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Sequoyah Highlight: Blackbird Fly

Sequoyah Highlight: Blackbird Fly

OUR SEQUOYAH BOOKS are flying off the shelves. Our readers are excited to find a new story to fill their minds. Each month we are going to highlight one of the Sequoyah books and provide our insight into the book. This month we will examine Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly.  (more…)

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The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall

The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall

HAVE YOU EVER  craved to watch or read something that would make your skin crawl? Or maybe something that allows you to consider the impossible? Ghost and horror stories are the most requested genre in our library. Teenagers enjoy a good scare before the go off to sleep at night and many never grow out of that thrill. The Stephen King crowd represents many adults who love that invigorating chill…

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This Monsterous Thing

FRANKENSTEIN IS A character that has stood the test of time. Generations have enjoyed dressing up as the monster for Halloween, but who really knows where the character came from? For those who have not discovered the classic section of your library Frankenstein is the main character in the book by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. (more…)

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Blackbird Fly

APPLE IS BEGINNING a turbulent time in her life…., middle school. Apple and her mother moved to Louisiana from the Philippines when she was very young and struggling with accepting who she is in a school full of hateful girls and mean boys. Her mother is a nurse and still has a strong Filipino accent and enjoys cooking Filipino food, which reeks of garlic. (more…)

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The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

RELIGION IS IMPORTANT to many of our daily lives. There are many different types of religions and more are added every year. There are religious sects all over the world that are the creation of individuals who claim to be a prophet directly sent by God to spread His message. Minnow Bly’s family joined the Kevinians when she was 5 years old. (more…)