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Registration is now open for all December programs! |
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Junior Library Volunteers Date/Time: Monday, 12/15 at 6pm
Presenter: OFL's Teen Librarian
Location: Community Room
Do you want to volunteer at the library? Join other teens in your community to make a positive impact at OFL. Volunteers will help set up book displays, plan and host library events, and help care for our Teen collection! This group can help teens fulfill required volunteer service hours and prepare for future college and career opportunities. All interested teens are encouraged to complete our JLV information form at www.oflibrary.org/support/volunteer/#teenvol to stay up-to-date on additional volunteer opportunities: For teens in ages 12-17 | No registration necessary |
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Anime ClubDate/Time: Friday, 12/5, 3:30- 4:30pm
Presenter: OFL's Teen Librarian
Location: Teen SpaceAnime Club is back at OFL! Come watch a favorite with your librarians, talk to other interested teens, eat a snack, and enjoy an activity at our casual hang-out. For ages 12-18 | No registration necessary
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Craft Night: Shrinky DinksDate/Time: Monday, 12/8, 4:30-6:00pm
Presenter: OFL's Teen Librarian
Location: Teen SpaceCome craft with OFL's Teen Librarian! Join us for a guided craft or create your own artwork using a variety of craft supplies. Bookmarks will feature stickers and collage materials. For ages 12-18 | No registration necessary
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M.O.S.T. Robotics ChallengePresenter: OFL Librarians & the M.O.S.T
Location: Community Room & the M.O.S.T.7-part series: - SIX Tuesdays: 12/9, 12/16, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20 & 1/27,
6:00-7:30pm - OFL's Community Room - ONE Saturday: 1/31, 9am-Noon - OFFSITE at the M.O.ST. (500 S. Franklin St. Syracuse, NY, 13202)
Join OFL Librarians in the MOST Robotics Challenge. Participants will design, build, and test a prototype device that can help humans observe and explore space. Teams will share and demonstrate their completed projects on event day to compete for awards from our community judges. For tweens & teens in grades 4-8 | REGISTRATION REQUIRED - Registration for the first session registers you for the whole series.
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Teen Origami OrnamentsDate/Time: Monday, 12/22, 4:30-6:00pm
Presenter: OFL's Teen Librarian
Location: Community RoomJoin OFL's Teen Librarian to make winter ornaments and garlands using paper and origami techniques. For ages 12-18 | No registration required - DROP IN
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Rock PaintingDates/Times: Monday, 12/29 - Saturday, 1/3, during library hours
Presenter: OFL's Children's Librarian
Location: Juvenile Non-FictionJoin us for some cozy winter rock painting. You can bring your rock home, or you can leave it at the library to be added to Rosco the Rock Snake in our library garden. We will supply the rocks and the acrylic paint markers, and the rest is up to your imagination! For families of all ages! | No registration necessary (first come, first serve)
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#1 New York Times Bestselling Author
The Queen of Fairytale Retellings is back! #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer weaves the tale of Bluebeard as it's never been told before. This is a thrilling romantasy and murder mystery, perfect for fans Meyer's Cinder and Heartless. |
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Mystery: #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
When eighteen-year-old Mathilda is invited to spend the summer with the father she has never met, she discovers far more than she expected within his seaside home. |
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Realistic Fiction: Under the London Sky: A Week Junior Book of the Week by Anna WoltzA thrilling YA historical fiction novel from renowned children's author, Anna Woltz. A Telegraph best new children's book London, September 1940. Deep in the Underground, taking shelter from the bombs, four teenagers meet. Without the Blitz, they never would have met. Fourteen-year-old Ella walks with a limp. Some days, she feels like a laughing stock. Other days, like no one sees her at all. Quinn is fifteen, fancy and fearless. She's run away from home with a bag of family jewels and big ideas about changing the world. Jack is sixteen and doesn't care about anything anymore - he's already lost it all. And then there's Sebastian, Quinn's older brother. He used to be her hero. Until he became a traitor A coming-of-age historical novel for teens from internationally bestselling children's author, Anna Woltz. |
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Romance: Where There's Room for Us by Hayley KiyokoIn a reimagined 1880s England, where everyone is free to love whomever they choose, Ivy, a bold American poet, and Freya, a dutiful noblewoman, must choose between societal expectations and the deep connection they discover in each other. |
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Sci Fi: A Time Traveler's History of Tomorrow by Kendall KulperA time-bending, supernatural love story where a prickly young woman and a carefree stranger travel back in time to the Worlds Fair and must save the universe after accidentally destroying it in the first place. |
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Graphic Novel: Always Raining Here by Hazel And BellThe stand alone adaptation of the popular webcomic by the same name about the down-to-earth courtship between two gay teenagers as they fumble with high school, parental expectations, their dreams, and each other. Carter is an impulsive, fun-loving, extremely gay teen on a mission to finally hook up with any cute, single guy who will have him. Unfortunately, his options are slim. Enter recently-single Adrian, Carter's very cute, hardworking, and stressed-out target who rebuffs all of his clumsy seduction techniques. Adrian initially plays along but slams on the brakes when he realizes he is still in love with his ex. After a messy, uninhibited night at a house party that results in Carter helping both Adrian and his best friend Maria--the two boys form a tentative friendship. As their friendship progresses through countless hangouts and a few too many pizza slices, the two become integral to one another. But can their vague relationship survive their first official hookup, Adrian's self-destructiveness, and a big fight that threatens any chance of either confessing? |
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Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
Wednesday 12/24 - CLOSED Thursday 12/25 - CLOSED |
New Year's Eve & New Year's Day
Wednesday, 12/31 - Close at 5pm;
Thursday, 12/25 - CLOSED |
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Onondaga Free Library
4840 West Seneca Tpk Syracuse, NY 13215
Hours:
Monday 9:00am-8:30pm Tuesday 9:00am-8:30pm Wednesday 9:00am-8:30pm Thursday 9:00am-8:30pm Friday 10:00am-5:00pm Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm* Sunday CLOSED*Summer Saturday Hours:
3rd Saturday in June through Labor Day Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm
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