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From the library It’s June, which means it’s time for the library’s annual Summer Reading Program! Registration began on May 30, and we encourage you to sign up to participate for a summer of learning and fun. This year’s line-up of performers will provide several weeks of entertainment for the whole family. This year’s statewide theme, “All Together Now,” combines the concepts of friendship, kindness, and unity, which is appropriate since reading and participating in the summer reading program brings us together and inspires a love of reading in our young people. This summer, we have a variety of amazing performances, ranging from storytellers, reptile wranglers, magicians, and much more. Be sure to register by July 15 to be eligible to win prizes, and help us emphasize the importance of lifelong learning!
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Shan Blackshear, Reference Associate
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Hom
by Jeanne Willis
Hom is the last of his kind. I don't know what kind of creature he is, and nobody knows he exists, apart from me. When a boy washes up on a desert island after a shipwreck, he is sure he's all alone in the world. But he soon discovers there's someone else living there: Hom, a peace-loving creature who has lost his family, too. Alone on the island together, they learn from each other and become the best of friends. So when a rescue ship appears on the horizon, the boy has a big decision to make.
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Henry, Like Always
by Jenn Bailey
Henry, a first grader on the autism spectrum, attempts to navigate friendships, and sudden changes in classroom routines--like a parade on Friday instead of share time.
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Unplugged
by Gordon Korman
As the son of the world’s most famous tech billionaire, spoiled Jett Baranov has always gotten what he wanted. So when his father’s private jet drops him in the middle of the Arkansas wilderness, at a place called the Oasis, Jett can’t believe it. He’s forced to hand over his cell phone, eat grainy veggie patties, and participate in wholesome activities with the other kids, who he has absolutely no interest in hanging out with. As the weeks go on, Jett starts to get used to the unplugged life and even bonds with the other kids over their discovery of a baby-lizard-turned-pet, Needles. But he can’t help noticing that the adults at the Oasis are acting really strange. Jett is determined to get to the bottom of things, but can he convince everybody that he is no longer just a spoiled brat who is making trouble?
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Show Us Who You Are
by Elle McNicoll
When an accident puts her best friend Adrien in a coma, Cora, a neurodiverse 12-year-old girl, gets a chance to speak to him as a hologram through the Pomegranate Institute until she discovers the company has secrets to hide that only she can expose.
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Himawari House
by Harmony Becker
When Nao returns to Tokyo to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, she books a yearlong stay at the Himawari sharehouse. There she meets Hyejung and Tina...The trio live together, share meals, and even attend the same Japanese-language school, which results in them becoming fast friends. But will they be able to hold one another up as life tests them with new loves, old heart breaks, and the everyday challenges of being fish out of water?
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Play The Game
by Charlene Y. Allen
When the man responsible for killing his best friend Ed is murdered and all signs point to his other best friend Jack, gamer VZ must level up to help Jack while trying to keep Ed's legacy alive through a video game.
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These Impossible Things
by Salma El-Wardany
It's always been Malak, Kees, and Jenna against the world. Since childhood, under the watchful eyes of their parents, aunties and uncles, they've learned to live their own lives alongside the expectations of being good Muslim women...With growing older and the stakes of love and life growing higher, the delicate balancing act between rebellion and religion is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate. As their lives begin to take different paths, Malak, Kees, and Jenna--now on the precipice of true adulthood--must find a way back to each other as they reconcile faith, family, and tradition with their own needs and desires.
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We Are the Lightby Matthew QuickFrom the author of The Silver Linings Playbook comes a poignant and hopeful novel about a widower who takes in a grieving teenager and inspires a magical revival in their small town. Lucas Goodgame lives in a quaint suburb that has been torn apart by a recent tragedy. Everyone in sees Lucas as a hero--everyone, that is, except Lucas himself. Insisting that his deceased wife, Darcy, visits him every night in the form of an angel, Lucas spends his time writing letters to his former Jungian analyst, Karl. It is only when Eli, an eighteen-year-old young man whom the community has ostracized, begins camping out in Lucas's backyard that an unlikely alliance takes shape and the two embark on a journey to heal their neighbors and, most importantly, themselves.
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Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship
by Catherine Raven
A former national park ranger tells her story of befriending a wild fox while living in a cottage in Montana and how he revealed his personality to her, helping to ease her loneliness.
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Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
by Nina Totenberg
In this moving story of the joy and true meaning of friendship, NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent recounts her nearly 50-year friendship with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, presenting an extraordinary account of how they paved the way for future generations by tearing down professional and legal barriers.
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Laurens County Library 801 Bellevue Ave. Dublin, Georgia 31021 (478) 272-5710www.ocrl.org
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Email us at info@ocrl.org
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