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New Junior and Young Adult Books October 2025 |
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Celebrating 80 Years
Saturday, October 18 from 1pm to 4pm
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Linkedin Learning
Enroll in a variety of courses and learn valuable job skills for diverse industries! Select topics you are interested in and let Linkedin Learning recommend the right courses for you. Login with your library card to begin learning.
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New Junior Graphic Novels
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All are welcome : a Cat's Cafe collection
by Matt Tarpley
"Join Cat, Rabbit, Penguin, and the rest of the team in this delightful new comic collection for middle grade readers! All are Welcome offers young readers delightful comics full of friendship and fun. Freeing the warm and floofies within, the Cat's Cafeseries offers a world that understands you. In this collection, readers will find new levels of cuteness and heartwarming moments and learn more about their favorite characters. Along with the familiar stories of mental health and friendship that Cat's Cafe is known for, author Gwen Tarpley also uses characters like Rabbit to share her most authentic self with the world. So grab your favorite mug and sip, laugh, and cheer as you curl up with the newest installment of Cat's Cafe"
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Mighty Marvel Team-Up 1 : Iron Man Something Strange!
by Dean Hale
There's chaos at Avengers Tower! When the communications system goes down at the tower, technical genius and super hero Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man, thinks there will be a quick and easy solution. But when Iron Man learns that the root of the problem is the arrival of the otherworldly creature Gargantos and it's missing children that are loose across New York City, Iron Man quickly finds that he's out of his depth. Luckily for him, mystical expert Doctor Strange arrives to team up with Iron Man and save the day!
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Free piano (not haunted) / : Not Haunted
by Whitney Gardner
Margo, a lonely aspiring songwriter, discovers her secondhand synthesizer is haunted by a 1980s pop star, leading to an unexpected bond and a journey of self-discovery as she grapples with the true meaning of making music and fame
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Wagnificent : a new dog in the den
by Bethanie Deeney Murguia
"Thunder loves her life by Sage's side--together, they make the paw-fect pack! But when Sage invites a foster dog named Byron into their den, suddenly things get a lot more complicated. Byron doesn't seem to know the pack rules--he's sleeping in Thunder's bed, eating out of her bowl, playing with her toys, and is even stealing love from her human. Will Thunder find a way to get along with this unwelcome guest? And can she maybe, just maybe, call him friend?"
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Dawn of the dino tooth fairies
by Alexis Frederick-Frost
"Team Unihorn (and Woolly) is excited to enter Burlap Beach's sandcastle competition, the perfect activity after saving their home not once but twice. As the crew gets to work, Woolly discovers a tooth-shaped rock that Raina is sure is a real tooth. To settle their argument, Woolly puts the tooth-rock under his pillow that night...and wakes up to find it replaced with a shiny gold coin! Raina knows she's struck gold and quickly sets out to get more money from the Tooth Fairy with any tooth-shaped item she can find. But when the fairy turns out to be a Megalodon upset that the tooth is fake, Team Unihorn (and Woolly) must rescue the beach yet again"
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New Young Adult Graphic Novel
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A bite of Pepper
by Balazs Lorinczi
"Pepper Mint might be born a vampire, but she's pretty much your average teenager who loves skateboarding and her dog. What she doesn't love is her mother's continuous efforts to find her a vampire bride so that she can become fully immortal. Then Peppermeets Ana-she's a charming art student, a part-time waitress...and interested in Pepper. Ana's presence changes everything, especially when she uses Pepper for the inspiration behind her art. But the two girls' instant chemistry seems to provide the perfect opportunity for Pepper to finally commit to becoming the immortal creature of the night her mother desperately wants her to be. Between the pressure from her mom and her inability to figure out whether Ana likes Pepper for herself or her aesthetic, itfeels like everyone just wants a bite of Pepper. And with all these looming questions, will Pepper be ready to take the biggest bite of her life, committing to an unchanging immortality? "
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Champion : a graphic novel
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
"In this stunningly illustrated graphic novel, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's life as a social justice advocate comes to life through the story of a high school student whose promising basketball career is in jeopardy"
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Death of a Pop Star 1
by Violet Karim
Number one on the pop charts and in the hearts of fans world-wide, Sophie Lim is at the top of her game--until she takes a tumble from the top of the stairs. Now she's dead, and it turns out it's harder to build a career from six feet under. But lucky for her, the Grim Reaper's her number one fan! After striking a deal with the Grim Reaper, Eli, to get her life back, Sophie must now embark on a journey of self-discovery as she takes on a new challenge: college. While she struggles to fit in with her classmates as a celebrity, bigger dangers lie in wait for her. The universe is out of equilibrium with Sophie's soul unclaimed, and cosmic balance is just one unhappy accident away.
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Flip
by Ngozi Ukazu
When too cool Flip Henderson rejects Chi-Chi Ekeh's senior prom proposal in front of the entire class, what happens next is completely unexpected: Chi-Chi -- shy nerd and scholarship student -- switches bodies with Flip, giving Flip a crash course on Chi-Chi's life -- being a poor kid of color at a rich white private school. Simultaneous. Gr 10+
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Westlock Libraries
#1, 10007 100 Avenue Westlock, Alberta T7P 2H5 (780) 349-3060 info@westlocklibrary.ca www.westlocklibrary.ca/
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