September/October - Preble County District Library

Discover What’s New at Your Library
Vol. 17 ◊ Issue 5
PCDL’s Pork Festival paint-a-pig entry 2016.!The Piggy Stardust
drawing was designed by Eaton Library Assist. Logan Wogoman.
Sep / Oct 2016
Library’s Pork Festival Cement Pig Entry
“Piggy Stardust”
Register by Oct 11 to vote in the
General Election held on Nov 8, 2016
Call PC Board of
Elections for
more information
Piggy Stardust is a homage to rock star David Bowie. The design is
based on “Ziggy Stardust”, a song written and recorded by Bowie for
his 1972 concept album “The rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the
Spiders from Mars”.
Painting commenced on Aug 27 in Eaton at the
farmer’s market parking lot on Barron St.
Marketing Coordinator Mike Zimmerman (L),
Library Director Lauren Robinson (R) and Eaton
Library Assist. Sue Bitner (not pictured) were the
artists for the library this year!.
 Library Admin. Office
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Preble County District Library responds to
2013-14 financial audit
Emily Hackett, Reference Librarian
EATON, OH — On Aug. 9, Ohio Auditor Dave Yost’s office
released the regular financial audit of Preble County District
Library for 2013 and 2014. The audit found multiple
instances of material weakness and noncompliance, which
the library’s Board of Trustees has worked to correct in the
last year.
DATABASE SPOTLIGHT
From late 2013 through 2014, the library’s former Fiscal
Officer Terri Wysong failed to complete monthly cash
reconciliations and submit required annual financial reports.
This led Auditor Yost’s office to dub the library’s fiscal
records ‘unauditable’ in August 2015.
With the help of a consultant from the library’s former
supplier of accounting software (CMI) and a traveling clerk
on behalf of the State Auditor’s Uniform Accounting Network
(UAN), the library completed the required reconciliations and
reports to allow for an audit.
The audit revealed more problems with the fiscal office,
including a failure during that time to pay the IRS, OPERS,
and other agencies funds withheld from employees’ wages.
Considering these findings, the library’s Board voted against
renewing Wysong’s contract in January 2016.
The neglect of payment to the IRS, OPERS, and other
agencies led to several financial penalties from those
agencies. The Auditor’s report found Wysong liable for the
$36,407 in late fees assessed during her time as Fiscal Officer
of Preble County District Library.
“This audit has made our board more alert in our roles as
managers of public funds,” said library Board President Anne
Grim. “We’ve since hired a new fiscal officer and are vigilant
in our compliance with all aspects of the Ohio Revised Code,
especially those directing the handling of public money.
“With a new fiscal officer and better oversight from the
board, we’ll move forward. Ultimately, this audit will make
us a stronger organization as we continue to provide quality
library services to the residents of Preble County.”
Direct any questions to Library Director Lauren Robinson at
937-456-4368 or Mike Zimmerman at 937-683-6937.
The full auditor’s report is available at www.ohioauditor.gov.
New V-Game Database!
Free PC & Android games
with your PCDL library card
 OnePlay offers a digital gaming service, where users
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can instantly download and play unlimited Android and
PC games for free.
New games added daily!
 OnePlay includes over 2,000 games from more than 75
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different publishers.
1500+ PC titles
500+ Android titles
 No holds, no waiting. Download the games you want to
your computer and play them whenever and wherever
you are – no internet required*
 Login can be used in the library, at home and on
multiple devices. Parents can set a different password
from the account to approve activation of game.
*An internet connection is required to download and
activate the game. Once downloaded and activated, games
can be played while off-line.
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Welcome to a new staff member!
Magrace Landwehr has been approved as the new Children’s
Library Assistant. Magrace has experience in film editing,
programming, and has recently obtained her Bachelor of Arts in
Film and Theater Studies from Ohio State University. Youth
Services Manager, Sarah Tozier adds, “We are excited to have
her join our department!”
Library Admin. Office  450 S Barron St  Eaton, OH 45320
Tues. - Thurs. 9-5 / Fri 9-3 / 1st & 3rd Sat. 9-5
Magrace will be taking over the monthly Home School Hour.
Preble County Room Buzz
The Preble County District Library would like to
introduce Angie Getter as the new Preble
County Room Supervisor. Angie has worked in
the Preble County Room as an assistant since
2013. She has taken over for Marlene Ressler,
who retired in August. Angie has been involved
in genealogy for 18 years and counting!
 Marlene Ressler finished compiling her three-volume series, A
A Memorial to Preble County Soldiers Killed While Serving in
Korea compiled by Marlene Ressler. Three volume.
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Memorial to Preble County Soldiers Killed While Serving in Korea.
Volume 1 contains the genealogies of Billy R. Bishop (1929-1952),
Donald E. Crowell (1929-1951), Robert G. Cullers (1923-1950), and
Marion D. Hoover (1929-1951). Volume 2 contains the genealogies of
Wallace R. Little (1932-1951) and Harry F. Neanover (1934-1952).
Volume 3 contains the genealogies of Cecil A. Newman (1930-1953)
and Bryan Spitler, Jr. (1931-1952). Anyone researching these brave,
honorable soldiers will truly appreciate this invaluable resource.
Marilyn Melling has completed the George D. and Bersheba Ann
(Miller) Campbell and Descendants Family History. (8 volumes)
Portrait Drawing Donation Depicts Local Citizens
Sally Miller (Wyoming) and Marilyn Miller Clark (Montgomery County,
Ohio) pose beside the portrait of married couple, Maria Huffman Straw and
Peter Straw. The sisters donated a total of five portraits depicting people
who once hailed from Preble County, Ohio.
The portrait on the top left shows Charles “Robert” Appleby, bottom left,
his wife, Caroline Johnson Appleby; the portrait on the top right shows
Lydia Paddock Adler, bottom right, her husband, Harry Adler.
The original photos were tin types sent to a company in Chicago that
recreated them into portrait drawings.
