April DPLS Teen/YA Happenings 💙

APRIL 2024

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

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TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE: MONDAY, APRIL 8

LITKIT (A BOOK SUBSCRIPTION BOX)

To participate in this subscription service, you must be between the ages of 13-25 and have a DPLS library card. There will be library books in the box that will need to be checked out to your library card.

Only 10 boxes will be available. You will be placed on a waiting list if registration is full.

The box will be ready for pick up by the first of the month. You will receive an email notifying you that the box is ready for pick up.

If the box is not claimed by the seventh of the month, it will go to the next person on the waiting list.

Most everything in this box is yours to keep, we just ask that you return the two library books and box by the 25th of the month to any DPLS location.

This is a three month subscription. After the subscription period is over, you will need to sign up again to receive more boxes.

Any questions, contact Pam at prellstab@defiancelibrary.org.

TWO BOXES ARE UP FOR GRABS!

#BOOKSTAGRAM

April showers read for hours.

A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

The Stricken by Morgan Shamy

Promchanted by Morgan Matson

Artifice by Sharon Cameron

Sky's End by Marc Gregson

Oksi by Mari Ahokoivu

Small Favors by Erin Craig

The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway by Ashley Schumacher

Abuela, Don't Forget Me by Rex Ogle

Danger and Other Unknown Risks by Ryan North

READ SOMETHING NEW

Check out the New Shelf at Defiance and read something new.

Snowglobe by Soyoung Park

Yours from the Tower by Sally Nicholls

Spy X Family 11 by Tatsuya Endo

Ariel Crashes a Train by Oliva Cole

Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black

Hedgewitch of Foxhall by Anna Bright

When Forests Burn by Albert Marrin

Lonely Castle in the Mirror 2 by Mizuki Tsujimura

Sengoku Youko 1 by Mizukami Satoshi

Sakura, Saku 1 by Io Sakisaka

Even if it Breaks Your Heart by Erin Hahn

Cursed Cruise by Victoria Fulton

In the Orbit of You by Ashley Schumacher

Under this Red Rock by Mindy McGinnis

Louder than Hunger by John Schu

Marked Man by John Florio

Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole

Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce

Tree of Death 1 by Masasumi Kakizaki

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BOOK OF THE MONTH

This month, we will honor poems as it is National Poetry Month. With so many YA novel-in-verses out there, it was hard to select one. This year, we have chosen Ari Tison's 2023 debut novel, Saints of the Household - a book of two brothers who depend on each other.

"Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to stick to a schedule and keep their heads down.

But when they hear a classmate in trouble in the woods, instinct takes over and they intervene, breaking up a fight and beating their high school's star soccer player to a pulp. This act of violence threatens the brothers' dreams for the future and their beliefs about who they are. As the true details of that fateful afternoon unfold over the course of the novel, Max and Jay grapple with the weight of their actions, their shifting relationship as brothers, and the realization that they may be more like their father than they thought. They'll have to reach back to their Bribri roots to find their way forward." - Goodreads

Post your thoughts and opinions on our Padlet page called Dear YA Readers.

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CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION

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100 BOOKS BEFORE GRADUATION

Defiance Public Library System is challenging area high school students to finish 100 books before they turn the tassel. The 100 Books Before Graduation Challenge is ongoing, and geared to students in grades 9-12.

Students can easily log reading online using the Beanstack platform, or by downloading the Beanstack Tracker app for easy, on-the-go tracking. The app is available in the Apple and Google Play stores.

100 BOOKS BEFORE GRADUATION

DEAR YA READERS

We created a Padlet called Dear YA Readers for those who love to read and discuss YA books!

Some topics of discussion include:

new YA books
currently reading
Book of the Month

Join in the discussion with fellow YA aficionados.

DEAR YA READERS

SQUEEZY McSQUEEZY

Hello there my dearest lemony friends,

The solar eclipse is only a few more days away! Let's hope it is not cloudy or rainy in northwest Ohio on April 8.

In order to prepare for the eclipse we had to do a trial run of the solar eclipse glasses. This is what we found out - three of us using one pair is rather difficult. We are going to need our own "pear". (haha)

In other news, March was filled with so much excitement! We taste-tested Oreos, played Mario Kart, made grilled cheese sandwiches, and so much more. If you are free on Thursday nights, you should join us. It is so much chaotic fun.

Have a fantastic April!

Love,

Squeezy

P.S. Don't forget to join us Monday, April 22 from 4:00 - 6:00 for Crochet for a Cause. We will be making Worry Worms to give away!

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Defiance Public Library System is challenging area high school students to finish 100 books before they turn the tassel. The 100 Books Before Graduation Challenge is ongoing, and geared to students in grades 9-12.

﻿Students can easily log reading online using the Beanstack platform, or by downloading the Beanstack Tracker app for easy, on-the-go tracking. The app is available in the Apple and Google Play stores.

Students can easily log reading online using the Beanstack platform, or by downloading the Beanstack Tracker app for easy, on-the-go tracking. The app is available in the Apple and Google Play stores.