Tag Archives: Smith Public Library

What’s Happening This Week @ SPL

Posted on October 22, 2018 by

Happy Monday everyone! It’s the 22nd of October, and we are officially only nine days away from Halloween! So besides watching Hocus Pocus for the 500th time this season, or awaiting the premiere of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, what else should … Continue reading →

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The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo

Posted on October 1, 2018 by

Check out The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo at the Smith Public Library today!

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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Posted on September 24, 2018 by

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi About: Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the … Continue reading →

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Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely

Posted on September 10, 2018 by

Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely  About: Meet Pity Jones.  Actually, her name is Serendipity but everyone calls her Pity.  She lives in an America that has been torn apart by a Second Civil War and ravaged by some type of … Continue reading →

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The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma

Posted on August 27, 2018 by

The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma About: A ghostly story of suspense told in two voices–one still living and one dead. Nova Ren Suma tells a supernatural tale of guilt and innocence, and what happens when one is … Continue reading →

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Tool of War by Paolo Bacigalupi

Posted on August 20, 2018 by

 Tool of War by Paolo Bacigalupi About: If you have read Shipbreaker or Drowned Cities, then you have already met Tool and been introduced to his world – a world where the seas have risen and completely changed life as … Continue reading →

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Puddin’ by Julie Murphy

Posted on August 13, 2018 by

Puddin’ by Julie Murphy 

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Thornhill by Pam Smy

Posted on July 24, 2018 by

Thornhill by Pam Smy About: Parallel, interwoven stories set in different times–one told through intimate diary entries and the other through bold, striking art–converge as a girl unravels the mystery of the abandoned building next door. Pam Smy’s Thornhill is a haunting … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Bones – Jane Yolen

Posted on July 17, 2018 by

Mapping the Bones by Jane Yolen What’s it about: It’s 1942 in Poland, and the world is coming to pieces. At least that’s how it seems to Chaim and Gittel, twins whose lives feel like a fairy tale torn apart, … Continue reading →

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Nemesis – Brandon Reichs

Posted on June 18, 2018 by

Nemesis by Brandon Reichs  About: Brendan Reichs, co-author of the popular Virals series delivers a new dystopian sci-fi series for fans to sink their teeth into. Every other year Min, a street smart teenager living in a trailer park is brutally … Continue reading →

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