The PC Room staff wishes to thank Sally and Marilyn for their generous
donation. The portraits have been hung in the Preble County Room.
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The Peanuts Movie
The Midnight Man
God’s Club
Curveball
For Better or For Worse (Hallmark Channel)
A Date With Miss Fortune
Shockwave: Darkside
When Calls the Heart
A Yank at Oxford
NCIS: New Orleans (The Second Season)
Tremors Anthology (All 5 Tremors movies)
The Boss
Murdoch Mysteries (Season 9)
The Adventures of Panda Warrior
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Book2Movie
Look What You’ll Find!
Director Oliver Stone partially
based his film Snowden on Luke
Harding’s 2014 book, The
Snowden Files: The Inside Story of
the World’s Most Wanted Man.
The movie stars Joseph GordonLevitt as Edward Snowden. It
opens in theaters Sept 16.
The movie Inferno, based on Dan
Brown’s book of the same title, hits
theaters on October 28. Tom Hanks
reprises his role as Harvard
symbologist Robert Langdon.
The film adaptation of Katherine
Paterson’s Newberry Honor book,
The Great Gilly Hopkins, will hit
theaters on October 7th. The book
features eleven-year-old Gilly
Hopkins, a foster kid who has been
stuck in more foster families than
she can remember. She has a
reputation for being brash, brilliant, and completely
unmanageable, and that's the way she likes it. So when she's
sent to live with the Trotters—by far the strangest family yet—
she knows it's only a temporary problem.
Cast includes Sophie Nélisse (The Book Thief), Kathy Bates, and
Octavia Spencer.
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Don’t Miss Reads
September
Commonwealth / Ann Patchett
The Girl in the Castle: A Novel / Santa Montefiore
Revenge in a Cold River / Anne Perry (William Monk)
Home / Harlan Coben
Downfall / J. A. Jance (Joanna Brady, 17)
Fates and Traitors / Jennifer Chiaverini
Blue Madonna / James R. Benn (Billy Boyle, 11)
Pirate / Clive Cussler (Fargo Adventure, 8)
Here I Am: A Novel / Jonathan Safran Foer
October
The Underground Railroad / Colson Whitehead
Two By Two / Nicholas Sparks
The Whistler / John Grisham
Missing / James Patterson & Kathryn Fox ( Private, 12)
Precious and Grace / Alexander McCall Smith
(No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, 17)
Triple Crown / Felix Francis (Dick Francis series)
Pharaoh: A Novel of Ancient Egypt / Wilbur Smith
Small Great Things: A Novel / Jodi Piccoult
Hag-Seed / Margaret Atwood (Hogarth Shakespeare)
The Mothers / Brit Bennett
The Wangs vs. the World / Jane Chang: A
hilarious debut novel about a wealthy but
fractured Chinese immigrant family that had it
all, only to lose every last cent—and about the
road trip they take across America that binds
them back together.
The Bookshop on the Corner /Jenny Colgan:
Nina Redmond is a literary matchmaker. Pairing
a reader with that perfect book is her passion…
and also her job. Or at least it was. Until
yesterday, she was a librarian in the hectic city.
But now the job she loved is no more.
Determined to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a
sleepy village many miles away. There she buys a van and
transforms it into a bookmobile—a mobile bookshop that
she drives from neighborhood to neighborhood, changing
one life after another with the power of storytelling.
Nutshell: A Novel / Ian McEwan: Trudy has
betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the
marital home—a dilapidated, priceless London
townhouse—but John's not there. Instead, she's
with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude,
and the two of them have a plan. But there is a
witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month
-old resident of Trudy's womb.
Told from a perspective unlike any other, Nutshell is a classic
tale of murder and deceit from one of the world’s master
storytellers.
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The Blind Astronomer’s Daughter / John Pipkin: In lateeighteenth-century Ireland, accidental stargazer Caroline
Ainsworth learns that her life is not what it seems when her
father, Arthur, throws himself from his rooftop observatory.
Caroline had often assisted her father with his observations, in
pursuit of an unknown planet; when astronomer William
Herschel discovered Uranus, Caroline could only watch
helplessly as unremitting jealousy drove Arthur to madness. Now, gone blind
from staring at the sun, he has chosen death over a darkened life.
Grief-stricken, Caroline abandons the vain search, leaves Ireland for London,
and tries to forget her love for Finnegan O'Siodha, the tinkering blacksmith
who was helping her father build a telescope larger than his rival's. But her
father has left her more than the wreck of that unfinished instrument: his
cryptic atlas holds the secret to finding a new world at the edge of the sky.
Today Will Be Different / Maria Semple: Eleanor knows she's a
mess. But today, she will tackle the little things. She will shower
and get dressed. She will have her poetry and yoga lessons
after dropping off her son, Timby. She won't swear. She will
initiate sex with her husband, Joe. But before she can put her
modest plan into action-life happens. Today, it turns out, is the
day Timby has decided to fake sick to weasel his way into his
mother's company. It's also the day Joe has chosen to tell his office-but not
Eleanor-that he's on vacation. Just when it seems like things can't go more
awry, an encounter with a former colleague produces a graphic memoir
whose dramatic tale threatens to reveal a buried family secret.
News of the World: A Novel / Paulette Jiles: It is 1870 and
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas,
giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the
world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars
and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless,
solitary existence.
In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to
her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa raiders killed
Johanna’s parents and sister; sparing the little girl, they raised her as one of
their own. Recently rescued by the U.S. army, the ten-year-old has once again
been torn away from the only home she knows.
Their 400-mile journey south through unsettled territory and unforgiving
terrain proves difficult and at times dangerous. Johanna has forgotten the
English language, tries to escape at every opportunity, throws away her
shoes, and refuses to act “civilized.” Yet as the miles pass, the two lonely
survivors tentatively begin to trust each other, forging a bond that marks the
difference between life and death in this treacherous land.
