MBM Winner?

Salt to the Sea received the most votes during our March Book Madness event!

Last week of MBM!

We are down to the final 2 books!
Salt to the Sea vs. Looking for Alaska
Please vote by Friday, March 24th to pick the winner!

An Ember in the Ashes

The next Beyond the Book student book club will discuss two books.  One of them is An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir.  This book has been out long enough to have a sequel but I just recently gotten around to reading it from my ever growing list.  Let me just say this one is intense!  It follows the theme we have read lately in YA books of the oppressed main character overcoming the dominating government tried up nicely with a love triangle.
Laia has lost everyone in her family but her brother who has been kidnapped by the Empire.  She works with the resistance as a spy in hopes of freeing her brother.  But she quickly learns she cannot trust the resistance and teams up with the Commandant's son.  But can she really trust him?  And will she save her brother?  The story moves quickly which kept me interested; however, the "kids killing kids" action that readers continue to see in YA novels is really too much for my taste.  Maybe because I am not a teenager but I just really need something with a little less violence. Despite the intensity, the story is strong and the plot well developed.  I cannot wait to hear what the student book club thinks!

Pick the FINAL 4 March Book Madness

Our students have selected the ELITE 8, now it is time for the FINAL 4!  Students & staff may vote on the library website or scan the QR code sheet by the library.  
The ELITE 8 are:
Looking for Alaska
Fangirl
Dorothy Must Die
City of Bones
The Serpent King
Salt to the Sea
Red Queen
We Were Liars
Which ones will make it to the FINAL 4?

The Girl I Used to Be

Olivia's was dropped off at a Walmart when she was three years old after witnessing her mother murdered.  Fourteen years later she tries to piece together why her father would have done something so horrible. However, new evidence may prove his innocence. Olivia goes back in search of the killer, only to make sure she is not the next victim.

April Henry takes readers on a fast pace murder mystery, well worth the read.

The Girl I Used to Be
F HEN Mystery

TEEN TECH WEEK!

Stop by the library this week March 6th- 10th for various Tech & STEM activities!