Booklist

20 Books for Women’s History Month

Teen Books The Chosen One: A First Generation Ivy League Odyssey by Echo Brown There are many watchers and they are always white. That’s the first thing Echo notices as she settles into Dartmouth College. Despite graduating high school in Cleveland as valedictorian, Echo immediately struggles to keep up in demanding classes. Dartmouth made many promises it couldn’t keep. The campus […]

Teen News

Masks at the Library: Your Choice

The Algonquin Area Public Library District is following Governor Pritzker’s guidance regarding masking. This means that masks are no longer required inside the library buildings as of Monday, February 28th, 2022. That being said, you are totally free to wear a mask if you want to. The choice is yours!

Booklist

15 Books on Ukraine and Eastern Europe

Traitor by Amanda McCrina In 1944, the Polish city of Lwów has been liberated from Germany but is caught among the insurgent armies of several countries and its resistance fighter; in this city, loyalty comes second to self-preservation. In order to eat, Tolya joins the Red Army but is rescued by Ukrainian freedom fighters after he murders a Soviet officer in […]

Book Clubs

Pages & Panels (03/16/2022): Ms. Marvel: No Normal

Presenting the international sensation: the all-new Ms. Marvel! Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City – until she’s suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm! When Kamala discovers the dangers of her newfound powers, she also unlocks a secret behind them. Is Kamala ready to wield these immense gifts? Or will the weight of the legacy before her prove too much to bear? Kamala has no idea, either. But she’s comin’ for you, Jersey! […]

Teen Center

We Are (STILL) All in This Together

We heard that School District 300 is extending their winter break due to an increase in community Covid19 numbers over the break. What a bummer, we cannot seem to catch a break with this crazy virus! It is seriously the worst. Even if you are stuck at home isolating due to an omicron exposure, we have plenty of online and […]

Teen News

The Most Checked Out Teen Books of 2021

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. […]

Teen Activities

30 AAPIA Books

We heard that Jacobs just started a new Asian American & Pacific Islander Club. Here are some great teen books about or by a member of that community! Don’t have time to stop into the library? Most of these are available as eBooks or eAudiobooks that you can checkout virtually from your phone.

Book Clubs

Pages & Panels (01/19/2022): Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon

The breakout star of the Avengers films, Clint Barton – aka the self-made hero Hawkeye – fights for justice! With ex-Young Avenger Kate Bishop by his side, he’s out to prove himself as one of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! SHIELD recruits Clint to intercept a packet of incriminating evidence – before he becomes the most wanted man in the world. You won’t believe what is on The Tape! What is the Vagabond Code? Matt Fraction pens a Hawkeye thriller that spans the globe…and the darkest parts of Hawkeye’s mind. Barton and Bishop mean double the Hawkeye and double the trouble…and stealing from the rich never looked so good. […]