Arriving in San Antonio, the reunion is neither happy nor welcome. The
captain must hand Johanna over to an aunt and uncle she does not
remember—strangers who regard her as an unwanted burden. A respectable
man, Captain Kidd is faced with a terrible choice: abandon the girl to her fate
or become—in the eyes of the law—a kidnapper himself.
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A Change of Fortune mystery series by Jessica Estevao
Whispers Beyond the Veil: Canada, 1898. First in a dazzling new historical mystery
series featuring Ruby Proulx, a psychic with a questionable past who suddenly finds
her future most uncertain.
A Farmer’s Daughter mystery series by Peg Cochran
No Farm, No Foul: On her blog, The Farmer’s Daughter, Shelby McDonald is growing
her audience as she posts recipes, gardening tips, and her experiences raising two
kids and running Love Blossom Farm in the small western Michigan town of Lovett.
Working the farm is demanding but peaceful—until that peace is shattered when the
minister’s wife is murdered on Shelby’s property during a fund-raiser for a local
church.
A Latitia Rodd mystery series by Kate Saunders
The Secrets of Wishtide: Mrs. Laetitia Rodd, aged fifty-two, is the widow of an
archdeacon. Living in Hampstead with her confidante and landlady, Mrs. Bentley,
Laetitia makes her living as a discreet private investigator.
Her brother, Frederick Tyson, is a criminal barrister living in the neighboring village
of Highgate. He finds the cases, and Laetitia solves them using her arch intelligence,
her iron discretion, and her immaculate cover as an unsuspecting widow.
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath
Mew'd / Alan Bradley: In spite of
being ejected from Miss Bodycote’s
Female Academy in Canada, twelve-
A Chocolate Whisperer mystery series by Colette London
The Semi-Sweet Hereafter: Hayden Mundy Moore is an expert on everything
chocolate, helping clients develop new products and revamp recipes until they're
irresistible. But sometimes, a dash of murder finds its way into the mix.
year-old Flavia de Luce is excited to
A Vintage Toy mystery series by Barbara Early
be sailing home to England. But
Death of a Toy Soldier: Liz McCall never dreamed she would one day help manage
instead of a joyous homecoming, she is greeted on
her father’s vintage toyshop. However, after he sank his entire police pension into
the docks with unfortunate news: Her father has
the business, someone needed to help him turn his dreams into reality—and keep
fallen ill, and a hospital visit will have to wait while
him from sneaking off to patrol the not-so-mean streets of East Aurora, NY.
he rests. But with Flavia’s blasted sisters and
insufferable cousin underfoot, Buckshaw now
The mood goes from nice to naughty when a nervous man, who was trying to have
seems both too empty—and not empty enough.
his antique toys appraised, is found in the shop with a lawn dart through his chest.
Only too eager to run an errand for the vicar’s
Suddenly, Liz’s business plan is plunged into deep freeze, while she and her father
wife, Flavia hops on her trusty bicycle, Gladys, to
find themselves toying with a cold-blooded killer who’s playing for keeps.
deliver a message to a reclusive wood-carver.
Finding the front door ajar, Flavia enters and
stumbles upon the poor man’s body hanging
upside down on the back of his bedroom door.
The only living creature in the house is a feline
that shows little interest in the disturbing scene.
Curiosity may not kill this cat, but Flavia is
energized at the prospect of a new investigation.
It’s amazing what the discovery of a corpse can do
for one’s spirits. But what awaits Flavia will shake
her to the very core.
A Berry Basket mystery series by Sharon Farrow
Dying for Strawberries: Between running the Berry Basket, dodging local gossip,
and whipping up strawberry muffins, smoothies, and margaritas to celebrate the
town’s first annual Strawberry Moon Bash, Marlee Jacob hardly has time for her
fiancé. But unfortunately for Marlee, Oriole Point is muddled with secrets. First her
friend Natasha disappears after an ominous dream. Next the seediest man in town
threatens to crush her business. Then an unknown person nearly kills her on the
night of the Bash. When she discovers a dead body while searching for Natasha,
Marlee realizes she’ll have to foil a killer’s plot herself—before the past permanently
stains her future.
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Available from publishers in Sept
Title
Murder of a Cranky Catnapper
Cheddar Off Dead
Cancelled by Murder
The Question of the Felonious Friend
Body on the Bayou
Death of an Avid Reader
Pushing Up Daisies
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
British Manor Murder
Christmas Caramel Murder
High Kicks, Hot Chocolate, & Homicides
It's Your Party, Die If You Want To
Death By Pumpkin Spice
The Murder of a Queen Bee
Dandelion Dead
Orchard Mystery Series
by Sheila Connolly
No. Set in a quaint New England town, this
well written cozy series is perfect for
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getting you in the mood for fall. City
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girl banker-turned orchard owner Meg
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Corey solves countless mysteries
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while growing and harvesting apples.
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Recipes are included in each book.
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1. One Bad Apple (2008)
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2. Rotten to the Core (2009)
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3. Red Delicious Death (2010)
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4. A Killer Crop (2010)
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5. Bitter Harvest (2011)
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6. Sour Apples (2012)
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7. Golden Malicious (2013)
8. Picked to Die (2014)
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9. A Gala Event (2015)
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10. Seeds of Deception (2016)
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See a title you like? Request it at your library!
