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Teen Study Club Monday, March 2 6-8 PM Grades 6 - 12 Simpson Library - Meeting Room B Need a quiet place to study? Come hang out, get your work done, and enjoy the chill vibe. Whether you’re preparing for a big test or working on a project, we have plenty of space for you! Plus, there are snacks! Drop in for a few minutes or stay the whole time. Registration is not required! |
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Anne Frank: Stories from the Annex Saturday, March 7 7-8 PM Open to all ages. Learning & Book Sale Center (45 West Allen St.) Anne Frank: Stories from the Annex is a moving, intimate three-actor performance inspired by the true story of Anne Frank and the people who hid alongside her during World War II. This original production draws from historical events and lived experience to explore what it meant to live in hiding — the fear, the humor, the ordinary moments, and the deep humanity of those confined to the Secret Annex. Designed for audiences ages 12 and up, the performance runs approximately 30 minutes and is followed by a guided talkback with the cast. |
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Dungeons & Dragons Friday, March 13 6-8 PM Friday, March 27 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! |
Teen Advisory Group
Saturday, March 14 2-3 PM Grades 6 - 12 Simpson Library - Tutor Rooms
Earn community service hours, gain leadership skills, and make a difference. Help the library by sharing your ideas on events and improvements! Registration is not required. |
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Third Thursday Thursday, March 19 6-7 PM Grades 6 - 12 Simpson Library - Meeting Room B On the Third Thursday of every month, teens are invited to try a new art project! This month, we will make magnetic poetry kits. While the program is scheduled until 7:00 pm, teens are free to leave when they've finished their project. |
Tween Scene Monday, March 23 6-7 PM Grades 4 - 8 Simpson Library - Meeting Room A
Make new friends and try new activities on the fourth Monday of each month. This month, we will have a game night! |
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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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Beyond Seven Forests
by Amanda McCrina
In 1916, amidst World War I, a blizzard traps eighteen-year-old Polish countess Renata in her home with two Polish deserters from the Russian army.
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The Faraway Inn
by Sarah Beth Durst
A teen girl decides to spend her summer helping her eccentric great aunt manage her quaint Vermont inn--only to discover that the fixer-upper is hiding a magical secret--in this cozy and irresistible new young adult fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop.
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Her Hidden Fire
by Cliodhna O'Sullivan
Perfect for fans of Powerless, Lightlark, and Red Queen, this heart-pounding romantasy forces a girl to make an impossible decision: watch the boy she loves get exiled for lack of magic, or pass her formidable powers off as his own. In a world where dragons soar through the skies and magical abilities are an elite privilege, the ruling family of Ailm's Keep is on a knife-edge: Can their son Ionáin prove that he can channel magic, or will his entire family be cast out in disgrace? Éadha, a servant girl who loves Ionáin, is shocked to discover shortly before the test that she can wield magic herself. It's extremely rare for a girl to have this talent, especially outside the few great Families. At Ionáin's moment of truth, when it's clear he is about to fail, Éadha makes a desperate gamble to save him from humiliation by pretending her magic is his, forfeiting her own claim to power. Her decision sends them both to an academy of magic, where she must shield her secret from every grim Master and scheming apprentice--especially the handsome but enigmatic Gry. As Éadha enters this whirlwind of patriarchy, class, heartache, and jealousy, she also learns about magic's terrible cost--the human price that Channellers willingly pay to maintain their power. How far would you go to empower the one you love?
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Burn the Water
by Billy Ray
From award-winning screenwriter of The Hunger Games Billy Ray comes an immersive and breathtaking enemies-to-lovers epic romance about war, loyalty, and the power that love has to save... or destroy.The year is 2425 and London is underwater.Three hundred years ago, rising oceans drowned a vast majority of the English Isle. London is now a jungle of dead skyscrapers and submerged streets.Fighting over the scraps of a world none can remember, two Houses -- the Crowns and the Rogues -- have been at war for three centuries.Rafe is the Rogue army's fiercest captain. Jule is the Crown army's deadliest soldier. They are vicious and merciless, courageous and beloved by their Houses. They are sworn enemies.And then they fall in love.It's a death sentence. But their love is all-consuming. As Rafe and Jule try to keep each other alive in their war-torn world, they are forced to confront new, horrifying threats to their loved ones while the hatred between their Houses only grows.When mysterious foreigners appear on their shores, the warring factions may destroy each other, unless their two most ruthless soldiers can become beacons of peace and possibility, showing their people a different way, and save them all.From the award-winning screenwriter of The Hunger Games comes a visceral and breathless forbidden romance about sacrifice, the neverending cycle of violence, and fiery, all-powerful love.
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The Blue Dress
by Rebecca Morrison
For fans of Jasmine Warga and Starfish, an Iranian American girl navigates complicated relationships with her mother, her best friend, and her body image in this unflinching and ultimately uplifting middle-grade debut.
