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Back by popular demand!
Announcing the Fall Edition of The Pocket Art Collective: Teens Make Zines! We are excited to publish and distribute your creative work at all Pierce County Libraries. Not sure what to send in? - It does not have to be something new. You can share an old piece of art or writing. You can make something new!
- We ask all submissions be original work. Fan art and fan fiction is accepted!
- We're looking for something that you are proud to share. This is your moment to show off or share your passions.
- We're excited to see drawing, painting, digital art, photography, comics, anime, poetry, creative writing, journalism, the sky's the limit!
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Fall at the Library - Programming: Inktober Jams
- Programming: Take and Make Kits
- Resource: Complete the FAFSA and WASFA
- Booklists: Spooky season and more!
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It's that time of year again!
Artists all over the internet are challenging themselves to draw every day for Inktober or Drawtober and looking for drawing buddies. Join us on the PCLTeens Discord server at 4pm on Tuesdays in October for drop-in chat and drawing sessions to show off your work, get ideas, and encourage each other. Tag us on Instagram @pclteens to share and spotlight your #Inktober creations. |
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Get Started! The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the application colleges use to determine eligibility for federal, state, and college-sponsored financial aid, including grants, educational loans, and work-study programs. Most students will complete the FAFSA. The FAFSA opens on October 1st each year. Submit as soon after October 1st as you can.
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College Planning from your Library
Use Peterson's Test and Career Prep, free with your library card, to find support for the college planning and application process, including: - Student and parent high school checklists
- College and scholarship searches
- Test preparation for PSAT, SAT, ACT, and AP
- Advice for college planning and test preparation
- Career exploration and certification prep
- and more!
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Find booklists by grade level on our website Check out the booklists below. All titles are available to download or pick up at the library: - Recent Releases
- Retro Reads
- Inktober: How to Draw Books
- Spooky Season Reads
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| White Smoke by Tiffany D. JacksonWelcome home? Fresh from rehab for substance abuse, Mari moves with her newly blended family to a gentrifying town where their renovated house is plagued by strange smells, unexplainable shadows and sounds, and sinister forces tied to the town's deadly history.
Reviewers say: "searing social commentary and genuinely creepy haunts" (Kirkus Reviews).
Is it for you? Mari's experience of anxiety and addiction is vivid and gripping; those looking for a less intense (but just as spooky) haunted house story might prefer Cherie Priest's The Agony House. |
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| Take Me With You When You Go by David Levithan and Jennifer NivenWithout warning: sixteen-year-old Ezra Ahern's older sister, Bea, runs away, leaving Ezra at the mercy of their abusive parents, with little support beyond his caring boyfriend.
What happens: Email becomes a lifeline between the separated siblings as Ezra hangs on to survival and Bea goes on a quest to uncover hidden truths about their family and find a worthwhile future.
Read it for: a heartwrenching look at family dysfunction and the relationships that sustain us. |
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| Bad Witch Burning by Jessica LewisIt's a living: With a tough family situation, no money for rent, and not enough hours at her low-paying job, Katrell uses her shaky necromancy skills to support a more profitable gig: raising the dead.
Why you might like it: The emotional stress of poverty merges with the paranormal horror of revenants in this gruesome, riveting read.
Try this next: Aiden Thomas' Cemetery Boys or Zoraida Córdova’s Bruja Born, two further stories about the risks of meddling with death. |
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| Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America by Margarita Longoria, editorWhat it is: a wide-ranging anthology by and about Mexican Americans, showcasing the diverse talents and experiences of 20 different creators.
Featuring: short stories, poems, comics, and nonfiction by authors such as Guadalupe García McCall, Anna Meriano, David Bowles, and Francisco X. Stork.
Don't miss: bittersweet emotions in "La Princesa Mileidy Dominguez"; historical exploration in “Filiberto’s Final Visit”; contemporary LGBTQIA connection in "CoCo Chamoy y Chango"; and bicultural longing in "I Want to Go Home." |
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| So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. MorrowWhat it is: a multilayered remix of the classic Little Women, focused on four Black sisters living in the Freedpeople's Colony of Roanoke Island during the American Civil War.
Starring: Jo, determined to protect her community; Meg, unsure of the future family she hopes for; Amy, pushing the boundaries of dance; and Beth, whose self-expression is challenged by illness.
Who it's for: historical fiction readers and fans of Louisa May Alcott's original book (or the movies based on it). |
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| A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope by Patrice Caldwell, editorWhat it is: an electrifying collection of fantasy and science fiction stories celebrating the power and limitless possibilities of Black girls and gender-nonconforming people.
