For more information about TAB please click the image below, or email YA Librarian (Ryan Calhoun) at rcalhoun@bremen.lib.in.us.
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
BHS Book Club September 2023!
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September 21, 2023
A rebellious 16-year-old is sent to an isolated island for her grace year, when she must release her seductive, poisonous magic into the wild before taking her proper place as a wife and child bearer. In gaslit Garner County, women and girls are said to harbor diabolical magic capable of manipulating men.
Rating: 4.5
The group thought the book was okay. They were not a fan of the pacing of the book. They said it started off quick, and then slowed down significantly in the middle. The ending was a little lackluster for the group. When asked if they would read another book by this author. They unanimously said yes.
TeenTober Programs 2023!
We have lots of great programs planned for our teens in October! If you have any questions please reach out to YA Librarian Ryan Calhoun 574-546-2849 or rcalhoun@bremen.lib.in.us.
We are excited to bring back our TeenTober event! This years theme is Glow Crazy at Your Library! You can now register using the app Beanstack or online here. To access Beanstack click the image below. For more inofrmation about Beanstack read below.
Bremen Public Library is officially a proud subscriber of Beanstack! What is Beanstack? Beanstack is a web and mobile app used to track independent reading time, and help build a culture of literacy. The platform makes it easy to keep track of reading, helps to boost motivation, and introduces challenges for all ages.
Step 1: Register by creating your Beanstack account, either through the BPL landing page (see the link below), visiting our website, or downloading the mobile app. The mobile app can be downloaded from the App Store and the Google Play Store.
Step 2: Click the challenge you would like to join. Check the landing page regularly for new and ongoing challenges.
Step 3: Start reading and logging.
Step 4: Let the fun begin!
For more information about our Teen Reading Programs please visit our website. If you would like to register for one of the programs listed above please click the image. It will take you to a signup link. If you have any further questions please contact YA Librarian, Ryan Calhoun, rcalhoun@bremen.lib.in.us or call the library at 574-546-2849.
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Glow Crazy at Your Library!
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TeenTobe is a new, nationwide celebration hosted by libraries every October and aims to celebrate teens, promote year-round teen services and the innovative ways teen services helps teens learn new skills, and fuel their passions in and outside the library. TeenTober™ replaces YALSA’s previous Teen Read Week and Teen Tech Week celebrations, allowing libraries the flexibility to celebrate all types of literacies according to their library’s schedule. Library staff are encouraged to utilize this new celebration to advocate for and raise awareness of the importance of year-round teen services in libraries.
We are excited to bring back our TeenTober event! This years theme is Glow Crazy at Your Library! You can now register using the app Beanstack or online here. To access Beanstack click the image below. For more inofrmation about Beanstack read below.
Bremen Public Library is officially a proud subscriber of Beanstack! What is Beanstack? Beanstack is a web and mobile app used to track independent reading time, and help build a culture of literacy. The platform makes it easy to keep track of reading, helps to boost motivation, and introduces challenges for all ages.
Step 1: Register by creating your Beanstack account, either through the BPL landing page (see the link below), visiting our website, or downloading the mobile app. The mobile app can be downloaded from the App Store and the Google Play Store.
Step 2: Click the challenge you would like to join. Check the landing page regularly for new and ongoing challenges.
Step 3: Start reading and logging.
Step 4: Let the fun begin!
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month
Jenny Torres Sanchez's fifth young adult novel, We Are Not From Here, is an unforgettable story of three teens forced to leave their homeland in search of safety and the possibility of a better life. In the town of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, Pequeña is laboring to give birth to an unplanned baby.
Cemetery Boys is the story of Yadriel a trans Latinx boy. He is desperate to become a brujx like the other teenagers and men in his family. The story follows him as he deals with the the transphobic, dead naming and insensitivities of various members of the family. Not to mention the ghost he accidentally summoned.