Author
Denise Swanson
Julia Buckley
Jean Flowers
E. J. Copperman
Ellen Byron
Frances Brody
M. C. Beaton
Alan Bradley
Leslie Meier
Joanne Fluke
Mary McHugh
Vickie Fee
Alex Erickson
Meera Lester
Chrystle Fiedler
Series Title or FYI
Scumble River
Undercover Dish
Postmistress
Asperger's Mystery
Cajun Country
Kate Shackleton
Agatha Raisin
Flavia de Luce
Lucy Stone
Hannah Swensen
Happy Hoofers
Liv and Di in Dixie
Bookstore Café
Henny Penny Farmette
Natural Remedies
Available from publishers in Oct
Murder in Style
Behind Chocolate Bars
Crepe Factor
The Hammett Hex
The Witch and the Dead
Seeds of Deception
Killing Thyme
Tangled Up in Brew
Putting on the Witch
Ghost Times Two
Masking for Trouble
Unlucky Charms
A Memory of Muskets
All the Little Liars
A Most Novel Revenge
Teetotaled
Feliz Navidead
Fatal Frost
Doggone It
Eggnog Murder
Dangling by a Thread
Saddle Up for Murder
Pocketbooks and Pistols
Veronica Heley
Kathy Aarons
Laura Childs
Victoria Abbott
Heather Blake
Sheila Connolly
Leslie Budewitz
Joyce Tremel
Joyce & Jim Lavene
Carolyn Hart
Diane Vallere
Linda O. Johnston
Kathleen Ernst
Charlaine Harris
Ashley Weaver
Maia Chance
Ann Myers
Karen MacInerney
Maggie Toussaint
Leslie Meier, et al
Lea Wait
Leigh Hearon
Dorothy Howell
Ellie Quicke
Chocolate Covered
Scrapbooking
Book Collector
Wishcraft Mystery
An Orchard Mystery
Spice Shop
Brewing Trouble
Retired Witches
Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel
Costume Shop
Superstition Mystery
Chloe Ellefson
Aurora Teagarden
Amory Ames
Discreet Retrieval Agency
Sante Fe Cafe
Dewberry Farm
Dreamwalker
Anthology
Mainely Needlepoint
Carson Stables
Haley Randolph
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Seeds of Deception:
With the bushels of
time they spent
organizing their
wedding, Meg and
Seth didn’t have a
chance to plan a
honeymoon. But
now that winter has
arrived, there’s not
much to do at the orchard. So with
their shared love of history and all
things apple, they pick Thomas
Jefferson’s orchards at Monticello as
the perfect getaway.
While they enjoy the beautiful sights,
there’s a rotten addition to the
agenda when Meg’s parents discover
their handyman dead in the backyard.
With a bitter police chief eyeing Meg’s
father as a suspect, Meg and Seth
have to cut their honeymoon short to
find the root of the problem. 10/16
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The Vanishing Year: A Novel / Kate Moretti: Zoe
Whittaker is living a charmed life. She is the
beautiful young wife to handsome, charming Wall
Street tycoon Henry Whittaker. She is a member of
Manhattan’s social elite. She is on the board of one
of the city’s most prestigious philanthropic
organizations. She has a perfect Tribeca penthouse
in the city and a gorgeous lake house in the
country. The finest wine, the most up-to-date
fashion, and the most luxurious vacations are all at her fingertips.
What no one knows is that five years ago, Zoe’s life was in danger.
Back then, Zoe wasn’t Zoe at all. Now her secrets are coming back to
haunt her.
As the past and present collide, Zoe must decide who she can trust
before she—whoever she is—vanishes completely.
MaryJance Davidson Introduces “The Insighter Novels”
Deja Who / MaryJanice Davidson: Leah Nazir is an
Insighter. Reincarnation is her business. But while her
clients’ pasts are a mess, Leah’s is nothing short of
tragedy. She’s been murdered. A lot. If left to...destiny,
it’ll happen again. Who’s been following her through
time, and who’s been stalking her in the present…?
P.I. Archer Drake has been hired by Leah’s mother to keep an eye on
her. But the more time he spends watching, the more he finds himself
infatuated. Before long, he even finds himself agreeing to help find
the person who wants her dead. Over and over again.
Now going full-on “rewind,” Leah hopes it can stave off the inevitable.
After all, she’s grown fond of this life—and even fonder of nerdy
Archer. But changing her pattern means finding out who her killer is
today. And as Leah fears, that could be anyone she has come to know
and trust. Anyone.
September
Christmas Comes to Main Street / Olivia Miles (Briar Creek, 5)
Snowfall on Haven Point / RaeAnne Thayne (Haven Point)
The Perks of Loving a Scoundrel / Jennifer McQuiston
(Seduction Diaries)
The Trouble With Mistletoe / Jill Shalvis (Heartbreaker Bay)
Justice for Boone / Susan Stoker (Texas Heroes, 6)
Apprentice in Death / J. D. Robb (Eve Dallas, 43)
The White Mirror / Elsa Hart (Li Du Novel)
The Spice Box Letters: A Novel / Eve Makis
Magic Binds / Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels)
The Kept Woman / Karin Slaughter (Will Trent, 8)
Daisy in Chains: A Novel / Sharon Bolton
October
Undead and Done / MaryJanice Davidson (Undead, 15)Final
Twelve Days of Christmas / Debbie Macomber
Saving Jake / Sharon Sala (Blessings, Georgia)
Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries / Helen Fielding
Winter Storms / Elin Hlderbrand (Winter Street)
Folly Cove / Holly Robinson
The White Spell / Lynn Kuland (Novel of the Five Kingdoms)
The Witch of Persimmon Point / Suzanne Palmieri
A Shoe Addict's Christmas / Beth Harbison
The Christmas Town / Donna VanLiere (Christmas Hope)
Night Watch / Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen (Kendra Michaels)
The Rift Uprising / Amy S. Foster (Rift Uprising Trilogy, 1)
The Secret Ingredient of Wishes / Susan Bishop
Crispell: 26-year-old Rachel Monroe has spent her
whole life trying to keep a very unusual secret: she
can make wishes come true. And sometimes the
consequences are disastrous. So when Rachel
accidentally grants an outlandish wish for the first
time in years, she decides it’s time to leave her
hometown behind for good.
Rachel isn’t on the road long before she runs out of gas in a town
that’s not on her map: Nowhere, North Carolina―also known as
the town of “Lost and Found.” In Nowhere, Rachel is taken in by
a spit-fire old woman, Catch, who possesses a strange gift of her
own: she can bind secrets by baking them into pies. Rachel also
meets Catch’s neighbor, Ashe, a Southern gentleman with a
complicated past, who makes her want to believe in happily-ever
-after for the first time in her life.
