As their lives take them in different directions, Lena, Tibby, Carmen, and Bridget discover many more things about themselves and the importance of their relationship with each other.
Game Night! Don't forget!
Tuesday, January 30 - 5:30 until 7:00 PM @ the Library!
Bring a game or play one of ours! Bring a friend!
Check out the February programs, too!
Bring a game or play one of ours! Bring a friend!
Check out the February programs, too!
Book of the Day: Story of a Girl: a novel by Sara Zarr
In the three years since her father caught her in the back seat of a car with an older boy, sixteen-year-old Deanna's life at home and school has been a nightmare, but while dreaming of escaping with her brother and his family, she discovers the power of forgiveness.
Book of the Day: The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After by Patricia C. Wrede
In 1828, English cousins Cecelia and Kate and their husbands search for a missing German railway engineer and with the help of their wizardry skills, uncover a plot that could endanger the unity of England.
Book of the Day: Trigger by Susan Vaught
Teenager Jersey Hatch must work through his extensive brain damage to figure out why he decided to shoot himself.
Book of the Day: The Twisted Window by Lois Duncan
Tracy, a high school junior, becomes embroiled in the problems of a strange boy, who asks her assistance in "snatching" his half-sister from her father who has allegedly kidnapped her. (BPHS AR BOOK)
Book of the Day: Touch the Moon by Marion Dane Bauer
When the china horse Jennifer receives for her birthday is magically transformed into a real horse, they share an evening of fantastic adventures. (BPHS AR BOOK)
Book of the Day: Night Hoops by Carl Deuker
While trying to prove that he is good enough to be on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and the erractic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street. (BPHS AR BOOK)
Book of the Day: Better than Yesterday by Robyn Schneider
Three seniors from an exclusive Connecticut prep school go to New York City to find their runaway friend, and in the process discover themselves and the true value of their friendship.
Book of the Day: Rubber Houses by Ellen Yeomans
A novel in verse that relates seventeen-year-old Kit's experiences as her younger brother is diagnosed with and dies of cancer and as she withdraws into and gradually emerges from her grief.
Book of the Day: Shooter by Walter Dean Myers
Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting. (BPHS AR BOOK)
Book of the Day: Stotan! by Chris Crutcher
A high school coach invites members of his swimming team to a memorable week of rigorous training that tests their moral fiber as well as their physical stamina. (BPHS AR BOOK)
Book of the Day: Don't Look Behind You by Lois Duncan
Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer. (BPHS AR BOOK)
Book of the Day: Night Train by Judith Clarke
His family, peers, and teachers despair of eighteen-year-old Luke, who seems to have turned himself into a loser, failing at school, paralyzed with fear and indecision, losing touch with reality.
Book of the Day: Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong. (BPHS AR BOOK)
Book of the Day: Three Days Off by Susi Hoch Morgenstern
During a three-day suspension for insulting a teacher, an apathetic French high school student meets diverse people who give him new insights into education and life.
Book of the Day: The Beast by Walter Dean Myers
A visit to his Harlem neighborhood and the discovery that the girl he loves is using drugs give sixteen-year-old Anthony Witherspoon a new perspective both on his home and on his life at a Connecticut prep school. (BPHS AR BOOK)
CSI!
Hey! Thanks so all of you who came out last night for CSI! A very lovely crowd of 32 of yinz! Next week is TEEN MOVIE NIGHT! Don't forget! 7:00 PM! Bring a blankey or pillows 'n 'at!
Book of the Day: Vanishing by Bruce Brooks
Eleven-year-old Alice is unwilling to return to live with her alcoholic mother and her stern stepfather, so she refuses to eat to the point of slowly starving herself, in order to remain in the hospital. (BPHS AR BOOK)