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Register for Beanstack: 2. Click on "Register an Individual or Family." 3. Answer the question, "Have you previously used Beanstack to participate in a reading challenge?" 4. Answer the question, "Who would you like to register?" If you're registering your whole family we recommend you select "I am registering myself" first. 5. Complete the registration fields until everyone is registered. |
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If you've participated in the past: 2. Scroll to "Already Have An Account" and sign-in. 3. Enter your username and password or click the blue link to have it sent to you. Is there an app? Yes! Go to your device’s app store, search for "Beanstack Tracker," and follow these steps. 1. Search for LIBRARY. 2. Click on our library. 3. Follow the steps to register an individual or family! |
Plot Twist: A Meet Up for Teen Writers Monday, July 6 6-7 PM Simpson Library - Meeting Room B Join us on the first Monday of each month this summer for a fun, creativity-filled meet up just for teen writers. Through games, prompts, and collaborative activities, participants will explore storytelling, build skills, and share ideas in a relaxed, supportive space. Throughout the summer, writers can develop their favorite pieces with optional prompts and light peer feedback. The program culminates in a teen-created anthology, featuring original work from participants, celebrated with a final showcase. Registration is not required! |
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Dungeons & Dragons Friday, July 10 6-8 PM Friday, July 24 6-8 PM Grades 6 - 12 Learning & Book Sale Center (45 West Allen St.) Join us for epic adventures and one-shot campaigns. New players welcome! |
Murder Mystery Party: Murder and Mayhem at the Teen Idol Awards Saturday, July 11 2-4 PM Grades 6 - 12 Learning & Book Sale Center (45 West Allen St.) This year, at the Top Teen Idol award ceremony, the top celebrities will gather. Two entertainers will be selected as the Top Teen Idols of the year. The enthusiasm is heightened this year, as the fame factors of the attendees are higher than they have ever been – the competition is harsh! Eccentric personalities and ravenous attitudes will soon hit the red carpet on this fabulous night of glitz, glam and glitter. Hopefully, all will go smoothly with no mishaps. Drinks and snacks will be provided. |
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Grades 6 - 12 Simpson Library - Meeting Room B Third Thursday offers a different craft activity every month. This month, we are making air dry clay diffusers! |
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Returning Soon! Teen Advisory Group returns in September after a summer pause! |
100 BOOKS BEFORE GRADUATION |
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Students in grades 6-12 are able to sign up for our ongoing program, 100 Books Before Graduation! Your goal is to read 100 books before your high school graduation. You can register for this program on Beanstack or by visiting the circulation desk on the upper level of the library. You can track your reading on your Beanstack account or by using the Beanstack Tracker app. You will receive a prize after every 25 books and a grand prize after finishing the program! Questions? Contact at 717-766-0171 ext. 226 or by emailing dswartley@cumberlandcountylibraries.org |
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Augusta Pine Does Not Exist
by Emily Lloyd-Jones
A teen criminal hacker turned secret operative must outwit a band of cyberterrorists in this gripping novel from the acclaimed author of The Bone Houses.
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Every Reason to Stay
by Lane Clarke
All her life, it's just been sixteen-year-old Skylar and her rockstar dad against the world. But this year, a horrible accident cuts the summer short and upends her life. As Skylar grieves her dad, she discovers a huge secret: her mother is still alive. Now, Skylar is uprooted from her home and thrust into a family of strangers on the other side of the country. Furious with the mother who deserted her, she seeks comfort in her baking and decides to enter a local competition with a dazzling prize of a trip to a Parisian pastry school. As she gains her footing in the contest and her new town, she befriends a girl who seems just as lost as her, and she also finds more than friendship in the frustratingly irresistible boy next door. But as Skylar bakes her way to a brighter future, she'll uncover truths about the past in the last place she expected. Filled with heaps of emotion, a spoonful of hope, and an unexpected twist of fate, this is a powerful story about the true meaning of home.
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Free Girls
by Kristen McCallum
A heartfelt coming-of-age debut about a girl starting over while keeping secret that she's spent the last year in juvenile detention. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Leah Johnson. Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Cooper is back after twelve months at Guiding Hearts Home for Troubled Girls, and nothing is the way it was. Her mom has remarried and now there's a big new house, a shiny new family, and a fancy new school. Jas feels completely out of place, and things only get more complicated when her mom insists that her fresh start include hiding the truth of where she's been and cutting off people from her past. As Jas settles into her new life bonding with her seemingly perfect stepsister, making a close-knit group of besties, and maybe even falling for the cute girl in class, it starts to feel like her second chance might actually be real. But when a friend from the detention center reaches out to reconnect, Jas worries that everything she's built could fall apart. How long can she keep her past a secret? And how many times can she spin the truth before she forgets who she really is?