Inheriting Edith / Zoe Fishman: For years, Maggie Sheets has been an invisible hand in the glittering homes of
wealthy New York City clients, scrubbing, dusting, mopping, and doing all she can to keep her head above water as
a single mother. Everything changes when a former employer dies leaving Maggie a staggering inheritance. A
house in Sag Harbor. The catch? It comes with an inhabitant: The deceased’s eighty-two-year old mother Edith.
Edith has Alzheimer’s—or so the doctors tell her—but she remembers exactly how her daughter Liza could light up
a room, or bring dark clouds in her wake. And now Liza’s gone, by her own hand, and Edith has been left—like a
chaise or strand of pearls—to a poorly dressed young woman with a toddler in tow.
Maggie and Edith are both certain this arrangement will be an utter disaster. But as summer days wane, a tenuous
bond forms, and Edith, who feels the urgency of her diagnosis, shares a secret that she’s held close for five
decades, launching Maggie on a mission that might just lead them each to what they are looking for.
Briar Creek Series by Olivia Miles
Can’t Get Enough Robyn Carr
The Life She Wants / Robyn Carr: In the aftermath of her
financier husband’s suicide, Emma Shay Compton’s dream
life is shattered. Richard Compton stole his clients’ life
savings to fund a lavish life in New York City and, although
she was never involved in the business, Emma bears the
burden of her husband’s crimes. She is left with nothing.
Only one friend stands by her, a friend she’s known since
high school, who encourages her to come home to
Sonoma County. But starting over isn’t easy, and Sonoma
is full of unhappy memories, too. And people she’d rather not face,
especially Riley Kerrigan.
Riley and Emma were like sisters—until Riley betrayed Emma, ending their
friendship. Emma left town, planning to never look back. Now, trying to
stand on her own two feet, Emma can’t escape her husband’s reputation and
is forced to turn to the last person she thought she’d ever ask for help—her
former best friend. It’s an uneasy reunion as both women face the mistakes
they’ve made over the years. Only if they find a way to forgive each other—
and themselves—can each of them find the life she wants.
Ivy Granger, Psychic Detective Series
by E. J. Stevens
The world of Ivy Granger, including the Ivy Granger Psychic Detective
series and Hunters' Guild series, is filled with action, mystery, magic,
dark humor, quirky characters, bloodsucking vampires, flirtatious
demons, sarcastic gargoyles, sexy shifters, temperamental witches,
psychotic faeries, and snarky,kick-butt heroines.
The Ivy Granger series has won numerous awards, including the BTS Red
Carpet Award for Best Novel, the PRG Reviewer's Choice Award for Best
Paranormal Fantasy Novel, Best Urban Fantasy Novel, and finalist for
Best Urban Fantasy Series.
Welcome to Harborsmouth, where monsters walk the streets unseen
by humans...except those with second sight, like Ivy Granger.
1. Shadow Sight
2. Ghost Light
3. Burning Bright
4. Birthright
5. Hounds Bite
Hound’s Bite: In a cruel twist of fate, Ivy has
unleashed a powerful horde of Unseelie beasts
upon her city, turning her homecoming into a
potential slaughter of innocents. Now Ivy must
gather her allies to fight a reputedly unstoppable force--The Wild Hunt.
Will the training Ivy received in her father's court be enough to save her
city, or will Harborsmouth be forced to kneel before the Lord of the
Hunt? She is willing to risk her own life, but some sacrifices come at a
cost worse than death. When an ally is bitten by one of The Wild Hunt's
hounds, Ivy must face the possibility that winning this battle may mean
killing the one person she has come to love most.
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Briar Creek's quaint shops, cozy homes,, and neighborly
residents are what small town dreams are made
of...welcome to Briar Creek, Vermont.
1. Mistletoe on Main Street (2014)
2. A Match Made on Main Street (2015)
3. Hope Springs on Main Street (2015)
4. Love Blooms on Main Street (2016)
Christmas Comes to Main Street: 'Tis
the worst season to be single, but Kara
Hastings won't let a little Christmas funk
spoil the festive season. Sure, running
her own bakery is a little harder than
she expected, but she can handle it.
And she'll prove it to a certain
infuriatingly handsome, bossy Big City
guy. She may be sugar and spice, but
she can kick his butt twice.
Nate Griffin is in Briar Creek only for the holidays, and he
refuses to fall for the whole "small town, candy canescented Christmas Wonderland" thing. He's more
interested in the fresh-faced cookie chef who always
knows exactly how to get under his skin. So when Nate
challenges Kara in the town's big holiday contest, it's not
just the competition that starts to heat up. If he's not
careful, Kara won't just melt his icy resolve against a
small-town Christmas . . . she'll melt his heart too.
Extras: Want more Ivy Granger?
Blood and Mistletoe (130 page novella)
Club Nexus (Kindle/Audio only - This short story
collection contains 4 short stories set in Club Nexus: Iced,
Dusted, Demonized, and Jinxed.
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The following titles will be published in 2016. See something that interests you? Please search the library’s online catalog (www.preblelibrary.org). You
may also request titles that are not available from the catalog. You may submit four requests per month (within 60 days of the item’s publication date.)
The Room with the Second-Best View / Virginia
Smith: Excitement is in the air in Goose Creek,
Kentucky, as the small town prepares to celebrate
its 150th anniversary and the veterinarian's
upcoming wedding. But trouble is brewing in this
provincial paradise...
Al Richardson agreed to open a B&B with his wife after his
retirement in two years, but Millie secretly invites some guests
to stay for the wedding. She plans to be the most gracious
Southern hostess—until a tumble down the stairs leaves her
unprepared for their quirky and cantankerous first guest.
Meanwhile, the town's anniversary plans are in a state of chaos
as the celebration committee scrambles to raise the necessary
funds—an effort spearheaded by a "newcomer," which ruffles
the townsfolk's feathers. Goose Creek has lasted 150 years. Can
it survive the next month?