Featuring: a star-studded lineup of authors who share their visions of characters such as fire spirits, sea women, magical hairdressers, alien interrogators, and a daytime TV witch.
Try this next: For further speculative tales to set your imagination on fire, try A Universe of Wishes, edited by Dhonielle Clayton.
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| A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeerWhat it's about: After inheriting his grandfather's bizarre mansion, 16-year-old Jonathan discovers that it contains a door to a parallel world -- a place where animals and vegetables talk, and warlock Aleister Crowley (along with Napoleon's disembodied head) wages a war that could overtake our world...unless Jonathan and his friends stop it.
Series alert: This outrageous alt-history portal fantasy (the YA debut of Annihilation author Jeff VanderMeer) kicks off the Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead series. |
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| The Enigma Game by Elizabeth WeinWhat it's about: Orphaned during the 1940 Blitz, 15-year-old Jamaican British Louisa takes a job near a Scottish Royal Air Force base where she meets military driver Ellen, Flight Lieutenant Jamie, and a pilot from the German Resistance who has intel crucial to the British war effort.
Read it for: compelling characters, intriguing espionage, and a wealth of historical insight.
For fans of: Elizabeth's Wein's previous World War II fiction, such as Code Name Verity and The Pearl Thief, which share characters with The Enigma Game. |
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| Parachutes by Kelly YangStarring: Shanghai teen Claire Wang and Filipina American scholarship student Dani De La Cruz, who are thrown together when Claire's wealthy parents send her to board at Dani's house and attend Dani's private school.
What happens: The barriers between the girls break down as they lean on each other in the aftermath of sexual violence.
Is it for you? Parachutes' honest look at painful realities might not be for everyone, though the book also offers plenty of warmth and hope. |
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Like a Love Story
by Abdi Nazemian
The setting: New York City during the AIDS crisis, 1989.
The characters: talented fashion designer Judy; her best friend Art, the only out gay student at their high school; new student Reza, who’s petrified by the idea of coming out; and Stephen, Judy’s HIV-positive activist uncle.
Read it for: complicated romance, chosen families and an emotionally charged glimpse into not-so-distant LGBTQIA history.
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Burn Baby Burn
by Meg Medina
The setting: New York City, 1977, when disco music wafts from radios, a serial killer called Son of Sam is on the loose, and high school grad Nora López is trying to hang on to her family and her hopes for the future.
What happens: Money is tight and her delinquent brother's behavior is getting more frightening, but Nora’s relationship with co-worker Pablo is getting hotter than the sizzling summer weather.
Read it for: intense emotions and vivid atmosphere.
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The Mary Shelley Club
by Goldy Moldavsky
Struggling to fit in as a scholarship student at an elite prep school, newcomer Rachel Chavez is caught up in a prank gone wrong before attracting the attention of a secret club of students who compete with each other for the best scary pranks.
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What big teeth
by Rose Szabo
Returning to Maine after years at boarding school, Eleanor Zarrin barely remembers her monstrous family, but she sets off a series of events that could destroy them all
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| Clown in a Cornfield by Adam CesareWelcome to: Kettle Springs, Missouri, a run-down factory town surrounded by cornfields and stalked by a clown-faced killer who channels the atmosphere of distrust between the generations into a blood-splattered murder spree.
Why you might like it: There's no better time than spooky season for an old-school, adrenaline-fueled slasher story packed with sharp modern humor.
Series alert: Think it'll be safe to return to the cornfields? Think again -- Clown in a Cornfield 2 arrives in fall 2022. |
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All these bodies
by Kendare Blake
When the suspect in a grisly string of murders refuses to talk to anyone but him, aspiring journalist Michael Jensen, the son of the town sheriff, must learn to separate fact from fiction to discover the truth.
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The River Has Teeth
by Erica Waters
Starring: Natasha, a wealthy girl who's desperate to understand her sister Rochelle's disappearance, and Della, a neighboring witch who fears that Rochelle has fallen victim to her magical family's darkest secret.
What happens: When Natasha asks Della for help, Della agrees, hoping to mislead her. But that plan grows more difficult as the girls grow closer to each other -- and to exposing Della's family.
For fans of: A.R. Capetta's The Lost Coast, Claire Legrand's Sawkill Girls, and other tales of eerie enchantment.
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Ace of Spades
by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
What it's about: Shortly after they both become prefects, Chiamaka and Devon -- the only two Black students at Niveus Academy -- are targeted by an anonymous texter called Aces. Somehow, Aces knows their deepest secrets, and as the stakes shift from devastating to deadly, Devon and Chi have to band together to make it through.
For fans of: dark academia, breathtaking twists, and socially conscious thrillers inspired by the real-life menace of racism.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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