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Spooky Season - Resource Spotlight: Craftsy
- Program Spotlight: Petrifying Programs
- Teen Spotlight: Recipe Share
- Booklist: Spectral Spine-Tinglers
- Booklist: Freedom to Read
- Booklist: Recent Releases
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Teen STEAM - D&D One-Shot: The Twisted CarnivalSaturday, October 11, 1:00pm Parkland/Spanaway LibraryYou are caught in a Dread Realm called The Carnival. Strange mysteries lurk amongst the brightly colored but old and ragged tents. Can you win favor with the entities that call the Carnival home? Will you survive? |
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Teen STEAM Virtual Game On: This Discord has Ghosts In it Saturday, October 18, 3:00pm Discord Join us in the PCLTeens Discord Server for a haunting game night. Be either on the ghost team or on the investigator team and work with your other teammates to divulge the secrets of the haunted house and your own characters! Your friendly teen service library folk will be there to guide you every step of the way.
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Teen STEAM Franken-Toy Thursday, October 23, 3:00pm Key Center Library Explore, build or experiment with hands-on projects, no experience needed. Create and build your own monstrous masterpiece! Toys provided.
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Teen STEAM Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire & Slime Friday, October 24, 2:45pm Eatonville Library Join us for showing of the movie Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and experiment with making your own slim 'ectoplasm!' try using a variety of mix-ins to create your ideal spooky slime!
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Teen STEAM Get slimed! Monday, October 27, 3:30 Fife Library Make your own spooky slime while enjoying snacks and a free showing of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire!
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Recipes Submitted By Teens |
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Yield: 4 ½ – 5 dozen Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes By: Frog Ingredients 1 cup butter - 17g 2 cup white sugar (divided) 2 tbsp molasses 2 eggs ¼ cup milk 4 tsp vanilla extract 2 ¾ cups flour - 43g 1 tsp sea salt 1 tsp baking soda 2 ½ tsp baking powder - 18g 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tbsp espresso powder 3 cups chocolate chips (1 ½ cups milk, 1 ½ cups semi-sweet) 4 oz dark chocolate bar, roughly chopped . Tiny sprinkle of sea salt (optional) |
1. Melt butter in a small pan (light bottom is suggested) over medium heat until light brown and has a nutty smell. Pour into a small bowl and let it cool for 30-40 minutes in the freezer, until it’s cool to the touch and a soft solid . 2. While butter cools, mix 1 cup sugar with 2 tbsp molasses. Keep the other 1 cup sugar plain. 3. Once cooled, transfer the cooled butter from the small bowl to a larger mixing bowl. 4. Add both the plain sugar and the sugar/molasses mixture to the butter. Then add the eggs, milk, and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth. 5. Fold in all dry ingredients: flour, sea salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and espresso powder. Mix until just combined. 6. Fold in chocolate chips and chopped dark chocolate until evenly distributed. 7. Freeze dough for 30 minutes. 8. Preheat your oven to 375°F while the dough chills. 9. Scoop 1-tablespoon portions, roll into smooth balls, place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for minutes. 11. Let cookies cool 10-15 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring |
A Tasty vegan fall snack! Every fall we pick fresh apples from our front yard, and with a little vanilla ice cream this transforms into an apple fall dream! By: AJ F. Ingredients
4 medium apples, cut in chunks
2 Tbsp corn starch 2 Tbsp sugar Cinnamon (how ever much your heart desires) 225g flour 175g vegan butter More cinnamon Ice cream (Optional) |
1. Preheat the over to 360F (180C) 2. Peel and cut apples 3. Mix apples, corn starch, sugar, and a generous amount of cinnamon 4. In a separate bowl knead softened butter, flour, sugar, and more cinnamon 5. Sprinkle the crumble on top of the apples and bake for 30 - 35 minutes 6. Serve warm with ice cream and enjoy! |
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The Dark Becomes Her
by Judy I. Lin
Ruby simply ignores the spirits she sees, until one attacks her sister Tina. Teamed up with other teens sharing her gift, Ruby must fight an ancient malevolent force to save the entire community, including Tina. This unputdownable book blends body horror with Taiwanese folklore.
