Check out what is new in realistic fiction: The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle Quinn Roberts is a sixteen-year-old smart aleck and Hollywood hopeful whose only worry used to be writing convincing dialogue for the movies he made with his sister Annabeth. Of course, that was all before–before Quinn stopped going to school, before his mom started sleeping on the sofa…and […]
Are you in the mood for suspense? Check out some of our new mystery and thriller novels here: Snow Job by Charles Benoit Does who you are in high school brand you for life? Nick sure hopes not. It’s senior year, and he has decided that his loser friends may be going nowhere fast, but he isn’t . Instead, Nick […]
National Poetry Month, which takes place each April, is a celebration of poetry introduced in 1996 and organized by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States. The Academy of American Poets’ website Poets.org serves as a hub for information about local poetry events during the month. National Poetry […]
Are you waiting for the elusive “next book” to come out? Check here to see if one of our new continuing series books is on your to-read list: Dove Exiled by Karen Bao (Book 2 of Dove Arising) Phaet Theta is a fugitive. Hiding in plain sight with her friend Wes’s family on the drowned planet Earth, Phaet discovers the […]
Check out some of our new titles! Chaika, The Coffin Princess: The end of the war with the Gaz Empire only meant unemployment for former Saboteur Toru Acura. So when he collides with fate in the form of a young girl carrying a coffin through a forest, it doesn’t take much convincing for Toru and his similarly inclined step-sister Akari to […]
The third installment of Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy came out in theaters this past weekend. Following the Hollywood trend that was started by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Allegiant has been split into two movies. Divergent was first published as a book in 2011, released as a film in 2014, and Part Two: Ascendant comes out in 2017. Many have […]
Who says you shouldn’t play with your food? You can make your own candy sushi: it’s fun, easy and tasty too! Check out this list of ingredients and simple instructions: Things You’ll Need: 1 – 1 1/2 tbsp. butter or margarine 20 Jet-puffed marshmallows 3 cups Rice Krispies cereal 10 chewy fruit snack sheets (like Fruit by the Foot or Fruit Roll-Ups) 40 bite-sized […]
Teen Tech Week is one whole week dedicated to the library’s digital resources and services available to teens. Here at Algonquin, we have several programs just for you! The first meeting of our High School Tech Club will be this Tuesday, so be sure to check that out. Our technology librarian, Kenny, will be there to let you play with some of the […]
When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds is a book about a fifteen-year-old boy named Ali who uses boxing to avoid the dangerous street culture of his Bed-Stuy neighborhood in Brooklyn. Ali lives with his mother and little sister, Jazz. Ali’s life is complicated by his friends, Noodles, who always seems to be looking for trouble and Needles, who has Tourette’s syndrome. They […]
You might know Carrie Brownstein from her award winning show on IFC, Portlandia, but she is a woman of many talents. Her original claim to fame was as a guitarist in Sleater-Kinney. They were part of the 90s Riot Grrrl punk scene and they continue to make music. After a ten year hiatus, they released the album, No Cities to Love in January 2015. Brownstein is widely regarded as a […]
