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Middle School Zone
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 3:00-5:00pm Select Wednesdays from 2:30-5:00pm Imagination Theater
Need a space to study? Join us in the Imagination Theater on non-program days to hang out with friends and do your homework. Availability of this space is subject to change, so check with library staff for the most up-to-date information!
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Game Day
Thursday, November 5 from 12:30-3:30pm Imagination Theater Join friends for tabletop card games, board games, and Nintendo Switch video games! |
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Middle School Advisory Group (MAG) Meeting
Wednesday, November 18 at 4:00pm Imagination Theater Join the Middle School Advisory Group (MAG) to give library staff valuable feedback and assistance for programs, resources, and more! Get the chance to make a difference for middle school students at the library and earn volunteer experience.
For more details, please email Children's Librarian Amanda Coleman at acoleman@arcadiaca.gov |
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Making It: Quilled Paper Holiday Cards
Wednesday, December 2, 4:00pm
Imagination Theater
Let’s get crafty! Join us to create holiday cards using quilled paper. All supplies will be provided.
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The Middle School Advisory Group (MAG) designed a new bulletin now on display in the Middle School seating area! Stop by to see it in person. Thank you to Carissa, Emily, Victoria, Casper, and Amelia for your fantastic ideas! |
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Diseases Without Borders: Plagues, Pandemics, and Beyond
by Marc Zimmer
From the infamous Black Death to the 1918 flu to COVID-19, disease outbreaks have always marked human history. But where they spread, how they spread, and how fast they move have all changed. As humans became more mobile, started trading goods and information across the globe, built bigger cities, increased their greenhouse gas emissions, and had more contact with wildlife and farm animals, disease began to spread easier and faster than ever before. At the same time, humans got better at preventing and combating outbreaks. But no prevention or treatment is perfect for every disease. When new outbreaks occur, people have to work together to figure out what causes the disease, how to prevent its spread, and how to treat it.
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After the Towers Fell: America in the Wake of 9/11
by Matt Doeden
On September 11, 2001, hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers and changed the United States forever. Few events in American history have impacted the nation the way these terror attacks did. And twenty-five years later, the United States continues to feel those impacts. But what all happened on September 11? And what followed?
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Twice Enslaved: Liberty and Justice for Henrietta Wood
by Selene Castrovilla
Here is the story of Henrietta Wood, who was enslaved twice--but who demanded justice and was awarded the largest reparations ever granted for enslavement. This nonfiction book for ages 9-12 puts a human face on the current issue of reparations. Henrietta Wood was born enslaved. As a teen she was ripped from her family and sold. Years later, a miracle happened, and she was given freedom papers. But Henrietta's freedom was short-lived. She was tricked back into enslavement and sent to a Mississippi cotton plantation. On June 19, 1865--Juneteenth--she was emancipated. Finally free for good, Henrietta Wood sued the man who had kidnapped her back into enslavement--and she won Henrietta was one of the few people in United States history to ever receive a reparation payment for slavery.
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An Astonishing Circle: The Discovery and Denial of the Circulatory System
by Maria Parrott-Ryan
An ingenious discovery . . . dismissed as a dangerous lie. In 1628, anatomist and physician William Harvey made a controversial claim: that blood circulated continuously through the body, pumping from the heart through the blood vessels into the tissues and then returning to the heart. His research contradicted many anatomy experts of the time. In the seventeenth century, European physicians did not go against the ancient Greek and Roman thinkers who'd created the foundations of Western medicine. But what if those foundations were wrong?This is the story of how humans came to understand the circulatory system. And Harvey's work is only one part of that story.
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Mini Amigurumi Food: 29 Tiny Treats to Crochet
by Julia Chiang
29 super-sweet amigurumi treats that will bust your stash and steal your heart! Crochet your favorite fun, foodie projects, from sushi rolls, bubble tea and avocado toast to spicy hot sauce and juicy watermelon slices -- all bursting with character and charm! Perfect for beginners, this simple book uses only a handful of stitches and contains clear, easy-to-follow instructions to get you started. Using small amounts of yarn, these adorable amigurumi projects are a feast for the eyes and deliciously colorful -- just too cute to eat! Simply follow the short illustrated techniques section to create tasty platters of cake, sushi, fruit, fast food and more!
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Eva to the Max
by Rebecca Caprara
Nothing beats the rush she feels ripping it up on the course--except maybe the moment just after the race when she removes her helmet, and the other riders realize they just got smoked by a twelve-year-old girl. While fear of bullying leads Eva to keep her passion a secret at school, she's known in the local racing circuit as Eva Knievel, a brazen competitor willing to risk it all to win. But when her daredevil behavior leaves her with a bruised ego and a busted bike, Eva is forced to reckon with the high costs of her beloved sport--financial, physical, and emotional. As if that reality check weren't harsh enough, there's a new girl at school whose arrival not only threatens Eva's carefully crafted school persona, but her place on the podium, too.