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Heartstopper #6: A Graphic Novel: Volume 6
by Alice Oseman
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The final installment in the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series about life, love, and everything that happens in between. Everyone in school knows Nick and Charlie. Everyone knows they're going to be together forever. But Charlie's busy with his bid to become Head Boy. And while Nick is preparing to leave for college, he's starting to wonder who he'll be... without Charlie.
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One Piece, Vol. 112
by Eiichiro Oda
Join Monkey D. Luffy and his swashbuckling crew in their search for the ultimate treasure, One Piece As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber...at the cost of never being able to swim again Years later, Luffy sets off in search of the One Piece, said to be the greatest treasure in the world... It's a happy reunion in Elbaph as Robin and Saul are finally together again But while the Straw Hats celebrate and begin exploring their mysterious new surroundings, something evil may have just snuck in as well...
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Shadow Over the Pumpkin Queen
by Megan Shepherd
Can Sally save Jack from the shadows? Sally should be at ease now that she has proven herself as Pumpkin Queen by saving Halloween Town from destructive spells twice. But the villain behind the town's most recent troubles--a mysterious figure cloaked in darkness--is still at large, and Sally refuses to rest until she and her king, Jack Skellington, can find their enemy and stop them forever. Then, strange storm clouds and directionless wind begin to haunt Halloween Town, and soon, citizens start to go missing. It becomes clear that the dark foe has decided to make the first move, and Sally will need allies from across the Hinterlands to stop him. But as Sally and Jack gather their friends to fight back against this attack, the unthinkable happens: the mysterious force takes Jack, too. After learning that her nemesis is a dark prince who lives in a lost realm called Shadow Town, Sally embarks on another cross-realms quest to find a solution, one that will connect her to new locales like Chance Town and the Hinterlands Maze. With the prince tracking her at every turn, seemingly bent on revenge, Sally will need to fight with every fiber of her being to prevent Halloween Town from utter destruction. But what secrets is the prince hiding--and could the truth undo everything?
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The Gilded Blade
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
In the stunning finale to the global phenomenon of the Inheritance Games Saga (over 6 million copies sold ), discover danger, riches, romance--and the staggering answers to long-brewing mysteries. Everyone is a player. In the grandest of games, there is everything to win--money, love, power, revenge--and even more to lose. From Texas to Prague to London and beyond, the Hawthorne family, the players from the Grandest Game, and allies old and new are drawn into a web of centuries-old secrets and mind-bending puzzles. Every clue pulls them deeper; every answer demands a price. To survive, they must unravel the mysteries that bind them together...but some truths are deadly. Discover danger, riches, romance--and the long-awaited revelations at the heart of Jennifer Lynn Barnes's most intricate and explosive puzzle yet. All games must come to an end.
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Ruinous Ends
by I. V. Marie
The future of Blackwood Academy--and the entire afterlife--is at stake in the must-read sequel to the viral dark fantasy sensation Immortal Consequences. This stunning hardcover edition features gorgeous, flower-patterned sprayed edges, colored endpapers, and an exclusive foil-stamped case The Decennial is over, but for the students of Blackwood Academy, the fight for the afterlife has just begun. The infamous school was hiding more secrets--and lies--than any of the Decennial's participants could have imagined. And there's still so much that remains buried beneath its ancient foundations. Now the future of the academy, and all the souls within it, rests in the hands of six former pupils: The charmer and the golden boy . . .The traitor and the girl desperate to save her . . .The Chosen One and the one who would choose her over and over again . . . Any of them could be the hero the afterlife needs . . . or the villain who will destroy it for good. Because the truth is, Blackwood's biggest secret has yet to come to light--and when it does, it will shake the institution to its core.
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To Dance the Moon and Stars (a Graphic Novel)
by Tasia M. S.
In a kingdom where dance is forbidden, a future high priestess must bend the rules to stop an ancient evil from destroying everything and everyone she loves, including the crown prince, in this sweeping romantasy graphic novel. Eighteen-year-old Myra has spent her entire life training to replace her grandmother as High Priestess. But with the day of her ascension rapidly approaching, she's not sure if she's meant for this path. How can she become the herald of the god Alrun when he forbids the thing she loves most: dancing? Her kingdom can't afford her hesitation though. Not only is the emperor looking for Alrun's wisdom ahead of a peace treaty, but forces of darkness are seeping through the barrier between worlds. The only source of light Myra has is her childhood best friend, the crown prince. Without his support and...love, she may not be able to stop what's coming. To save her people, Myra must delve into her kingdom's forgotten history, even if it means defying the laws of the land. But the key to salvation may just require her to make the biggest sacrifice of all.
