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Summer Reading Kick Off Party Thursday, June 8, 2:30 pm Meeting Room Start your summer off right! Sign up for our summer reading program and then join us in the park for a bounce house, inflatable obstacle course, popcorn, and lawn games. All summer reading participants are welcome to attend.
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"Hamil-Teens" Workshop Wednesday, June 13, 6:30 pm Meeting Room Hear ye! Hear ye! Don't throw away your shot to experience the American musical phenomenon for yourself. Work with a musical director and choreographer to learn a medley of everyone's favorite Hamilton songs and moves. In just 90-minutes, students will put together a polished performance piece to showcase at the end of the workshop! History has its eyes on you - so don't miss out on this unique musical experience! Advanced registration required.
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Name That Tune Trivia
Tuesday, June 26, 7 PM
Meeting Room
Can you name the songs by the short clips? Test your team's knowledge on this music quiz to see how you do and compete to take home the grand prize. Advanced registration required.
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The Button War : A Tale of the Great War by AviTwelve-year-old Patryk knows little of the world beyond his tiny Polish village; the Russians have occupied the land for as long as anyone can remember, but otherwise life is unremarkable. Patryk and his friends entertain themselves by coming up with dares until the Germans drop a bomb on the schoolhouse and the Great War comes crashing in. Jurek, the ringleader of these friends, devises the best dare yet: whichever boy steals the finest military button will be king. But as sneaking buttons from uniforms hanging to dry progresses to looting the bodies of dead soldiers -- and as Jurek's obsession with being king escalates -- Patryk begins to wonder whether their "button war" is still just a game. When devastation reaches their doorstep, the lines between the button war and the real war blur, especially for the increasingly callous Jurek. MS FICTION AVI
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Beasts & Geeks by Joe Ballarini Kelly's been a celebrity ever since she defeated the Boogeyman and his army of nightmares on Halloween. But now all the other monsters want revenge. And if Kelly's going to survive Babysitter Bootcamp, she'll have to face the Spider Queen, whose wicked web turns her parents, BFF, and middle-school teachers into mindless minions. All in a night's work! MS FICTION BALLARINI
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Everything I Know About You by Barbara DeeDuring a class trip to DC, twelve-year-old Tally and her best friends, Sonnet and Spider are less than thrilled when they are assigned roommates and are paired with kids who are essentially their sworn enemies. For Tally, rooming with "clonegirl" Ava Seely feels like punishment, rather than potential for fun.
But the trip is full of surprises. Despite a pact to stick together as much as they can, Sonnet pulls away, and Spider befriends Marco, the boy who tormented him last year. And Marco just might "like" Tally--what's that about? But the uneasy peace in Ava and Tally's room is quickly upended when Tally begins to suspect something is off about Ava. But will Tally endanger more than her pride by keeping her secret? MS FICTION DEE
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How We Roll by Natasha FriendAfter developing alopecia Quinn lost her friends along with her hair and former football player Jake lost his legs and confidence after an accident, but the two help each other believe in themselves and the possibility of love. MS FICTION FRIEND
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The Mortification of Fovea Munson by Mary Winn HeiderFovea Munson is nobody's Igor. True, her parents own a cadaver lab where they perform surgeries on dead bodies. And yes, that makes her gross by association, at least according to everyone in seventh grade. And sure, Fovea's stuck working at the lab now that her summer camp plans have fallen through. But she is by no means Dr. Frankenstein's snuffling assistant!
That is, until three disembodied heads, left to thaw in the wet lab, start talking. To her. Out loud.What seems like a nightmare, or bizarre hallucination, is not. Fovea is somebody's Igor, all right. Three somebodies, actually. And they need a favor. MS FICTION HEIDER
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Kid Normal by Greg JamesMurph Cooper, eleven, is out of his depth when his mother unknowingly enrolls him in a school for superheroes, but his normalcy may be just what is needed to defeat King Nektar. MS FICTION JAMES
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Breakout by Kate MessnerNora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek--two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. But when two inmates break out of the town 's maximum security prison, everything changes. Doors are locked, helicopters fly over the woods, and police patrol the school grounds. Worst of all, everyone is on edge, and fear brings out the worst in some people Nora has known her whole life. Even if the inmates are caught, she worries that home might never feel the same. MS FICTION MESSNER
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The Scroll of Kings by Sarah PrineasThe powerful Lost Books at the palace library are infecting the rest with an evil magic, and two unlikely friends must figure out who, or what, is controlling the books and their power. If they can't, the entire kingdom could be at risk. MS FICTION PRINEAS
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Takedown by Laura ShovanMikayla is a wrestler; when you grow up in a house full of brothers who wrestle, it's inevitable. It's also a way to stay connected to her oldest brother, Evan, who moved in with their dad. Some people object to having a girl on the team. But that's not stopping Mikayla. She's determined to work harder than ever, and win.
Lev is determined to make it to the state championships this year. He's used to training with his two buddies as the Fearsome Threesome; they know how to work together. At the beginning of sixth grade, he's paired with a new partner--a girl. This better not get in the way of his goal.
Mikayla and Lev work hard together and become friends. But when they face each other, only one of them can win. MS FICTION SHOVAN
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The Seismic Seven by Katie SlivenskySeven middle schoolers brought to Yellowstone National Park, supposedly to stop a supervolcano from erupting, learn that they are actually working for a brilliant scientist determined to destroy the world. MS FICTION SLIVENSKY
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The Length of a String by Elissa Brent WeissmanTwelve-year-old Imani, the only black girl in Hebrew school, is preparing for her bat mitzvah and hoping to find her birthparents when she discovers the history of adoption in her own family through her great-grandma Anna's Holocaust-era diary. MS FICTION WEISSMAN
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The Baseball Fanbook : Everything You Need to Know to Become a Hardball Know-it-all by Gary GramlingThe Baseball Fanbook has all the nerdy-cool insider knowledge that fans ready for next-level, in-depth stats need to know to impress their friends, family, coaches, and any season ticket holders they may meet. Tailor-made for baseball fanatics who know the basics of the sport they love, may play it, and are looking to become super fans, this new fanbook is filled with fun trivia, unique lingo, and illustrated behind-the-skills how-to's. MS NF FYI GENERAL GRA
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Histories and Mysteries by Ammi-Joan Paquette Did you know that a young girl once saved an entire beach community from a devastating tsunami thanks to something she learned in her fourth-grade geography lesson? Or that there is a person alive today who generates her own magnetic field? Or how about the fact that Benjamin Franklin once challenged the Royal Academy of Brussels to devise a way to make farts smell good? Welcome to Two Truths and a Lie: Histories and Mysteries! You know the game: Every story in this book is strange and astounding, but one out of every three is an outright lie.Can you guess which stories are the facts and which are the fakes? MS NF FYI HISTORY PAQ
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The Confidence Code for Girls : Taking Risks, Messing Up, and Becoming Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self by Katty Kay Girls can rule the world--all they need is confidence. This empowering, entertaining guide gives girls the essential yet elusive code to becoming bold, brave, and fearless. Packed with graphic novel strips; appealing illustrations; fun lists, quizzes, and challenges; and true stories from tons of real girls, The Confidence Code for Girls teaches girls to embrace risk, deal with failure, and be their most authentic selves. MS NF FYI SOCIAL KAY
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Under Dogs by Andrius BurbaAn adorable book of dog photography showing our furry friends from an unexpected perspective--from underneath. Photographer Andrius Burba's striking images of dogs taken from below are by turns surprising and hilarious--providing readers with a little-seen view of the pets we love. MS NF POP BUR
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