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Songs for ghosts
by Clara Kumagai
Caught between cultures, relationships and family, 17-year-old Japanese-American Adam finds new purpose after discovering a hundred-year-old journal written by a young woman in Nagasaki, leading him to a homestay in Japan, where he unravels the mystery of her identity and his own.
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If I have to be haunted
by Miranda Sun
Reluctantly agreeing to resurrect her nemesis, Zach Coleson, Cara Tang, gifted with ghost-speaking powers, enters a dangerous world of monsters and magic where she must depend on Zach to survive and discovers she might not hate him so much after all. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Hungry bones
by Louise Hung
Jade has spent over a century trapped in the same house, a “hungry ghost” surviving on scraps and glimpses into the lives of the dead through their belongings. To most, she’s just a shadow or superstition, until Molly moves in. For the first time in a hundred years, Jade may have someone who can help her uncover her past and escape the house, before her hunger consumes them both.
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Hell Followed With Us
by Andrew Joseph White
Caitlyn says: This queer horror novel about the end of the world is not for the faint of heart. When a cult unleashes a biological weapon, the world is transformed overnight. Benji, a trans teen raised in the cult, is on the run, trying to escape both the people who raised him, and the horrifying changes the biological attack triggered in his body. Trigger warning for body horror, gore, transphobia, homophobia, religious trauma.
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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.
- Elise's Pick
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Heartstopper. Volume 1
by Alice Oseman
What it is: the beginning chapters of a story (based on an ongoing webcomic) about the deepening relationship between shy, anxious Charlie and outgoing rugby player Nick.
Why you might like it: Delicate illustrations and on-point dialogue capture the excitement and uncertainty of first love; also, fans of Alice Oseman’s earlier books may recognize some familiar characters.
You might also like: Kevin Panetta’s Bloom, another graphic novel featuring quiet romance and artwork in black, white, and teal.
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Dear Martin
by Nic Stone
What it's about: Justyce McAllister is 17, Ivy League-bound, and one of the few black students at his prep school. Following a disturbing incident of police profiling, Justyce doesn't know how to cope with his anger and frustration -- so he pours them into letters to civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
Why fans might like it: The Hate U Give and Dear Martin are both powerful debut novels about black teens facing violent racism.
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| Sisters in the Wind by Angeline BoulleyWhen Lucy meets someone who claims to help Native American foster kids reconnect with their communities, she’s skeptical. She’s also pretty busy trying to outwit a violent stalker. Fans of Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed will recognize familiar characters in this powerful mystery. |
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| Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories by Cynthia Leitich Smith, editorSandy June’s Legendary Frybread Drive-In is a food truck that appears wherever Indigenous people across North America need to meet. It provides the setting for the linked stories in this touching and magical anthology that takes readers from Hawai’i to Alaska to Manitoba and many liminal places in between. |
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| My Perfect Family by Khadijah VanBrakleWhen Leena’s estranged grandfather and great aunt come into her life for the first time, she begins to experience both the joys and the pressures of having family beyond her single mother. This thought-provoking coming of age story explores religion, race, and grief with nuance and compassion. |
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| The House of Quiet by Kiersten WhiteImpoverished children who fail to adjust to the Procedure meant to give them supernatural powers end up at the House of Quiet. Birdie gets a job there in order to find her missing sister, but instead she finds aristocratic teens who pull her into a dangerous conspiracy. Read-alikes: Ginny Myers Sain’s Dark and Shallow Lies; Quinn Diacon-Furtado’s The Lilies.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Pierce County Library System
3005 112th St. E, Tacoma, Washington 98446
253-548-3300mypcls.org |
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