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Teen Library Bingo
Begins Monday, March 2, Ends Saturday May 30
Pick up a bingo card at the circulation desk!
Turn in a bingo for a small prize, blackout the whole page for a large prize!
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Saturday Teen Gaming
Saturday, March 21, 2:00 PM
Winfield Public Library Meeting Room
Join us for some multiplayer video games! This program features both modern and classic games with Switch, Wii, and GameCube titles like Smash Bros and Mario Kart. Or bring your own Switch for some local Animal Crossing play! Controllers are limited, so bring your own if you can.
Snacks provided
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Gaslit
by Megan Davidhizar
Ella was supposed to be out with friends. But a blinding headache and a twist of fate leave her babysitting instead.
Only, when she arrives, the house is quiet, the door is wide open—and the air reeks of gas. She manages to call 911, but not everyone survives.
As Ella struggles to recover, cracks begin to form in the investigation. Whispers, memories, and buried motives point to something sinister. The gas leak might not have been an accident after all. And someone might be out to kill Ella next.
The door's open, the gas is leaking, and nothing is what it seems—your next book club obsession starts here.
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The Sun and the Starmaker
by Rachel Griffin
Nestled deep in the snowy mountains of the Lost Range, the village of Reverie is a small miracle. Beyond the reach of the Sun, Reverie is dependent upon the magic of the mysterious Starmaker: every morning, he trudges across a vast glacier and pulls in sunlight over the peaks, providing the village with the light it needs to survive.
Aurora Finch grew up on tales of the Starmaker's magic, never imagining she'd one day meet him. But on the morning of her wedding, a fateful encounter in the frostbitten woods changes everything. The Starmaker senses a powerful magic within her and demands she come study under his guidance. With her newfound abilities tied to the survival of the village, Aurora is swept away to his ice-covered castle and far from everything she's ever known.
The Starmaker is as cold and distant as the mountain itself, leaving Aurora to explore his enchanted castle alone. Yet the more she discovers about the sorcerer, the stronger their attraction grows, pulling her closer to the secrets he refuses to share. But a deadly frost approaches and Aurora must uncover what the Starmaker is hiding before she is left in an endless winter that even the Sun cannot touch.
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A Practical Guide to Dating a Demon
by Hannah Reynolds
As a scholarship student at the magical Lyceum, Naomi would rather focus on deciphering ancient scrolls than dating. Especially since the only boys asking her out are less interested in a night in Naomi's company than an introduction to her influential aunt.
So Naomi devises an excuse to turn down her persistent suitors: She claims to be betrothed to a demon.
Her story works perfectly. Until she arrives home one night and finds the demon Daziel lounging in her rooms, insisting he's her betrothed. Naomi knows he’s lying—after all, the betrothal was never real—but the gorgeous and infuriating demon is surprisingly resistant to her banishing spells. And with his penchant for baking and home décor, it’s not so bad having him around.
Besides, she has other worries—like the ancient scroll she’s trying to translate, and the way the city’s magic has become suddenly unstable. But the more Naomi learns about the scroll, and the more she gets to know Daziel, the more it seems like she might be at the center of something bigger than she could have imagined.
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And the River Drags Her Down
by Jihyun Yun
When her older sister is found mysteriously drowned in the river that cuts through their small coastal town, Soojin Han disregards every rule and uses her ancestral magic to bring Mirae back from the dead. At first, the sisters are overjoyed, reveling in late-night escapades and the miracle of being together again, but Mirae grows tired of hiding from the world. She becomes restless and hungry . . .
Driven by an insatiable desire to finish what she started in life, to unravel the truth that crushed her family so many years ago, Mirae is out for revenge.
When their town is engulfed by increasingly destructive rain and a series of harrowing, unusual deaths, Soojin is forced to reckon with the fact that perhaps the sister she brought back isn’t the one she knew.
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All the Blues in the Sky: Winner of the Newbery Medal
by Renée Watson
Sage's thirteenth birthday was supposed to be about movies and treats, staying up late with her best friend and watching the sunrise together. Instead, it was the day her best friend died. Without the person she had to hold her secrets and dream with, Sage is lost. In a counseling group with other girls who have lost someone close to them, she learns that not all losses are the same, and healing isn't predictable. There is sadness, loneliness, anxiety, guilt, pain, love. And even as Sage grieves, new, good things enter her life-and she just may find a way to know that she can feel it all.
In accessible, engaging verse and prose, this is a story of a girl's journey to heal, grow, and forgive herself. To read it is to see how many shades there are in grief, and to know that someone understands.