Amish Palooza
Titles not found in the library’s catalog may be requested
A Sister’s Wish / Shelley Shepard Gray (The Charmed Amish Life, 3)
The Devoted / Suzanne Woods Fisher (Bishop’s Family, 3)
The Hawaiian Quilt / Wanda E Brunstetter & Jean Brunstetter
The Amish Christmas Sleigh / Kelly Long et al (Anthology)
A Love Made New / Kathleen Fuller (Amish of Birch Creek)
Love Bears All Things / Beth Wiseman (Amish Secrets)
The Christmas Secret / Wanda E Brunstetter
The Wish / Beverly Lewis
Rebecca’s Bouquet / Lisa Jones Baker (Hope Chest of Dreams, 1)
Until I Love Again / Jerry S Eicher (St. Lawrence County Amish)
The Amish Christmas Kitchen / Kelly Long and Jennifer Beckstrand
The First Gift / Ruth Logan Herne: Bringing to
mind classics like Catherine Marshall’s Christy,
society’s standards are put to the test and a
Northern Appalachian town comes together to
save a neglected child in Ruth Logan Herne’s new
romance, The First Gift.
This poignant novel tells the story of five-year-old Cassie
Carruthers, who lives in a bug-infested shack in the hills of
Western New York’s Southern Tier. Her mother has died and
Cassie spends her days fending for herself while her alcoholic
father drinks himself into a stupor. But Cassie’s isolation has not
gone unnoticed in the tightknit community of Phillipsburg.
When a concerned neighbor alerts the county, the
community sets a plan in motion to rescue the neglected little
girl. Through fundraising efforts, Cassie is tucked
into the kindergarten classroom of independent, beautiful Kerry
McHenry. Kerry has her work cut out for her in dealing with
Cassie’s depressed father, but despite the child’s loveless start in
life, she soon reveals herself to be an intelligent, eager student.
Moreover, she possesses a resourcefulness that has saved her
life more than once—and will be called upon again.
New Inspirational Titles This Fall
September
Twilight at Blueberry Barrens / Colleen Coble (Sunset Cove)
Sarah’s Orphans / Vannetta Chapman (Plain and Simple Miracles)
Mountain Christmas Brides / Susan Paige Davis, et al. ( 9 Novellas)
A Lady Unrivaled / Roseanna M. White (Ladies of the Manor)
A Love Transformed / Tracie Peterson (Sapphire Brides, 3)
October
Wild Montana Skies / Susan May Warren (Montana Rescue, 1)
From This Day Forward / Lauraine Snelling (Sons of Blessing)
Tangled Webs: A Novel / Irene Hannon (Men of Valor)
The Captive Heart / Michelle Griep
Kerry McHenry is nobody’s fool. She sees her own tough
upbringing in Cassie’s dire situation, so she works tirelessly to
guide the young girl, trying to help her become everything that
God wants her to be. At the same time, she finds herself torn
between a commitment-phobic pediatric oncologist from a
nearby town and Phillipsburg’s widowed deputy sheriff, a
complicated man who is still angry with God. As the stakes grow
ever higher and the characters’ lives intersect in unexpected
ways, each will face a true test of faith—and come face to face
with indisputable evidence of God’s love. On order.
Waves of Mercy / Lynn Austin (multi-generational novel)
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Keeping your changing needs in mind
An interactive program
for nursing home
residents.
Beyond
Books
September: Bags, Sacks and Totes
October: Pumpkins
Latest in Large Print
Predator / Wilbur Smith
Frontier Justice / Bill Brooks (John Henry Cole)
Iron Marshal / Lauran Paine (western novella duo)
Trouble At Nathan’s Ford / Jack Sheriff
Border Reprisal / Tim Champlin
Iron Jack Rides / Gordon Landsborough
Legend of the Dead Men’s Gold / I. J. Parnham
Basket Case / Nancy Haddock: There
Ride to Vengeance / Greg Hunt (Ridge Parkman)
isn’t much crime in Lilyvale, Arkansas,
The Highwayman / Craig Johnson
but local authorities have their hands
The Drifter / Nicholas Petrie
full with Ms. Sherry Mae Stanton Cutler
Among the Wicked / Linda Castillo
and her housemates, a crafty group of
The House of Dreams / Kate Lord Brown
retirees who’ve dubbed themselves the
Sweet Lamb of Heaven / Lydia Millet
Silver Six. But when Sherry Mae’s niece,
Murder Comes By Mail / A. H. Gabhart
Nixy, arrives to keep them in line,
Faux Paw / Sofie Kelly
Lilyvale also plays host to a killer.
A Worthy Heart / Susan Ann Mason
Miller’s Valley / Anna Quindlen
Recipes and crafting tips included!
Untethered / Julie Lawson Timmer
Every Woman’s Dream / Mary Monroe
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars / Nathalia Holt: In
the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to
calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group
of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped
bring about the first American satellites, and made the exploration of the solar system possible.
For the first time, Rise of the Rocket Girls tells the stories of these women--known as "human computers"--who broke the
boundaries of both gender and science. Based on extensive research and interviews with all the living members of the team, Rise
of the Rocket Girls offers a unique perspective on the role of women in science: both where we've been, and the far reaches of
space to which we're heading.
Outreach Services
Bringing the library (and smiles) to area nursing homes
Library Materials  Programming  And So Much More
Danita Cook (L), Outreach Coordinator & Vicki Hoff (R), Outreach Assistant
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‘THE GUY’ RECOMMENDS
Mike Zimmerman
Pirate: A Sam and Remi Fargo Novel / Clive
Cussler & Robin Burcell: An 800-year-old
treasure . . . an ancient cypher wheel . . . a
brutal murder . . . and a man who will stop at
nothing to claim what he considers rightfully
his. Husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team
Sam and Remi Fargo have gone on impossible
missions before and faced many perils, but
never have they faced an adversary as
determined as the one before them now. The battle will take them
halfway around the world, and at its end will be either one of the
most glorious finds in history—or certain death.