In his most recent memoir (publication date: September 6, 2022) Abuela, Don't Forget Me, Ogle, as an adult, grieves over his grandmother's memory loss and recounts how much his grandmother kept him going when his mother was unable to. This is a love letter about her impact on his life and it will move you to tears.
Eighteen-year-old Zarela Zalvidar is a talented flamenco dancer and daughter of the most famous Dragonador in Hispalia. People come for miles to see him fight in their arena, which will one day be hers. But disaster strikes during one celebratory show, and in the carnage, Zarela's life changes in an instant.
Inheritance A Visual Poem by Elizabeth Acevedo
Acevedo is Dominican American and originally wrote the poem because her mother told her to “fix her hair.” In the poem, she explains the ancestral meaning and power of her curly, gorgeous hair and the racism and colorism she has experienced
A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother's religion and her own relationship to the world. Debut novel of renowned slam poet Elizabeth Acedevo. Xiomara Baptista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood.
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Sánchez's award-winning novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter follows Julia, a Chicago high school student as she navigates trials and tribulations of following her dreams of becoming a writer, alongside the death of her sister, Olga—who might not have been quite as perfect as she seemed.
In the months after his father's suicide, it's been tough for sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto to find happiness again—but he's still gunning for it. With the support of his girlfriend Genevieve and his overworked mom, he's slowly remembering what that might feel like.
Two Latinx young adults in Austin, Texas, find love at the crossroads of family, food, and self-discovery. Eighteen-year-old Penelope Prado loves working at Nacho's Tacos, her father's Mexican restaurant, and dreams of eventually having her own bakery, but her parents—especially her stern father—want more for her.
The Education of Margot Sanchez tells the story of Margot, who is stuck between the identity she's trying to create for herself at school and the "princesa" she's known as in her parents' two Bronx supermarkets.
In Our Shadows Have Claws, bloodthirsty vampires are hunted by a quick-witted slayer; children are stolen from their beds by “el viejo de la bolsa” while a military dictatorship steals their parents; and anyone you love, absolutely anyone, might be a shapeshifter waiting to hunt.
Meet TAB Member... Joseph!
For more information about TAB please click the image below, or email YA Librarian (Ryan Calhoun) at rcalhoun@bremen.lib.in.us.
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
2023-2024 YHBA Middle Grade Nominees
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Students in Indiana are eligible to read and vote on Young Hoosier Books if they have access to at least 12 of the nominated titles.
Students may only vote in one eligible program, either their school or public library.
A 13-year-old girl learns she's an all-powerful magician and faces trials as she seeks her missing brother. Amari Peters is tired—tired of being belittled and dismissed at her rich private school, where she is bullied for being poor and Black.
Isaiah Dunn is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
A coming-of-age tale about a boy who discovers a love of poetry after finding his late father's journal. Adapted from a story that first appeared in Flying Lessons & Other Stories and perfect for fans of The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson. Isaiah is now the big man of the house.
Fighting Words is the story of 10-year-old Della and her big sister, Suki, who escape terrible circumstances and end up in foster care. We learn that the girls' mom was incarcerated on meth-cooking charges, and that they lived for a time with her predatory boyfriend, Clifton.
Violets are Blue by Barbara Dee
Violets Are Blue captures the experience of a seventh grader struggling with her parents' divorce, a budding friendship with the perkiest girl in school, and a non-romance with a boy in her class. To deal with the stress, she throws herself into special-effects makeup, which she learns from a YouTuber.
Unsettled by Reem Faruqi
When her family moves from Pakistan to Peachtree City, all Nurah wants is to blend in, yet she stands out for all the wrong reasons. Nurah's accent, floral-print kurtas, and tea-colored skin make her feel excluded, until she meets Stahr at swimming tryouts. And in the water Nurah doesn't want to blend in.
Yusuf Azeem is not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
It centers on twelve-year-old Yusuf Azeem, who is excited to start sixth grade until he finds hostile and racist notes in his locker. Quiet, bespectacled, robot-loving Pakistani-American Yusuf Azeem, who is almost 12, is excited to start the sixth grade, until a series of ominous notes appears in his locker.
