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Teen Volunteer League Application Opens April 1st Gain skills and experience, make friends and give back to your community! Meet with other teens to work on engaging community projects, all while building your resume, earning volunteer service hours, receiving training and learning job skills.
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Join at a location near you! Buckley Pierce County Library Gig Harbor Pierce County Library Graham Pierce County Library Parkland/Spanaway Pierce County Library Sumner Pierce County Library Tillicum Pierce County Library University Place Pierce County Library
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Program Details Application opens April 1 - April 26. Spots are limited! Program runs weekly July 1 - August 24. In person volunteering hours will vary by location. Virtual trainings will be held on Wednesday afternoons.
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April News - Programs: Spring Break
- Resource: Test Prep
- Booklists: Audiobooks for Spring Listening and Teens Recommend
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Pop-UpDrop in for Spring Break activities! We're playing games, exploring STEAM, and making art! Monday April 1 - Wednesday April 3 1 - 3:30pm Buckley Youth Activity Center
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Anime and Manga ClubEnjoy Japanese snacks, try out crafts, talk manga, and watch a few episodes of anime! Tuesday April 2 4 - 5pm Graham Library
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DrawingExplore developing and drawing unique characters, including fundamentals of figure and portrait techniques. Tuesday April 2 Tuesday April 9 1:30 - 3pm Bonney Lake Library
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using design principles! For grades 6 - 9. Snacks provided. Monday April 8 - Wednesday April 10 1 - 4pm Sumner Library
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with friends! Snacks provided. Tuesday April 16 3:30 - 5pm Gig Harbor Library
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Need something to do during spring break? Bring a friend to play board games or create art! Snacks provided. Thursday April 18 3 - 5pm Key Center Library
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Strategic Survey The Library System needs input from residents in the Library’s service area to help the Library System develop a new strategic plan. Share what matters to you and your neighbors. Please complete a brief survey and share what is important to you, your family, your community. Complete the survey at any Pierce County Library or complete online now through March 31, 2024.
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Sign up for Cavalcade of Authors West We are a Puget Sound young writers workshop dedicated to providing secondary students with an authentic experience with the authors they read. Register for a full day of author workshops, live Q&A, lunch, and author autograph and book signings. Organized by a collaboration of Pierce County educators and YA authors not affiliated with the Library. Thank you organizers!
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All titles below are available to download or pick up at the library: - Recent Releases
- Retro Reads
- Audiobooks for Spring Listening
- Teen Volunteers Recommend
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| Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. ColeIf Ariel doesn't complete her tapping, counting, and chanting rituals, the violent "crocodile" in her mind might take over. Thankfully, Ariel’s older sister Mandy recognizes these behaviors as symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. This compassionate novel in verse traces an honest journey to self-acceptance. |
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| The Encanto's Daughter by Melissa de la CruzAfter MJ's father dies, she inherits the throne as ruler of the Encantos, fairies from Filipino mythology. But MJ lives in California with her human mother, so she has a lot to learn about controlling a magical kingdom and her own powers. Read-alikes: Julie Kagawa’s The Iron King; Tahereh Mafi’s This Woven Kingdom. |
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| A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah FaizalDespite humble beginnings, Arthie Casimir gained power collecting the secrets of influential humans and vampires frequenting her teahouse. Arthie's scheme to infiltrate vampire society and overthrow the colonizing monarchy will thrill fans of heist novels and found family. This fast-paced fantasy opens a duology. |
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| Snowglobe by Soyoung ParkIn a frozen post-apocalyptic world, the masses toil to heat the Snowglobe, the home of live-streaming celebrities. When Jeon Chobahm becomes the replacement for a deceased star, she uncovers the Snowglobe's sinister secrets. Fans of Snowpiercer, Squid Games, or the game Frostpunk will devour this action-paced story. |
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| Tender Beasts by Liselle SamburySunny Behre, a student at the posh Toronto private school bearing her family’s name, embraces her role as the golden child. But her loyalty is put to the test when clearing her brother’s name in a murder case means uncovering family secrets. Read-alikes: Kosoko Jackson’s The Forest Demands Its Due; Jumata Emill’s The Black Queen. |
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| Then Everything Happens at Once by M-E GirardBaylee's secret crush Freddie finally expresses his feelings just as Baylee starts dating Alex, whom she met online. Then the COVID-19 pandemic interrupts Baylee’s potential romances and raises concerns for her disabled sister’s safety. This thought-provoking novel with authentic characters will draw fans of coming-of-age stories. |
