Now Read This!
SEPTEMBER 2025
 
Our Now Read This! newsletters offer suggestions for your next favorite read, from hidden gems to the latest popular pick. In this issue, you will find a featured book of the month, resources and events for teens, a curated selection of newly acquired and upcoming titles, and booklists for further reading. No matter the genre, your friendly BPL Librarians have recommendations for every reader.
 
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Book of the Month
A spell to wake the dead by Nicole Lesperance
A Spell to Wake the Dead
by Nicole Lesperance

Two teen girls must uncover the dark, occult secrets lurking in their Cape Cod town to solve a series of murders and save themselves from the same fate.
Resources
LearningExpress Library
 
LearningExpress Library has courses and resources to help you with all aspects of your education, college, and career journey, including:
  • Preparing for standardized tests like the PSAT, SAT, ACT, GED, and ASVAB
  • Writing college essays
  • Improving your skills in school subjects
  • Building resumes and cover letters, as well as job searching
LearningExpress Library también tiene recursos de aprendizaje para hispanohablantes, incluso recursos de preparación para el examen de ciudadanía.
LearningExpress Library also has learning resources for Spanish speakers, including citizenship test preparation resources.
 
LearningExpress Library is free to access with your library card, so try it out today and take your learning to the next level!
 
Event Spotlight
 
SAT Test Prep Classes for Teens
Mondays & Wednesdays, September 29 - November 5, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
 
Are you looking for help on the SAT test? Participate in a virtual five-week class that will cover all aspects of the SAT, including three practice tests! We will use test prep materials from The Princeton Review. 
 
The SAT Test Prep Classes are free and are for Boston residents only. Registration is required. 
 
New and Upcoming Titles
The summer Hikaru died. 1 by Mokumokuren
This place kills me / :  A Graphic Novel by Mariko Tamaki
The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor
The Summer Hikaru Died, vol. 1
Mokumokuren
 
"It has Hikaru's face and voice. It even has Hikaru's memories. But whatever came down from the mountains six months ago isn't Yoshiki's best friend. Can they really carry on and keep hanging out as if nothing has happened?"
 
This Place Kills Me
Mariko Tamaki
 
"When prep-school it-girl Elizabeth Woodward is found dead, transfer student Abby Kita doubts the official story and uncovers a tangled web of secrets."
 
The Otherwhere Post
Emily J. Taylor
 
"In order to investigate her father's past crimes, eighteen-year-old Maeve poses as a scriptomancy apprentice allowing her to send letters between worlds."
 
Song of the Lioness, Book 1: Alanna : A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Tamora Pierce
Between these broken hearts by Lexi Ryan
A forgery of fate by Elizabeth Lim
Song of the Lioness
Vita Ayala
 
"After being forbidden to train as a knight, young noblewoman Alanna disguises herself as a boy in order to pursue her dream. This is the first of four planned volumes adapting Tamora Pierce's fantasy classic."  
 
Between These Broken Hearts
Lexi Ryan
 
"Princess Jasalyn has 11 days to live unless she can stop the evil fae king Mordeus. Meanwhile, Felicity, the fae shifter, races to defy a fatal prophecy in the conclusion of the fae romance saga begun in These Hollow Vows."
 
A Forgery of Fate
Elizabeth Lim
 
"A girl who paints the future and a cursed dragon lord, bound by love and deception, pair up in a plot to bring down the gods, in this romantic fantasy inspired by Beauty and the Beast."
 
In the company of Killers by Elora Cook
Death in the cards by Mia P. Manansala
When the bones sing by Ginny Myers Sain
In the Company of Killers
Elora Cook
 
"After her family is brutally murdered, a teenage mafia princess must team up with the heir to her family's rival mafia to catch the killer."
 
Death in the Cards
Mia P. Manansala
 
"When a high school tarot reader's latest client goes missing after a troubling reading, she must apply everything she has learned from her private investigator mother to solve a case of her own."
 
When the Bones Sing
Ginny Myers Sain
 
"Seventeen-year-old Dovie, who can hear the bones of the dead, and her best friend Lo, who believes he is haunted by the ghosts of murdered hikers, must uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearances in their Ozark mountain town before anyone else is killed."
 


   

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