Written in free verse, Starfish follows Ellie, a Texas girl who has been bullied relentlessly for her weight, even by her own mother. With the help of a therapist, a new friend, and her loving father, Ellie learns to stand up for herself and be unapologetically her.
Alone by Megan E. Freeman
Alone is Megan E. Freeman's debut survival middle-grade novel in verse. It follows 12-year-old Maddie who gets abandoned by some twist of fate when her entire town is mysteriously evacuated. Left alone with no human in sight, she bonds with a Rottweiler named George who is one of many abandoned pets.
Livy is already having trouble fitting in as the new girl at school—and then there's Viola. Viola is Livy's anxiety brought to life, a shadowy twin that only Livy can see or hear. Livy tries to push back against Viola's relentless judgment, but nothing seems to work until she strikes up new friendships at school.
Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Christina Diaz Gonzalez: Concealed is the story of a girl (currently named Katrina) who believes she and her parents are in the Witness Protection Program… having to change their names and move every time their cover could be revealed.
Lupe Wong won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera
Lupe Wong Won't Dance follows Guadelupe “Lupe” Wong, a Chinacan/Mexinese (Mexican-Chinese) girl and baseball pitcher who made a deal with her uncle: get straight-A's this year, and he'll take her to meet Fu Li Hernandez, a Chinacan/Mexinese baseball pitcher who reminds Lupe of her father.
An enthralling journey interwoven with historical realities. A 12-year-old Black girl in 1920s Georgia learns she has the ability to commune with ghosts—and goes on to help solve a mysterious death.
Best friends Matt and Eric are hatching a plan for one big final adventure together before Eric moves away: during the marching band competition at a Giant Amusement Park, they will sneak away to a nearby comics convention and meet their idol-a famous comic creator. Without cell phones.
Girl of the Southern Sea by Michelle Kadarusman
An inspiring novel about good-luck magic, courage and the power of storytelling. A gifted student, Nia longs to attend high school so she can follow her dream and become a writer. She has notebooks filled with stories she's created about the mythological Dewi Kadita, Princess of the Southern Sea
Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted--they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma. Although their names are linked--Reha means "star" and Punam means "moon"--they are a universe apart.
Then Reha finds out that her Amma is sick. Really sick.
Reha, who dreams of becoming a doctor even though she can't stomach the sight of blood, is determined to make her Amma well again. She'll be the perfect daughter, if it means saving her Amma's life.
Candidly Cline by Kathryn Ormsbee
Born in Paris, Kentucky, and raised on her gram's favorite country music, Cline Alden is a girl with big dreams and a heart full of song. When she finds out about a young musicians' workshop a few towns over, Cline sweet-talks, saves, and maybe fibs her way into her first step toward musical stardom.
Liars' Room by Dan Poblocki
Wildwyck, a former schoolhouse for misbehaved boys, might have plenty of creaks and shadows, but the twins know that ghosts aren't real. But Simon is getting harder and harder to ignore, as his cries for attention become increasingly dangerous and difficult to explain.
High school students embark on a crash course of friendship, female empowerment, and women's health issues in Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann's graphic novel Go With the Flow. Good friends help you go with the flow. Best friends help you start a revolution.
The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy by Anne Ursu
In The Troubled Girls Of Dragomir Academy, 12-year-old Marya Lupu finds herself caught in the middle of a struggle between her parents and the town of Torak, her peers at the mysterious school she has been sent to, and everything she starts to unravel inside of it.
Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
Nathan thinks he's in for a boring summer vacation staying with his Nali (grandmother) on the Navajo reservation. Before long, though, he's discovered his ability to see Holy Beings, creatures from Navajo lore that only children can see before going through puberty.
Join the reading challenge! Click the image below to access the YHBA Middle Grade BINGO! reading challenge on Beanstack!
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