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Alex, by Proxy
by Karen Myna Cantor
Welcome to sixteen-year-old Alex's life, ripped straight from the headlines. Alex is a victim of Munchausen by proxy, but he's also a witty, sarcastic kid with unusually good crossword skills and a penchant for astronomy. At least he used to be. Now that he's recovered from years of illness induced by his mother, he sort of has to figure out who he is all over again... And most importantly, he'll have to decide if he can testify against the woman who gave birth to him. As Alex awaits the trial, his friends convince him to start a podcast as a way to tell his story. Together, they create Lethal Lullaby. The podcast brings Alex closer to his old life--hanging out with friends, cracking jokes, having fun... At the same time, new memories surface and disturbing revelations come out, forcing Alex to acknowledge that the podcast could be making things worse. It seems like he's got deeper issues than he'd like to admit-and this time, he can't blame them on his mom. Day by day, Alex's mental health crumbles, until he can no longer distinguish between truth and fiction. Should he trust himself to testify? And if he gets up there, what version of the truth will he share? This breathtaking YA debut is perfect for fans of Sadie and The Act. Come for the can't-look-away take on true crime, stay for the honest portrayal of mental illness.
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I Didn't Do It
by Elle Gonzalez Rose
I Killed Zoe Spanos meets The Counselors in this YA thriller about the daughter of a killer who must prove her innocence after a night of fun turns deadly.
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Rootbound: A Tangled Novel
by Margaret Owen
Revisit Rapunzel and Eugene from Disney's Tangled as they race to protect a neighboring kingdom in this thrilling fantasy adventure penned by the New York Times bestselling author of Little Thieves. A cunning king. A devious princess. Best. Week. Ever. Rapunzel knows nothing about her neighboring kingdom, Astera - and not just because she only left her tower a month ago. The famously reclusive island has limited its contact with outsiders for decades. So when a suspicious invitation arrives welcoming Rapunzel to the Asteran princess's coming of age ceremony, and offering her a chance to be useful for the first time since she lost her healing powers, Rapunzel accepts - and unwittingly plunges herself and her companion, Eugene, into a tangled knot of political intrigue and magical secrets. Eugene is just happy to get one last adventure with Rapunzel before his criminal background catches up with him and prevents their happy ending. Yet as they're drawn further into the country's problems, they uncover truths about Eugene's parentage that point to deeper unrest in Astera, and suddenly the fate of their own kingdom, not just their personal dreams, is at stake. Thrust into a power struggle between Astera's beloved princess, Verette, its domineering king, Enver, and a mysterious secret society, Rapunzel and Eugene race to protect their home from an unsettlingly familiar threat and discover that the past can either hold them back, or help them blossom.
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Fire to the Stars
by Morgan J. Watchorn
In a kingdom cursed to turn people into dragons, two teens from opposite worlds, each with nothing left to lose, form an uneasy alliance. Told in dual perspectives, this sweeping debut follows their search for redemption and the slow-burning bond that could save them both. Every month, the kingdom of Florent braces for the Ignition: a solar event that turns ordinary humans into vicious dragon shifters. And anyone can be a dragon's next victim. Claire knows this all too well because the Ignition consumed her and her father, her town, and the life she thought she'd have. Now, she's scraping by on her wits as part of a sisterhood of thieves--lying, stealing, her heart locked tight--until she tracks down a disgraced dragon slayer who may be the one person who can give her back the life she once had. Abel has been shunned by the prestigious Slayers Guild for conducting research that's too...unorthodox to condone. But there's no one Claire trusts more than a rulebreaker, and that research might be the one thing that could help her. So when Abel reveals he is hunting again, Claire tries to hire him under false pretenses. Abel, however, is reluctant to accept a job from a criminal, no matter how charming she is. And yet...he really needs the money. Together, Claire and Abel will race through Florent and uncover dangerous secrets in their quests for forgiveness--and survival. But that knowledge may cost them the very thing they've grown desperate to protect: each other.
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Joseph T. Simpson Public Library
16 N Walnut St., Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055
(717) 766-0171
https://www.cumberlandcountylibraries.org/SIM
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