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Grades 6-12 Events and Ongoing
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The Library will be giving away free books and other goodies to celebrate the release of Ash and Quill, the third installment in The Great Library series.
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Paper Polyhedrons and Pizza John and Judy Gay Library Tuesday, June 27; 4:00PM Roy and Helen Hall Library Wednesday, June 28; 4:00PM Paper crafting and pizza gorging goodness!
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Animanga! (10 years +) Thursdays, 5:00pm Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library 101 E Hunt Street McKinney
Watch episodes, talk about your favorite manga, make animanga-inspired crafts, and hang out with other fans!
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Who Let the Gods Out? by Maz EvansFantasy. When a constellation of the zodiac crashes down from the sky into a cow patty right in front of him, a boy who wants nothing more than a normal life becomes the unwitting partner of Virgo, a 1,964-year-old girl, in an effort to track down a retired Zeus and the rest of the Olympians in order to capture the evil daemon.
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When My Sister Started Kissing by Helen FrostFiction. A middle-grade novel in verse about two sisters and the summer that changes their lives recounts how while awaiting the arrival of a new baby half-sibling, Claire is expected to cover up for her older sister, who has started noticing boys. By the award-winning author of Keesha's House.
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| The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire SáenzFiction. Adopted as a child by a caring gay father from a huge Mexican American clan, Salvador knows from experience that biology isn't what defines a family. Yet after he uses his fists to respond to a classmate's slurs, Sal begins to wonder if he inherited violent tendencies from the birth father he never knew. Struggling with his anger, Sal also grapples with heartbreak over his grandma's terminal cancer and worry for Sam, his sharp-tongued best friend (who's got painful problems of her own). Readers who relish introspective writing and realistically flawed characters will want to follow Sal and his loved ones throughout a year of life-altering change. |
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| Strange the Dreamer by Laini TaylorFantasy. After 200 years without communication, the lost city of Weep has passed into legend. It's an unusual area of study for young librarian Lazlo Strange, but his passion pays off when he joins an expedition to the desert city, which isn't as lost as it seemed. In Weep, Lazlo discovers realities even more astonishing than the stories he loves: ghosts, gods, lingering trauma from a vicious war, and a beautiful blue girl with nightmarish powers. If Strange the Dreamer leaves you longing for book 2 in this duology, you might want to fill your wait with the dream magic and post-war recovery in Melina Marchetta's Lumatere Chronicles or the lush, mythic world-building in Roshani Chokshi's The Star-Touched Queen. |
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| Gem & Dixie by Sara ZarrFiction. How would finding a bag full of cash change your life? For 17-year-old Gem, it's a chance to reconnect with her 14-year-old sister, Dixie. They've been growing apart, even though Gem has spent most of her life trying to shelter Dixie from the drug-induced neglect of their manipulative mother and long-absent father. Their dad's recent return brings even more instability -- and a stash of money, which the sisters find and use to fund a three-day trip around Seattle. Fans of poignant, character-driven stories will be fascinated by how Gem and Dixie's temporary escape turns into a make-it-or-break-it test of their relationship. |
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Navigating Early by Clare VanderpoolFiction. Abruptly placed in a boy's boarding school in Maine after his mother's death at the end of World War II, Kansas youth Jack Baker befriends Early Auden, an unusual boy with whom Jack embarks on a quest along the Appalachian Trail in search of a legendary great black bear. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Moon Over Manifest.
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Some Kind of Courage by Dan GemeinhartHistorical Fiction. Losing his father to an accident, his mother and sister to illness and his horse to a cruel thief, young Joseph confronts deadly animals, dangerous men and the harsh elements of nature to reclaim the only family he has left. By the author of The Honest Truth.
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| Let's Get Lost by Adi AlsaidFiction. Seventeen-year-old Leila is driving across the U.S. to Alaska, determined to see the Northern Lights. Why? That depends on who's asking. Leila gives a different answer to each person she meets on the way: mechanic Hudson, hitchhiker Bree, lovesick Elliot, and grieving Sonia. Though Leila boldly encourages each of them to live honestly, she keeps readers guessing about her own past until the very end. Fans of books like John Green's Paper Towns or Nina Lacour's The Disenchantments, as well as anyone who longs for the open road, will enjoy this "achingly beautiful" ride. |
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| Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie CoyleDystopian Fiction. The cultish Church of America has prophesied that the Rapture is coming, and though her parents have converted, 16-year-old Vivian Apple doesn't buy it. Not even the overnight disappearance of thousands of Believers -- including Vivian's parents -- can convince her that the Rapture is real. Determined to find out what's really happening, Vivian and her friends take off on a road trip through a dangerous new America populated by those left behind. Similar to Jeri Smith-Ready's This Side of Salvation, this satirical tale (which is followed by a sequel, Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle) is driven by thorny questions of doubt and faith.
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| The Disenchantments by Nina LaCourFiction. With high school finally over, Colby joins his best friend (and long-time crush) Bev and her all-girl band, The Disenchantments, for one last tour. Then Bev and Colby will finally set off on the European adventure that they've been planning for years. Once they hit the road with the band, however, Bev reveals that she's abandoning the Europe trip -- and Colby -- in favor of going to art school. Stung and confused, Colby spends the rest of the tour learning to let go of old dreams and embrace unexpected possibilities. Quirky characters and musical references (both popular and obscure) round out this this vibrant, exciting coming-of-age story. |
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Ballad of Holly & Wallyby Aaron Neathery Welcome to Endtown, a community of animal-like mutants and “impure” humans infected with a mutagenic virus living below Earth’s post-apocalyptic surface. Driven by hunger, they venture out only in search of food, but must face bloodthirsty, mutated monstrosities and the constant threat of the Topsiders; un-mutated, technologically advanced humans bent on exterminating all mutations in order to create a genetically purified humanity.
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Mind-bendingly humorous and astute journey into the darkly detailed world of young LiO-where a spit wad can put a school bus out of commission faster than a spider can hamper the efforts of the U.S. Postal Service.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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