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Our Fair Share
by Sarah Marie Jette
Seasonal work at the fairgrounds for most summers means Serafina, James, Avory, and Cassi are all experienced in fair life. Beloved traditions keep the best friends plenty busy. For them, this is more than just a summer vacation in Knox County, Maine. These are the best months of the year. This is their fair. But it seems like everyone is distracted. James is having trouble at his new school. Avory is feeling smaller than ever. Cassi just wants to be left alone, but that's hard when your dad is caught in a scandal that leads to more eyes on her that she's never dreamed of. And Serafina is afraid she'll never get over the accident no one knows about. To make matters worse, there's a new fair manager - a community outsider - who seems determined to take away what is special about their fair. This summer is feeling a little too different. With two months ahead of them, the four friends need to find a way not just to survive their own inner turmoil, but to help their fair community thrive.
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Firesnake: The Last Cuentista Book 3 Volume 3
by Donna Barba Higuera
Itzel has never known a life on Earth. Growing up on Sagan, the granddaughter of the Cuentista, her years have been spent among the dactyls, griblets, and billow seeds of their new planet. But when a mysterious message arrives from across the cosmos, Itzel realizes that the home they thought destroyed hundreds of years ago has survived . . . and with it, another community of humans. Will she and the other Saganites brave the journey back to Earth? And what will they find? For they are not the only ones who have received this message . . .
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Rialto
by Kate Milford
Twelve-year-old Dahlia, an artist who lives with anxiety, is looking forward to something new. Rialto, after all, has its own abandoned theme park! But mystery-loving, fourteen-year-old Ivy is struggling with how to be the right kind of big sister to Dahlia, and longs for the way things--especially vacations--were when they were younger.In Rialto, it quickly becomes clear that this vacation will also be different in totally unexpected ways. For one thing, the town stands in the middle of an improbable forest that, according to local legend, swallowed it overnight decades before. Then there are Dahlia's even more improbable sightings of impossible creatures--a giraffe with antlers and a leopard with wings. And there's their new friend Remy, whose family inherited the house they're all staying in from an aunt who left bequests for local friends that Remy must personally distribute.When he enlists Ivy and Dahlia to help deliver these gifts, they find themselves drawn into a mystery going back to the time when Rialto Park was still open. And it begins to seem that, if they are going to help Remy solve it, they will have to find a way to believe in magic.
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The Lost Sunday
by Ileana Surducan
Nina lives in a dusty town, haunted by the six angry wolves of the week--Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Each day brings never-ending chores and drudgery. Legend speaks of a seventh day to rest--Sunday--but everybody knows an evil witch stole it and keeps it locked away. When Nina finally says enough is enough, she sets out on an ambitious quest for rest--but will she be able to vanquish the witch and bring back the lost Sunday?--
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Feo the Chupacabra: An Original Graphic Novel
by Sequoia Blankenship
When the tiny Mexican town of Cabrito Viejo is in danger of being bought out by a nefarious film studio, Feo, the mythical but feisty chupacabra, teams up with Camila, a plucky mechanic and local monster enthusiast, to hatch a plan to save their home.Inspired by her father's collection of monster movies, the pair head to Hollywood to convince famed screenwriter Doctor Acula to put Feo's name up in lights. But Feo isn't exactly the terrifying fiend that local legends make him out to be.Can the unlikely duo really save the village by making the chupacabra Hollywood's next great monster?
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Midsummer Sisters (a Graphic Novel)
by Niki Smith
Kenzie and Quinn aren't just stepsisters -- they're best friends. They're spending the summer with their grandmother, kayaking in the marshy coastal islands she calls home. The Outer Banks are also home to a herd of wild ponies, and the girls fall in love with a fragile newborn foal that they name Starling.But even blue skies and sandy beaches can't distract from what's going on back home. Things between their parents aren't the way they used to be, and the constant fights have left Kenzie and Quinn anxious and confused. They can't remember a time when they weren't a family. If their parents divorce and Quinn and her mom move away, will they even still be sisters . . . or will they be nothing?As their world shifts around them, the girls swear to do the one thing they can: keep Starling safe.
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Last Day Pool Party
by Emma Steinkellner
When her name gets skipped at the eighth-grade graduation ceremony, Rose decides she is done being invisible. She's determined to finally stand out and make her unfulfilled middle school dreams come true at the upcoming pool party. But she's not the only one who wants to make a splash...BFFs Liv and Juhi are on the verge of a friend break-up when Juhi reveals her family is moving, and Liv uses the party as a chance to scout for a new bestie. Queen bee Maya was forced by her mom to come to unpopular Dustin's party to be nice. And meanwhile, her not-so-social cousin Paul is just trying to avoid all the pool party pandemonium. By the time the sun sets, unexpected twists and ridiculous mishaps will make this the weirdest, wildest last day of school ever. Get ready, because this party is about to go off the deep end.
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The Greenies
by Emma Mills
After her parents' divorce, seventh grader Violet is forced to start all over. Now the new kid, at a new school, in a new town, she must navigate unfamiliar territory. Luckily, Violet falls in with a new group of (maybe?) friends. But when they wind up in detention, they're forced to join the under-attended Environmental Club--and mischief ensues. What will become of this rag-tag group?
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Landing in Place: A Graphic Novel
by Sherine Hamdy
Pressured into following her sister's premed footsteps, Anisa struggles with her parents' expectations, college life, and finding her own identity, until she visits her grandfather in Egypt and discovers her artistic voice.
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