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We will be sharing all kinds of things on TikTok!
Challenges, video tutorials, and general Library silliness. Check out our online Rube Goldberg maker challenge now! Upload your best Rube Goldberg machine and use #slocountylibraries or #slolibrary on your post. Best one wins a prize!
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• TEENS' TOP 10 - #yalsaTTT •
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VOTE NOW! Voting ends October 15! FROM YALSA’s (Young Adult Library Services Association) website: The Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Teens across the country will be weighing in and selecting their favorite books, so make your voice heard. Readers ages twelve to eighteen are invited to vote online between August 15 and October 15, 2020
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1) #MurderTrending
by Gretchen McNeil
Falsely accused of murdering her stepsister, seventeen-year-old Dee fights to survive paid assassins on Alcatraz 2.0, the most popular prison on social media.
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2) Wildcard
by Marie Lu
Teenage hacker Emika Chen embarks on a mission to unravel a sinister plot and is forced to join forces with a shadowy organization known as the Blackcoats.
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3) The Cruel Prince
by Holly Black
A decade after her parents are murdered by the fey who have kidnapped her and her sisters, Jude harbors a seething hatred for a wicked faerie prince and becomes embroiled in court politics as part of her plan to exact revenge.
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4) Thunderhead
by Neal Shusterman
Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, and the Thunderhead is not pleased.
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5) Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
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6) The Prince and the Dressmaker
by Jen Wang
The best-selling cartoonist of In Real Life presents a graphically illustrated fairy tale set in Paris at the dawn of the modern age, where a cross-dressing prince hides his identity as a popular fashion icon and falls for a brilliant dressmaker who knows his secret at the same time his royal parents begin searching for a traditional bride for him to marry.
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7) American Panda
by Gloria Chao
A freshman at MIT, seventeen-year-old Mei Lu tries to live up to her Taiwanese parents' expectations, but no amount of tradition, obligation, or guilt prevent her from hiding several truths--that she is a germaphobe who cannot become a doctor, she prefers dancing to biology, she decides to reconnect with her estranged older brother, and she is dating a Japanese boy. Can she find a way to be herself, before her web of lies unravels?
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8) Batman: Nightwalker
by Marie Lu
After making an impulsive choice on his way home from his birthday party, Bruce Wayne must do community service at Arkham Asylum, where he encounters Madeleine Wallace, a killer with ties to the Nightwalkers terrorizing Gotham.
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9) Speak: the Graphic Novel
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Adapted by the author and featuring artwork by an Eisner Award winner, a graphic novel edition of the award-winning novel follows the experiences of a girl who is rendered an outcast for her role in breaking up an end-of-summer party during which she was raped by a popular boy.
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10) The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
The daughter of devout immigrants discovers the power of slam poetry and begins participating in a school club as part of her effort to understand her mother's strict religious beliefs and her own developing relationship to the world.
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Online Tutoring with HelpNow by Brainfuse!
HelpNow is a complete tutoring system consisting of live tutoring, collaboration, and study tools. Connect from the Library or on your mobile device with your Library Card to expert tutors for academic assistance. Spanish speaking tutors are also available. Online tutors are available 7 days a week from 1:00pm to 10:00pm Pacific Time, except on major holidays. Click here and log in with your Library Card number!
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Figure out all the puzzles and clues before the time runs out! Perfect for tweens and younger teens. Scan the QR code to try it!
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Save Me! Virtual 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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Out of Salem
by Hal Schrieve
Genderqueer fourteen-year-old Z Chilworth has to adjust quickly to their new status as a zombie after waking from death from a car crash that killed their parents and sisters. Always a talented witch, Z now can barely perform magic and is rapidly decaying.
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Rules for vanishing
by Kate Alice Marshall
When Sara and her friends search the forest for Sara's missing sister Becca, a mysterious road unfurls before them, where the ghost of Lucy Gallows sends horrors and challenges in their path to find Becca
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The sacrifice box
by Martin J. Stewart
Once united by a glorious summer spent together, five teenagers are haunted years later by a broken oath and an ancient ritual
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