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| Saints of the Household by Ari TisonBrothers Jay and Max beat up their school’s soccer star to defend their cousin, resulting in school suspension and mandatory counseling. Now they must search their Bribri (Indigenous Costa Rican) roots to find a path from violence toward love and forgiveness. Read-alikes: Gary Lonesborough's We Didn’t Think it Through; Jared Thomas' My Spare Heart. |
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| My Flawless Life by Yvonne WoonAfter a scandal tanks her social status, Hana Yang Lerner becomes her elite private school’s fixer, cleaning up fellow students’ potential problems. When her former best friend is tangled up in a case, Hana must honestly confront her own messy past. Read-alikes: Faridah Abike-Iyimide's Ace of Spades; Dhonielle Clayton's The Rumor Game. |
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| In Nightfall by Suzanne YoungSiblings Theo and Marco are spending the summer in tiny Nightfall, Oregon. Although their grandmother’s superstitions about darkness seem odd, their new friends’ horrific stories suggest something monstrous really is lurking in Nightfall. This action-packed horror novel balances gore with sincere emotional heft. |
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| Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amelie Wen Zhao Lan makes a meager living singing for the Elantians, the people who conquered her kingdom. When magician Zen reveals Lan’s hidden power, she joins in a quest that may restore -- or destroy -- the Last Kingdom. Read-alikes: S. Jae-Jones' Zhara; Elizabeth Lim's Six Crimson Cranes. |
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Audiobooks For Spring Listening
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Ain't burned all the bright
by Jason Reynolds
This smash-up of art and text visually captures what it is to be Black in Americaand what it means to REALLY breath. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Daughter of the moon goddess : a novel
by Sue Lynn Tan
Forced to flee her home on the moon after her magic flares up, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest to save her mother, in a new fantasy novel inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess.
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All my rage
by Sabaa Tahir
When his attempts to save his family's motel spiral out of control, Salahudin and his best friend Noor, two outcasts in their town, must decide what their friendship is worth and how they can defeat the monsters of their past and in their midst.
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The Getaway
by Lamar Giles
It's a small, small world: Jay and his family have it pretty good living and working at Karloff Country. It's an exclusive mountaintop theme park resort billionaires created to isolate themselves from climate change disasters ravaging the rest of the country.
What happens: Jay's friend Connie and her family mysteriously disappear just as wealthy visitors start moving in permanently. And Jay realizes this isn't paradise at all.
For fans of: compelling dystopian stories and Jordan Peele's thought-provoking horror movies.
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Skin of the Sea
by Natasha Bowen
What it is: a romantic and fast-paced Afrofantasy following Simi, a mermaid dedicated to collecting the souls of deceased people thrown from slave ships.
What happens: Simi defies the gods by saving the life of Kola, tossed overboard while still alive. If she can't make things right, the fate of her fellow mermaids and even the entire world may be at stake.
Try these next: Kylie Lee Baker's The Keeper of Night or Liselle Sambury's Blood Like Magic.
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Teen Volunteers Recommend
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Red rising
by Pierce Brown
A tale set in a bleak future society torn by class divisions follows the experiences of secret revolutionary Darrow, who after witnessing his wife's execution by an oppressive government joins a revolutionary cell and attempts to infiltrate an elite military academy
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Wolf Hollow : a novel
by Lauren Wolk
Growing up in a rural Pennsylvania town in the aftermath of two world wars, Annabelle confronts a violent new bully and must defend a traumatized World War I veteran who is wrongly implicated in the bully's disappearance
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Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
Living in a labyrinthine house of endless corridors, flooded staircases and thousands of statues, Piranesi assists the dreamlike dwelling's only other resident throughout a mysterious research project before evidence emerges of an astonishing alternate world. 300,000 first printing.
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Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take onthe Cinderella story
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Hour of the bees
by Lindsay Eagar
At first, twelve-year-old Carol is not happy to be spending the summer helping her parents move her grandfather to an assisted living home, but as the summer wears on, she finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by his amazing stories
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Heartstopper. Volume 1
by Alice Oseman
What it is: the beginning chapters of a story (based on an ongoing webcomic) about the deepening relationship between shy, anxious Charlie and outgoing rugby player Nick.
Why you might like it: Delicate illustrations and on-point dialogue capture the excitement and uncertainty of first love; also, fans of Alice Oseman’s earlier books may recognize some familiar characters.
You might also like: Kevin Panetta’s Bloom, another graphic novel featuring quiet romance and artwork in black, white, and teal.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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Pierce County Library System 3005 112th St. E, Tacoma, Washington 98446 253-548-3300mypcls.org |
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