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New Manga and Graphic Novels
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Kaiju No. 8: Relax, Vol. 1
by Kizuku Watanabe
With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. But kaiju don't attack every day! Sometimes, even the best and brightest kaiju-fighting heroes get a chance to relax. Join the top troops of the Third Division of the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju, on their days off! Kafka Hibino attempts to bare his soul in meditation, only to end up baring something else. Then, an off-duty Captain Mina Ashiro blows off steam at the arcade, Reno Ichikawa confronts his fear of ghosts, a curious cadet sets out to glimpse Vice-Captain Hoshina's eyes and uncovers a sweet surprise, and Kikoru Shinomiya finally spends time with her friends
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Rebis: Born and Reborn
by Irene Marchesini
Born with paper-white skin, Martino is an outcast. To the villagers, albinism is more than a curiosity--it's a curse. Bullied and shunned, Martino seeks refuge in the deep woods--and finds it in Viviana. Powerful and beautiful, Viviana belongs to a sisterhood of outcast women. Martino is welcomed into the fold and, drawing on the magic of the forest, is reborn. In Rebis, Italian duo Irene Marchesini and Carlotta Dicataldo deliver a medieval fantasy steeped in mystery--a haunting and hopeful tale of transformation and found family--
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Jim Henson Presents
by Shannon Watters
For decades, Jim Henson's stories have captured our imaginations, thrilled our spirits, and moved us to tears. Celebrate that rich history with this anthology of all-new tales set in the worlds of Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Storyteller, Fraggle Rock, and Farscape.These captivating glimpses into fantastical realms beyond were lovingly brought to life from an all-star line-up of creators including Shannon Watters, Aabria Iyengar, Seanan McGuire, Jill Tew, Shobo, Kyla Vanderklugt, Christine Larsen, Darcie Little Badger, Cameron Chittock, Corinna Bechko, Lilah Sturges, J.M. Lee, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Max Sarin, Daniel Bayliss, Cory Godbey and more! Collects Jim Henson Presents #1-4.
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Girl Crush, Vol. 1
by Midori Tayama
Tenka Momose was a quiet and withdrawn child, but before long she realized that the most effective way to protect herself wasn't hiding from other kids--it was being the best at everything! After years of armoring herself with excellence, Tenka lives safely atop her cool-girl pedestal, admired and idolized by everyone. But her flawless composure is suddenly shaken by a very average schoolmate's impressively big dreams. At first Tenka is scornful of Erian Sato's ambition to become a K-pop idol, but the other girl's passion is so irresistible that Tenka soon finds herself with idol dreams of her own!
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Trumpets of Death: A Graphic Novel
by Simon Bournel-Bosson
After being left at his grandparents' house in the woods, young Antoine attempts to get along with his huntsman grandfather until one day in the forest Antoine transforms into a deer.
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Spider-Man: Kizuna, Vol. 1
by Setta Kobayashi
Yu is a young boy suddenly bestowed with the powers of the Amazing Spider-Man! Can he find his courage in time to save the day? Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man spins a new web! Welcome to Ohakama City, Japan. Yu, a timid boy who loves to draw manga, is attacked by Green Goblin, only to be rescued by the super hero known as Spider-Man! Despite being defeated, the villain activates a device that merges Yu and Spider-Man together. Suddenly bestowed with not just great power, but also the proportionate speed, strength, and agility of a spider, will Yu find the courage to help others, or fall prey to Spider-Man's worst enemies?
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Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story
by Sarah Kuhn
Can Lois Lane open herself up to friendship, romance, and being vulnerable in order to get the future that's right for her? She might have to change her entire life plan to find out. Ambitious small town girl Lois Lane tackles a summer in the big city with gusto, but a cavalcade of setbacks--including an annoying frenemy roommate, a beyond tedious internship at a suddenly corporatized website, and a boss who demotes her to coffee-fetching minion--threatens to derail her extremely detailed life plan. And, you know, her entire future. When Lois uncovers a potentially explosive scandal, she must team up with the last person she'd expect to publish her own website for young women. And as Lois discovers who she really is and what she actually wants, she becomes embroiled in her own scandal that could destroy everything she's worked so hard to create.
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Love Bullet, Vol. 1
by Inee
One fateful day, Koharu is saved from an untimely end and reborn as a Cupid. Her mission: bring love to humans and earn a second chance at life. But modern problems call for modern solutions, and the Cupids of today have traded in their outdated bows and arrows for high-velocity firearms Koharu's happy to dutifully help others find love, but her eccentric mentors don't play by the book and will happily turn an argument over a love triangle into a battlefield of tactical matchmaking action
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Winfield, IL 60190
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