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Robert Ludlum’s The Patriot Attack / Kyle Mills (Covert One)
Order to Kill / Kyle Mills (Mitch Rapp, 13) [Vince Flynn]
Code 13 / Don Brown (Navy JAG, 2)
Back Blast / Mark Greaney (Gray Man, 5)
Robert B. Parker’s Debt to Pay / Reed Farrel Coleman
(Jesse Stone, 15)
The Lobster was a really interesting art house film starring Colin
Farrell. It’s set in a dystopian near future where singlehood is a
crime. According to the laws of The City, people who are single are
forced to go to The Hotel where they have 45 days to find a mate. If
a mate isn’t found, the person is transformed into a beast and sent
off into The Woods. It’s a dark comedy / drama.
Film Synopsis
The Lobster: David has just been dumped by
his wife. To make matters worse, David lives in a
society where single people have 45 days to find
true love, or else they are turned into the
animal of their choice and released into the
woods. David is kept at the mysterious HOTEL
while he searches for a new partner, and after
several romantic misadventures decides to
make a daring escape to abandon this world. He
ultimately joins up with a rebel faction known as
The Loners, a group founded on a complete rejection of romance.
But once there David meets an enigmatic stranger who stirs up
unexpected and strong feelings within him…(Rated R)
Western Paperback
Craig Johnson’s Newest Longmire Mystery
An Obvious Fact / Craig Johnson: In the
midst of the largest motorcycle rally in the
world, a young biker is run off the road and
ends up in critical condition. When Sheriff
Walt Longmire and his good friend Henry
Standing Bear are called to Hulett,
Wyoming—the nearest town to America's
first national monument, Devils Tower—to
investigate, things start getting complicated.
As competing biker gangs; the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; a military-grade vehicle donated
to the tiny local police force by a wealthy entrepreneur; and Lola,
the real-life femme fatale and namesake for Henry's '59
Thunderbird (and, by extension, Walt's granddaughter) come into
play, it rapidly becomes clear that there is more to get to the
bottom of at this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally than a bike
accident. After all, in the words of Arthur Conan Doyle, whose
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes the Bear won't stop
quoting, "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."
Phantom Hill: A Ralph Compton Novel / Carlton
Stowers: Haunted by memories of the Civil War,
Coy Jennings just wants to find work as a ranch
hand and to begin saving for a small farm where
he can finally enjoy peace and quiet. Arriving in
the Texas settlement of Phantom Hill, Coy soon
befriends a damaged but likable stable hand by
the name of Ira Dalton and hopes for a future
with a lovely widowed mother and her eight-year
-old daughter. In order to make Phantom Hill a decent place to settle
down, Coy must wage a new kind of war and take a stand against
ruthless ranch owner Lester Sinclair, his sadistic sons, and the
murderous band of cattle rustlers who work for them. And after the
Sinclairs turn on innocent Ira, Coy is driven to seek justice for his
trusted friend...cost what it may.
The Great Train Massacre / William W.
Johnstone with J.A. Johnstone: After surviving a
brilliantly plotted murder attempt, the richest
man in San Francisco is looking to hire the best
protection money can buy. Enter Matt Jensen,
who, for the princely sum of $5000, agrees to
escort millionaire John Gillespie and his very
fetching daughter on a railway journey from
Frisco to Chicago. There's just one catch: the
world's deadliest killers are coming along for the ride.
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Fascinating Lives
Book-to-Film
The phenomenal true story of the black female
Lab Girl / Hope Jahren: An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in
science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly
fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural
world.
mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel
some of America’s greatest achievements in space.
Hidden Figures: The American Dream
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams / Louisa Thomas: An
intimate portrait of Louisa Catherine Adams, the wife of John Quincy
Adams, who witnessed firsthand the greatest transformations of her
time.
and the Untold Story of the Black
Women Mathematicians Who Helped
Win the Space Race / Margot Lee
Shetterly: Before John Glenn orbited
Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the
Moon, a group of dedicated female
mathematicians known as “human
computers” used pencils, slide rules, and
adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch
rockets, and astronauts, into space.
Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally
talented African American women, some of the brightest
minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching
math in the South’s segregated public schools, they were
The Pug List: A Ridiculous Little Dog, a Family Who Lost Everything,
and How They All Found Their Way Home / Alison Hodgson: “What if
a wheezing, sneezing, allegedly house-trained, ticking time bomb of an
orphan pug is the key to helping a family feel at home again, after an
arsonist set their house—and life—on fire? If you asked me, I would
have said it’s a bad idea; we can do better. Unfortunately no one
asked me, and The Pug List is my family’s story.”
Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian
Childhood / Drema Hall Berkheimer: Gypsies, faith-healers,
moonshiners, and snake handlers weave through Drema’s childhood
in 1940s Appalachia after her father is killed in the coal mines, her
mother goes off to work as a Rosie the Riveter, and she is left in the
care of devout Pentecostal grandparents. What follows is a spitfire of
a memoir that reads like a novel with intrigue, sweeping emotion, and
indisputable charm.
called into service during the labor shortages of World War II,
when America’s aeronautics industry was in dire need of
anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these overlooked
math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they
answered Uncle Sam’s call, moving to Hampton, Virginia, and
entering the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley
Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory.
Even as Virginia’s Jim Crow laws required them to be
segregated from their white counterparts, the women of
Langley’s all-black “West Computing” group helped America
achieve one of the things it desired most: a decisive victory
over the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and complete
domination of the heavens.
Fascinating People
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and
Loss / Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt
Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again /
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Soon to be a major motion picture in
No Dream is Too High: Life Lessons from a Man Who Walked on the
Moon / Buzz Aldrin and Ken Abraham
January 2017. Cast members include:
Delta Lady: A Memoir / Rita Coolidge
Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer,
Janelle Monài; Kevin Costner, and
Kirsten Dunst.
