SYNC WEEK 5

It's week five of SYNC: High Hilarity! Until July 18, download these two audibooks for free!

Guys Read: Funny Business
By Jon Scieszka [Ed.] et al.
Read by Michael Boatman, Kate DiCamillo, John Keating, Jon Scieszka, Bronson Pinchot
Published by Harper Audio

Ten stories guaranteed to delight, amuse, and possibly make you spit your milk in your friend’s face, from the following esteemed writers: Mac Barnett, 
Eoin Colfer, 
Christopher Paul Curtis, 
Kate DiCamillo, Jon Scieszka, 
Paul Feig, 
Jack Gantos, 
Jeff Kinney, 
David Lubar, 
Adam Rex, and 
David Yoo.

“The audio adds top names in narration. Their timing and tones make each story, whether slapstick or slightly disgusting, even stronger. The range of hilarity is wide.” –AudioFile Magazine

Not sure this book is for you? Watch the video below and decide!

Download the free audiobook here! Or place a hold on the print version here.

The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Stories

By Mark Twain

Read by Norman Dietz
Published by Recorded Books

“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is a wild yarn involving a case of mistaken identity, a gambler who’d bet on anything, and a very unusual frog named Daniel Webster. First published in 1865, the tale was immensely popular, and in 1867 an expanded version was published with 26 additional short stories, told as only Mark Twain could tell them.

“Narrator Norman Dietz does not disappoint in this comical and oftentimes poignant collection of seven Mark Twain short stories . . . There’s a deadpan quality to Dietz’s comedic delivery that adds to the humor.” –AudioFile Magazine

Download the free audiobook here! Or place a hold on the print copy here.



Art & Photography Contest

Vote on your favorite piece of art or photograph in the teen room through August 29th.

The winner will be announced August 30th @ 2pm during the Teen Wrap-Up Party!

Cupcakes today @ 2pm!

Stop by today to decorate cupcakes @ 2pm!

SYNC WEEK 4

SYNC WEEK FOUR: Women in White

Today is the last day to download these audiobooks for free!

Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendare Blake, read by August Ross
Published by AudioGO

Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. When he arrives in a new town, Cas doesn’t expect anything outside of the ordinary: track, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he’s never faced before . . .

“It’s the old boy meets girl story, if the boy is a wry, self-destructive ghost-hunter bent on avenging his father and the girl is a homicidal ghost trapped in a house full of everyone she’s ever murdered. Needless to say, Cas and Anna are my new favorite twosome. When I got to the last page, I flipped back to the first.”—Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of Red Glove

Download your free copy of Anna Dressed In Blood here!
Rather read the print version? Place a hold here.

The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins, read by Ian Holm
Published by AudioGO

One night on the road to London, Walter Hartright meets a mysterious woman dressed all in white and answers her pleas for help. Wilkie Collins’s masterpiece of terrible secrets, concealed identities, abductions, fraud, cruel aristocrats, and sinister foreigners . . .

“This involved tale of greed, subterfuge, disappointed love, and stoic loyalty is told from several points of view. Ian Holm renders each remarkably well.” –AudioFile Magazine, Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award

Download your free copy of The Woman In White here!
Or place a hold on the print version here.

Get these while you can; a new pair will be available for download tomorrow!

Cupcake Wars Thursday @ 2pm!

Join us for Cupcake Wars this Thursday @ 2pm!

What are Cupcake Wars? It's a chance to make the craziest decorated cupcake you can think of with frosting, candy, and creativity! All materials will be provided, just make sure you wear old clothes or an apron in case of a frosting disaster.

Please let us know if you are planning to join us so we have enough cupcakes. Hope to see you there!

Looking for inspiration? Check out these books all about creative cupcakes:

• What's New Cupcake? Ingeniously Simple Designs For Every Occasion by Karen Tack
• The Big Book of Cupcakes by Betty Crocker
• Hello, Cupcake! by Alan Richardson

August Book Club

Our Divergent Book Club went well this June! At the end of the meeting everyone in attendance voted on the book we will talk about in August and the winner is:

Abandon by Meg Cabot!

New from #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot, a dark, fantastical story about this world... and the underworld.

Though she tries returning to the life she knew before the accident, Pierce can't help but feel at once a part of this world, and apart from it. Yet she's never alone... because someone is always watching her. Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back.

But now she's moved to a new town. Maybe at her new school, she can start fresh. Maybe she can stop feeling so afraid.

Only she can't. Because even here, he finds her. That's how desperately he wants her back. She knows he's no guardian angel, and his dark world isn't exactly heaven, yet she can't stay away... especially since he always appears when she least expects it, but exactly when she needs him most.

But if she lets herself fall any further, she may just find herself back in the one place she most fears: the Underworld.

Anyone is welcome to come to the meeting August 23rd @ 2pm if you've read the book!

Place a hold on a copy of Abandon here!