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From the library Happy July! For an escape from the heat, please enjoy the rest of our wonderful summer reading programs this month. If you haven’t enrolled yet, you still have until July 15th to sign up for the reading portion of our program. The last day to turn in your reading logs for a prize is Monday, July 31st. Dave Holland will offer a unique interactive musical experience on Saturday, July 8th, and storyteller Barry Stewart Mann will perform on Saturday, July 15. Also, don’t miss comedian and magician Arthur Atsma on July 19th, and learn some Polynesian dance moves with Dawn Mahealani Douglas on July 26tth. This year’s summer reading theme “All Together Now” focuses on community, kindness, and friendship. We can’t think of a better way to celebrate this theme than joining us for the rest of the month as we finish up our summer reading programming and participating in the library’s regular programs as well. Join us as we gather "all together" this summer for some incredible programs and prizes!
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We are Better Together by Bill McKibbenA renowned environmentalist presents this hopeful, inspiring picture book in which he celebrates cooperation and collective action to protect our beautiful, fragile world.
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Paletero Man by Lucky DiazWhen a little boy finally catches up to Paletero José, who has the perfect treats for a hot summer day, his pockets are empty, so the entire community bands together to help him find his dinero.
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Beyond the Bright Seaby Lauren WolkSet adrift on the ocean in a small skiff as a newborn, twelve-year-old Crow embarks on a quest to find the missing pieces of her history. This tensely paced tale explores questions of identity, belonging, and the true meaning of family.
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Two Roadsby Joseph BruchacIt's 1932, and twelve-year-old Cal Black and his pop have been riding the rails for a year after losing their farm in the Great Depression. Cal likes being a "knight of the road" with Pop, even if they're broke. But then Pop has to go to Washington, D.C.--and Cal can't go with him. So Pop tells Cal something he never knew before: He's a Creek Indian, which means Cal is, too. And Pop has decided to send Cal to Challagi Indian School, a government boarding school for Native Americans in Oklahoma. At Challagi, the other Creek boys quickly take Cal under their wing. Even in the harsh, miserable conditions of the school, Cal begins to learn his people's history and heritage, language, and customs. And most of all, he learns how to find strength in a group of friends who have only one another.
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The People We Choose by Katelyn DetweilerSeventeen-year-old Calliope Silversmith's lifelong friendships are transformed when she starts dating new neighbor, Max, but her life is turned upside-down when she learns the identity of the sperm donor. Calliope hopes that they can turn a horrific situation into something positive by recognizing and accepting that family isn't just the one we are born into - it can also be the one we choose to make.
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Ballad & Dagger by Daniel José OlderWhen sixteen-year-old Mateo and Chela discover each other and their powers during a political battle between neighborhood factions, they set aside their differences to unravel the mystery behind their sunken homeland and to stop a dangerous political operative who is trying to harness their gifts to unleash terror on the world.
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Summer on Sag Harborby Sunny HostinWhen real estate developers discover the hidden enclave of SANS—Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineveh—the home of African American elites, Olivia Jones fights to preserve her new Black utopia, leading her to define the meaning of love, friendship, community and family.
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The Keeper of Storiesby Sally PageCleaner Janice knows that it is in people's stories that you really get to know them. From recently widowed Fiona and her son Adam to opera-singing Geordie, the quiet bus driver Euan, and the pretentious Mrs. "YeahYeahYeah" and her fox terrier, Decius, Janice has a unique insight into the community around her. When Janice starts cleaning for Mrs. B-a shrewd and prickly woman in her nineties-she finally meets someone who wants to hear her story. But Janice is clear: she is the keeper of stories, she doesn't have a story to tell. At least, not one she can share. Mrs. B is no fool and knows there is more to Janice than meets the eye.
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Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell and His Quest to Create a Community of Care by Tracy KidderThis masterful work of reporting and nonfiction storytelling takes us deep into the world of Dr. Jim O'Connell, a Harvard Medical School graduate, who, following his life's calling, serves Boston's homeless community, facing one of American society's most shameful problems, instead of looking away.
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