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The Celestial Seas
by T. a. Chan
A tale of identity, love, and the hunt for vengeance in the darkest corners of space--perfect for fans of Iron Widow and Aurora Rising! Ishara Ming is the sole survivor of a spacefaring whaler destroyed by the Ballena, a legendary sentient spacecraft that haunts the darkness between stars. The fatal encounter left her with a metal-plated arm, a faulty memory chip, and a burning need for revenge. To take on the Ballena, Ishara assembles a crew of capable misfits. Among them is Quinn--her trusted first mate, the girl with wildfire eyes, and the only person who always stands by her side, even when everyone else thinks Ishara is a delusional captain who hallucinated the Ballena. That is, until Augustus, a ship mech armed with his own mysterious reasons for vengeance, convinces Ishara to let him join the crew. He brings the one thing Ishara's never had before: a tracking method tailored for finding the Ballena. Pulled between Quinn's and Augustus's gravitational forces, the pressure to issue increasingly risky orders, and the feeling that her past is rapidly catching up with her future, Ishara has to decide what--or who--she is fighting for before she loses another ship.
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Heart of Mischief: Soul of Shadow: Book Two
by Emma Noyes
After vowing to kill Elias for betraying her, Charlie Hudson forms a fragile alliance with him to uncover a string of murders, but as the dangers grow and her resolve falters, she fears she may be making the mistake of falling for him all over again.
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One Word, Six Letters
by Adib Khorram
Two teen boys grapple with identity and accountability and set off a ripple effect within their community after a school assembly is disrupted by a shouted slur. A] searing, deeply felt dual-POV novel, --Publishers Weekly, starred review Freshmen Dayton and Farshid couldn't be more different--or so it seems. When Dayton takes a dare and shouts the f-slur at a visiting author during a school event, it sets off a chain reaction that forces both boys to face parts of themselves they'd rather ignore. Dayton, grappling with the fallout of his actions, faces rejection from his friends, disappointment from his parents, and a growing awareness of the harm he's caused. Meanwhile, Farshid is left to untangle his own feelings--about himself and about the quiet struggle of coming to terms with his queerness in a world steeped in heteronormativity. As their lives unexpectedly intersect, Dayton and Farshid must reckon with what kind of men they want to become and whether they have the courage to defy toxic masculinity and societal expectations. Timely, raw, and deeply thought-provoking, this novel is perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Nic Stone.
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Fathom Fall
by Matteo L. Cerilli
The Maze Runner meets Fortnite in this action-packed young YA about a boy who finds out the monsters from his favorite video game are real.
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According to Plan
by Christen Randall
Being editor of the schools literary magazine was part of high school senior Mals plan to escape their small town, where as a fat, queer person with ADHD, they've never fit in, but when budget cuts shut down the magazine, Mal discovers working on a zine and spending time with Emerson could be somewhere they belong.
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The Danger of Small Things
by Caryl Lewis
A teen uses her art to protest injustice and galvanize others to resist in this suspenseful...lyrical (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) near-future dystopian novel about girls finding their voices in the darkest of times, perfect for fans of The Handmaid's Tale and Girls with Sharp Sticks. The whole world rested on a single bee's wings...until that last honeybee died, and the balance of the universe tipped. Now, famine and war rage across the land. People are no longer allowed to read or create art. They are forbidden to believe in the existence of love. Like every other girl, Jess has been taken from her home to live in a government dormitory, where they are forced to pollinate crops by hand with brushes. But unlike the others, Jess knows how to read and paint--and she knows that brushes aren't meant for pollinating. Jess is her mother's daughter, with a strong streak of rebellion that even the harshest punishment can't stamp out. She knows there is something horribly wrong with this system built on the hard labor of young girls, a system that forces them to marry and have children as soon as they are able. With smuggled paints and brush in hand, can Jess inspire a revolution?
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Heiress of Nowhere
by Stacey Lee
In 1918 on Orcas Island, eighteen-year-old orphan Lucy becomes heiress to her employers estate after his mysterious death and must clear her name by unmasking a killer linked to eerie seaside legends before she and her beloved orcas become the next victims.
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The Free Verse Society
by Delali Adjoa
High school juniors Jae, a teen mom trying to rebuild her life in a new town, and Derek, a rich kid hiding his own secrets, are brought together in their schools poetry club, where they confront their pasts and explore their growing feelings for each other.
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What We Did to Survive
by Megan Lally
A vacation in paradise turns deadly when four teens' sailing charter hits stormy seas in this propulsive new thriller from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Megan Lally!Hannah is having an incredible spring break. A week at a resort in Mexico with her best friend Emmy and her family is perfect for de-stressing from senior year, even if it's awkward being around Emmy's older brother, Jackson, who she's had a crush on for as long as she can remember.Still, the beach is gorgeous. So is the guy they meet in the surf. Except Hannah is now the third wheel in Emmy's vacation romance.Eager to impress Emmy, her wealthy new boyfriend charters a private sailboat to make the most of their last day in paradise, and Hannah and Jackson are invited along. As the clouds roll in and the skies darken, their boat is the only one leaving the marina. And the further they get into open water, the more unsettled Hannah becomes. A storm is brewing onboard that's as deadly as the one racing toward them. Forget surviving graduation. Who will make it back to land alive?
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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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