Paul McCartney: The Life / Philip Norman
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West Manchester Branch Tween Craft
Grand prize winners not photographed
Camden Branch -- Kristin Moore
West Manchester Branch -- Darlene Taylor
Matt Jergens Juggler Program
Eldorado Branch
Congratulations
Sarah Koontz
Eldorado Branch
Kindle winner
Jo Luginbill
New Paris Branch
Kindle winner
Debbie French
West Elkton Branch
Kindle winner
Bev Heindl
West Alexandria Branch
Kindle winner
Eaton Branch: (L-R): Fit N Flex - Lisa Swartsell & Rebecca Maggard; Kindle: Stephanie Higgins & Linda Daily.
Phyllis Marling
Eaton Branch
Kindle winner
Karen Hollenbaugh
Eaton Branch
Kindle winner
Crafts Etc.
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Make It!
Eat It!
Food with Friends: The Art of Simple Gatherings / Leela Cyd
Mastering Basic Cheesemaking: The Fun and Fundamentals of
Making Cheese at Home / Gianaclis Caldwell
Knit Tops for Kids: Irresistible Projects for Girls and Boys
Ages 1 to 6 / Muriel Agator
Fabulous Felt: 30 Easy-to-Sew Accessories and Decorations /
Corinne Lapierre
101 Easy Homemade Remedies for Your Skin, Health, &
Home / Jan Berry: Kick toxic, synthetic skin care products
and cleaners out the door and bring the healing joy of nature
into your life with the simple, versatile projects.
Your Sharpie Style: 75 Original Sharpie Craft Projects to
Design Your Home and Your Life / Deborah Green
Do It!
Tiny Houses Built with Recycled
Materials: Inspiration for Constructing
Tiny Homes Using Salvaged and
Reclaimed Supplies / Ryan Mitchell
Make Room for What You Love: Your
Essential Guide to Organizing and
Simplifying / Melissa Michaels
Foolproof Preserving: A Guide to Small Batch Jams, Jellies,
Pickles, Condiments, and More (America’s Test Kitchen)
Not Your Mama's Canning Book: Modern Canned Goods and
What to Make with Them / Rebecca Lindamood
Paper Crafting for Kids with
Storyteller Randel McGee
Celebrate Halloween with Paper Crafts: Spook your friends with
your own flying bat! Bats, ghosts, and black cats are popular
symbols of Halloween. Follow storyteller Randel McGee as he
explores Halloween in this book. Learn to make a standing witch,
skull headdress, goofy goggles, and even a haunted house!
Paper Crafts for Thanksgiving: Make your own turkey pop-up card,
Pilgrim paper dolls, American Indian paper dolls, a turkey stencil, a
corn and gourd paper chain, and more!
The New Milks: 100-Plus Dairy-Free Recipes
for Making and Cooking with Soy, Nut,
Seed, Grain, and Coconut Milks / Dina
Cheney: The definitive guide to nondairy
milks—the first comprehensive cookbook
demystifying milk alternatives—here’s how
to make and customize all types of vegan
milks, with one hundred delicious recipes
and handy comparison charts, tips, and guidance for choosing
the right dairy-free milks for cooking and baking.
The Teen Summer Reading Challenge 2016 had 199 Teens sign-up. They read 928
hours with 181 attending 28 programs. Teens completed 787 Challenges via Online
or at one of our Library Branches!
Teen Services is starting programs for high schoolers in grades 912 only! At the Eaton Branch, we’ll be hosting Tabletop Gaming
two Mondays a month from 5-7 p.m. Teens can play tabletop
games (ex: Castle of Ravenloft, Settlers of Catan), win dice, make
gaming crafts, and eat snacks! *Registration required. Eight teens
per session. Register at 456-4331 or at the front desk.
Weekly Eaton Teen Grades 6-12 programming returns to the Eaton Branch in Sept.
with teen programs every Tuesday @ 3:30 p.m. 1st Tuesday of the Month is Anime
Club (with different themes each month!) and Write On! is the 3 rd Tuesday of every
month. We’ll have many gaming and fandom programs as well!
Christina Jones, Teen Librarian
Teens = Grades 6-12 High Schoolers = Grades 9-12
Follow us on Instagram #PCDLTeen
Teen Services regularly attends the YMCA’s SLAM Jam!
Join us at Pokémon Mini Con: Challenge yourself with Pokémon trivia, eat snacks,
and get crafty Pokémon style:
Camden: Sept 8 @ 5:30
West Alexandria: Sept 14 @ 4
West Manchester: Sept 19 @ 4:30
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Edition
Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is coming out in
September! In September, complete a Tim Burton quiz and be entered to
win a Nightmare Before Christmas projector pen at New Paris, Eldorado,
and West Elkton. In October, take the quiz and be entered to win the
projector pen at Camden, West Alex, and West Manchester.
We’ll celebrate with a Tim Burton Halloween:
West Elkton: Oct 20 @ 4
New Paris: Oct 24 @ 6
Eldorado: Oct 27 @ 4:30
Eaton: Oct 24 @ 3:30 -- Decorate Tim Burton crafts, make Beetlejuice gack, and top
it all off with a popcorn bar -- Halloween sprinkles and candies!
Sariah Williams
Eaton Branch
King’s Island Tickets
Jessica Chappell
Camden Branch
King’s Island tickets
More Contests
Paul Cook
West
Alexandria Branch
iPod & gift card
Take our Banned Book Quiz from Sept 25th-Oct 1st and be entered to win a $10
Amazon Gift Card.
Ask for a Timecard during Teen Read Week: Read for the Fun of it! between Oct 9th
and 15th and be entered to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card! To enter, you must read 2
books (magna and graphic novels count!) during Teen Read Week!
Publication created by Cheryl Richter, 2016
Online Challenge #23 “Design a Movie Poster for a
Teen Book!”
Challenges included fun things for Teens to complete
at home or in the library.
All book synopses taken from the product summary unless otherwise noted.