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan. These two titles […]
