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The end
by Mats Strandberg
"When will the world end? With Foxworth, a comet, hurtling toward Earth, humanity now knows the date. Simon wants to spend his last weeks with the people he cares about most, especially Tilda. Since Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer she has retreated into herself. Suddenly facing down a death that makes her the same as everyone else, she longs to connect. Reaching out to Tilda seems like a good first step. Then Tilda is found dead"
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Concrete rose
by Angie Thomas
A gang leader’s son finds his effort to go straight for the sake of his child challenged by a loved one’s brutal murder, in a poignant exploration of Black coming-of-age set 17 years before the events of the award-winning The Hate U Give. 500,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Follow your arrow
by Jessica Verdi
For the last several years teenager CeCe Ross has been in a serious relationship with her girlfriend Silvie, enjoying their career as social media influencers with thousands of fans, posting about fashion and relationship goals, and totally abandoning the liberal politics that were the subjects of her original social media profile; than suddenly in their senior year Silvie breaks up with her, and CeCe meets Josh, a new boy who is not interested in online profiles but is interested in her--and while CeCe has always known she is bisexual, she is not prepared to find herself in the middle of an online storm where her public and private lives collide
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The shadow war
by Lindsay Smith
"A group of teenagers fights dark magic and Nazis in 1940s Germany"
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Prepped
by Bethany Mangle
Raised in a community of doomsday preppers and survivalists, a girl hides her plan to leave from the boy selected to be her husband, before a devastating accident catapults her neighbors into full-blown paranoia. A first novel. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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We are the fire
by Sam Taylor
Stolen as children by a tyrannical empire that forces captives to endure horrific transformative procedures and serve as magical fire-wielding soldiers, two teens begin working to disempower their brutal emperor when they are ordered to do the unthinkable. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Love is a revolution
by Renée Watson
Falling for an activist during an open-mic party, plus-sized Nala tells increasingly complicated lies about how much she shares her crush’s interests, before learning unanticipated lessons in radical love and self-love. 125,000 first printing.
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The black friend : on being a better white person
by Frederick Joseph
Presents race-related anecdotes from the author's past, weaving in his thoughts on why they were hurtful and how he might handle things differently now, in hopes of bringing more race awareness to Americans
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A complicated love story set in space
by Shaun David Hutchinson
Sixteen-year-olds Noa, DJ, and Jenny awake on a spaceship, unaware of how they got there or what is coming, but soon Noa and DJ are falling in love
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Women's History Month: Learn to Draw in the style of Barbara Kasten Tuesday, March 9, 6:00 pm Library OnlineIn honor of Women's History Month, this Zoom drawing class extends the spirit of International Women's Day and finds inspiration from the artist Barbara Kasten, who at 84 years old, continues to challenge spatial relationships in her work. Drawing from her photograph, Construct NYC 11 (1982), explores her depiction of a 3-dimensional space on a 2-dimensional plane. Registration Required. For ages 12 and up.
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EXCLUSIVE LIVE virtual Book Club event with author Kosoko Jackson
Tuesday, March 23, 4:00 pm
Library Online
EXCLUSIVE LIVE virtual Book Club event featuring the author of Yesterday is History, Kosoko Jackson. The LIVE Zoom Book Club event will take place on Tuesday, March 23rd at 4 p.m. (PST). Click here for a direct link to register for this program.
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Can you make it out of the Library's Virtual Escape Rooms? Have you tried one of our unique virtual escape rooms yet? We have three different themes for you to try. Complete challenges, answer questions and use clues to escape!
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Save the Strangers Escape RoomHelp save random 'strangers' escape situations that could cause dangerous consequences!!! and/or possible embarrassment... These puzzles are a little more difficult and geared toward older teens and adults Scan the QR code to try it!
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This escape room is based off the hit television show, Supernatural. Follow the clues, answer the riddles, and solve the puzzles before your time limit runs out!
Scan the QR code to try it!
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