Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.

The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.


The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war-- and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.


Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.

In this electrifying debut, Tahereh Mafi presents a world as riveting as The Hunger Games and a superhero story as thrilling as The X-Men. Full of pulse-pounding romance, intoxicating villainy, and high-stakes choices, Shatter Me is a fresh and original dystopian novel—with a paranormal twist—that will leave readers anxiously awaiting its sequel.
 

 

Place a hold on Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi here.

Summer Reading June 11-15

Haven't signed up for Summer Reading yet? No problem! Come in this week to sign-up and receive your goodie bag and free book. Sign-up for our June Book Club at the same time and also receive a free copy of Divergent by Veronica Roth!



Own the Night Chair Trivia!
Thursday, June 14th 2-3:30pm

It was such a hit at our Hunger Games launch party that we’ve brought it back! Two teams will test their knowledge of vampire, werewolf, and just plain scary pop culture. In a twist, all answers will be available before the questions are asked. Sound easy? Think again! Stick around for a booktalk that fits the theme Own the Night.

Partials by Dan Wells



The human race is all but extinct after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by RM, a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island while the Partials have mysteriously retreated. The threat of the Partials is still imminent, but, worse, no baby has been born immune to RM in more than a decade. Our time is running out.

 

Kira, a sixteen-year-old medic-in-training, is on the front lines of this battle, seeing RM ravage the community while mandatory pregnancy laws have pushed what's left of humanity to the brink of civil war, and she's not content to stand by and watch. But as she makes a desperate decision to save the last of her race, she will find that the survival of humans and Partials alike rests in her attempts to uncover the connections between them—connections that humanity has forgotten, or perhaps never even knew were there.


Dan Wells, acclaimed author of I Am Not a Serial Killer, takes readers on a pulsepounding journey into a world where the very concept of what it means to be human is in question—one where our humanity is both our greatest liability and our only hope for survival.

Recovered from an off-site ParaGen records facility on July 17, 2063, the below archival footage is from an investor reel, dated March 1, 2056.

 

Place a hold on Partials by Dan Wells here.

June Book Club: Divergent

Like to talk about books? Stop by to talk about Divergent by Veronica Roth June 28^th @2pm!

This Hunger Games read-alike follows Tris as she chooses one of five factions to spend her life in. But making the choice doesn’t guarantee admission; now she must prove her worth or end up factionless, a fate worse than death. This dystopia set in a future Chicago will keep you riveted until the end, then clamoring for its sequel, Insurgent.

Don’t leave early; at the end of our discussion we’ll be choosing the book for August Book Club! Pre-registration is required. Sign-up at the front desk to receive your free copy of the book!

You can also place a hold on the library's copy or if you'd prefer to listen to the audiobook version, you can download it here.

The Great Scavenger Hunt Begins Today!

The Great Scavenger Hunt Contest Summer Reading Program, hosted by YA author Kay Cassidy, starts today!

How it works:
1. Go to www.kaycassidy.com/hunt and look at the list of participating books.
2. Choose the book you want to read and print off the trivia challenge.
3. Read the book!
4. Answer the trivia challenge questions and give the completed page to any of the librarians at the front desk.
5. Get at least 8 out of 10 correct and your librarian will enter you into the monthly contest.

Every month from June to August, YA author Kay Cassidy will choose one lucky winner. If you are the winning hunter, you'll receive a $50 gift card to Barnes & Noble to use in stores or online. Plus when you win, your library wins too...a bundle of more great participating books that you can read!

Welcome to the hunt!
(All text copyright Kay Cassidy. Participating hunters through age 19 are eligible for the prize, but anyone is welcome to participate for the fun of it!)

Remember to check back to see who the winners are!

Sync Your Headphones June 14th!

Visit audiobooksync.com for a full list of titles!

Remember, you can always download audiobooks from the library's website!